Event Flow 2026

 

Thursday July 30th

Villager 5 day arrival 9am-12pm
Villager 4 day arrival 9am-2pm

3:30pm Temple Opening Circles
Landing in your chosen temple for orientation and heart share. Creating your home pod of sisters for the weekend.

6pm Dinner

8pm – Prayer Ceremony
Wisdom Fire

 

Friday August 1

Theme of the Day – Context, Connections and Possibilities

Villager 3 day arrival 9am-11:30am

Opening Circle in the Matriarch Lodge – 1pm

 

Afternoon Offerings – 3-5pm

 

Matriarchal Culture and Council
KaDi and the Matriarch Council
Matriarch Lodge

 

Preparation for Wisening Woman
Chaya
Moon Lodge

*Part of the Wisening woman track for women in perimenopause and menopause

 

Mother’s Circle
Cinthya and Ashley
Mother’s Temple
*Part of the Mothers track

 

Weaving the Red Threads of Sisterhood
Northstar, Nicole, Cat
Artemis Temple (Maidens)
*Part of the Maiden track for girls 11-17

 

The Village Song
Kiely and Rahlune
Temple of the Muse

 

Growing Gratitude
Hana
Healing Sanctuary

 

An Invitation to Become a Guardian of Gaia
Lolly Be and others
Earth Temple

 

A Journey Through Gender
Fiona
Fae Temple

 

 

Radiant Reflections
Nali, Luna
Lover’s Temple

 

 

Dinner – 5:30-7:30pm

 

6-7pm – BIWOC Affinity dinner circle
Earth Temple

 

 Evening at the Wisdom Fire – 8pm
Full Camp Ritual- Celebrating Goddess
Followed by Fire Ceremony

 

 

Late Night – 9:30pm

Lover’s Lounge: Sensual Embodiment
Nali and others
Lover’s Temple
(For young women)

 

Song and Story Circle
Northstar, Nicole, Cat
Artemis Temple 
(for younger maidens)

 

 

Saturday August 2

Theme – Rites, Wisdom and Ignition

 

Early Morning Offerings 7-9am

Sauna – 7-8:30am

7-8am – Cha Dao Tea Ceremony
Stillwater
Temple of Ancient Arts

7:30-8am – Mantras
Gabby
Matriarch Lodge

7:30-8:30am – Song Circle
Teja
Hearth

 Breakfast – 7- 8:45am

Morning Full Village Gathering 9-9:30am
Celebrating our time together and sharing morning announcements

 

Morning Session 10am – 12:30pm

 

Rites of Passage: Maidens
Northstar, Nicole, Cat and grandmothers
Moon Lodge

 

21st Century Solidarity
Sayra, Angelina
Matriarch Lodge

 

Leaving the village: An Underworld Journey
KeyTurner and Raven
Forest Temple
*This session is for any age woman, and is also option 1 for the wisening woman track.

 

Evolving Desire
Devorah Bry
Lover’s Temple
*This session is for mature women, and is option 2 for the wisening woman track.

 

The Village Dance
Kiely, Rahlune
Temple of the Muse

 

Earth Protector Activation Song Circle
River, Maria
Earth Temple

 

Voices of the Fae Village
Fiona
Fae Temple

 

Herbs and Grief
Alison Birks
Water Sanctuary

 

Children’s Story Time
Mother Turtle, Marie, Gina

 


Lunch 12:30-2:30pm

1-2pm – BIWOC Affinity Lunch circle
Earth Temple

 

Afternoon- 2:30-5pm

 

 

Mythic Enactment
Northstar, Nicole, Cat
Children’s Village
*Part of the Maiden Track.

 

Mother’s Ceremony
Cinthya
Mother’s Temple
*Part of the Mother’s Track.

 

A Threshold for Wisening Women: Gathering the Bones
MotherBone, KeyTurner
Forest Temple 
*Part of the Wisening Woman Track.


Initiation as a Lifelong Maturation Pathway
ALisa, Crystal Dawn
Matriarch Lodge

 

Poetic Futurism Circle
Sayra
For a Loving Future

 

Guardians of Gaia: We are the Seeds of Liberation
Maria, Lolly, Moon, River
Earth Temple

 

 

Soul Embodied: Devotional Adornment &  Enactment
Kiely, Rahlune
Temple of the Muse

 

 

 Dinner – 5:30-7:30pm

 

8pm – Fire Ceremony
A Ritual Play: ‘Goddess and the Serpent’
Raven and others
Followed by a Dance for All Beings
Wisdom Fire

 

Sunday August 3

Theme – Integration, Gratitude and Going forth.

Early Morning Offerings 7-9am

Sauna – 7-8:30am

7-8am – Cha Dao Tea Ceremony
Stillwater
Temple of Ancient Arts

7:30-8am – Mantras
Gabby
Matriarch Lodge

7:30-8:30am – Song Circle
Teja
Hearth

 

 Breakfast – 7- 8:45am

Morning Full Village Gathering 9-9:30am
Celebrating our time together and sharing morning announcements

 

Morning Session 10am – 12:30pm

 

Gratitude and Going Forth
Northstar, Nicole, Cat
Artemis Temple
An integration circle for Maidens.
*Part of the Maiden Track


Closing of the Bones
Cinthya
Mother’s Temple
*Part of the Mother Track.

 

Gathering the Wisdom and Laying the Pathways of Matriarchy
KaDi, Raven, Grandmothers & Matriarchs
Matriarch Lodge

 


Embodying the Path Forward
Lyssy, heather
Healing Sanctuary

 

 

The Nature of Gender
Fiona
Fae Temple

 

Eros and Power
Rahlune
Lover’s Temple

 

 

Lunch 12-2pm

 

Trade Circle 1-3pm
Matriarch Lodge
Anyone is welcome to put down a blanket and sell or trade your hand made goods

 

Closing Ceremony 3:30-4:30pm

Men’s Village returns – 6pm
6:30pm- Handfasting Ceremony

Nick and Ashley Stewards of Sacred Nectar Sanctuary will be getting married!
Wisdom Fire

Lughnasadh Feast – 7:30pm
Please note there are limited spots to participate in the Sunday night and monday morning with the men. Tickets are first come first serve with preference given to couples attending the respective gatherings.
Dining Hall

9pm Fire Ceremony
A Weaving of stories from the men’s and women’s villages.
Wisdom Fire

 

Monday August 4

Sauna
Breakfast

12-1pm Closing Prayers and Gratitude Ceremony
With all present


Pack up, Clean up and Head out by 6pm

 

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