The Vision

MISSION

To raise earth-based, soul-centric culture again, here, now, through the maturation and initiation of women.

VISION

We acknowledge the destruction that the colonial capitalist patriarchy is inflicting upon the planet.
We recognize that women are the foremothers of the future generations, inherently attuned to the rhythms and cycles of nature and cosmos, and we have a central role in reweaving the human ones back into harmony and right relationship with the whole of the Earth community.
We are nurturers, healers, hearth keepers, matriarchs and grandmothers and we claim our sacred duty to protect and care for the innocent. Our voices have been silenced for far too long and we must stand up and speak out to create circles of safety and support for the most vulnerable amongst us.
We are women, and so we accept that change must begin with unearthing our medicine, our wisdom and our power as cultural midwives to bring a new way and a new world into being.

We are weaving a braid of four strands by:

Remembering our place as humans in the great Web of Life in order to assume our sacred responsibility as stewards of the Earth and ancestors of the future ones.

Recentering the soul journey and the women’s mysteries. By honoring the stages of learning and the journey of discovering our unique soul niche, we become resourced and empowered to hold our thread of the web of beautiful culture.

Acknowledging the context of these times and finding our place in the Great Turning. By coming together to voice our grief and rage, owning the ways we have been passive participants in the Dominator Culture , we can claim agency by resourcing our collective power for sacred action.

Creating culture based on the key values of kindness, reverence, self-responsibility, courage, relationality, and reciprocity in which each woman both gives and receives in love and belonging that generates true community.

2025 Focus

To center more overtly our place within the Web of Life and the context of these times through key full camp ceremonies as well as being embedded in the culture of each temple.
To distinguish stages of life from the temples of mystery and learning and have the Temples of Mystery and Learning be robust areas of experiential exploration by all ages.
To presence rites of passage ceremonies for members of the village.

Core Weavers

Forest and Village was initiated through the passion and vision of Jonah Roberts (Raven) following a profound encounter with Mystery on winter solstice 2023. It was made manifest through the dynamic partnership of Raven and Katherine Allen (KaDi) who created much of the structure and form of the gathering. These two brought in a strong team of women, many of whom had been part of 13 Moons, Raven and KaDi’s yearlong soul journey and sacred leadership training. They ‘saw’ the blueprint of this gathering as already in existence and have been in service to the vision since. Many women share the vision and join the Village Keeper team to bring their sacred gifts to feed and weave earth-based, soul-centric culture in our region. It has been a profound forge of sisterhood and growth for all who participate either as village keeper or attendee.

Soon after the 2024 gathering a core team of 4 assembled that included Kimerbly Wattendorf (Northstar) and Heather Stickney, in joining KaDi and Raven as Core Weavers. This core team has been meeting every other week since September feeding the mycelium beneath the forest floor and laying deeper foundations of the village. They are ecstatically listening and tending this creation–their prayer, their vision and their passion making visible what is hidden as a gift for the people.