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Reclaiming Bay Area groups celebrate the Wheel of the Year, a cycle of eight seasonal sabbats.
This page of ritual listings is for the Northern California Bay Area. For something closer to home, check out "Find Us Worldwide".
All rituals are offered by groups creating magic in the Reclaiming Tradition and in accordance with the Principles of Unity. Sponsoring groups are always looking for volunteers; be sure to let the contact person know if you're interested in helping out!
All Reclaiming rituals are "clean and sober" - ie, please use no recreational drugs or alcohol at or prior to the events.
Rituals are listed according to closest upcoming date.
This information is tentative - please check back the week of the ritual for final details.
New to our rituals? You can email welcometoreclaiming@gmail.com for information, questions, and a welcome to Reclaiming.
Join the Bay Area Reclaiming elist (BARD) and get email notices of rituals and other Reclaiming events - contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com.
Lammas, Saturday 31 July, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Ritual at 1pm.
Intention: Gathering, Watering, Weeding, Serving, Feasting - a Pentacle of Harvest
Join us as the Wheel of the Year turns to the time of hope and fear, the time of waiting. Our seeds are ripening, but not yet harvested.
This ritual includes a feast and sharing of "first harvests." Please bring inspiring food (finger-food works best) or non-alcohol drinks to share.
If you can bring a folding table, tablecloth, and/or serving bowls, it will help a lot!
Flowers, drums, and other musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual is kid-friendly, and there will be a short teens circle after ritual ends.
Wheelchair access via paved path from parking lot.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. (Drivers - google 41st and Lincoln, enter park there, two blocks to parking lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Sunday 1 August. Gather at 1:30pm, Ritual at 2:00pm. At Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins, Sebastopol.
Intention: Acknowledging possible scarcity, we share lovingly in community: the harvest is greater when we work together.
All ages welcome to our clean and sober event. PLEASE bring an item to share in a stew we will cook together.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming Events.
For more information, call (707) 484-7786 or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
Or visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
Equinox ritual, Sunday September 19, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park (directions below). Ritual 1pm.
Join us to celebrate the time of balance, the time of harvest and thanks.
Please bring food and/or non-alcohol drinks to share at post-ritual feast. Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual and site are kid-friendly.
There will be a short teens' circle immediately after the ritual.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or sign on big tree. (Drivers - enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
TBA, Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol. Gather 2:30pm. Ritual begins 3:00pm.
NorthBay Reclaiming invites you to a celebration of the Autumn Equinox, honoring our land and ancestors. This Mabon/Equinox Community Ritual is a participatory, kid-friendly, drug-and-alcohol-free event.
$2-$20 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Note: Ragle Park charges for parking, car pools encouraged. Ritual will be on the hillside grove across from volleyball, look for signs.
Contact northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com or call (707) 829-1552.
Watch the Spiral Dance Video on YouTube!
San Francisco 2010 - The Spiral Dance
Saturday 30 October 2010
Kezar Pavilion near Haight and Stanyan Streets
Benefiting the Reclaiming Community
Doors open at 6pm. Ritual starts at 7:30pm.
Come early to view the altars, for pre-ritual music, and to hear the names of the Beloved Dead
Join us when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the dead. We gather to remember our ancestors, our beloved dead, and all those who have crossed over.
Much help is needed to produce this wonderful annual community event. Click here for details.
General Admission: $20-$100+ sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Elders (60 & over) and Youth (15 & under) $10 and up. Children are welcome - childcare not provided.
Wheelchair Accessible. This is a drug- and alcohol-free, family-oriented ritual. Please honor us and the sacred by keeping it so.
Honor the cycle of death and rebirth by sending us the names of those born and those who have died during the past year:
Beloved dead: email to rbdnames@yahoogroups.com
Babies: email to rbbnames@yahoogroups.com
For advance tickets, directions, transportation, volunteering and more info on ritual, click here.
Photos and articles about the Spiral Dance and Reclaiming's history at RQ.org
Music from the Spiral Dance ritual - samples and CDs
Watch the Spiral Dance Video on YouTube!
Date TBA
Gather 6:30pm - Ritual begins at 7pm
NorthBay Reclaiming invites you to a celebration of the Ancestors, honoring our beloved dead and newly born at the time of the year when the veils are thinnest.
This is a participatory, kid-friendly, drug- and alcohol-free event.
Cost: Sliding scale donation $30 - $10. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Questions? Email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
or call 707-829-1552.
Date TBA
Celebrate Solstice in Sebastopol with Starhawk and Northbay Reclaiming
Gather at 6:30pm - Ritual begins at 7pm
Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol
Annual Winter Solstice Celebration with Starhawk and friends. Join us on this dark night of midwinter, to sing and dance back our connection to the Earth and Sun. Ritual indoors and warm. Wheelchair accessible. Proceeds benefit Earth Activist Training.
Cost: Sliding scale donation $10 to 50. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Questions? Email NorthbayReclaiming@yahoo.com
Monday, 20 December (Solstice Eve) 2010. Ocean Beach near Taraval Street.
Gather 3:30pm, ritual at 4pm.
Intent: Bringing the Fire Inside.
Join us on Solstice Eve, the longest night of the year, for our traditional ritual and celebration at Ocean Beach.
Please bring clean firewood (firewood is always welcome - no pallets, nails, construction material, plywood, painted or treated wood), layers of warm clothes, food or non-alcoholic drink to share afterward. A flashlight is also helpful for gathering belongings afterward.
Click here for info on the bonfires
Transit: The scenic L-Taraval train goes from downtown BART stations to the beach in about 40 leisurely minutes. Cars, Google "Taraval/Great Highway"
For more information, email sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Tuesday, 21 December (Solstice Morn). Join us again in the East Bay hills to greet the sun on Solstice morning! Wear layers and bring drums, shakers, tambourines, flutes, tubas, etc. and maybe a thermos of hot beverage. If you have a favorite sun-song, bring lyrics to share, and we usually do a spiral dance just after dawn.
Gather at the parking lot at Inspiration Point in Tilden Park about 6:40 a.m., to allow about 10 min. to walk or roll to site. At West end of parking area go around gate and up paved road beyond it, marked as Nimitz Way, which is a paved, mild uphill grade, wheelchair/stroller accessible. You'll see folks on a grassy clearing on your right (could be muddy & wet!), with beautiful view of horizon to the East (if it's clear, which could happen).
Steady rain cancels. Fog or misty rain, we'll be there.
For more info, email vibraw@aol.com
Saturday, 30 January , at Cellspace, 2050 Bryant near 19th Street, San Francisco - Mission.
Gather 7pm, ritual 7:30pm. $10-$25 requested donation. (We depend on donations from this ritual both to pay for the space and to cover ritual expenses through the year. No one turned away for lack of funds. Volunteer opportunities below.)
We're back at Cellspace for our traditional flaming cauldron ritual. This indoor, evening ritual is a benefit for Reclaiming and for Cellspace artists' warehouse.
The heart of this ritual invites participants to make a pledge for the coming year before Brigid's cauldron. You are invited to bring small samples of "waters of the world," and objects to place on the directional altars (and take home afterwards).
Children are welcome with adult accompaniment. (This ritual can get a bit "talky" for some kids. There could be a kids' space - help needed.)
Help is needed with set-up and altar-building - arrive at or soon after 5:00pm to help! And we always need clean-up helpers as well. RSVP to email below.
Transit: BART to 24th-Mission, walk or 48-bus half-mile east (away from uphill) on 24th Street to Bryant, left five blocks to Cellspace. You can also catch the 27-Bryant from Powell BART, which stops within a block. Mapquest - "2050 Bryant 94110"
To volunteer or for more info, contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Saturday, 30 January 2010 - new date!
Gather 5:30p.m. Ritual begins 6:00pm
Subud Hall, Sebastopol
$15-$3 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
As we celebrate the turning of the wheel, we take the light of hope and transform it in support of our new pledges.
This is a participatory, kid-friendly, drug-and-alcohol free event.
For more information, email NorthbayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-829-1552.
Spring Equinox, Saturday 20 March, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Ritual at 1pm.
Join us as the Wheel of the Year turns toward the sunshine. Rain or shine, it will be a beautiful day in Golden Gate Park.
This ritual especially involves young people, and includes an egg-hunt for kids afterwards. Please bring food or non-alcohol drinks to share at post-ritual feast. Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome.
Wheelchair access via paved path from parking lot. Field itself can be swampy after heavy rain.
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. We're usually straight ahead in the big meadow. (Drivers - enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Ostara/Spring Equinox, Sunday 21 March, Ragle Park, Sebastopol
Area near volleyball court ($6 for parking)
Gather at 1:30pm, Ritual at 2:00pm
All ages welcome and invited
Join us for the North Bay Reclaiming Ostara/Spring Equinox Ritual.
As the wheel turns, we come as the children of Spring to dance with the Fae.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming events
For more information, email NorthBayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-829-1552.
Saturday 1 May. Ragle Park, Sebastopol (area near volleyball court - $6 for parking). Gather at 1:30pm, Ritual at 2:00pm
All ages welcome and invited. Dancing around the May Pole together...
Suggested Donation $21 - $7. Funds to help support North Bay Reclaiming events.
For more information:
Visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
Or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com,
Or call 707-829-1552.
Saturday 1 May. Ritual begins with wreath-making and music at 12:30pm. Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park.
Intention: Educate, Agitate, Organize.
Ritual includes participatory Maypole dance. This ritual is kid-friendly. Wheelchair access via path from parking lot. Field can be swampy after heavy rain.
Please bring flowers and vines for wreaths, musical instruments, and plentiful food and/or non-alcohol drinks to share. (More flowers and vines are always needed!)
Transit: BART to Civic Center, transfer to the scenic Muni N-Judah train. Take train to Judah and 40th, walk two blocks to park, enter at 41st Ave. Walk two short blocks into park, enter parking lot on right, look for Pagans and/or signs. We're usually straight ahead in the big meadow. (Drivers - Mapquest 41st and Lincoln. Enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Saturday 1 May. Tilden Park, Berkeley Hills. Gather noon, ritual about 1pm.
Come and join RiteHere (Reclaiming in the East Bay) for our annual Merry May Day ritual and picnic in Tilden Park complete with Maypole dance and cauldron leaping. We will celebrate love in all its forms as well as the sunshine, flowers and flourishing growth of the season.
Come at 12 to make head wreaths, share snacks, and decorate the Maypole. Ritual starts about 1:00-ish pm and is very likely to be finished by 2:30 or so. Then we'll have a picnic, weather permitting. (Steady rain cancels; cool weather, misty rain, ritual is on but will be shorter.)
Children are very welcome, and bring your friends! L/G/B/T-friendly group. Everybody-friendly. Dogs on a leash (park rule) welcome too, if they are happy waiting outside the Circle during the ritual. Restrooms nearby. Wheelchair *might* be able to make it with assistance if ground is dry, but no paved path - sorry!
Ritual drummer needed! Other musicians too!
Bring: flowers and vines if you've got them; food and/or non-alcoholic drink to share; your own re-usable cup, plate, and utensils; a blanket to sit on (remember grass may be wet); sunscreen and hat if necessary.
Location: Meadow next to parking lot at Lone Oak Rd and Central Park Drive in Tilden Park, Berkeley hills. Find Nature Area on a map - drive away from it on Central Park Drive, past Pony Rides on right, take first left turn onto Lone Oak Road, which goes into parking lot. Park. Walk up grass right there by parking lot, see us at far end of meadow. Look for our round yellow signs.
To volunteer to help with this ritual and/or for more info, contact
Vibra at vibraw@aol.com
Solstice, Monday 21 June, Ocean Beach south of Taraval Street (aka "Ye Olde Site"). Gather 7:30pm, ritual 8pm.
Join us for Summer Solstice at Ocean Beach as we gather at the end of the longest day of the year. We celebrate the light and honor the turning of the Wheel of the Year back toward the darkness.
Please bring clean firewood (firewood is always welcome - no pallets, nails, construction material, plywood, painted or treated wood), warm clothes, food or non-alcoholic drink to share, and a towel if you want to plunge.
Transit: You'll want to take the scenic L-Taraval Muni train from downtown BART stations. Ride to end of line, walk a block or two to the beach, and look for group of beach-loving pagans - possibly a few blocks to the left, depending on beach conditions.
Maps: search for "Taraval and Great Highway, San Francisco 94116". Gathering will be somewhat south of this intersection.
For more information and an update on the bonfire situation, contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Solstice Ritual, Sunday 20 June. Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Avenue, Sebastopol. Gather at 1:30pm, Ritual at 2:00pm. All ages welcome to our clean and sober event.
Intention: In Earth's Brightest Hour, We Listen to Pele's Rage & Offer the Waters of Compassion.
Suggested Donation $21 - $7, no one turned away due to lack of funds. Proceeds support North Bay Reclaiming Events.
For more information, call (707) 484-7786 or email northbayreclaiming@yahoo.com
Or visit www.northbayreclaiming.com
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For more information, contact ritehererituals@yahoo.com
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