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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", i.e. no recreational drugs or alcohol.
Rituals are listed according to closest upcoming date.
This information is tentative - please check back the week of the ritual for final details.
Join the Bay Area Reclaiming elist (BARD) and get email notices of rituals and other Reclaiming events - contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com for information.
Solstice, Saturday 20 June, Ocean Beach, new location TBA (near Golden Gate Park / Beach Chalet). 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: Take N-Judah Muni train from downtown BART stations. Ride to end of line, walk a block or two to the beach, then a few blocks to the right.
Maps: search for Great Highway and Lincoln. Ritual will be a couple of blocks to the right from this intersection.
For more information and an update on the bonfire situation, contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
TBA
For more information, contact ritehererituals@yahoo.com
Lammas, Saturday 1 August, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Gather 12:30pm, ritual at 1pm.
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.
Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual is kid-friendly.
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 - enter at 41st and Lincoln, park in lot.)
Contact sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
TBA
Equinox, Saturday 26 September, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park (directions below). Gather 12:30pm, ritual 1pm.
Join us to celebrate the time of balance, the time of harvest.
Please bring food or non-alcohol drinks to share at post-ritual feast. Flowers and musical instruments are also welcome. This ritual is kid-friendly.
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
Watch the Spiral Dance Video on YouTube!
San Francisco 2009 - The Spiral Dance
Saturday 31 October
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
Sebastopol Community Center - 390 Morris Street
Doors open at 6:00pm - Ritual begins at 7pm
Join us while 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, and to celebrate the newly born. This is an all-ages event.
All Reclaiming events are clean and sober.
Cost: Sliding scale donation $10.00 to $50.00. No one turned away for lack of funds. This event is a fundraiser to benefit The Reclaiming Ailing Witches Fund.
Questions? Email CopperPersephone@aol.com
or call 707-396-8514.
Sunday, December 20. Location - Ocean Beach near Taraval.
Gather 3:30pm, ritual at 4pm. 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.
Transit: The scenic L-Taraval train goes from downtown BART stations to the beach. Look for us a block or two south (left as you face the ocean). Cars, Google "Taraval/Great Highway"
The San Francisco ritual is held on Solstice Eve, the longest night of the year.
For more information, email sfrpc@yahoogroups.com
Monday, December 21. 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
TBA
Celebrate Solstice in Sebastopol with Starhawk and Northbay Reclaiming
Gather at 6:30pm - Ritual begins at 7pm
Subud Hall - 234 Hutchins Ave, 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
This is a clean and sober event
Saturday, 24 January , at Cellspace, 2050 Bryant near 19th Street, San Francisco - Mission.
Gather 7pm, ritual 7:30pm. $9-$33 requested donation. (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 alwys 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
Sunday, 25 January Celebrate Imbolc in Sebastopol with Northbay Reclaiming. Join us as we gather with community to celebrate and honor Brigid, and the turning of the Wheel to the promise of Spring.
Gather at 6:30pm. Ritual begins at 7pm. At Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Ave in Sebastopol. Sliding scale donation $3 to $13, no one turned away for lack of funds.
This is a clean and sober event.
For more information, email NorthbayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-396-8514.
Spring Equinox, Saturday 21 March, Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. Gather 12:30, ritual at 1pm.
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
Friday 1 May. 6pm potluck dinner, 7pm ritual. In Sebastopol - please email NorthBayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-396-8514 for exact directions.
Love Donation: $13 - $3, with proceeds funding the work of North Bay Reclaiming
What to bring
Flowers Flowers Flowers!
Potluck dish
Eating utensils including cup, plate and cutlery
Instruments including drums and Bells!
Blankets to sit on
Delectable dessert for our post-ritual fun and leaping the fire
Costumes... come as you are, or don your best spring ritual finery!
This ritual is clean and sober, and family friendly - all ages and genders welcome!
For more information, email NorthBayReclaiming@yahoo.com or call 707-396-8514
Saturday 2 May. Gather 12:30pm, ritual begins with wreath-making and music around 1pm. Magic Meadow, Golden Gate Park. 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
Sunday 3 May. 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 noon to make head wreaths, share snacks, and decorate the Maypole. Ritual starts about 1:00-ish 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, & bring your friends! L/G/B/T-friendly group. 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!
Bring: flowers & vines if you've got them; food and/or non-alcoholic drink to share; your own re-usable cup, plate, & utensils; a blanket to sit on (remember grass may be wet); sunscreen & 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. Look for our round yellow signs. Walk up grass right there by parking lot, see us at far end of meadow.
To volunteer to help with this ritual (we need a drummer/musicians!) or for more info, contact Vibra at vibraw@aol.com
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