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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:16 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:26 pm
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TeaDidikai I'm talking about open public festivals, such as Starwood and Summerstar and the like. Do you have favorites? What do you like about them? What do you dislike? If you don't go and it isn't because you don't have the cash or aren't old enough to attend (either because you are actually under age, or you are a minor), why don't you go?
I used to like Starwood, til it became a haven of misinformation and "classes" taught by people who should never have an open invitation to spread thier bullshit. Reminds me of some spiritualist camps who invite people to teach who claim to know everything about the subject they are "teaching" or who know nothing of the basics, yet claim they do.
I have not been to Starwood since 2000-2001 or something like that, though my brother still gets thier brochures.
Money talks and bullshit sells or something like that.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:35 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:11 pm
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I attend PSG (Pagan Spirit Gathering) every year and I've been to Festival of Souls (FOS) in Memphis at least five times. (I've helped plan the opening ritual for this years FOS).
What I like most is that I get the chance to spend time in a comfortable environment with my chosen family. We have spread so far across the United States that we only get to talk with one another online and that has even been rare lately. FOS is our primary time to get together, attend workshops, teach workshops, goof off and just have fun. PSG is our second chance but this gets a bit messy because of space and cost. Plus some of us work the event, or help so much we pretty much work, that we don’t get to spend as much time with one another. In the past I’ve been to and helped run a few events in Ohio. Those didn’t live up to what I had expected.
A smaller event that was enjoyable would have been Summerland with the ADF. New path, weird people, good time plus I was adopted by a grove that weekend.
What I like most about these events is the chance to learn new information. Some of it is bunk and laughable but if I walked away with something from it, it was worth my time.
My dislikes are cost and distance. Having just moved to Florida everything I did before like PSG, FOS, and the few times I went to Pagan Picnic in St. Louis I was much closer. Now all it takes is a bit more planning.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:35 pm
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i've only ever been to TAWN's (Tucson Area Wiccan [and Pagan] Network) Fall Fest (which is a bunch of pagan booths usually selling stuff and a ritual at the end) and my grove's Desert Magic, twice.
however, in October, i will be going to Raven's Cry Grove's festival, Three Realms in Paso Robles.
so far, i've liked this last year's Desert Magic the most, as we rented the Girl Scout's camp on Mt. Lemmon. while i was sick, the workshops were awesome.
what i most like is seeing a number of the big timers in ADF and going to many of the crafty workshops. then there's the opportunity to talk to a number of the authors and get with buddies from the other side of the country.
hopefully next year i can attend PantheaCon with a number of the other grovies, as well as Phoenix Rising's Grove festival, Medieval Madness, which is called because it's about the time frame the Renaissance Festival comes to Arizona and they all attend on Sunday.
i guess what i most dislike is there usually are a number of those that you start to expect from the Pagan scene; either everything in their life is going wrong and they are a martyr for it, or everything is going right and they are a chosen one for everything. either way, some of the thoughts of grandeur just get too much and annoying.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:32 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:39 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:19 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:11 pm
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