Fw: Fwd: an autumn ritual, moon on riverwater, all of us together now.

[Lauren Merin]

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hello! hi! 

this is an update from china here it goes there it is:

"so holly pointed out yesterday that the eno river state park closes at 7:30 pm in september, and so we probably shouldn't have our fall ritual there as we could get locked in. 5:30 seems too early...so i propose that we move our location to the swimming hole spot off guess road. it's all naturey and pretty, a short walk down to the river and no gates or hours to speak of.  

it's at the end of landis drive, off guess road. landis is on the right hand side if you're driving from durham city center...there's not a ton of parking, so carpooling would be preferred."

is that cool with all of you? would anyone like to ride together?

to feel excited i suggest visiting the nasa website to read about the moon. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/22sep_harvestmoon/

does anyone have a camera to take pretty pictures of our faces?

much love,

jade

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Jade Brooks <jadem...@gmail.com> wrote:

oh hello to you.

here is a letter from miss china. and also katiebug and me, we echo the sentiment expressed below. i hope very much that you can join us this thursday. all that we ask is for you to come with sweet feelings in your heart and contemplative spirits ready to embrace some crispy fallhascome woo woo magic. if it would please you to do some internet research...the autumn equinox is called mabon and here is some more about her:

http://www.wicca.com/celtic/akasha/mabon.htm

(if someone can tell me what is this "solomon's seal," i will give you a shiny treasure). (and if you would like to speak sometime this week about how to appropriately "offer libations to trees," please do not hesitate to telephone).

dear friends,

i hope this email finds you all well, enjoying the wind down of summer and the transition into autumn.  it has always struck me as a very poignant time of year- a time for reflection and reconsideration- as the light changes and becomes slanted and indirect, evening comes earlier, plants begin to dry and change, and life slows down to a more constant and regular pace.  the frenetic and wild feeling of summer is over and we begin to store our energies, our thoughts, and our feelings for the coming year.  like little chipmunks.

this coming thursday, september 23 is the autumn equinox, and a full moon to boot!  in celebration and recognition of this transitional time of the year, jade, katie and i would like to invite you all to have an outdoor autumn picnic with us at the eno river.  we'd like to channel our chipmunk energy, if you will, and have a small ceremony of letting go and intention setting to honor this time of year.  we'd like everyone to bring something that symbolizes something in their life that they'd like to let go of; it can be something they've completed, accomplished, been through, a negativity accumulated that needs to be released, or something positive they'd like to recognize in their lives.  it can take the form of a simple written statement, a symbolic effigy of some kind, a photo, whatever.  at the picnic we'll set aside some time to release these things in whatever way feels good to us- buried like a squirrel's nut, made into a paper boat and sent down the river, burnt in a little fire, any way of saying goodbye that feels appropriate to you.

also, we'd like everyone to bring a similar artifact that symbolizes an intention you'd like to set for the coming year.  we'll make a little 'time capsule' of sorts to be unearthed next year, and to give us another chance for reflection and incorporation.  

sharing these objects for release and intention will be entirely up to us, individually, at the picnic...

the details:
when: thursday september 23, 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm 
where: eno river state park, off of cole mill road.  down at the river. 
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl
what: potluck, autumn picnic, and ritual
what to bring: something to let go of, an intention to set, some food to eat, and probably a flashlight, just in case.


we hope to see all of you there, and to celebrate this unique time of year, of dying light and changing leaves and incorporation and reflection.  let us know if you plan on coming!

con amor,
china, jade and katie