Goddess Festival 2011

On March 11th we will open the 3rd annual Goddess Festival here in Fayetteville Arkansas.
                           The theme this year is Restoring the Balance.

“In ancient cultures where the Goddess was worshiped both women and men were honored as equals. With the rise of patriarchy many aspects of the Feminine Divine were suppressed and the presence of the Goddess was virtually eradicated. Today, our yearning for equality calls us to rise yet again with our questions and our unrest and to listen to the echoes in our hearts. We have enthusiastically joined in a global reemergence of the Goddess – – a re-discovery of all that has been hidden for centuries. We are seeking to Restore the Balance
 There will be workshops, vendors, and music galore! Something for everyone!
Our new venue is awesome and perfectly placed between two great eating establishments that are always busy! They are both giving discounts to festival goers.
  I personally feel the this years theme is so appropriate . With all the bills that are being introduced that will take away women's rights Restoring the Balance is needed more than ever.

You are invited to join us for this exciting participatory event when we convene the third annual Goddess Festival during the month of March 2011. Daring to hope for spiritual wholeness in the world, we come together to dream, to play, and to create in an atmosphere of respect and acceptance for all – - where the Feminine Divine can be revealed, explored, and expressed. Because March is celebrated in the United States of America as Women’s History month, we believe this to be a perfect time to hold this multifaceted event. This celebration will honor the power of the Feminine Divine through art, music, words, dance, film and shared knowledge.
 Come check us out!!
 http://www.goddessfestival.com/

  
                     Blessed Be!

Magick is Afoot

In Fayetteville Arkansas today we had the second annual Interfaith Harmony Day.
All the churches joined in a day of celebrating diversity, with the focus being
on education and awareness. Many Songs,One Symphony.
I am sharing this because the opening ritual was done by our local Pagan group.
We called the quarters and invoked the Goddess to be here with us. To be in a
room with so many religions and to be so accepted was an awesome feeling. We had
Mormons,Quakers, Monks and so many others stop by our table and ask questions
that showed that they were really interested in finding out who we were and what
we believed.
In March we will also have our second annual Goddess Festival.
http://www.goddessfestival.com/ This is a month long celebration of
divine feminine in all creation. We will have art, music(we put out a cd)vendors
and workshops. Last year we were just blown away by the attendance on opening
night and all during the month. This year our venue is right on the town square!
We have the visitors center putting the Festival on their brochures and the
mayors office is behind us all the way! There is a chant our group does, We are
the ones we've been waiting for. Well folks, Magick is Afoot and We Have
Arrived! at least in Fayetteville. :)

Goddess Festival

I went on a retreat yesterday out to Wattle Hollow. The retreat was for the women who are in the producers circle for the Goddess Festival. I am the vendor coordinator for the festival this year. I wasn't going to go, I'm so glad that I did. The retreat was to clarify what the festival was doing, what our message was. The women at this retreat were some of the most dynamic, fun, laughing, caring group I had been around in a long time. I came away feeling part of something greater than the parts who are putting it together.