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− | ''' | + | '''Ostara / Awaken (Ritual and Drum Circle)''' |
− | '''Date:''' Saturday, | + | '''Date:''' Saturday, March 23, 2013 |
'''Time:''' Drum Circle: 7 pm; Ritual: 8 pm | '''Time:''' Drum Circle: 7 pm; Ritual: 8 pm | ||
− | Our celebrations consist of 2 parts. First there is a drum circle from 7 until 8 (http://psgs.us/mucambridgedrumcircle), and then a participatory ritual from 8 to 10 (http://psgs.us/mupaganawakening). You can go to one, the other, or both. | + | Our celebrations consist of 2 parts. First there is a drum circle from 7 until 8 (http://psgs.us/mucambridgedrumcircle), and then a |
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+ | participatory ritual from 8 to 10 (http://psgs.us/mupaganawakening). You can go to one, the other, or both. | ||
People can come and go as they please for the drum circle, but we hope that people will arrive for the ritual by 8 and stay until the end. | People can come and go as they please for the drum circle, but we hope that people will arrive for the ritual by 8 and stay until the end. | ||
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Once the ritual starts, if you must arrive late, please enter quietly and wait to be let into the circle. | Once the ritual starts, if you must arrive late, please enter quietly and wait to be let into the circle. | ||
− | '''Location:''' The beautiful [http://psgs.us/MITChapel MIT Chapel], on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA at Mass Ave & Amherst St., MIT Building W15 | + | '''Location:''' The beautiful [http://psgs.us/MITChapel MIT Chapel], on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA at Mass Ave & Amherst St., MIT |
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+ | Building W15 | ||
'''Directions:''' | '''Directions:''' | ||
− | The MIT Chapel (W15) (http://psgs.us/MITChapel) is the cylindrical building with an odd spiky thing on top near the MIT Student Center. Get | + | The MIT Chapel (W15) (http://psgs.us/MITChapel) is the cylindrical building with an odd spiky thing on top near the MIT Student Center. Get |
− | '''Parking:''' Parking is available in [http://psgs.us/ChapelTurnaround the Chapel Turnaround]: "Parks 20 cars and is for use with Chapel events. Turnaround is located on Amherst Street just after the Chapel." | + | to 77 Mass. Ave. on the side opposite the MIT entrance with the pillars and walk west, away from the pillars, towards dorm row -- the |
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+ | chapel will be on your left. If you get to Kresge Auditorium (the building that looks as if you could ski off it), you've gone too far. If | ||
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+ | you notice a large inflatable grub-like thingy to your left, you have definitely gone much too far. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Parking:''' Parking is available in [http://psgs.us/ChapelTurnaround the Chapel Turnaround]: "Parks 20 cars and is for use with Chapel | ||
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+ | events. Turnaround is located on Amherst Street just after the Chapel." | ||
'''Price''': Free, but suggested donated of $5. | '''Price''': Free, but suggested donated of $5. | ||
− | In | + | In February, our seed lay dormant. Now the time has come to plant them with our intentions for the year and to see them sprout. Our dreams |
+ | |||
+ | will take on physical form as the year turns from the season of planting to the season of harvest. | ||
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+ | The ritual will feature Harpist and Storyteller Kate Chadbourne: | ||
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+ | Kate Chadbourne is a singer, storyteller, and poet whose performances combine traditional tales with music for voice, harp, flutes, and | ||
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+ | piano. She holds a Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where she teaches courses in Irish language and | ||
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+ | folklore – but the heart of her understanding of Irish folk tradition comes from encounters with singers, storytellers, and great talkers | ||
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+ | in Ireland. Sharing this blend of scholarship and music, Kate has found a warm welcome at museums, colleges, libraries, folk clubs, and | ||
+ | |||
+ | schools throughout New England. She has been a featured "tradition bearer" in the Revels Salon series and in the Gaelic Roots Concert | ||
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+ | Series at Boston College. Her music was featured recently on NPR's programs, "Cartalk" and "All Songs Considered," and songs from her | ||
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+ | latest CD, The Irishy Girl, are played on Irish radio programs throughout the country. She has published two chapbooks of poetry: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Brigit's Woven World & other Irish poems (FoxHarpkerInk, 2011), and The Harp-Boat (Kulupi Press, 2008), a collection of poems about her | ||
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+ | father, a Maine lobsterman. Whether Kate is singing, telling stories, or sharing a poem, she aims to leave her audiences moved, enlivened, | ||
+ | |||
+ | and eager for their own adventures. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is an open public ritual. It is intended both for those curious about Paganism and for practicing Pagans. All participants are equally | ||
− | + | welcome. | |
This event is drug and alcohol free. | This event is drug and alcohol free. | ||
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[http://paganawakening.org Pagan Awakening] , [http://twitter.com/paganawakening Twitter] | [http://paganawakening.org Pagan Awakening] , [http://twitter.com/paganawakening Twitter] | ||
− | [http://psgs.us/ | + | [http://psgs.us/wvostara13 Witchvox]<br /> |
− | [http://psgs.us/ | + | [http://psgs.us/fbostara13 Facebook]<br /> |
− | [http://psgs.us/ | + | [http://psgs.us/muostararc13 Meetup Ritual Circle], [http://psgs.us/muostaradc13 Meetup Drum Circle]<br /> |
− | [http://psgs.us/ | + | [http://psgs.us/csostara13 Couchsurfing]<br /> |
− | [http://psgs.us/ | + | [http://psgs.us/gpostara13 G+] |
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− | [[File: | + | [[File:Kate.jpeg|400px|thumb|left|Kate Chadbourne]] |
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Revision as of 11:54, 23 March 2013
Welcome to the MIT PSG Wiki - Homepage of the MIT Pagan Students' Group
The MIT Pagan Students' Group is a support network for Pagans in the MIT community. We welcome MIT students, employees, family members and anyone else in the MIT community with an interest in Paganism. In addition to organizing meetings and hosting rituals, we work to improve the image of Paganism in our community. Paganism is an affirmation of the beauty and sacredness of life on this earth, and of our unity with it.
The MIT PSG is also an informal collection of Wiccans (ranging from hierarchical rigid traditionalists to radical separatist feminists), Discordians, Pantheists, Shamans, Taoists, and those still searching for a path. The group is open-minded enough for people interested in Paganism as a personal religious phenomenom, as a broad political agenda, or as anything in between and beyond.
To see what is going on at the PSG, please take a look at our Current Events!
You can also take a look at our Planned Events, browe our Past Events, or take a look at our Library.
The MIT PSG office is in Walker Memorial in room 50-318.
We are now on Facebook and Twitter.
Upcoming Events
Here are the dates of our upcoming events:
3/23, 6-11, Ostara / Awaken
5/4, 7:30-11, Bealtaine / Connect
6/22, 6-11, Midsummer / Achieve
8/3, 6-11, Lughnasadh / Harvest
9/28, 6-11, Mabon / Appreciate
11/2, 6-11, Samhain / Remember
12/7, 6-11, Yule / Begin
Ostara / Awaken (Ritual and Drum Circle) Date: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Time: Drum Circle: 7 pm; Ritual: 8 pm Our celebrations consist of 2 parts. First there is a drum circle from 7 until 8 (http://psgs.us/mucambridgedrumcircle), and then a participatory ritual from 8 to 10 (http://psgs.us/mupaganawakening). You can go to one, the other, or both. People can come and go as they please for the drum circle, but we hope that people will arrive for the ritual by 8 and stay until the end. Once the ritual starts, if you must arrive late, please enter quietly and wait to be let into the circle. Location: The beautiful MIT Chapel, on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA at Mass Ave & Amherst St., MIT Building W15 Directions: The MIT Chapel (W15) (http://psgs.us/MITChapel) is the cylindrical building with an odd spiky thing on top near the MIT Student Center. Get to 77 Mass. Ave. on the side opposite the MIT entrance with the pillars and walk west, away from the pillars, towards dorm row -- the chapel will be on your left. If you get to Kresge Auditorium (the building that looks as if you could ski off it), you've gone too far. If you notice a large inflatable grub-like thingy to your left, you have definitely gone much too far. Parking: Parking is available in the Chapel Turnaround: "Parks 20 cars and is for use with Chapel events. Turnaround is located on Amherst Street just after the Chapel." Price: Free, but suggested donated of $5. In February, our seed lay dormant. Now the time has come to plant them with our intentions for the year and to see them sprout. Our dreams will take on physical form as the year turns from the season of planting to the season of harvest. The ritual will feature Harpist and Storyteller Kate Chadbourne: Kate Chadbourne is a singer, storyteller, and poet whose performances combine traditional tales with music for voice, harp, flutes, and piano. She holds a Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where she teaches courses in Irish language and folklore – but the heart of her understanding of Irish folk tradition comes from encounters with singers, storytellers, and great talkers in Ireland. Sharing this blend of scholarship and music, Kate has found a warm welcome at museums, colleges, libraries, folk clubs, and schools throughout New England. She has been a featured "tradition bearer" in the Revels Salon series and in the Gaelic Roots Concert Series at Boston College. Her music was featured recently on NPR's programs, "Cartalk" and "All Songs Considered," and songs from her latest CD, The Irishy Girl, are played on Irish radio programs throughout the country. She has published two chapbooks of poetry: Brigit's Woven World & other Irish poems (FoxHarpkerInk, 2011), and The Harp-Boat (Kulupi Press, 2008), a collection of poems about her father, a Maine lobsterman. Whether Kate is singing, telling stories, or sharing a poem, she aims to leave her audiences moved, enlivened, and eager for their own adventures. This is an open public ritual. It is intended both for those curious about Paganism and for practicing Pagans. All participants are equally welcome. This event is drug and alcohol free. Live music provided by Martin Case and the Lee. Joseph Brogan-Saxophones, Flutes (
Excerpts from our Imbolg/Inspire drum circle, MIT PSG , Twitter Witchvox |