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The Besom’s Puget Sound Pagan Guide |
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Spring Mysteries Fort Flagler State Park Wa - March http://www.aquatabch.org |
The Spring Mysteries Festival is a recreation of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the ancient initiatory rites of classical Greek Paganism which were conducted in secrecy for over two thousand years before the common era. |
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Tacoma Highland Games Graham Wa - June http://www.tacomagames.org |
The Tacoma Highland Games were held for the first time in 1970. The games came about as a result of a few individuals getting together and deciding that if Seattle could do it – why not Tacoma? |
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Summerstar Columbia River area, Wa - July http://www.summerstar.org/ |
Summerstar is a direct inspiration of Starwood, an annual pagan festival held
in upstate New York. Starwood's eclectic energy and experimental rituals have
influenced us greatly. While Starwood has grown over the years to support
several thousand attendees, Summerstar remains a small festival with a maximum
of 200 attendees. This allows us to maintain an intimate village atmosphere
and creates the possibility of deep connections among each of us. |
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PNW Scottish Highland Games Enumclaw Wa - August http://www.sshga.org/ |
Competitive Highland Dancing, individual Piping and Drumming, Pipe Bands, Scottish Athletic Events,delicious, traditional Scottish Foods -- you will see and experience it all, plus much, much more at the KingCounty Fairgrounds, in Enumclaw. |
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Canterbury Faire Kent Wa - August http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/arts/canterbury/index.asp |
The Canterbury Faire honors Kent's historic connection to Canterbury, Kent, England, while celebrating the excitement and pageantry of the performing, visual and literary arts. |
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Washington Renaissance Faire Gig Harbor Wa - August http://www.washingtonrenfaire.com/ |
Feel the ground tremble to the pounding hooves of great war horses charging down the list, carrying armored knights jousting for king, queen, country, or the hand of a fair maiden. Hear the ring of clashing steel shatter the tranquility of our 16th century village. |
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Northwest Fall Equinox Festival Portland Or - September http://www.9houses.org/NWFEF/intro.html |
The 2003 Northwest Fall Equinox Festival will be September 18 - 21 (Thorsday
through Sunday) at a beautiful wooded site about 1 1/2 hours from Portland,
Oregon. This year's program will continue our traditional format of an Opening Ritual, Main Ritual, and Closing Ritual. Woven into this we hope many of you will give workshops, smaller rituals, rites-of-passage, and whatever else you can mainfest that is instructive, transformative, or fun. |
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Hekatee's Sickle Orcas Island Wa - November http://www.aquatabch.org/ |
We will go on another magical journey to the Celtic Otherworld, a journey focusing on introspection, reflection, and personal growth. Besides the main ritual on Saturday night the Festival includes a Rite of Purification, Rites of Passage, Rite of Release, and a Masquerade Celebration welcoming the Celtic New Year - at which we will award annual ATC membership cords and beads, the marks of your accomplishments in the year gone by. |