Day of the Dead 2009 23
Starhawk leads the SF Mission Dia de los Muertos Procession and invocations to the 5 directions
For the witches among us Halloween is not just the time for costumes and trick or treat. It's the Witches' New Year or what is called Samhain when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is like a black lace curtain. Witches gather to remember and honor their ancestors and all those who have crossed over. They mourn the losses and pain suffered by their Mother the Earth. They also celebrate the Goddess -- life's sacred cycles of birth growth death and regeneration. Spiral dances and circles of remembrance for thousands of witches and wannabes will be held this weekend in San Francisco Sebastopol Palo Alto Santa Cruz and other Bay Area locales. At a spiral dance friends and strangers join hands and lose some -- but not all -- of their inhibitions. They cast a circle to create a sacred space -- invoking the elements of air fire water and earth. There's ecstatic drumming singing laughter and play.
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Day of the Dead 2009 23
Starhawk leads the SF Mission Dia de los Muertos Procession and invocations to the 5 directions
For the witches among us Halloween is not just the time for costumes and trick or treat. It's the Witches' New Year or what is called Samhain when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is like a black lace curtain. Witches gather to remember and honor their ancestors and all those who have crossed over. They mourn the losses and pain suffered by their Mother the Earth. They also celebrate the Goddess -- life's sacred cycles of birth growth death and regeneration. Spiral dances and circles of remembrance for thousands of witches and wannabes will be held this weekend in San Francisco Sebastopol Palo Alto Santa Cruz and other Bay Area locales. At a spiral dance friends and strangers join hands and lose some -- but not all -- of their inhibitions. They cast a circle to create a sacred space -- invoking the elements of air fire water and earth. There's ecstatic drumming singing laughter and play.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archiv...
www.sfmission.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?img=0&am...