2026 Schedule and Classes
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Illumated Altar and offerings at the Farie Carin, Stones Rising 2023.
Draft Efective 5/16/25 - All schedule items are subject to change due to logistics, weather considerations, and as always – the whims of mischeivious Gods.
Friday, May 22, 2026
We do our absolute best to make sure that everything runs on schedule, and as promised, but…”If you want to make the Gods laugh, make a plan.” So, if we must be flexible, we will be, but changes will be announced as soon as available.
9:00 am Registration opens!!!
2:00 pm-Camp Welcome and Set-up/Coffee Dragons
opens/Orientation/Q&A
6:00 pm-Dining Pavilion-Dinner-“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto Holly & Crew, in Service
7:00-8:00 pm-Teacher “Witch & Stitch” at the Coffee Dragon
Come meet our talented teachers, staff, and one another, and bring some of your own “Witch Crafts” to work on, show off, or see if someone can help with!
8:00-9:00 pm-”The Circle is Open” Let us honor and Celebrate the many roads that bring us together to form the Circle, let us stand together within the embrace of the Stones. Ritual Team, in Service.
9:00- Who knows??? Bardic Circle. At the Fire
Circle. Bring a song, a poem, ancient lore, a joke, an instrument, a parlor trick…bring yourself, and take your turn as we “point, pass, or play.” Please limit your offerings to under 3 minutes, until late-night…Willow Oak, In Service
Saturday, May 23, 2026
8:00 am Morning Romp with Rowan Silvermane- (Meet at Sweat Lodge!) Feel more energized in the Morning than just a stroll? Well, Rowan does, too! Take a nice run through the Big Bottom’s diverse ecosystems with Rowan to get your corpuscles pumping, and check out the local flora and fauna!
8:00-8:30 am Morning Stroll from the Coffee Dragons-Just a little walk around Camp with the denizens. We can answer your questions, or just walk in silence. Path difficulty will be determined by ability level of the group. , in Service.
9:00 am Brunch (Dining Pavilion) “You give a whole lot of respect to food when you know what hunger is capable of.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts Holly, & Crew, in Service
11:00 am (Stone Circle)“Who is Sam Hain, and Why Do We Worship Him?” A Wicca 101 Primer…with Pamela Alexander, Lady Forth (Beginner)
11:00 am (Cliffside Stage)‘Standing a Quarter’ in the Arcane Circle”This is an experiential workshop that will provide insight into the theory and practice of being an integral member of a working arcane circle, with the objective of identifying with and mediating elemental energies in support of the ritual being practiced. Paul Kendrick, Ganapati, in Service. (Intermediate)
12:30-2:00 pm Whispers of Wood and Stone: An Immersive Journey into the Elder Futhark “Wisdom is found where the roots of the World Tree meet the Well of Memory”. Join us for a deep exploration of the ancient runes, designed for both curious beginners and seasoned practitioners. We will cover casting the runes and making sigils, and wrap up the class with hands on practice. Feel free to bring your runes to class. Etain Arngunnr, in Service.
2:00-3:30 pm (StoneCircle) The Zwillowbug's Revel:
A non-wiccan ritual of novel witchcraft. Meet a new face of the slain god. Initiate contact with a spirit of theatrical liberation. Take up the mask and join in the Revel. Maenad, called Iothia Medea, and Willow Oak, in Service
4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion (Cliffside Stage)“Voces Magicae” panel discussion on the use and purpose of "barbarous words/names" in Wiccan/magickal rites/workings All are welcome to chime in, listen in, speak up, or just sit there. Paul Kendrick, Ganapati, facilitator.
6:00 pm (Dining Pavilion) Dinner-“To share a table with someone is to share everything.”― Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga Holly & Crew, in Service
8:00 pm (Gather at the Entrance of the Stone Circle) The Full Moon Rite. For Many Wiccans, the Full Moon Rite is the Rite of Rites, it is our Most Beloved Ceremony, and we find Peace and Joy in sharing it one with another. Ritual Team, in Service.
9:30 pm-???? Stone Circle Promenade (Weather Permitting) We are just going to put on our finest attire, stroll around the Stone Circle, chat, eat snacks, enjoy some tasty beverages, and delight in the night breezes. Carpe Noctum, babies. Jenny, Angelo & Pam, in Service
Sunday, May 24, 2026
8:00 am Morning Romp with Rowan Silvermane- (Meet at Sweat Lodge!) Feel more energized in the Morning than just a stroll? Well, Rowan does, too! Take a nice run through the Big Bottom’s diverse ecosystems with Rowan to get your corpuscles pumping, and check out the local flora and fauna!
8 am (HemlockHole) Morning Poetry Reading. ~pam, in Service
9:00-10:00 am (Dining Pavilion) Brunch. “Life is no different than cooking and to make a great meal, be a great cook!”
― Mehmet Murat Ildan Holly & Crew, in Service
10:30-11:30 (North Copse of Stone Circle) The Initiate's God
Dionysus, Osiris, Mithras, Jesus....Across the classical Mediterranean and woven through western esoterica is a bond between the initiate’s journey and slain divinities. Join Mae in an exploration of the role of the Dying God in the theology of Initiation.
12:00pm-1:30 pm (North Copse of Stone Circle) Pollen: The Sacred Masculine of Flowers and their Envoys Explore the many ways that the Pollinators are the Avatars of the Divine Masculine. Noah Zingler, in service
2:00 pm-3:00 pm (Hemlock Hole) Communication With the Spirits of the Land-Join us for an outside of the box ritual of singing and talking to trees. Celebrants will be guided into a meditative trance to see what the trees have to say to us. Robert and Willow in service
3:30 Correspondences- Learn the in's and out's of magical symbolism, from a lady who loves it! Mary, in Service
5:00 pm (North Copse of Stone Circle) Chant Exchange: Learn a few chants. Teach a chant, screw up a chant, don’t matter if you sing like an angel or a warthog, ALL ARE WELCOME. “Remember why you are here. To sing!” Aidan, in service.
6:00 pm (Dining Pavilion) The Feast of the Lord and the Lady
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton Holly & Crew, in Service
8:00 pm Ceremony. Join us as we Celebrate the Ultimate Gift of the Divine Masculine. Are we telling any more? Nope. Ritual Team, in Service
9:30 pm-????? Fire Circle (at the Fire Circle) Bring drums, shake yer ya-yahs, go with the flow, bring a safety, and spin a l’il fire, there is magic in the rhythm!
Monday, May 25th, 2026
Until 10:00 am-WE SLEEP IN! ‘Cause we sayed up late-a LOT!
10:00 am (Dining Pavilion) Mimosa Brunch. “Come quickly! For I am tasting the stars!” Dom Perignon’s words upon first tasting champagne. Holly & Crew, in Service
12:00 noon “Merry Part” Closing Ceremony We open the Circle, taking parts, leaving other parts, and take the Blessings upon our Coming in, and the Blessings Upon our Going Out. Ritual Team, in Service
1:00 pm Clean-up and strike, for anyone so inclined.
Blessings of the Land Upon You and Your House!
“Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again!”