The News from Four Quarters

February 4, 2026

2026 Calendar-at-a-Glance is now Available!
By Kurt Griffith

October 23, 2025

Samhain – The Weather!
By pamela alexander

Samhain at Four Quarters is just under 2 weeks away, and we are eagerly looking at the extended weather forecasts, even though experience has told us time and time again, that this is WAAAAYYYY too early to know anything about the weather! (If you’ve never been to Four Quarters, it is helpful to know that, due to the nature of the landscape here in the Allegheny Plateau, we exist in a sort of “micro-climate” which makes predicting the weather…challenging.)

But having no real information to go on isn’t going to stop me from writing a post about the weather at Samhain today!

September 30, 2025

Shapeshifters’ Ball at Samhain 2025!
By pamela alexander

This is a Very. Special. Announcement. from Four Quarters Samhain!!!

Presenting:
The  Shapeshifters’ Ball!!!

A Masquerade and Costume Ball beneath the Full Moon in the Stone Circle. The stage is set, the music is on, the lights are shining, all we need are the Stars of the Show…YOU!

Augusts 21, 2025

Stones Rising 2025 Community Altar!
By pamela alexander

With Stones Rising less than a week away, excitement is building here at Four Quarters as we prepare to raise another Stone in the North Copse!

Last-minute details for ceremony are being finalized, as are all the plans for moving and raising the Stone. No matter how many times we have done this, we still get all twitterpated in the last days before the event starts.

That’s our part.

Here’s YOUR part! As we celebrate our theme this year, “A Place For All Paths,” we plan to create a Community Altar which will honor all the Faith Traditions that are represented at Stones Rising. And you are invited to bring a small object to place on that altar to represent your path, your unique journey to Stones Rising.

Here are our basic guidelines:

-We would like all the items to remain on the altar from Friday until after the Consecration ceremony on Sunday evening, if possible.
-Items should be weatherproof, if possible, or you need to be responsible for moving the item to a dry location in the event of rain.
-Items should be durable, in case of any accidents.
-The item should be something you are okay with being photographed or touched.
-Items should not be too large, so there is room for everyone.

But, other than that, please feel free to bring something to represent your Path! Stones Rising is about interweaving our stories, and this altar should tell an interesting tale!

Stones Rising Thirty-One: A Place For All Paths
August 27th-September 1st
Rising Day: August 31st-Free For All.
Four Quarters InterFaith
Artemas PA 17211

Resgister for Stones Rising Here!

January 23, 2025

2025 Schedule-at-a-Glance is now Available!
By Kurt Griffith

January 20, 2025

Santos in The Snow

~pam (Eguin Colarde) alexander

The Moon Service Altar dressed to honor the Orisha Obatala.

Four Quarters first Moon Service for 2005 kicked off this past weekend with a surprisingly large number of folks braving the cold and snow to attend. When we sat down for the Misa on Friday evening, I was astonished to count sixteen of us gathered to sing and pray together for our Beloved Departed.

         Four Quarters was already fairly white with snow on Friday during the day, but, as we slept, another two inches of beautiful white snow fell, blanketing the Land in silence and rare and strange beauty. And all that white seemed appropriate as we launched the Moon Service weekend which was themed “Santeria Show and Tell.” (Everybody knows how much the Santos LOVE white!)

         We began the day’s activities with an “Elements of Ritual” class dedicated to Ellegua, his place at the crossroads, and his role as the keeper of liminal spaces. That was shortly followed by a fine Church Supper featuring a menu of Cuban dishes, many of them particular favorites of Ellegua, the Orisha we would be honoring that night.