October 9-12, 2020
2020 Mysteries of Samhain – Online!
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Reg Opens Equinox 2020 – or sooner!
Registration for our October 9-12, 2020 camp officially opens Spring Equinox 2020.
Don’t tell anyone, but you can actually register anytime! Click here.
Earlybird discount through Beltane 2020.
Questions: SamhainMysteries@gmail.com
Photo by Stephen Readmond
Reclaiming Chants!
Here are some chants we sang at camp – and a lot more! There’s a great 45-minute drum-trance meditation by Starhawk at the end.
We sang at least these, mainly from our Campfire Chants album:
- Body of the Earth (for our final spiral)
- Weave and Spin
- Rising of the Moon
- Cycles of the Moon
- My Soul
- Goodnight Sweet Witches
Four Short Docs – Before Camp
Hi folks, Mysteries of Samhain organizers want to circulate four short documents among our 2019 circle. Please read these before camp – we will not test you on them, but life sometimes does!
Questions or problems with downloads: <samhainmysteries@gmail.com>
Charge of the Goddess – an older poem by Doreen Valiente that Reclaiming has long referenced
Reclaiming’s Principles of Unity – the basic document that united our various camps and communities
DARC Letter – DARC (De-colonizing Actions in Reclaiming Communities) a group of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Mixed Race folks – this letter was presented at the recent all-Reclaiming Dandelion Gathering, with a request to circulate it in our communities
How to Be Less Racist, by Rachel Munchkins – Rachel is a member of the DARC group, and is part of Samhain camp as well as teaching at CA Witchcamp and Teen Earth Magic.
2019 Camper Packet
Here’s a downloadable version of the 2019 Mysteries of Samhain camper packet, with Bring List, info on arrival/departure times and process,directions to camp, and copies of the waivers we’ll ask you to sign at camp. The photo-waiver is optional – you can indicate “no photos” on it – but we want to have a copy for each person.
Download the packet – click here.
If you have trouble downloading the packet – email <samhainmysteries@gmail.com>
Also in the packet:
– a teaser from our 2019 story, based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen
– a page of Camp Culture notes – our camp, which packs a week’s worth of magic into a long weekend, does things a bit differently than some other witchcamps, so please read this page
Carpools & Final Payments
If you still need a ride to camp, or need to pay a reg balance, please reply to our emails pronto. Thanks!
Questions: <SamhainMysteries@gmail.com>
Teen Earth Magic Workbook – Not For Teens Only!
Teen Earth Magic: An Empowerment Workbook
Earth-based spirituality and magical activism for teens – and everyone! – in the tradition of Starhawk and Reclaiming.
This unique and powerful tool, based on twelve years of rituals, classes, and grassroots activism at Reclaiming’s Teen Earth Magic camp, gathers 350 pages of Reclaiming-style magic plus 40 years of music and other resources – much of it free online.
Hundreds of ideas for teens, adults, teachers, and organizers – spellcrafting, divination, activism, pentacle magic, and much more.
Illustrated with dozens of photos from our California-based youth retreat, sibling camps Witchlets in the Woods and Redwood Magic Family Camp, and events such as the Spiral Dance and street activism, the book includes:
- step-by-step skills and practice in creating magical rituals
- sample rituals including an online ritual; magical activism
- interviews with participants about the meaning of magic and how we can use it to help change ourselves and the world
- dozens of spells and workings that can be done alone or in groups; solitary and small-circle magic
- dealing with curses and negative energy; pentacle workings; intuitive tarot and divination
- chants for rituals and everyday magic
- and much more!
With a Foreword by Starhawk, whose Earth Activist Training courses helped inspire Teen Earth Magic.
Print Edition (B&W) available on Amazon – proceeds benefit TEM!
Download the TEM Book – free online
Chants Playlists to accompany the TEM book
Earlybird Reg till May 5!
Mysteries of Samhain already has the lowest rates in town. Now you can save $30-50 more by registering by May 5.
Adults just $199-500 (regular $249-500)
Youth to age 30 $120-300 (regular $150-300)
Kids 0-4 – always free (thanks to Woodlands’ generous policy)!
Register (or at least contact us) by May 5 for earlybird discount. You can register by mail/check or by email/paypal.
2019 Mysteries: October 11-14, 2019
Stay tuned for 2019 theme and details!
We’ll again be among the familiar redwoods at Mendocino Woodlands Camp Three. Fees will remain at the same levels as last year, including our special Earlybird discount for folks who make nonrefundable deposit of $100 by March 31
- adults beginning at $199
- youth to age 30 beginning at $119
Visit our registration page for details.
Back To the Redwoods!
Mysteries of Samhain 2018 will once again be held at our original (and hopefully longterm) home: Mendocino Woodlands Camp Three.
The site is set amid a second-growth redwood forest. The rustic facilities date from the WPA programs of the Depression and WWII eras.
Camp Three is the small camp where Redwood Magic is held – about one-quarter mile from Camp Two, site of Witchlets and CA Witchcamp. Same trees, same animals, same creek – but a smaller and more intimate campsite.
For more info, visit our About page.
Welcome to Our New Website!
Welcome to Mysteries of Samhain’s new website! This wordpress-based site should be accessible on all devices, computers, Dick Tracy wrist radios, etc.
If you have trouble viewing the site, downloading reg form, etc – or you want to sign up for camp! – please email us at samhainmysteries@gmail.com
