stepping beyond my self

Samhain: the day when the veil between the world of the living and the non-living is at its thinnest.Hence our celebration of All Hallow’s Eve.  Last year on Samhain I danced in the Spiral Dance, invoking West, the direction of Water, with 2 other gorgeous dancers.

I missed the ritual this year, but was delighted to receive a bunch of photos from last year’s photographer, Richard Man.

All Hallow’s Eve, and Autumn in general: a time to step out of your self and into costume and, more importantly, into empathy/relationship with others — alive, dead, unborn…

Spiraling Around Again

I’ll be hooping again in the Reclaiming community’s ritual The Spiral Dance, on the occasion of Samhain. I’m excited. Last year’s was deeply affecting-sweet, haunting (and haunted…in a good way), and only a little bit hokey.

Here’s a video they put together about the ritual, mostly featuring footage from last year. Between 3:30-3:40 there’s about six seconds of me invoking South, which is the direction of fire, and passion…

And here’s the postcard for this year’s event.