The Hanging Man–Dark Night of the Soul
Ecumenicon Interfaith Conference 2010
March 25-28, 2009 (Thursday night - Sunday afternoon)
Rockwood Manor
11001 MacArthur Boulevard
Potomac, MD 20854
301-299-5026
Cell (240) 603-2620 (Charles Butler) or Home (240) 764-5748
Sponsored by Ecumenicon Fellowship, the Ecumenicon School of Interfaith Studies and the Lexington Chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian-Universalist Pagans (LEXCUUPS). If you wish to cosponsor go to our Sponsor Page for ways you can help.
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Ecumenicon Registration
Conference registration covers Friday morning until Sunday morning, including Friday/Saturday lodging and 7 meals (including the Friday night Banquet). Thursday night lodging may be purchased separately in case one wishes to stay after the banquet and start fresh in the morning without travel.
The site will hold 150 people, 50 have currently registered, don’t be left out!
Friday Night - Infinity Awards Banquet - Click Here
FEAST OF FOUR - INFINITY SERVICE AWARDS BANQUET
Feast is Friday night this year, as part of our Meal Plan. Vegetarian and vegan choices included. Some special items being prepared. Stay tuned.
Family Friendly Classes
As many classes as possible are being offered in an open fashion. Please note the 7 Community Rituals. These are designed to include families. Note also the Saturday track labeled “Nature”. All classes in this track are child-friendly and inclusive. Other classes are being crafted to include age-appropriate sections and materials.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
| Diana Paxson - Shall We Trance? | Rev. Sharon Henderson - Order of St Michael - Resurrection Mass | Rev. Charles Butler Neto - Ancestor Worship, Nature Walks, Parables | Laurel Mendes - Not for the Faint-Hearted - The Descent of Odin | Rev. Rik Fire - Ethical Counseling & Pastoral Development |
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| Raven Kaldera - Eight-Fold Path of Altered States | Spakone Jane Sibley - Norse Studies & Healing Circle | Tchipakkan - Divination & Healing Arts | Rev. Patricia Taylor - Sacred Environment | Duane Bowers - Metaphysical Aspects of Grief and Trauma |
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| PanOrpheus - Eleusinian Mysteries | Ray Taylor - Beyond the 5th Element, Thaumaturgy | Sean Mahaffy - Norse Stav & Futhark | Anna-Sara Fire - Body Intimacy, Yoga, and Chaplaincy | Seanara Coyote - The Way of the North - Wisdom Keepers |
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| DAY/ TIME | RAPIDAN | GROOM ROOM | HALL | HOOVER | KNOX | SCOUT | SOLOMON-CAUGHEY & BROOKE | FRENCH | GREAT FALLS | PATIO | FIRE CIRCLE |
| THURS, MARCH 25 | Movement | Counsel | Office | Large | Workshop | Craft | Dealers - Exhibitors | Shamanic | Dining Hall | Nature | Meditation |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Registration & Meet & Greet |
Setup | Setup | Setup | Setup | Craft | Dealer Setup | Setup | Setup | Setup | Setup |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Registration & Meet & Greet | Kitchen Move In & Potluck Setup | Potluck Setup Grilles | ||||||||
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Registration Moved to Patio | Potluck | Potluck & Registration | ||||||||
| 8:00 - 9:00 pm | Community Ritual 1 - Rose Blessing (Pan Orpheus & Sophia Heartsinger) (ASL) | ||||||||||
| 9:00 - 10:00 pm | Registration | Drumming Setup | |||||||||
| 10:00 pm - 12 midnight | Meet & Greet | Drumming | DAY/ TIME | RAPIDAN | GROOM ROOM | HALL | HOOVER | KNOX | SCOUT | SOLOMON-CAUGHEY & BROOKE | FRENCH | GREAT FALLS | PATIO | FIRE CIRCLE |
| FRI, MARCH 26 | Movement | Counsel | Office | Large | Workshop | Craft | Dealers-Exhibitors | Shamanic | Dining Hall | Nature | Meditation |
| 7:30 - 8:00 am | Breakfast Setup | Breakfast Setup | |||||||||
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Heal 101 - Yoga (Anna-Sara Fire) | Breakfast | Breakfast | Fire Lighting | |||||||
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Registra- tion | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Breakfast | Breakfast | BREAK |
| 9:30 - 10:30 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Registra-tion | Community 2 - Awakening Ceremonies (Butler, Kaldera, Heartsinger, & Company) (ASL) | Setup Class | Setup Class | OPEN | Setup Class | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Registra- tion | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | OPEN | Setup Class | |||
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Norse 101 - Stav Stances (Sean Mahaffy) (ASL) | Setup Class | Registra- tion | Dark 101 - Ordeal, Surrender & Sacrifice (Butler, Kaldera, Mendes) | Tool 201 - Changing Nature of Tarot (Tchipakkan) | Setup Class | OPEN | Trance 101 - Basic Trance Skills (Paxson) | Lunch Setup | Lunch Setup | |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Brown Bag Lunch - Dark 102 - The Parable (film) (Discussion) | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Dealers OPEN | Lunch Break | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Heal 102 - Body Intimacy - (Anna-Sara Fire) | Counsel 301 - Grief & Trauma - (Duane Bowers) | Registra- tion Open | Trance 203 - Norse 201 - Oracular Seidh - (Paxson & Mendes) | Shaman 101 - Intro to Cherokee Philosophy - (Blessing Bird) | Tool 202 - Beyond the 5th Element - (Ray Taylor Jr) | OPEN | Shaman 201 - Way of the North - The Wisdom Keepers (Seanara) | Nature Walk (Butler) | Lunch Cleanup | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Heal 201-Body Magick 201 - Body Congruence - (Joshua Tenpenny) (ASL) | Counsel 302 - Grief & Trauma - (Duane Bowers) | Registra- tion Open | Judaism 101 - Yartzeit - Remembering Ancestors - (Tovah) | Norse 102 - Younger Futhark - (Sean Mahaffy) | OPEN | Shaman 202 - Way of the North - The Wisdom Keepers (Seanara) | Nature Walk (Butler) | |||
| 6:00 - 6:30 pm | Break | Break | Break | Community 3 - Shabbat Candlelighting & Kaddish | Break | Break | Break | Banquet Prep | Break | Break | |
| 6:30 - 7:00 pm | Registra- tion Open | Banquet Prep | |||||||||
| 7:00 - 9:30 pm | Auction Display | Feast of Four Interfaith Banquet, Dessert, Awards & Auction (ASL) | |||||||||
| 9:30 - 10:00 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 10:00 pm - 12:30 am | Heal 202 - Norse 202 - Norse Working Healing Ritual - (Jane Sibley) (ASL) | Break | Banquet Cleanup | Break | Break | Break | Break | Divination | Break | Break | Fire Circle |
| 12:30 am - 1:30 am | Midnight Munchies | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Drumming | Closed | Closed | Fire Circle (TBD) | DAY/ TIME | RAPIDAN | GROOM ROOM | HALL | HOOVER | KNOX | SCOUT | SOLOMON-CAUGHEY & BROOKE | FRENCH | GREAT FALLS | PATIO | FIRE CIRCLE |
| SAT, MARCH 27 | Movement | Counsel | Office | Large | Workshop | Craft | Dealers-Exhibitors | Shamanic | Dining Hall | Nature | Meditation |
| 7:30 - 8:00 am | Breakfast Setup | Breakfast Setup | |||||||||
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Breakfast & Easter Egg Dyeing | Breakfast | Fire Lighting | ||||||||
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Registra- tion | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Breakfast | Breakfast | BREAK |
| 9:30 - 10:30 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Registra- tion | Community 4 - Arts Ritual (Luna Rose, Ray Taylor, and all Crafters | Setup Class | Setup Class | OPEN | Setup Class | Breakfast Cleanup | Easter Egg Hunt Setup | Fire Circle |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Registra- tion | Break | Setup Class | Setup Class | OPEN | Setup Class | Breakfast Cleanup | Easter Egg Hunt Setup | Fire Circle |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 am | Trance 102 - Mapquest for Inner Worlds - (Diana Paxson) | Counsel 303 - Ethical Counsel 1 - (Rik Fire) | Registra- tion | Dark 103 - Were Folk - (Jane Sibley) | Tool 203 - Palmistry for Character - (Tchipakkan) | Sacristan 101 - Rituals on a Budget - (Lady Luna Rose) | OPEN | Heal 203 - Hermaphro-dieties - (Raven Kaldera) | Lunch Setup | Easter Egg Hunt | Fire Circle |
| 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Registra- tion | Brown Bag Lunch - Disaster Preparedness (Blessing Bird) | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | OPEN | Lunch Break | Easter Egg Lunch | Lunch | Community 5 - Fire Ritual (Raven Kaldera & others) |
| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Trance 201 - Dark 201- Not for the Faint-Hearted - (Laurel Mendes) | Counsel 204 - Ethical Counseling 2 - (Rev. Rik Fire, LCSW) | Registra- tion | Tool 204 - Thaumaturgy - (Ray Taylor, Jr) | Sacristan 102 - Femadolatry - (Luna Rose) | OPEN | Shaman 203 - Wisdom Keepers 3 - (Seanara) | Dark 102 - The Parable - (Butler) | Lunch | Fire Circle | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Break | Break | Registra- tion | Break | Break | Break | OPEN | Break | Break | Break | Fire Circle | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Greek 102 - Rose Key Ritual - (PanOrpheus & Sophia Heartsinger) | Trance 202 - Dark 202 - Keening - (Laurel Mendes) | Registra- tion | Counsel 305 - Interfaith Chaplaincy - (Rev. Blessing Bird, Rev. Anna-Sara Fire) | Tool 205 - Norse Grimoire - (Jane Sibley) | Break | OPEN | Dark 104 - 8-Fold Path of Altered States - (Raven Kaldera) | Rune Magic for Children - (Tchipakkan) | Break | Fire Circle | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Dinner Break | Dinner Break | Registra- tion | Dinner Break | Dinner Break | Dinner Break | CLOSED | Dinner Break | Ecumenicon Business Meeting - All Are Welcome | Dinner Break | Fire Circle | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Tambor 201 - Ancestor Ritual Setup - (Butler, Wolf, Silverwolf, Fancy) | Tambor 201 Green Room - Ritual Prep Painting Station - (Butler,Wolf, Silverwolf, Fancy) | Registra- tion | Break | Break | Break | CLOSED | Trance 103 - Divine Possession - (Raven Kaldera) | Fire Circle Dampen | 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Break | Break | CLOSED | Break | Break | Break | CLOSED | Break) | Fire Circle Transfer | 10:00 pm - 12:00 midnight | Community 6 - Tambor 202 - Ancestor Ritual - (ALL) (ASL) | Break | CLOSED | Break | Break | Break | CLOSED | Break) | Fire Circle Dampen | 10:00 pm - 12:00 midnight | Community 6 - Christian 201 - Resurrection Mass - (ALL) (Rev. Sharon Henderson) | Break | CLOSED | Break | Break | Break | CLOSED | Break) | Fire Circle Dampen | DAY/ TIME | RAPIDAN | GROOM ROOM | HALL | HOOVER | KNOX | SCOUT | SOLOMON-CAUGHEY & BROOKE | FRENCH | GREAT FALLS | PATIO | FIRE CIRCLE |
| SUN, MARCH 28 | Movement | Counsel | Office | Large | Workshop | Craft | Dealers-Exhibitors | Shamanic | Dining Hall | Nature | Meditation |
| 7:30 - 8:00 am | Kitchen Packup | Kitchen Packup | |||||||||
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Heal 101 - Yoga (Anna-Sara Fire) | Kitchen Packup | Kitchen Packup | FIRE CLOSING | |||||||
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Registra- tion | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Setup Class | Kitchen Packup | Kitchen Packup | CLOSED |
| 9:30 - 11:00 am | Norse 103 - Stav Movement - (Sean Mahaffy) | Closed | 2011 Registra- tion | Heal 206 - Rune Valdr - (Tchipakkan) | Sacristan 103 - Ministry of Sacred Environment - (Rev. Patricia Blanken - LunaRose) Setup Class | Setup Class | OPEN | Trance 104 - Visions & Voices - (Diana Paxson) | Brunch Prep | Brunch Prep | CLOSED |
| 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Packup | Packup | 2011 Registra- tion | Brunch Served | Packup | Setup Class | Packup | Packup | Brunch Prep | Brunch Prep | CLOSED |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | Community 7 - Closing Ritual & Certificates - Goodbyes (ALL) | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Kitchen Load-out | Closed | CLOSED |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Final Check | Kitchen Load-out | Final Check | Closed |
Multiple classes in multiple tracks including rituals, panels, workshops, and intensive study sessions.
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Ecumenicon Registration
Teaching at Ecumenicon 2010 and future years…
Teacher packets are available for 2010, The Hanged Man: The Dark Night of the Soul, particularly seeking workshops for this year in questions of grief counseling, personal journeying, and shamanic and oracular traditions. In addition, classes on Ancient Traditions and Healing Arts are always welcome. Continued classes in “Nature Awareness Adventures,” and rituals from many faiths. Drummers and other musical activities especially welcome. We have a late-night drumming circle after hours to which all are welcome.
Tracking Classes …. now what did I take and why?
Ecumenicon School of Interfaith Studies is working within a continuing education certificate model. All classes are tracked by subject matter, teacher, and year taught to enable a student to get a well-rounded certificate which will eventually carry CEU points for transfer. See our School Page. Many classes being prepared will have pre-registration and reading assignments, so sign up early. We will also have on-line classes throughout the year so that we can offer more advanced courses beyond the basics we include in our conference.
Accessibility
Ecumenicon Interfaith Conference strives to be fully accessible. The conference is located entirely on one floor along a single corridor which is flat without stairs. ASL Sign Language interpreters are provided on an as-needed basis by qualified interpreters and team interns. See our “Accessibility and Inclusion” page for more details on how to request an interpreter.
In order to reach out to all our participants, we budget to cover accommodation needs, but the cost for a sign-language interpreter for a single two-hour class can be as much as $160, so we need your help. Please give generously to our accessibility fund.
