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!


MEAL PLAN - YUMMY !

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.

Teachers for 2010

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
Diana Paxson Order of St Michael Charles Butler Laurel Mendes Rik Fire
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
Raven Kaldera Jane Sibley Tchipakkan - Hedge Witchery Patricia Blanken Duane Bowers
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
PanOrpheus Raymond Taylor Jr Anna-Sara Fire Coyote

2010 Excel Schedule

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

Donations for Feast of Four

Ancestor Altar

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.