Homewood Friends Meeting House, Dining Room/Basement (Please use side door on porch)
3107 North Charles Street
Doors open at 3:30 pm
Ritual at 4:00pm
Potluck to follow
Intention: We ask questions of all we are to create a path to our future. Together, we find our way.
As Summer lingers, we turn our attention to the rest of the year: what rituals will we create, what challenges will we face, how will we stand together? In order to prepare ourselves, we turn to ask the egregore of Baltimore Reclaiming for their wisdom. This spirit of our group mind has celebrated with us and marched with us as our community has waxed and waned. We ask them for their guidance for the coming year. As we face the unformed future, we know we will do it together.
About Baltimore Reclaiming: Baltimore Reclaiming is a radically inclusive community of witches who use our magic to bring transformation, justice and healing to ourselves, Baltimore and the world. We are a group of witches, artists, pagans, healers, activists, queers, priestesses, anarchists, theater geeks, feminists, and other good humans. We see our work as teaching and making magic: the art of empowering ourselves and each other. In our classes, workshops, and public rituals, we train our voices, bodies, energy, intuition, and minds. We use the skills we learn to deepen our strength, both as individuals and as community, to voice our concerns about the world in which we live, and bring to birth a vision of a new culture. We gather, mostly on the Sabbats, to work magic, often for personal healing and also for the healing of our society and planet. We believe that the work we do together in our sacred circles really can change the world.
About Lammas: On Lammas we celebrate by turning our attention to what is around and within us. Summer is still glowing warm around us, leaving us languid with stoop stories and the music of cicadas. But we also feel it fading as the days shorten and the sun’s daily path moves further south. Traditionally, this time marks the beginning of the harvest festivals—the gathering of wheat for flour, and the seeds for the next growing season.
Location: Homewood Friends Meeting House is a wheelchair-accessible space with a wheelchair-accessible bathroom. If you will need to use the wheelchair accessible entrance, please call or text (text preferred) 443-235-2007 or 303-819-7843 at least an hour before arrival for a heads up and then when you arrive so we can come open the door.
Cost: Baltimore Reclaiming does not charge for our events, but we do have considerable expenses which include renting the space and buying supplies for the ritual! We recommend a $10-$20 donation per person. You can bring cash or send money ahead of time via PayPal to ritual@baltimorereclaiming.org or via Venmo to 443-235-2007. No one is turned away for lack of funds. You are fully welcome regardless of your ability to financially donate.
Drugs & Alcohol: All Baltimore Reclaiming events are drug and alcohol free. We respectfully request that you do not use drugs or alcohol before or while attending our events.
Scent Policy: We strive to accommodate people who have chemical and scent sensitivities. Please keep these people in mind as you make choices about wearing scented personal hygiene products.
What to Expect: New to Baltimore Reclaiming? Visit our Rituals page to learn more about what to expect at an event.
Dress Code: Wear whatever you like! You are welcome to wear everything from jeans and a t-shirt to a tuxedo. Often, people like to wear something special for ritual which might mean a favorite dress, a special shawl, a flower crown, or something else. We encourage you to wear whatever you feel most comfortable in.
Mask Policy: At in-person Baltimore Reclaiming events, masking is encouraged, but not required. If you have COVID-like symptoms, you should test; if you test positive, you should not come to the event. Individual cells are empowered to adjust this policy as public health warrants.