Thursday, May 14, 2015

You are invited to OPEN HOUSE!


Blue Deer Center to host Open House
 May 30th, 2015

Margaretville, New York, May 30th, 2015 – The Blue Deer Center will be hosting an Open House for visitors of all ages and backgrounds on May 30th from 10am-5pm. This is an opportunity to visit the Blue Deer Center and find out about our mission, our programs, our sister organizations and enjoy the land. This all-day event will feature the music of “Spirit of Thunderheart” Native American Drummers; book signing with Eliot Cowan, author of Plant Spirit Medicine; indigenous art from the Huichols of Sierra Madres in Mexico will be for sale; tours of the land and facilities, food and more. You will have the opportunity to speak with Shamans around the fire, have one-on-one talks and engage in group discussions with people of ancestral ways. You will be able to participate in a river ceremony. This day of celebration, ceremony and sharing is a perfect time to visit the Blue Deer Center.

The Day will begin at 10 am with coffee and tea social hour followed by opening talk around the fire at 11. 11:30 all present will be invited to join in the river ceremony where you can walk to the river and give thanks. At noon, listen to the ancestral sounds of Thunderheart Drummers and enjoy some lunch. At 1 pm, Eliot Cowan, author of the seminal book, Plant Spirit Medicine, will be featured and lead a participatory demonstration around the fire about the living world. Thunderheart will return for more music in the afternoon and there will be plenty of time to mingle, meet new friends and reconnect with old. We will end our day at 5 pm around the fire with a few words.

 

You can also visit with representatives from the Sacred Fire Foundation, Plant Spirit Medicine Association, Sacred Fire Community Organization and local Fire keepers.

The Sacred Fire Foundation (SFF) is a charitable organization, supporting initiatives that preserve and promote Ancient Wisdom traditions—and their perspectives—to insure their continuance for our children and future generations. The world's Ancient Wisdom traditions are being threatened, and a key focus of our work is in supporting relationships with them and between them. Through events and media, the Foundation seeks to bring a greater awareness and understanding to our modern culture of the irreplaceable benefit that Ancient Wisdom provides the people of the world. Key initiatives include: Ancient Wisdom Rising to be held at Blue Deer Center August 2015, grant making programs, wisdom fellowship ward and the Sacred Fire Press.

Plant Spirit Medicine Association representative & healers will also be available to talk about their organization, medicine and healers. The Mission of the Plant Spirit Medicine Association is to support, preserve and strengthen the practices of Plant Spirit Medicine (PSM) as recognized by the Temple of Sacred Fire Healing (TSFH).

Mark May 30th on your Calendar for a day of exploration, fun, music, food, art and new friends at Blue Deer, 1155 County Route 6, Margaretville, NY 12455.  For more information about this and other programs at the Blue Deer Center, please contact K’Anna Burton at 845-586-3225 ext 305 or email at Kannaburton@bluedeer.org .

Blue Deer Center
1155 County Route 6
Margaretville, NY 12455

Contact Information
K’Anna Burton
Blue Deer Center
http://www.bluedeer.org
845-586-3225 ext. 305

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