2012 Summer Intensive
Late July, 2012
Artemas, PA
A Reclaiming Witchcamp
"Psyche and Eros"
Awaken your sense of wonder. Step into your power. Play. Dance. Drum. Explore your authentic self.
Camp will be held at the Four Quarters InterFaith Sanctuary, a retreat center in southern Pennsylvania. Tenting is the primary housing accommodation at Four Quarters. Two bathhouses with flush toilets and hot showers are located in the campgrounds. SpiralHeart has a limited number of loaner tents and equipment available. In addition, volunteers can help set up and take down your tent. SpiralHeart is committed to providing assistance to those who wish to attend but need some help in making their housing work.
There are limited indoor accommodations. The Dorm is wheelchair accessible. It is a single room cabin that accommodates up to 16 individuals in bunks and is located in the campgrounds near a bathhouse. There may be additional indoor accommodations available; we are waiting for information on those.
Your Camp Experience
Each person's experience at WitchCamp can be dramatically different depending on what they bring with them and how much of themselves they put into the experience. Camp can be a significant investment of time and energy, but click here and you can read about powerful personal experiences of people who've attended camp previous years. Our camp instruction book, SpiralBound, will be mailed out to those who have registered for camp. To download the pdf version of the 2009 edition of this book right-click this link to save it to your computer (the file is over 1 M in size so trying to read it via your browser may cause the browser to hang).
How You'll Spend Your Week:
Sunday is Set-up day. As a camp community, we will set up the many things we need to make the camp work. This will be done based on what each individual can handle.
On Monday through Friday:
Mornings are for Exploration. You'll choose a course to concentrate upon from a variety of offerings, ranging from introductory to advanced skills-work. Your path facilitators, through a variety of methods, will assist your development of a deep connection with the Earth and your companions. Click here for a description of the paths.
Afternoons are for Reflection. You'll be able to talk about what you're experiencing with the members of your affinity group. You'll hike through lush woodlands, or bask in the warming sun. And you'll have opportunities to learn new skills and crafts.
Evenings are for Celebration. You'll join with the rest of the camp as we co-create a living, vibrant community through rich, deeply moving ritual planned by our ritual arc team, based on the week's intention and sharing of the ongoing work from the various paths.
Please note: During the intense Magic of Witchcamp, Spiralheart is an intentionally drug and alcohol free community.
Who Will Share Your Experience:
We Encourage And Celebrate Diversity. So, you can expect to share your week with people of all races, sexes, lifestyles and sexual orientations. The only restriction to participation is a minimum age of 18.
Transportation
You will receive complete directions to camp after you register. If you can’t drive to camp, we may be able to find you a ride from someone in your area. More likely, you’ll take a plane, train, or bus to the D.C. area and we’ll find you a ride from there.
If you have further questions about camp, feel free to e-mail us (info@spiralheart.org).
If you wish to donate funds to increase the size of the scholarship fund, you may donate online here. Please note that donations to the scholarship fund are fully tax-deductible.
Information about the paths and costs should be available around Samhain.
For specific information relative to personal needs email info@spiralheart.org