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'''Here are the dates of our upcoming events:'''
 
'''Here are the dates of our upcoming events:'''
  
Friday, June 22, 7 pm - 11 pm: Litha / Midsummer / Summer Solstice / Achieve<br />
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Saturday, August 4, 7 pm - 11 pm: Lughnasadh / Lammas / Harvest<br />
Saturday, August 4, 7 pm - 11 pm: Lughnasadh / Harvest<br />
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Saturday, September 29, 7 pm - 11 pm: Mabon / Fall Equinox / Appreciate<br />
Saturday, September 29, 7 pm - 11 pm: Mabon / Equinox / Give Thanks<br />
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Saturday, October 27, 7 pm - 11 pm: Samhain / Remember<br />
 
Saturday, October 27, 7 pm - 11 pm: Samhain / Remember<br />
Friday, December 14, 7 pm - 11 pm: Yule / Solstice / Spark
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Friday, December 14, 7 pm - 11 pm: Yule / Winter Solstice / Begin
  
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'''Litha -- Midsummer -- Summer Solstice -- Achieve (Ritual and Drum Circle)'''
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'''Lughnasadh / Lammas / Harvest (Ritual and Drum Circle)'''
  
'''Date:''' Friday, June 21, 2012
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'''Date:''' Saturday, August 4, 2012
  
 
'''Time:''' Doors open for ritual at 7 pm, Doors close/ritual starts at 7:30 pm. Ritual ends by 9 pm when the doors open for the drum circle.
 
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'''Price''': Free, but suggested donated of $5.
 
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In February our seed lay dormant. In March we planted it with intention and saw it sprout. In May, our dreams started to take on physical form and we celebrated the power of growth and raised the energy of the May pole.
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In February our seed lay dormant. In March we planted it with intention and saw it sprout. In May, our dreams started to take on physical form. In June we reached our pinnacle and stood midway between planting and harvesting.
  
Now we stand halfway between the season of planting and the season of harvesting. The sun reaches its highest point and we celebrate the longest day and shortest night. Although the hottest days of summer still lie ahead, from this point onward we enter the waning year, and each day the sun will recede from the skies a little earlier. The earth is pregnant with the coming harvest's bounty as we continue to nurture new life both in the ground and in our practices.
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Now is the time of the First Harvest. We give thanks for the Harvest and Earth's bounty. We honor the sacrifice of the spirit of the grain.
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halfway between the season of planting and the season of harvesting. The sun reaches its highest point and we celebrate the longest day and shortest night. Although the hottest days of summer still lie ahead, from this point onward we enter the waning year, and each day the sun will recede from the skies a little earlier. The earth is pregnant with the coming harvest's bounty as we continue to nurture new life both in the ground and in our practices.
  
 
This is an open public ritual. It is intended both for those curious about Paganism and for practicing Pagans. All participants are equally welcome.
 
This is an open public ritual. It is intended both for those curious about Paganism and for practicing Pagans. All participants are equally welcome.

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Welcome to the MIT PSG Wiki - Homepage of the MIT Pagan Students' Group

The MIT Pagan Students' Group is a support network for Pagans in the MIT community. We welcome MIT students, employees, family members and anyone else in the MIT community with an interest in Paganism. In addition to organizing meetings and hosting rituals, we work to improve the image of Paganism in our community. Paganism is an affirmation of the beauty and sacredness of life on this earth, and of our unity with it.

The MIT PSG is also an informal collection of Wiccans (ranging from hierarchical rigid traditionalists to radical separatist feminists), Discordians, Pantheists, Shamans, Taoists, and those still searching for a path. The group is open-minded enough for people interested in Paganism as a personal religious phenomenom, as a broad political agenda, or as anything in between and beyond.

To see what is going on at the PSG, please take a look at our Current Events!

You can also take a look at our Planned Events, browe our Past Events, or take a look at our Library.

The MIT PSG office is in Walker Memorial in room 50-318.

We are now on Facebook and Twitter.

Upcoming Events

Here are the dates of our upcoming events:

Saturday, August 4, 7 pm - 11 pm: Lughnasadh / Lammas / Harvest
Saturday, September 29, 7 pm - 11 pm: Mabon / Fall Equinox / Appreciate
Saturday, October 27, 7 pm - 11 pm: Samhain / Remember
Friday, December 14, 7 pm - 11 pm: Yule / Winter Solstice / Begin

Next Ritual

Lughnasadh / Lammas / Harvest (Ritual and Drum Circle)

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012

Time: Doors open for ritual at 7 pm, Doors close/ritual starts at 7:30 pm. Ritual ends by 9 pm when the doors open for the drum circle.

Our celebrations consist of 2 parts. First there is a participatory ritual from 7:30 to 9 (http://psgs.us/mupaganawakening), and then a drum circle from 9 until 11 (http://psgs.us/mucambridgedrumcircle). You can go to one, the other, or both.

We hope that people will arrive by 7:30 and stay until 9 for the ritual, while the drum circle at 9 is designed so that people can come and go as they please.

Once the ritual starts, if you must arrive late, please enter quietly and wait to be let into the circle. After 9, people can come and go as they please to the drum circle.

Location: The beautiful MIT Chapel, on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA at Mass Ave & Amherst St., MIT Building W15

Directions:

The MIT Chapel (W15) (http://psgs.us/MITChapel) is the cylindrical building with an odd spiky thing on top near the MIT Student Center. Get to 77 Mass. Ave. on the side opposite the MIT entrance with the pillars and walk west, away from the pillars, towards dorm row -- the chapel will be on your left. If you get to Kresge Auditorium (the building that looks as if you could ski off it), you've gone too far. If you notice a large inflatable grub-like thingy to your left, you have definitely gone much too far.

Parking: Parking is available in the Chapel Turnaround: "Parks 20 cars and is for use with Chapel events. Turnaround is located on Amherst Street just after the Chapel."

Price: Free, but suggested donated of $5.

In February our seed lay dormant. In March we planted it with intention and saw it sprout. In May, our dreams started to take on physical form. In June we reached our pinnacle and stood midway between planting and harvesting.

Now is the time of the First Harvest. We give thanks for the Harvest and Earth's bounty. We honor the sacrifice of the spirit of the grain. halfway between the season of planting and the season of harvesting. The sun reaches its highest point and we celebrate the longest day and shortest night. Although the hottest days of summer still lie ahead, from this point onward we enter the waning year, and each day the sun will recede from the skies a little earlier. The earth is pregnant with the coming harvest's bounty as we continue to nurture new life both in the ground and in our practices.

This is an open public ritual. It is intended both for those curious about Paganism and for practicing Pagans. All participants are equally welcome.

This event is drug and alcohol free.

Live music provided by Martin Case and the Lee.

Joseph Brogan-Saxophones, Flutes
Jean Laing-Djembe, Percussion
Joshua Mayo-Djun Djun, Djembe, Percussion
Omar Gittens, Djun Djun, Percussion
Martin Case-Saxophones, Djembe, Percussion

( Excerpts from our Imbolg/Inspire drum circle,
Excerpts from our Ostara/Equinox/Emerge and Surge drum circle, )

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