The
Blade and the Chalice
Beltane, 2009,
has come and gone. It was a wonderful event bringing together
over 300 people from all walks of life and interests to celebrate
spring and love. We hope you will join us next year. In the meantime,
please consider attending Fires of Venus, taking place Sept 24-27,
2009.
Registration for Beltane, 2010, will open in December, 2009. Please
sign up for our email list to be notified when it opens.
Among the
improvements we made for 2009 was an intention towards really
making the fire circle each night an event. We invited
drummers to attend our event and had a few surprises planned
for you. We hope you enjoyed them. Also, our fire circle was
in a new location (one which we first tried out at Fires of Venus
and loved) in the center of the camp uphill from the pool.
Another innovation
from Fires of Venus was our Sexperiments space. For more information
on that part of our event, click
here. And a new space we added for this year is Babylon's
Temple.
We changed
the nature of our housing this year, as well. We offered
Singles housing (on the side formerly known as the Lark side,
and closest to our new fire circle) and Couples/Groups housing.
You didn't have to be part of a couple to reserve a room on
the Coupes' side of camp.
A little more
information about our event:
Each year
pagans, polyamorists, swingers, tantra practitioners, members
of the leather community and other people with a passionate attitude
towards life gather together in Northern Maryland to celebrate
Beltane with a variety of rituals, workshops and experiences.
We embrace life and each other in an open environment full of
excitement and joy. We invite you to become part of that community.
Here,
you will find a supportive environment for exploring the sexually
sacred
and celebrating the ecstatic. You will find others of a like
mind with whom you can experience different ways of loving, different
roads
to achieving bliss. You'll be able to join an intentional community
exploring the many facets of love and sex and the many ways
they can be sacred.
In
2009, we'll
have nationally and regionally known presenters offering workshops,
lectures and hands-on demonstrations
covering topics such as tantra, polyamory, personal intimacy,
sexual orientation & gender issues, the changing definition
of the family and communication skills. And of course, we will
have workshops where the focus
will be fun.
We’ll
also have drumming and dancing around the bonfire each night,
and we are putting extra effort into making our fires real events
at Beltane this year. Play parties and other fun things we know
you'll enjoy will be offered nightly as well. And don't miss
our new Sexploration space which debuted to rave reviews at
Fires of Venus 2008.
Our pansexual, clothing optional retreat attracts
adults 18 & over from
all backgrounds, orientations and walks of life. The only thing we ask is
that you have an open mind and be nonjudgmental.
Beltane is held on a private 200-acre campground
on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Northern
Maryland. Only minutes from I-95, it is about
90 minutes from Philadelphia and 45 minutes
from Baltimore.
Previous
years' offerings can be found here.
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