TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, WINTER 2012 - EARLY SPRING 2013

December 22, Saturday, noon
YULE RITUAL
In The VORTEX Yard, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin, to kick off the YULE BAZAAR, Dec. 22-23!
More details about this family-friendly ritual available soon!

January 20, 2013, 1pm
TEJAS WEB QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING
At The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin
Open to anyone who has attended a Tejas Web event, and wants to help support the magic of Tejas Web.

February 3 - March 10, 2013, Sunday afternoons, 2-5pm
ELEMENTS OF MAGIC
With Sharon and Suzanne
At Ancient Mysteries, 209 E. Ben White Blvd, Ste 202, in Austin

In this class we will awaken within us the clarity and knowing of Air, the passion and will of Fire, the mystery and daring of Water, the silence and strength of Earth, and the swirling cauldron of Spirit. Join us in discovering and celebrating the magic of the Elements.

This class is an introduction to magical practice in the Reclaiming witchcraft tradition. All who feel called to the craft, and to the magic of the Elements, are welcome. No magical experience is required.

Class fee: $100 - $160 sliding scale: pay what is right for you within this range. A $25 non-refundable deposit (which applies to your fee) reserves your place. Balance is due on or before the first day of class.
Refund policy: If you cancel at least one day before the class you'll receive a refund of any amount you paid over the $25 deposit. No refunds are issued for no-shows or for cancellations made the day of the class or after class starts.

To register, print and fill out the Class Registration Form available from a link at http://www.tejasweb.org/ and mail it with a check or money order payable to Tejas Web to: Classes, Tejas Web, PO Box 11586, Austin TX 78711.

February 2, Saturday, 7pm

TEJAS WEB RITUAL FOR BRIGID (IMBOLC)

Ritual gates open at 6:45

Ritual at Garrison Park, 6001 Manchaca Road, 78745

Garrison Park is on the east side of the road between Stassney and William Cannon. Take a right as you enter the park. Park at the east end, far end of the circle drive near the baseball field and railroad tracks. Walk up the path west toward Manchaca.

Join us as we celebrate Brigid; goddess of Healing, Smith Craft and Poetry. We gaze into her holy well, pass through her healing flames and discover what remains and what is forged anew.

Tejas Web rituals are free and open to the public. Donations appreciated to offset the costs of the ritual. Tejas Web is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

As always Tejas Web rituals are drug and alcohol free. 

Ritual attire encouraged but not required. This is Texas and it may be COLD. Bring your cold-weather cloaks, scarves and mittens. Bring a rug, blanket or chair if you’d like to sit during storytelling. 

Bring a shared item for the feast after ritual. Also your own plate, cup and utensils. If it’s cold, we’ll have cider. 

Please bring food donations for Safeplace. This is the time of year when shelters and those in need are often forgotten.

Tejas Web Magical Calendar, Late Fall 2012

October 28, Sunday evening
RITUAL FOR SAMHAIN
In Garrison Park, Austin
Ritual gate opens at 6:45pm. Ritual starts at 7pm.

Celebrate and create magick at the Tejas Web Samhain Ritual, Sunday, October 28. Ritual starts at 7 pm. Ritual gate opens at 6:45 pm.

Nine days before the election we will gather on the eve of the Full Moon with the ancestors, descendants and our allies to weave our intention:
We awaken within the hearts of all peoples the virtues of courage, truth, honor, hope, self discipline, accountability, justice, perseverance and love.

We will honor the recent dead and newborns of the past year. We will celebrate with song and spiral dance under the moon in Garrison Park, 6001 Manchaca Rd. 78745, just south of Crocket High School. Once you turn into the park go east towards back of the park and park by soccer fields. Follow the path with the restrooms on your right to the pavilion on your right.

Tejas Web rituals are free and open to the public. Donations appreciated to offset the costs of the ritual. Tejas Web is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

As always Tejas Web rituals are drug and alcohol free.

Ritual attire encouraged but not required.
Supervised children are welcome but be aware that this ritual has a long trance and may not be suitable for young children.

RITUAL FOR THE WINTER SOLSTICE, date, time and place TBA

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, FALL 2012

September 22, Saturday, 3:00-3:30pm
RITUAL FOR THE FALL EQUINOX
At Pagan Pride Day, in Zilker Park, Austin, in the Polo Tables area

Our intention for this ritual: Experiencing the story of Mabon, we rally our strength and our allies to liberate our sovereign powers. See http://www.austinpaganpride.org/participate/ for more info about Pagan Pride Day.

October 13-14, Saturday-Sunday, in Austin
SAMHAIN AWAKENING
With Raven Edgewalker and Crow Walker

"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
We are unique individual beings, and we are an essential part of a larger whole. To embrace this paradox is to awaken from the epidemic of disconnection that plagues our world. True conscious connection begins with the heart. Opening our hearts, we deepen and strengthen our connections with our humanity. We deepen and strengthen our connections in community with other humans, with the other beings around us, and at this Samhain-tide with the Ancestors and the Otherworld.

In this workshop we will explore our inner borderlands--our tender and joyful edges--as well as the borderlands between the worlds. We aim to step forward, to commit to active presence and conscious co-creation of the universe. To be active and present with, and conscious of, connection.

To help us do this, we plan to explore the power of the word--the language we use and the stories we tell ourselves and each other. We will inspire and conspire with the magic of breath. We will gaze into the mirror and notice the ways in which we reflect each other. We will make art, dance, sing, and express the music our hearts long to make individually and together. We invite you to join us, and to answer the call of awakening in ritual among the trees and beneath the stars.

When and where:
Saturday October 13, 10am-5pm at Ancient Mysteries, and 7:30pm-9pm at Garrison Park
Sunday October 14, 10am-2:30pm at Ancient Mysteries

Cost: sliding scale of $100-$150. A deposit of $25 is required to hold your space. Final payment must be made by September 15, 2012.

Contact: If you have questions about the workshop, please email Crow at rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com or call her at 713.298.2913.

How to register: please email the information below to rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com. If paying by check, the mailing address will be sent to you upon receipt of your registration. If paying with a credit card by PayPal, please add $5.00 to cover PayPal fees. More details will be sent ahead of the workshop.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Amount you will pay:
Balance due (to be paid by Sept. 15, 2012):
Method of payment:
___ Check
___ PayPal

Sunday October 28, time to be announced
RITUAL FOR SAMHAIN
Garrison Park, 6001 Manchaca Rd., Austin
More details available soon.

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, LATE SUMMER - EARLY FALL 2012

Saturday July 28, 7pm
RITUAL FOR LUGHNASADH


At Ancient Mysteries, 209 E. Ben White, Suite 202, in Austin

We celebrate Lughnasadh (also called Lammas), the sabbat of the first harvest, with this intention shaping our magic:
We claim our power as warriors of the heart by accepting responsibility for the harvest we see around us, and for the harvest we envision.
The ritual magic will include energy and trance work. Children are welcome, but if you are thinking of bringing a child or children please be aware that the content of this ritual will probably not engage young children.

We'll meet inside at Ancient Mysteries, 209 E. Ben White, Suite 202. (Go east on the Ben White feeder road just east of the intersection with Congress, and take the next turn right into the parking lot AFTER the turn into Brake Check.)

Doors will open for the ritual starting at 6:40. (Please note that the shop closes at 6pm on this date; it will not be open for business when you arrive for the ritual.)

Please bring:
- something to sit on (a cushion or camp chair)
- water or what you want to drink (no alcohol, please)
- if you wish, objects for the Lughnasadh altar: what harvest do you hope to create, for yourself, your community, the earth?

We will provide and share simple food in community within the ritual circle, in sacred space. There will not be a potluck feast after the ritual.

Admission to Tejas Web rituals is free, but donations to support the work and magic of Tejas Web are very gratefully accepted. Please respect that all our events are drug- and alcohol-free.

Sunday August 12, noon
TEJAS WEB QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING
At The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin
(Postponed from May 6.) Open to anyone who has attended a Tejas Web event and wants to help take care of the business of Tejas Web.

October 13-14, Saturday-Sunday, in Austin
SAMHAIN AWAKENING
With Raven Edgewalker and Crow Walker

"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
We are unique individual beings, and we are an essential part of a larger whole. To embrace this paradox is to awaken from the epidemic of disconnection that plagues our world. True conscious connection begins with the heart. Opening our hearts, we deepen and strengthen our connections with our humanity. We deepen and strengthen our connections in community with other humans, with the other beings around us, and at this Samhain-tide with the Ancestors and the Otherworld.

In this workshop we will explore our inner borderlands--our tender and joyful edges--as well as the borderlands between the worlds. We aim to step forward, to commit to active presence and conscious co-creation of the universe. To be active and present with, and conscious of, connection.

To help us do this, we plan to explore the power of the word--the language we use and the stories we tell ourselves and each other. We will inspire and conspire with the magic of breath. We will gaze into the mirror and notice the ways in which we reflect each other. We will make art, dance, sing, and express the music our hearts long to make individually and together. We invite you to join us, and to answer the call of awakening in ritual among the trees and beneath the stars.

When and where:
Saturday October 13, 10am-5pm at Ancient Mysteries, and 7:30pm-9pm at Garrison Park
Sunday October 14, 10am-2:30pm at Ancient Mysteries

Cost: sliding scale of $100-$150. A deposit of $25 is required to hold your space. Final payment must be made by September 15, 2012.

Contact: If you have questions about the workshop, please email Crow at rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com or call her at 713.298.2913.

How to register: please email the information below to rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com. If paying by check, the mailing address will be sent to you upon receipt of your registration. If paying with a credit card by PayPal, please add $5.00 to cover PayPal fees. More details will be sent ahead of the workshop.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Amount you will pay:
Balance due (to be paid by Sept. 15, 2012):
Method of payment:
___ Check
___ PayPal

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR SUMMER - EARLY FALL 2012

RITUAL FOR SUMMER SOLSTICE: Celebrating Rain and Sun 
Gates open 6:30 PM. Ritual starts at 7PM.
At Garrison Park, 6001 Manchaca Rd., Austin 78745

https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6001+Manchaca+Rd.+Austin+78745

Once you're in the park, follow the park road to the parking area near the sports fields at the eastern edge of the park. Take the path by the restrooms, headed in the direction of the pavilion. Our ritual grove is to your left, across from the pavilion.

Celebrate with us during the season of the longest day of the year, In gratitude and appreciation we celebrate rain and sun. We call on our allies and our creativity to help us walk more lightly on the Earth.

You may also want to bring:
- water to stay hydrated,
- a finger food item to share for a short after-ritual feast, with your own reusable dish and cup,
- a flashlight for after-ritual dark.

There is no charge, but donations to offset the costs associated with the ritual are gratefully accepted and benefit Tejas Web.

We ask that you please respect that all Tejas Web rituals and events are drug- and alcohol-free.

RITUAL FOR LAMMAS
Date, time, location and details available soon

Sunday August 12, 1pm
TEJAS WEB QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING
At The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin
(Postponed from May 6.) Open to anyone who has attended a Tejas Web event and wants to help take care of the business of Tejas Web.

October 13-14, Saturday-Sunday, in Austin
SAMHAIN AWAKENING
With Raven Edgewalker and Crow Walker

"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
We are unique individual beings, and we are an essential part of a larger whole. To embrace this paradox is to awaken from the epidemic of disconnection that plagues our world. True conscious connection begins with the heart. Opening our hearts, we deepen and strengthen our connections with our humanity. We deepen and strengthen our connections in community with other humans, with the other beings around us, and at this Samhain-tide with the Ancestors and the Otherworld.

In this workshop we will explore our inner borderlands--our tender and joyful edges--as well as the borderlands between the worlds. We aim to step forward, to commit to active presence and conscious co-creation of the universe. To be active and present with, and conscious of, connection.

To help us do this, we plan to explore the power of the word--the language we use and the stories we tell ourselves and each other. We will inspire and conspire with the magic of breath. We will gaze into the mirror and notice the ways in which we reflect each other. We will make art, dance, sing, and express the music our hearts long to make individually and together. We invite you to join us, and to answer the call of awakening in ritual among the trees and beneath the stars.

When and where:
Saturday October 13, 10am-5pm at Ancient Mysteries, and 7:30pm-9pm at Garrison Park
Sunday October 14, 10am-2:30pm at Ancient Mysteries

Cost: sliding scale of $100-$150. A deposit of $25 is required to hold your space. Final payment must be made by September 15, 2012.

Contact: If you have questions about the workshop, please email Crow at rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com or call her at 713.298.2913.

How to register: please email the information below to rubyslippersdorothy@yahoo.com. If paying by check, the mailing address will be sent to you upon receipt of your registration. If paying with a credit card by PayPal, please add $5.00 to cover PayPal fees. More details will be sent ahead of the workshop.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Amount you will pay:
Balance due (to be paid by Sept. 15, 2012):
Method of payment:
___ Check
___ PayPal

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, LATE SPRING 2012

Sunday April 29, 7pm
RITUAL FOR BELTANE
At McKinney Falls State Park Amphitheatre, 5808 McKinney Falls Parkway, Austin 78744

You are invited to join us as:
"We light the Beltane fire within our hearts to ignite the fires of creativity. "

State park admission of $6 per person over 13 is required at the entrance of the State Park on an honor system after 5 pm. The Park Rangers do drive around and check. Remember the entry fees do support Texas State Parks to stay open. So come out early and enjoy the beauty of McKinney Falls in spring and the abundance of wildflowers in bloom.

Ritual "gate" opens at 6:45 pm. Ritual starts at 7 pm.

Please bring food to share for a post ritual feast. Be green, bring your own washable dishes and utensils.

The ritual is free, donations to Tejas Web accepted.

Tejas Web rituals are drug and alcohol free. 

RITUALS FOR SUMMER SOLSTICE AND LAMMAS
Date, time, location and details available later

Sunday August 12, 1pm
TEJAS WEB QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING
At The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin
(Postponed from May 6.) Open to anyone who has attended a Tejas Web event, and wants to help take care of the business of Tejas Web.

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, SPRING 2012

March 24, Saturday, 3pm
RITUAL FOR THE SPRING EQUINOX
In the Yard at The VORTEX, 3207 Manor Rd.

More details soon!

March 31-May 5, Saturdays, 2-5pm
ELEMENTS OF MAGIC
With Suzanne and Sharon
At Ancient Mysteries, 209 E. Ben White, Ste 202, Austin
512-373-4411

In this class we will awaken within us the clarity and knowing of Air, the passion and will of Fire, the mystery and daring of Water, the silence and strength of Earth, and the swirling cauldron of Spirit. Join us in discovering and celebrating the magic of the Elements.

Class fee $100-$160 sliding scale. $25 non-refundable deposit (which applies to the fee) reserves your place. Print and fill out the form available from the Class Registration Form link at http://www.tejasweb.org/ and mail with deposit or payment in full to: Tejas Web, PO Box 11586, Austin TX 78711.

Partnership Magic

A 2-Day Magic Class 1 pm - 9 pm

Sun. Apr. 15, 2012 & Sun. Apr. 29, 2012

Taught by WildCat and Fireball

In this two-day class, we will work with magical tools (Tarot and trance) to

• discern the intentions our higher selves and our spiritual allies have for our life partnerships.
• craft a powerful spell (a "Web of Change") which will help us make the changes needed
• meet some of the internal personas who create our less functional relationship patterns, and
• help them "grow up" into the wonderful characters they could be!

In our previous workshops, we have seen this two-day process lead participants to deep insights and powerful transformations at a much lower cost than therapy. (And, need we mention, magic is much more fun!)

About the teachers: WildCat has been working as a priestess and teacher in the Reclaiming tradition for over a decade, and has taught a number of Tejas Web classes, including this one, which is based on her own work. She also trained in the Feri tradition with Thorn Coyle. Fireball has been a Witch for over 30 years and is a certified Life Coach. Both are passionate about coaching adults in consciously creating their lives, and using magic to improve their relationships.

Witches of all experience levels welcome! This magic class is sponsored by Tejas Web, and will be held at Rhiannon's Rest, a magical Victorian retreat near Oak Hill. Class size limited, so reserve your spot early! Registration fee $200/couple ($150 with deposit before Apr. 5). For questions or to register, email wildcat.russell@gmail.com

TEJAS WEB MAGICAL CALENDAR, Spring 2012

Date/location TBA
Ritual for the Spring Equinox

March 31-May 5, Saturdays, 2-5pm
ELEMENTS OF MAGIC
With Suzanne and Sharon
At Ancient Mysteries, 209 E. Ben White, Ste 202, Austin
512-373-4411

In this class we will awaken within us the clarity and knowing of Air, the passion and will of Fire, the mystery and daring of Water, the silence and strength of Earth, and the swirling cauldron of Spirit. Join us in discovering and celebrating the magic of the Elements.

Class fee $100-$160 sliding scale. $25 non-refundable deposit (which applies to the fee) reserves your place. Print and fill out the form available from the Class Registration Form link at http://www.tejasweb.org/ and mail with deposit or payment in full to: Tejas Web, PO Box 11586, Austin TX 78711.

FIRE ritual for Imbolc/Brigid

The VORTEX and Tejas Web present
Two Nights of Theatrical Ritual honoring
The Element of FIRE

When: Friday and Saturday,
February 3-4, 2012 8pm
Two Nights Only!

Where: The Yard @ The VORTEX

Admission: Free!

Donations Welcome.

Also accepting Baby Formula and Food donations for SafePlace Pantry.

Celebrate Imbolc with VORTEX performers and witches of Tejas Web as we turn the
wheel. Gather outside in The Yard @ The VORTEX for a magical honoring of the
Element that has shaped our lives in Central Texas so much this past year. We
will also honor Brigid, Triple Goddess of Poetry, Healing, and Smithcraft, as
well as the energies of Pele, Phoenix, Golden Lion, and Dragon.

With the severe drought, burn ban, and devastating Wild Fires, VORTEX postponed
the full production of The Elementals: FIRE, choosing instead to honor FIRE with
2 nights of ritual including candle magic, singing, storytelling, cauldron work,
and fire-dancing. If we get rain and there is no burn ban, there will gather
around the hearth fire.

Inbolc, the 1st of February belongs to Brigid, (Brighid, Brigit, Bride), Celtic
goddess and Christian Saint. Her ancient festival on February 1 was known as
Imbolc, a time that marks the first lactating of the ewes, the flow of milk that
heralds the return of the life-giving forces of spring. The Catholic Church
replaced this festival with Candlemas on February 2, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary and featuring candlelight processions.