Site opens

Afternoon

Arrival and camp setup

Meet and Greet
Who and what is here with us? What do you hope to find this weekend?

Opening ritual/activity

Craft a Paper Dragon
(Shiari)

Candle-Making
Make your own votive candle and bring home a bit of the gather. Wax and botanicals will be provided, but feel free to bring something of your own. (Pulse)

Dinner (Stone Soup)

Situational Awareness
How to maintain enough awareness to avoid problems before they start, with a focus on physical awareness of your surroundings in urban and wilderness situations. Basic concepts are applicable to spiritual/psychic awareness as well. (Matoa)

Barefoot Walking for Meditation and Magical Awareness
We will learn how to safely walk barefoot without looking at the ground, then apply this to a meditation technique and explore the campsite to see what we sense in different locations. (Pulse)

Games and Fictions
Otherkin are often accused of being role-players or fantasy fans who've taken things too far. But some 'kin say that they've been able to better explore their selves through RPGs, and various fictional elements are often used as handy reference points (e.g. "kind of like Strands of Starlight, but not totally") or adapted to real-life magical workings. Is any of this true for you? We'll discuss these topics and some examples. (Arethinn)

Making Wands and Staves
Hands-on practical. Learn how to safely select, clean, and prepare a stick or branch for becoming a magical tool. Working tools and some wood will be provided, or bring your own piece of wood, or you may find something you like around the site. (Shiari)

Low-Key, Off-Key, Kin-Key, Oh-Hell-Just-Throw-Away-the-Key Bardic
Got a song, story, or a poem, or even just a bad joke? Anything goes! A notebook of faery/elven/otherkin-related selections will be available to read from if you like.

Breakfast

TBA?
(Baxil)

Lunch Debriefing
What worked, what didn't? Feedback for next year's gather, and discussion of plans for other west-coast events.

Breakdown and packing

Closing ritual/activity