Four-column newsletter collage advertising Artemis Camp with presenter images and descriptions for Ruth Barrett (left two columns) and Falcon River (right two columns).
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Headshot photo of Ruth Barrett, a white woman with wavy, shoulder-length greying hair. She is in front of a large tree and is looking off to the right while smiling.
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Ruth Barrett
Ruth Barrett is a Dianic high priestess, ritualist, educator, author, and award winning recording artist of original Goddess songs. Ruth’s numerous recordings, with musical collaborator Cyntia Smith beginning in 1980, and with numerous solo projects, have been among the pioneering musical works in the Goddess Spirituality Movement. Ruth began her formal Goddess studies with founding Goddess Movement muse Shekhinah Mountainwater in 1975. Since inheriting Z Budapest’s Los Angeles ministry in 1980, Ruth has taught magical and ritual arts in the Dianic tradition at festivals and conferences across the United States, in Canada, and Great Britain. In 1997 Ruth was honored as recipient of the L.A.C.E. award for outstanding contributions in the area of Spirituality from the Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles. In 2000, Ruth co-founded Temple of Diana, Inc, a national Dianic Temple, with life partner, Falcon River. Ruth and Falcon also facilitate The Spiral Door Women’s Mystery School of Magick and Ritual Arts. Ruth is author of Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation, and has been a contributing writer for several books, most recently, Foremothers of the Women’s Spirituality Movement: Elders and Visionaries. At the 2011 National Women’s Music Festival, Ruth was presented with the Jane Schliessman Award for outstanding contributions to women’s music from Women in the Arts. Ruth is currently the project weaver for a radical feminist anthology called Female Erasure – What You Need To Know About Gender Politics’ War on Women, the Female Sex and Human Rights.
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Image of two older white women, one standing in front of the other. Ruth Barrett, with long wavy grey hair and a white shawl with navy embroidery, stands in the front with her eyes closed in contemplation. Her left arm is raised high with the palm facing front. Standing behind her is Falcon River wearing a black vest, who looks up towards the sky with her arms stretched outwards.
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Ruth’s Offerings at Artemis Camp:
Re-claiming Female
This ritual will be created by and for de-transitioned women . This ritual may be open to invited supporters based on the needs of the participants.
New To Ritual? A Discussion on how to prepare for ritual space
Ruth will explain what to expect and what ritual is. She will share how you can participate and get the logistics if it is new to you. This will give a deeper experience in ritual as you will feel safe and comfortable.
Seasonal Magic Concert
Featuring mountain dulcimer artist Ruth Barrett with percussionist Jenn Vallely, and other Camp attendees TBA.
Maiden Fire/Girl Power Ritual
May is the season where we celebrate blossoming maidenhood and girlhood. We will welcome the maidens into the circle of women and celebrate the maiden within each of us no matter our age as the free and sovereign eternal spirit of Artemis.
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Sideshot image of Falcon River, a serious-looking white woman with shoulder-length wavy grey hair, posing while holding a bow and arrow. On her back rests a filled quiver. She is wearing a black vest and dark brown leggings.
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Falcon River
Falcon River is an ordained Dianic Priestess of the Guardian Path. She has helped create and support women’s ritual circles since 1976.
Falcon is passionately committed to awakening women to the mysteries of the guardian path, teaching practical energetic and magical skills for daily life. In 1999, Falcon co-founded Temple of Diana with Ruth Barrett, where she is on the core faculty for The Spiral Door Women’s Mystery School of Magick and Ritual Arts.
Falcon grew up in the Appalachian mountains of southern West Virginia, climbing and singing with the trees and crawling into every cave she could find. As a child, she was trained in traditional folk magic and medicine by her granny, aunt and uncle. In her early 30’s.
Falcon studied and apprenticed intensively with Dr Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind, a body of work dealing with perceptual learning modalities. Falcon also studied for several years with Linda Tellington-Jones and Robin Hood, learning the Tellington Touch/TEAM Techniques for working with horses and other companion animals in their healing and training.
For more than 30 years, she has been a professional body worker, healer, and clairvoyant working with animals and people.
Falcon is an avid archer and is a Level II instructor with the National Association for the Development of Archery and the National Archery Association.
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Image of a collection of arrows in three leather quivers.
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Falcon’s Offerings at Artemis Camp:
Artemis Archery-Saturday, Sunday & Monday
FALCON RIVER and KATHY CROCCO – ARCHERY
Amazon Nation Rise! Learn the ancient art of intuitive archery. Tap into your ancestral memory and shoot like your Amazon foremothers. Hone your personal will, step up to the mark, focus, and release your energy toward your target. Participants of Artemis Camp will have several opportunities to develop your skills in instruction and practice sessions. Girls age 10-17 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. All equipment is provided!
Circle Round Animal and Other World Communication-Friday
Falcon will speak on communicating with animals, elementals and other worldly beings. Come listen, wonder and share your experiences.
Other Upcoming Events:
Glastonbury Goddess Conference
Sunday 24th July
On the Fringe: Amazon Archery for Women and Girls
Thursday 28th July:
Morning Workshop Echoes of Avalon in the New World: Magical migrations from Avalon to America and Back