Sacred Harvest Festival 2018

“Under the Compass Rose”

Monday Aug. 6th – Sunday Aug.12th

This year we celebrate our rich history, welcoming back guests and tribe members from years past, and adding to a growing base of new friends. You are invited to join Pagans, nature worshipers, and their children and elders as we come together once again for a week of joy, fellowship, and learning.

We are your People, … Join Us !

Read about the festival and it’s History!

For Rates and to Register 

CLICK HERE!

Gate Rates in effect, after 8/3 bring payment (cash/check/credit card) to Atchingtan!

Image by Judith Olson

Discover Atchingtan, the nature preserve you will love! 

Located about 90 minutes North of Minneapolis, nestled among pristine secluded woodlands between Finlayson, Mn and Lake Milacs.

“This week we will be connecting with the energies of nature, the Sun and Moon, the wind and trees, the rhythm of the earth and fire. As we walk through festival, we are constantly co-creating sacred space with our breath, our movement, our words and our deeds. Remember this. Be quiet in quiet spaces, join in with dance, sing the songs, laugh, play and encourage one another. Sacred Harvest Festival is a place to build and strengthen community. Whether this is your first festival or one of many, we believe you will experience the “magic” that happens when those who honor the Earth and her creatures, gather and walk together on the land in love, trust and with respect.”

…from our 2001 Village Guide: “Magic All around you”

Got more time than CA$H ??

Check out our contributing ” Worker Bee” member program and get a discount registration!

New this year, Merchanting is FREE! 

Pay adult registration and bring your stuff to sell!

We now have early admission available, plan to arrive Sunday after 5pm for a small fee per adult. When you registration includes Monday, the option pops up!

For the first time ever, you can register and bring your well behaved pet to Sacred Harvest Festival!

Please carefully read all the details at registration!

With Special Guests

Ivo Dominguez, Jr.  

Ivo is a visionary, and a practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Pagan community since 1978, has been teaching since 1982. Ivo was a founding member, and a past High Priest, of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel a Wiccan Tradition. He currently serves as one of the Elders of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, a Wiccan syncretic tradition that draws inspiration from Astrology, Qabala, the Western Magickal Tradition and the folk religions of Europe. His techniques and insights are rooted in a synthesis of traditional metaphysical teachings, modern science, and memories from past lives. He has taught at many gatherings, conferences, and venues across the United States and abroad. Ivo is also a professional astrologer who has studied astrology since 1980 and has been offering consultations and readings since 1988.

Ivo has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of “Keys To Perception: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development”,  “Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans: Using the Planets and the Stars for Effective Spellwork, Rituals, and Magickal Work” ; “Casting Sacred Space: The Core Of All Magickal Work” ; ” Spirit Speak: Knowing and Understanding Spirit Guides, Ancestors, Ghosts, Angels, and the Divine” ; ” Beneath the Skins”. there are several other books in the pipeline as well.

He is also one of the creative forces behind Awakening the Dream, A Dream Whose Time Is Coming, and Dreams Sung True three chant CDs that are fundraisers for the New Alexandrian Library Project. He has written over 90 chants and maintains an online pagan chant resource at www.ivodominguezjr.com.

Angela Krout

Angela Krout is a leader and a practitioner of the American Eclectic Pagan tradition. She has been active in Pagan circles and communities since 1991 and has been teaching since 1997. She is a founding member and High Priestess of Heart of the Bear Grove, the only surviving grove of the American Eclectic Pagan tradition. She was the Kansas City Pagan Pride Day Community Service Award Winner in 2016. She has served as President of Heartland Spiritual Alliance and has held Board of Directors positions for Rogue Waters, Heartland Spiritual Alliance, and various other appointments, including the first Pagan chaplain in the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary.

She has self-published three books “The Red Threads of Destiny” series and is currently working on her 4th and 5th books simultaneously. Her other interests include: hiking in Colorado, Jeeping, crochet, gardening, reading, being house staff to three cats, costuming, Pokemon, and creating magical things with essential oils.

Wade Mueller

Wade Mueller has been a Pagan for 26 years, a Tyrsman for  20. He is founder of Deeply Rooted, a Pagan land-based intentional community in 2001. He has been a prison minister for 15 years. Beekeeper, book collector and wannabe blacksmith…

Workshop:
Pagan Homeland, Living on Sacred Land

I am founder of Deeply Rooted, an off-grid 160 acre pagan sanctuary and community in north-central Wisconsin. I have been living at Deeply Rooted for the last 8 years and will present the great benefits and potential pitfalls that can occur when Nature based people live close to Nature. Historically our beliefs and practices were shaped by our geography. We truly are people of the land, yet many of us live in cities and have little connection to the cycles of the Earth. We will discuss these ideas and make plans to move towards a place where Pagans and other Nature spiritualists are stewards of larger pieces of land and we can once again become truly “nature based” Pagans.

Ritual: The Sumbel

The sumbel is a ritual toasting which is a part of many important religious and social occasions. The horn is passed around the circle and toasts are drunk to the gods, goddesses, landwights, or dead ancestors. Instead of a toast a bragging story or boast of an accomplishment to be undertaken could be spoken, but any such boast is given the weight of a most solemn and binding oath.

Burning Sage

Since 2002 Burning Sage was birthed through its founding members via the songwriting of Lin Sanders and the rhythm of Sue Balaschak. They have combined their artistry performing as hard rock power trio, an acoustic duo, The Primal Rhythm Drum Ensemble and again, full circle, into an eclectic tribal/world rock band.

Joining the founding members, is Dawn Fritz Heartsong, who ornaments the songs through her artistry with accoutrements and hand drums. Through the years, the common word heard to describe this band is “Intense”. They continue to deliver “True to Form.”

Medicinal Purposes

From the beautiful and primitive Driftless Region of the Midwest comes the American Roots duo “Medicinal Purposes”. Inspired by the beauty of the landscape and a desire to make true “roots’ music, these two seasoned musicians have blended their distinctive styles together in a magical duo that is much more than the sum of its parts.

Scott Kerry Guthrie, guitarist and vocalist, began piling on the mileage as a blues/rock performer back in the era of pet rocks and moon boots. Cowgirl Pearl Olson has been using her reigns and spurs in the rhythm section of a family bluegrass band, as well as in the Driftless Region folk scene, with her stand-up bass, well…. long enough to know better. Together, these two wild-crafted herbs have created a healing concoction of mind-expanding, mood altering sounds and award winning songs. Their song “Badazz” (P.Olson) was chosen as one of the Top 5 Folk Songs of 2017 by Iowa Public Radio. Their live shows are engaging, enthusiastic, and cover a wide range of genres.

Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon

Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon, being together seven strong healthy years, is a flavorful blend of Original Folk, Rock, Jazz, and Blues with a side of Celtic. Originating from the Ohio River Valley Basin, this lively and enchanting duo gets in touch with their audience through lighthearted routines in the course of melodic and eloquent musical interactions. Take pleasure in their interesting vocal harmonies and counterpoint guitar playing. These well-rounded traveling minstrels are sure to help you attain your listening bliss.

These internationally known and loved nomadic musicians bring a unique and original tasty blend of their good-natured sparkling folk-rock anywhere they perform for the listening enjoyment of all. Widely recognized for their potent high-energy and upbeat performances, this duo with their deeply touching, though often comical, lyrical messages coupled with a shared sense of communal and planetary well-being are sure to satisfy your entertainment delight. Wherever you find them, be sure to join in with their quirky and amusing sing-a-long classic, Slobbermouth! Performances delivered with wholesome storytelling flare and heartwarming authenticity, Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon won’t leave you feeling deprived.