An interesting and exciting line-up!

Healing Rhythms Presented by Kristin Madden
For millennia, humans have used rhythm for communication, celebration, ritual, and healing. Healing rhythms create a non-verbal energy that guides our bodies, minds, and spirits back into balance. And they are just plain fun! In this workshop, Kristin will introduce you to the shamanic practice of rhythmic healing, encouraging you to develop a personal relationship with the drum and rattle. Join us for a fully hands-on experience. Learn to use rhythm to create sacred space, explore the otherworlds, connect with spirit allies, and effect healing for yourself and others.

Deathwalking Presented by Kristin Madden
Throughout time and across the globe, communities have looked to their shamans to guide both living and departed through the death process and beyond. Join us for a first-hand look at what happens when the physical body dies and the spirit moves into the other worlds. Listen to the stories of psychopompic journeys. Expect to examine your own beliefs and discuss rites of passage that will truly touch your soul.

Finding your Inner Muse Presented by Kristin Madden
Do you believe you are creative? Does your creativity manifest in myriad or unique ways? Do you sometimes need some help breaking through blocks? If you ever wanted to hear the voice of your Muse more clearly, join us for a fully interactive workshop designed to jump start your creative process and get those wonderful juices flowing. Be prepared to explore your own beliefs and take a short inspirational walk.

Empowering Pagan Kids and their Families Presented by Kristin Madden
Discussion group on practical ways to connect pagan youth to pagan peers and other support groups, empower them to live with honor and integrity as pagans, and handle the challenges life can throw at you with grace.

Magical Kids Presented by Kristin Madden
Our children enter this world possessed of great magical abilities and deep connections to the world of spirit. All we need do is support and encourage these innate talents and pagan young people will not lose them as they grow up, like too many people do. Join us to explore these abilities and the many ways we can encourage their development. Bring your parents or your kids and be ready to partner up to play psychic games.

Survivors of Incest Anonymous Presented by Jean & Kate Davis
A 12-step meeting conducted by survivors for discussion of issues and the 12 steps to recovery and support. Materials provided by the National Organization.

At the Phoenix Phyre Crones’ Dance, Lady Elspbeth proposed that we offer a
new ritual at Phoenix festivals. The concept was blessed by Wade and our
lead Crone, Ardy. The sad news is, Elpsbeth will not be at Autumn Meet
because she is healing from surgery. The good news is, Elspeth will be with
us in spirit and wants us go forward with this ritual.

What is this special ritual? Well, many of us were never offered the
opportunity to celebrate occasions in our life that were eventful and
deserving of acknowledgment. With the help and support of the Crones and
Sages, there will be a Rite of Passage ritual on Thursday night, 3rd of
November, to acknowledge those special occasions that you missed. This Rite
of Passage is to ritually recognize and celebrate life-altering experiences,
or accomplishments, from the distant, or recent, past and includes puberty,
birth, death, marriage, divorce, croning/saging, or even first job, house or
car. This is not intended to replace other Rites of Passage offered by the
Crones or Sages, but instead are focused on those missed and never
acknowledged.

Remember - no glass!
Please bring non-breakable containers for your beverages.


Staff Camp is Open, Please feel free to drop in and say Hi! We’ll be at a different location this fall and wait ‘til you see how we’ve gussied up! Everyone is welcome, at any time - especially if you have lovely things to eat or drink. :-)

Drum Camp, too, is open and all are welcome - but probably not until afternoon!

The Ritual Fire is a SACRED FIRE, and the heart of our community. Please do not throw trash, cigarette butts, etc.. into the Community’s Heart!

There is a new Smoking Policy - smoking is not permitted in the Sacred Ritual Circle, or under any Roof.

The site is not dry, but we ask you to drink responsibly.

Also, please be mindful of our Elders and make room for them around the Ritual Fire


Workshops

Over 40 workshops will be presented during the gathering beginning Wednesday afternoon and carried through Saturday.
We are running multiple adult tracks, a teen track, and a child's track. The workshop presenters and their workshops will be listed on our web site. We are focusing on children and teen workshops . Although we will have a wide variety of workshops, we are requesting workshops that cater particularly to the next generation. "Bringing up your Pagan Child" type workshops for our young parents would be particularly appreciated. This is our future!

Airport Transportation, Gate Hours

Airport Transportation

Remember: If you’re flying in, you need to book into Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). We will be making two airport runs : on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, at about 3:00 P.M. and on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6th, after Closing Ritual. Please contact us at 904-674-0607 if you need a ride. We may have other options available closer to the festival dates.

Arrival and Departure
We would prefer you stayed on site, lending your presence and energy to the village, but outside obligations sometimes prevent us from being here the whole event and if you find you must come and go,

The gate hours are:
Wed. November 2 - 9:00 am - 11:00 PM
Thu. November 3 - 9:00 am - 11:00 PM
Fri. November 4 - 9:00 am - 11:00 PM
Sat. November 5 - 9:00 am - 8:00 PM
Sun. November 6 - 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Costs, Group Rates and our Work/Study Program

Pricing

The AutumnMeet full five day registration is $85.00 until 8/15/05, $95.00 from 9/15/05 until 10/15/05, and $105.00 at the Gate for persons age 16 yrs. old and older. Children and Young Adults ages 3 - 15 are $10.00 and children under 3 are free.

Weekend passes are is $65.00 until 8/15/05, $75.00 from 9/15/05 until 10/15/05, and $85.00 at the Gate for persons age 16 yrs. old and older. Weekend Passes are good for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Day-passes are $25.00 and will only be sold at the Gate. The passes are available for Thursday, Friday or Saturday only, and are good from 9 AM until Midnight on that day.
Pre-registration closes on October 15th, 2005.

Group Rates
Groups of ten or more may receive a $10.00 discount per adult registration if everyone registers together. Send in your group registration, all in one mailing or online, and receive $10.00 off per adult registration! Please send one check or money order, or if online, use a single credit card and save. Extra shopping money! We can all use more shopping money........

Work / Study Program
In the past there have been individuals who needed to attend the festivals but were financially unable to attend. This program is set up so that those who need to attend, can. Contact Dianne for information concerning the work/study program at 904-674-0607 for more information. (Quickly please, though, as the scholarships go FAST, typically less than 30 days.)

Early Setup, Camera Policy & Meal Tickets and Cooking

Early Setup
Billie has offered to discount early arrivals for $15.00/night per person. There is an -additional $5.00 per day for electric, per site. If you wish to set up early you should be aware that no festival camps will be set up until after noon on Tuesday, November 1st.

Cameras
We will again be registering cameras and video equipment at AutumnMeet 2005. We realize that many of you wish to record your memories of friends and events. We don’t want to inhibit your enjoyment and we must take steps to protect our community. It was determined that the best solution to accommodate all concerned is to register cameras /video equipment at the Registration Booth upon entry. Proper identification will be required and everyone with cameras/video equipment will be issued a special armband which must be worn at all times. Anyone observed with a camera/video equipment and without the proper armband will be asked to leave the festival. So please! don’t loan your camera/video equipment to anyone “for a quick shot”. Your cooperation is valued and your sensitivity is necessary for a happy festival experience for everyone.

Meal Tickets and Cooking
Meals will be catered by our Staff Kitchen. Meal tickets are $60.00 for the entire event. With this small increase in cost, we can serve more interesting meals with more variety, although we still can’t do “short order” type cooking. Meals served are Wednesday Dinner, three meals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and a Sunday Brunch. Pay as you go meals are not available. We will have a limited vegetarian menu. If you have special dietary needs, please plan on preparing your own meals.

Fires will be allowed at your campsite only in approved areas and with approval from Safety; however, wood is not available at the site, so we recommend you bring your camp stove, or your own wood.

These are some of the merchants and shops who have supported us by carrying our Registration information and/or linking to us to promote Phoenix Festivals. We are greatly appreciative! Please stop by a shop in your area and let them know you heard about them here.

If you are planning on vending at AutumnMeet, please register very soon! We are filling up rapidly!

Merchanting
The merchant fee for this gathering is $25.00 per 10 ft. x 10 ft. space. Multiple merchant spaces may be purchased; contact us directly if you need a larger area. We list Merchants on the Website; if you include the URL to your Website, we will link to you.

We will be repeating the "Craft Demos" for demonstrating the manufacture or creation of your wares. There has been a decline in the number of merchants who offer "Craft Demo's" of late. This is sad. You are depriving yourself and our community of a chance to demonstrate your product, and remember that Workshops are community service too!
The number of merchant sites are limited and are "First Come, First Served." There are only 25 sites available for rent to merchants and it is important to note that we generally close Merchant registrations 2 1/2 weeks into registration. Merchant sites usually fill very rapidly.
Be sure to read the merchant registration form and fill it out clearly and completely.

Merchants are required to have fire extinguishers displayed on the outside of their booths (bungie cords work great!). They cost around $7.00-$8.00 (at Walmart) and if yours gets used, we will refill or replace it at our option.

There will be an additional $20.00 per site for electricity. The good news, however, is that we anticipate NO difficulties with electrical service at Hidden River.

The days are filled with activities and phamily sharing.
Wednesday evening:

Opening Ritual and Drum Circle Blessing
8:00 PM
Ritual Circle
Presented by Staff
Opening Ritual sets the boundaries of our village, setting aside our entire festival site as sacred space.
The central point of Opening Ritual is lighting the sacred fire. This Ritual fire symbolizes our community, and is kept burning throughout the event. Please bring Percussion, Wind and String instruments. Chanters and dancers are also needed. This ritual will bring into our Drum Circle the Elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth to join us in our music and dance. Come prepared to feel the blessings of sound, fire, movement, comrades and Earth. We will ask that they watch over this place of gathering, to enrich each of our experiences, to guard our trances, and give strength to our drummers and dancers. We will celebrate the gifts of the Elements by partaking of their manifest forms as we dance, drum, and chat the nights away. Fill us with the joy of Phamily, and blessings of Community
You may notice that we don’t take down the circle and thank the quarters at the end of opening ritual; this is because we are living in sacred space for the entire event.

Thursday evening:

Honoring Ritual 7:15 PM
Ritual Circle
Facilitated by Ardy
Did you, or someone you know and love, get a promotion, graduate from something, have a Rite of Passage, get initiated or elevated, join the military, have a baby, get handfasted, or experience any other momentous event in life that you wish to have Honored and Recognized? Have you had a loved friend or family member pass into Summerland? We have set aside this time for such Honoring and Recognition before Bardic Circle. Please come and share your special event or your special person, and allow your phamily to join you in Recognition.

About AutumnMeet 2005 and Hidden River Resort

Registration for AutumnMeet 2005 is open and will again be held at Hidden River Resort, an 88 acre retreat located on the Florida-Georgia state line between Jacksonville and Lake City, just north of Macclenny, along the banks of the wild and scenic St. Mary’s River. You may wander the many trails, where you may find a secluded glen by a cypress pond; or stroll along the riverbank, sit under a huge old oak and feel the stress flowing away like the cool waters of the meandering St. Mary’s River. There are many camping areas, with electric and without, and RV hookups, with water and electric (a dump station is also available). Remember, though, this is THE WILD! All animals you encounter in the woods should be considered wild and dangerous. Do not attempt to approach, pet or feed them. You may also encounter poisonous plants or reptiles in your strolls. Nature has created pitfalls on the grounds - holes, fallen trees, etc. Be careful!! An alligator is in residence in the river - at last sighting it was about 5’.
Our Featured Guests include Ivo Dominguez, Jr., Nybor and Elspeth, and Kristin Madden. Our Featured Musicians are Emerald Rose and S. J. “Skinny White Chick” Tucker. Meals will be provided by our Staff Kitchen and we have four scholarships available for Kitchen Help. Please contact us at 904-674-0607 or info@phoenixfestivals.com if you’re interested in being a kitchen slave.

--- Wade and Dianne

Back by popular demand - Emerald Rose and S.J. "Skinny White Chick" Tucker!

Emerald Rose

Emerald Rose as a musical group came together sometime in 1996, with our first “official” performance on St. Patrick’s Day 1997. We were friends first, working together on projects that varied from landscaping and stonemasonry to the study of ancient religions. At night, we’d play Magic:The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, or other such creative pastimes, and gradually we found a synergy in our musical interests. Though our styles and backgrounds were diverse, we all shared a love for our ancestors’ Celtic traditions, and a desire to see this musical heritage grow, thrive and evolve.

Emerald Rose is many things, a blend of musical style that’s evolving in ways even we can’t always anticipate. From Celtic tradition, to modern ballad, to folk, pop, rock & roll and even zany chicken songs...who know’s what’s coming next? We all just hope it continues to be as entertaining to you as it is to us!


S.J. Tucker

S. J. “Skinny White Chick” Tucker is a successfully selling artist with CD Baby and PaganMusic.com, recognized for her musical endeavors by TheBestFemaleMusicians.com, GoGirlsMusic.com, WebCDs.com, and FemMuse.com. She sings from the heart and to the soul. Her lyrics are powerful and her music, ethereal. Cultivating a folk sound, Tucker has a voice in a million -- powerful, hypnotic, untamed and yet utterly controlled. She sings from the gut, but hers is a trained instrument. S. J. has a new album, “Tangles” which had its official release on July 5th. It’s pretty, it’s slightly slicker than ‘Haphazard’, and a Memphis Pagan artist did the cover art. Sound clips are up: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sjtucker2

Here's more information on our wonderful line-up of guest speakers this fall.

Ivo Dominguez

Ivo Dominguez, Jr. is a writer, an artist, a visionary, and a practitioner of many esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Neo-Pagan community since 1978, and has been teaching a broad range of topics since 1982 including Astrology, Magick, and Qabala. He has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of Castings: The Creation of Sacred Space, Of Spirits: The Book Of Rowan, and Beneath The Skins. He is also one of the creative forces behind A Dream Whose Time Is Coming an audio CD of 21 chants for rituals and devotional ceremonies.

Author, bard and polytheologian for over thirty years, Ivo has coined much of the vocabulary and articulated many of the issues that have shaped the rapidly growing Neopagan community in the United States and Canada. As an author, a singer-songwriter, and a “spellbinding” speaker, he has educated, enlightened and entertained modern Goddess worshippers, nature mystics, and followers of other minority belief systems / researchers. Articulate, witty, yet scholarly, he is currently writing books on Druidism, Witchcraft, liturgical design, and polytheology.

Kristin Madden

Kristin Madden is a homeschooling mom and wildlife rehabilitator. Dean of Ardantane’s School of Shamanic Studies, she is the author of several books, including The Book of Shamanic Healing and Pagan Parenting. A Druid and tutor in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, Kristin is also a member of the Druid College of Healing.
Raised in a shamanic home of spiritual explorers, Kristin has had ongoing experience and training in both Eastern and Western mystic paths since 1972. Her work has appeared in journals throughout North American and Europe and she has been a guest on radio and television shows in the US and Canada.

November 2 - 6, 2005
Held at Hidden River Resort
Just North of Jacksonville, FL near Maclenny, FL.
Hidden River Resort is an 88 acre facility located 16 miles north of Maclenny in northeast Florida. (it's 39 miles from the I-95/I-10 intersection in downtown Jacksonville.) The Site features Hot Showers (4 indoor and 2 outdoor) with a small hot tub attached, swimming pool, a 30 x 60 stage, a 20 x 40 pavillion, decks, and 15 full (with septic) RV hookups, and 11 power/water hookups. The Property is neat, clean, and the facilities are solidly constructed (We will not ever overload the power on this site, I suspect) and we will have plenty of room to grow. PhoenixPhyre 2004 was our first festival held on the new property, and it met our needs very well. We can look forward to a wonderful festival on an incredible property.

The Registration package in PDF format is available from the Downloads section

Guest Speakers:

Ivo Domenguez
Steve and Lisa Dugas
Freedom
Elspeth
Kristin Madden
Nybor
Nighthawk and the Phoenix Festival Drummers

Special Musical Guests:
Emerald Rose and S.J.Tucker
Event highlights

* Opening Ritual and the Blessing of the Drum Circle Wed. Night
* Drumming and Dancing by the Ritual Fire every night
* Honoring and Memorial on Thursday Evening
* Bardic Circle on Thursday Evening
* Emerald Rose and S.J.Tucker perform at the "All Souls Social" Costume Ball on Friday Night
* Main Ritual on Saturday Night
* Lunch and Dinner activities

Events thoughout the Festival

* Over 40 workshops and lectures will be presented throughout the weekend
* The Crones will be available thoughout the event in the Coffee house for conselling and Newbie 101 workshops. I have long held that our elders were a source of wisdom and understanding that had gone untapped, and I trust this will be but the first step in turning our festival gathering into the Village ideal we have attempted to attain over the years.
* Merchants will be offering their wares every day
* A dedicated Poi/Fire spinning section next to the Main ritual Circle is planned to allow those Fire-focused individuals to practice and perform their art in a safe space
* Tribal Council - Crafting your Phamily Festival
* Pagan Council - Empowering our Elders