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It was great attending workshops by other Feri teachers, especially now that I know enough to actually take in the differences.

I have upon occasion ended up talking to Lugh when I thought I was heading towards Melek Ta’us. It was wonderfully validating to have someone else make that connection. ;-)

So much fire work! The Promethean Spark ritual really rocked, as well as was beautiful. The cone of power stood me back on my heels when it went. I liked that they let it take as long as it took. Nothing perfunctory in a Feri ritual.

Speaking of trance (in the Promethean ritual), trance was another subtheme of the weekend for me (along with fire, lgbt, Feri). I was having visions trance dancing during the Pombagira ritual. Yes the dance ritual/music was different this year, but it still worked for me.

Yea for meeting a couple of my classmates! It was great to have an in person shared lesson with our teacher (Storm Faerywolf). As powerful as the class was, I was amazed to find when I was home writing up my notes that most of that experience (as well as Thorn’s I Am workshop) had totally flown out of my head. Really bizarre. OTOH, when I did my practice yesterday and visited the south again, the heart of it came back, yes indeed.

So many Feri workshops! An ongoing theme was ‘radical authenticity,’ from the Ethics workshop to Thorn’s Warrior Pentacle to Fire and 3 Souls. Guess it rather fits as it's core to Feri practice.

I liked Morpheus’ stuff a lot. I didn’t quite catch the name of one of the other initiates whom I thought was pretty cool. Sigh.

Had some Black Heart work from Morpheus and Storm. It kinda ‘intellectually’ worked at the time, but again snapped in hard and good at home. There was so much to take in and process. A lot of integration is still going on inside me.

I kept half-running into Thorn, and not introducing myself (we’ve spoken briefly in the past, but not met). So I had a conversation with myself about that. And sent her an after-con note. Wothehell. Interestingly, the social aspect of Feri isn’t something I’ve thought much about, though it’s a priority for some folks. I did a *ton* of community work back in the Nineties, so I guess I got some of that out of my system. Which is funny, since I’m also aware I didn’t do as much personal connecting as I would’ve liked. So, I’m working on it.

It was really cool wearing my newish Celtic/southwest wolf vest a couple of times. I met a Next Gen (leather) Feri! She asked about my club pin and on we went. Someone else asked if the colors were my family crest. That's worth further thought one day...

I’m so grateful I could go!