Harmony
Tribe was formed in 1998 to provide a local festival
for our community. In 1998 we presented the first Sacred Harvest
Festival in southern Minnesota. Each Sacred Harvest Festival brings
Harmony Tribe together again to work our community magic and create
another festival. Each year we discover more of ourselves and more
of our brothers and sisters within Harmony Tribe.
-
1998
- The first Sacred Harvest Festival
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Harmony
Tribe
started just ten years ago and has worked hard to give our greater
community each festival. We cannot do it alone and welcome each
individual as a unique addition to Harmony Tribe - to offer their
talents, skills and vision of Spirit. If you are interested in
becoming
part of Harmony Tribe or just would like to become more involved
please email Harmony Tribe .
-
We have always held a simple statement true during our festivals:
Join us to
honor the Earth, the Harvest, and the blessings of the Sky, while
enjoying the benefits of a tribal pagan community. All who embrace Nature
Spirituality are welcome to come and celebrate. Gathering includes
workshops, rituals, activities for
teens and children, and an opportunity to honor the sacred fire
with drumming and dancing.
The
Spirit of The Sacred Harvest Festival 1999
August 25th - 29th, 1999
|
|
Hunab
Ku,
Giver
of Movement and Measure
|
The
Light The symbol "Hunab Ku" is described in Surfer of the Zuvuya, a
book by Jose Arguelles. He discussed this energy as the "Galactic Center,"
a source of information accessing the past present and future knowledge.
His theory relates ideas concerning the alignment of the planets in
August 1987, commonly called the "Harmonic Convergence." Were many people
"awakened" to cosmic energy and the interconnectedness of past, present
and future? Did this alignment connect us with each other and also the
energy of the planet? His theories are based on Mayan sources of information.
|
|
Consciously
Choosing Community
This
was the theme for the 1999 Sacred Harvest Festival. A quote from the
program follows:
Within this theme
we will be celebrating the harvest of the "Light." We will
be connecting to the sources of light in nature; the Sun and Moon,
the Sacred Fire and out own inner light. We will access, channel and
direct this energy in ritual and share this "light" with
the village while receiving from one another. Upon returning home,
we will have the opportunity to enhance our own communities with the
healing energy of the light .
Through the challenges
we all faced within our community we called forth our own unique light
to share with all.
The
Sacred Harvest Festival 2000
August 16th - 20th, 2000
Maidens
and Dragons
We
rediscovered the ancient symbols of "Dragon" and "Maiden"
in a series of rituals that spanned the festival and, taken together
as one, retold an ancient myth involving social and individual fear,
community coercion, authority unquestioned, sacrifice and finally
- well - that part is still a mystery . . . unless you were there!
Myths
were continually formed and reformed within tribal cultures by the
craft of story telling and in sacred rituals. The stories and rituals
of tribes were winnowed from the experiences and perceptions of
individuals within tribes, growing and changing as the needs of
people grew and changed. Specific stories and mythologies varied
form culture to culture, but as the old tribes moved through the
world and shared their experiences and wisdom, similar themes developed
across time. Many of these common themes are the myths that have
been carried forth into our literature and art today, The ancient
myths we are all familiar with came directly from the spiritual
and life quests undertaken by our ancestors, but only as fixed,
recorded stories instead of through the living crafts of storytelling
and ritual.
As
active storytelling among tribal societies gradually lost its power,
the written word became the vehicle for the myth. The power of stories
written and static replaced our living, growing traditions and lessons.
Reading the myths of ancient times rather than enacting them has,
in part, resulted in a separation of learning spiritual lesson from
our own life stories. By experiencing the power of myth through
ritual, we will once again recreate and transform the mythology
we have read while taking an active part in our own rebirth and
transformation.
The
Dragon symbolizes the power of initiation and the unknown. When
confronted with the Dragon, we shrink in fear of the destructive
force of the beast. Yet, it is our fear that is the enemy and a
barrier to growth. When we conquer the Dragon, we bring the power
within. We breathe power into our experience from our spirit. We
burn through our challenges in life. The Dragon often requires a
heavy personal sacrifice as the cost of initiation.
The
Maiden symbolizes the fertility within our own body and spirit.
She carries an energy of curiosity and craving for experience of
life. She is bold in her desire for growth. She is passionate yet
not fully empowered until the experience of living awakens her.
She is the eternal rain flowing, giving life to all the earth. Within
us, she is our blood bringing nourishment and cleansing within our
bodies and holding the "seed" of rebirth. The maiden and
her child like desire for experience and growth is also, too often,
the sacrifice we make in order to ease our fear of the Dragon.
Through awakening
this ancient mythology and recreating the story, we brought together
the Maiden and Dragon in ritual to empower our personal lives
and bring their gifts to our community.
Pictures
from Sacred
Harvest 2000
We have pictures
from this years festival! Harmony Tribe came together about 3
days early to build and prepare the festival . It took many days
of work before and during the festival to make sure everything
went well. You may have seen Mar (and her old friend Bali-Bob)
around our village capturing those great festival moments on camera.
You can see the festival pictures here.
 Sacred Harvest Festival 2001
Our Theme - Rebirth!
|
|
When we come together to honor Earth Based Spiritualities, we are often celebrating the Circle of Life; birth, death & rebirth. Birth & death are a part of our daily lives, but how often do we celebrate rebirth? Rebirth can be the celebration of ourselves and the new beginnings that we bring with us. Here at the Fourth Annual Sacred Harvest Festival, we hope that everyone will have a chance to focus on their own Rebirth.
Our rituals are planned so that each of you will experience a Sacred Conception, a Sacred Womb Time, a Sacred Birth and finally a Sacred Celebration of all that is You!
Reflect on your life. Reflect on yourself. What part of your sacred being is growing and changing and wishes to emerge and become alive? What do you wish to give birth to?
During the duration of the festival we will treat the grounds as our Sacred Womb. Spend time at the Womb Altar. Manifest your true being and encourage it to grow during this time. Please remember all participants at Sacred Harvest Festival are also great with child. Be gentle. Be nurturing. We are all within the Sacred Womb, hard to see, yet vitally important for the growth of ourselves. On Saturday night we invite to experience the fruits of your labor and be born into your new world!
As we close our festivities on Sunday, we will once again gather and reflect on our experiences during this time. We will examine what we have manifested and learn how to nurture our new beings and encourage them to grow in the mundane world.
|
|
|
|
