Pagan Picnic - (St. Louis) Ozark Avalon will vend
New Moon Solstice Potluck - Circle and & Year and a Day Class
Interdependence & Midsummer Madness - Come join the fun at Ozark Avalon as we celebrate our interdependence on the land and ourselves. See the Oak King battle the Holly King as the wheel of the year changes hands and watch as the Goddess embraces her new consort for the dark half of the year. Main ritual will be a site to see. Think fairies and fae at play, a dramatic event guaranteed to please.
Our registration prices are low so that more people
may participate. But We encourage those who can to donate auction items
or cash to the land fund. Registration is $50 for OakSpirits $60 in
advance and $75 at the gate. LIMITED indoor accommodations are available.
Contact us early in advance if you need work exchange. All
meals included except Friday evening potluck. As
usual we welcome food donations.
Triple Goddess Gathering - WOMEN ONLY. This is a seriously fun retreat for Women interested in Goddess Worship as a Path to personal development. We also welcome maidens 10 years and over who are attending with their mothers as well as any age mothers and daughters who wish to share this special time together: we prize our intergenerational sisters. We will be exploring the three faces of the Goddess and Women's Spiritual Development, Sacred Sisterhood and Community. Meals included $50 for adult women- scholarships available
Full Moon/Lammas Potluck - Circle and & Year and a Day Class
Harvest Homecoming - Our traditional Ozark Avalon family reunion has expanded into a major regional festival with special guest presenters and well known Pagan music. Our community is diverse and intergenerational. We welcome all persons of good intent. We welcome vendors with no additional vending fees and will have a vendors spaces near the retreat center. Enjoy our Frog Bog art gallery and shower house, pool, hot tub and lake. We’ll hold many rituals and celebrate the nights with concerts and fire. Basic, hearty food will be provided but we always welcome potluck side dishes or donations of foodstuffs to the OA kitchen. We also ask each person over 12 to donate at least 4 hours of community service time to the celebration. The fee for OakSpirits is $60. Others pay $70 in advance or $80 at the gate. Children under 18 accompanied by parents or guardians are free.
Full Moon & Pagan Pride (Class substitute-Columbia)
Embracing the Dark - Ozark Avalon's Samhain. ADULT AND OLDER TEENS ONLY Explore this season of death and transformation in the loving embrace of our community. Our Traditional Crossing the Veil Ritual is an annual chance to reconnect with our beloved dead and to quiet old issues. Clergy, energy workers and professional counselors are on hand to help with processing. Weekend will also feature pumpkin craving and workshops. OakSpirits $50. Others $60 in advance, $70 at the gate
Full Moon Thanksgiving Potluck - Circle & Year and a Day Class
Potluck Yule - Full Moon & Year and a Day Class Open house and dessert potluck Friday night – Potluck feast, thieves gift exchange and visit from father Yule on Saturday.
Full Moons are free and open to all, as with some of our Wheel of the Year events, these are now community potlucks. The only charge for those weekends will be camping or lodging fees or come free for the day. We are planning to expand our remaining paid events into venues for vending, music and programming and hopefully a chance to see more of your OA friends and family gathered.
Please e-mail ozarkavalon@hughes.net if you have any questions.
Ozark Avalon is a church of nature and our mission is to make outdoor worship accessible to all persons of good intent. We are open for personal retreats and camping during non-festival times.
Be sure to visit the "Festivals" section of our site for more information, and registration forms for the events as they draw near.
This is a public google calendar, so if you have a gmail account, you can add this calendar to your own calendar.
The Ozark Avalon Year and a Day Class is a face-to-face intensive-study class with emphasis on activities and discussion of previously read material. With very few exceptions, the class meets on Sundays, 11 am to 3pm, following Full Moon Circles. The class is currently facilitated by Rose and others.
Most of the classes will take place at Ozark Avalon’s 160 acre nature preserve. Some activities are either optional or can be completed in a setting closer to your home. We encourage students to be actively involved in ritual, retreats and events both here at Ozark Avalon and through other Pagan organizations.
The class will cover the basics of both Wicca and Shamanism, as well an introduction to the modern Pagan community through service projects. This course of study is geared towards motivated, self-directed students. Our path is not dogmatic: free thinking is encouraged. Students who have attended a partial Year and a Day Class are welcomed back with open arms. For many, completion of the class in a year’s time frame is not possible due to other life events and they may choose to graduate at another time.
A donation of $25 or 5 hours labor is asked for each class session. Most students choose to work on Saturday, spend the night, and attend class on Sunday. This energy goes to support the land and on-going projects of Ozark Avalon. Class teachers are volunteering their time and are not paid. We prepare communal meals during our class weekends and camping or housing in the Retreat Center is provided.
A class booklist will be provided but other books may be used with permission of the teachers.
The class is not a requirement for OakSpirits status but is required of persons wishing to teach or service as clergy. Persons with large amounts of prior experience may participate as teachers as well as students with permission. In addition to the Full and New Moon classes there will be several intensives on specific topics such as tarot, runes etc that can be used with teach permission to complete the attendance requirements. All students are required to obey the Natural Laws of Ozark Avalon.