This years Sacred Harvest Festival ended Sunday and down came at least twenty five festivant shrines expressing worship and devotion to deity. Festivants were asked to bring shrines and they sprouted like fall mushrooms after a rain. I am sure I didn’t photograph them all, they had to be sought out in both public and hidden spaces. Some shrines had a clear focus, others were a reminder of our diversity. These photos on a windy day give a casual look, at night they transformed and were all lit and tended, and offerings of incense and libation graced many of them. Some grew as the week progressed, others disappeared or re-appeared in new forms. The theme of the event was “Unveiling the Sacred, Immersed in the Luminous Light of Love”, and shrines were an important aspect of this years festival experience.
Enjoy!
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[...] Some of the other changes this year was a greater focus on celebrating rites of passage and community shrines. Most years there are a few rites of passage celebrated during the week, but this year there were celebrations taking place most every day. Saging and Croning, moon blood rites, and the starts of new families were all heavily attended by the community. The community also joined in on creating community shrines. You can read and see photographs of the shrines here. [...]