 Our evening of ritual theatre opens with music and dance honoring Samhain night. Enveloped in candlelight, we come to the mythic labyrinth, offering song, dance and spoken word to create the magic of the cauldron. We are come to the labyrinth tonight, walking one by one. In the dark of Samhain, a riddle burning bright, and candles waving down. We are vessels of the highest love in a lesson, burning bright, the lesson of our lives. When all our sorrows cauldron into one, be reborn, this Samhain night. (SJ Tucker) When last we visited the mythic realm, we encountered Artemis, the First Environmentalist, who released the Green Dragon, the warrior that resides within each of us, the fighter that is called upon to battle the forces, both within and without, that would harm the Earth and Her Children. (Click here to read Joanne Elliott's article, Releasing the Green Dragon.) Now the Green Dragon sends our young heroine, Maya, on a quest for the shaman's path; to seek the entrance to Ix Chel's realm; the opening to the underworld of the Medicine Woman.
Maya, fresh from the battle for the Earth and the people of the Earth, must put down her bow and arrow to find the shaman within, the healer to balance the warrior that is needed in times such as these. The journey of our young warrior is to search for the inner knowledge of the ancestors; it is the journey of remembering the power of the Earth to heal ourselves and humanity. Come with us as we honor Ix Chel--Healer, Shaman, Medicine Woman. As both young and old, She is the Mayan Goddess of Earth AND War. Ix Chel, in one aspect is Goddess of the Moon, Water, Weaving, and Childbirth. Known as the Midwife of Creation, Ix Chel is also the great Weaver who set the Universe in motion. In Her other aspect, of Warrior Goddess, She protects and defends that which is most dear, the great Mother Earth. We open our hearts to Ix Chel to remember . . . and evolve into a new way of living in kindness and respect to one another and the Great Mother, Earth. Temple of the Goddess, and The Mythic Players, invite you to join us for an evening of art and ritual theatre in celebration of Hallows Eve. Come and dance with us and celebrate the balance of shaman and warrior within your own self. Image: Moon Goddess by Josephine Wall 
In the Name of the Dance You don't have to speak You can do it in the dance You don't have to hide You are safe within the dance All of us are free In the heart of the dance So mote it be In the name of the dance You don't have to speak You can do it in the dance You don't have to hide You are safe within the dance All of us are free In the heart of the dance So mote it be In the name of the dance You don't have to speak You can do it in the dance You don't have to hide You are safe within the dance All of us are free In the heart of the dance So mote it be In the name of the dance The circle is here It lives in each of us In perfect love And perfect trust The circle is here It lives in each of us In perfect love And perfect trust The circle is here It lives in each of us In perfect love And perfect trust (SJ Tucker) | 
