![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Jun. 4th, 2004
Heartland 2004 Report
Jun. 4th, 2004 03:57 pmA little late, but what the Hel..
Heartland was my first 'major' pagan festival; I'd gone to the ADF Autumn Gathering a couple of years ago, but that was ADF-specific and on a much smaller scale. Likewise, I'd been to Pennsic War and Lilies War within the SCA, so the idea of primitive camping with several thousand like-minded souls wasn't exactly new, but I wasn't expecting/prepared for the commonality of spirit that emerged over the long weekend. I suppose I hadn't realized what the 'big deal' was until I got the chance to live in an intentional, if temporary, community of faith the size of a small Kansas town.
( Arrival )
( Camp and the mead ritual )
( And after... )
( Other rituals? Not today... )
( Sunburns and windburns )
( Workshops )
( Concerts )
( Monday comes, it comes... )
Heartland was my first 'major' pagan festival; I'd gone to the ADF Autumn Gathering a couple of years ago, but that was ADF-specific and on a much smaller scale. Likewise, I'd been to Pennsic War and Lilies War within the SCA, so the idea of primitive camping with several thousand like-minded souls wasn't exactly new, but I wasn't expecting/prepared for the commonality of spirit that emerged over the long weekend. I suppose I hadn't realized what the 'big deal' was until I got the chance to live in an intentional, if temporary, community of faith the size of a small Kansas town.
( Arrival )
( Camp and the mead ritual )
( And after... )
( Other rituals? Not today... )
( Sunburns and windburns )
( Workshops )
( Concerts )
( Monday comes, it comes... )
