WEAVING A LIFE SERIES: You Are the Creator   Join Kathy Damaras (weaver, herbalist, and acting Dean of the School of Healing Arts) for a wonderful journey of self-discovery through weaving.   Beginning weavers will find basic tapestry techniques, experienced weavers will discover new dimensions in their work, but it is through

Cattail Cottage, near the entrance to Ardantane, is nearing completion and will be available for overnight students soon. It is our "Water Element" cabin, and is situated next door to the Water Shrine where a young cottonwood and two willows are growing. The Shrine also features a standing stone with an image of Avanyu, the Southwestern Water Serpent, carved into it.

Beltane at  Ardantane This Friday, April 27, at 6:30 pm, join us for a Beltane celebration at Ardantane. Beltane (""Bel's Fire") is one of the most ancient of sabbats, celebrating life, fertility, and the full-fledged emergence of spring. Bel is a Celtic god of life and the sun. In ancient times this event was marked by dancing the maypole and making love in the forest and fields

Walking the Land at Ardantane is a spiritual experience for me. Not a dramatic, glorious epiphany or apotheosis, just a gentle settling back into the web of life and the beauty of nature. Today I saw the brilliant scarlet flowers of barrel cacti beginning to bloom. For some reason, one flower blooms on each plant well before the others, which are still dark red, folded buds. We also have occasional

Last call! Register today! BELTANE RETREAT: RENEWAL & REGENERATION Friday-Sunday April 27-29, 2012, Rowan and the Ardantane staff - Fee $110 Shake off the gloom of winter! Spend this full moon weekend at Ardantane renewing your Spirit and refreshing your body with a series of fun rituals and activities intended to remind us all why we became Pagans in the first place. We will begin with

Hi Folks, Azrael and I just returned from Springfest at Gryphon's Nest Campground in Louisiana. We led three workshops on behalf of Ardantane (Discovering Your Magickal Persona, Getting Personal with Gods and Goddesses, and Spellcrafting. All of them were well attended and well received. You couldn't ask for a more warm, friendly Pagan community. And the campground is 50 acres of gorgeous: grassy

Live Plesiosaur Found Entombed at Ardantane Dinosaur fossils are common in northern New Mexico--the seismosaur was discovered only a few miles to the west of the Ardantane campus--but scientists were shocked and amazed when a red Triassic sandstone cliff fractured here, revealing a living plesiosaur. 300 million years ago, the "Red Rocks" region of the Jemez Mountains was the floor of a warm,