Camp Theme Vote

The Wild Hunt, a ritual that is reflected in both Beltaine and Samhain, known in Germany as Wilde Jagd, in England as Herlaping, and in Wales as Mallt-y-Nos. It is a traditional pagan ceremony honoring the mythology of either a woman or a man heralding a small army of elves and spirit hounds to chase the sorrowful souls of those who have died, but have not yet left this earth into the afterlife.

It was rumored that mortals could be carried off, by tricksters of the forest(including some malicious elves) and lead to mounds upon which they would suddenly find themselves dead. Because of this, the celebrants would set-up large bonfires to protect them from the tricksters and spirits herding the lost souls to the beyond.

I think this would be a fantastic group of rites to update and form into a re-birthing ritual.

...and just for the fact that I like Pan, I think it would be dope to weave his story into this space. Forget the whole dome idea I had mentioned, we'll be using it for something else. Our "stonedhenge". Burning Man Virgins will be sacrificed. People will be lead astray and left to find themselves. It will be a hall of illusions and magicians. This we can totally do.

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