{"id":1336,"date":"2024-08-12T19:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T23:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2024-08-12T19:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T23:29:23","slug":"samhain-xxx-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/1336\/events\/samhain-xxx-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain XXX (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 2px solid #050505; padding: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #050505; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(\/oldenwilde\/pix2\/backgrounds\/paisley-black-white-red.jpg);\">\n<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><!-- container for box with heading, logo, and theme --><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"30th Coven Oldenwilde Witch Ritual, Oct. 31\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/pix2\/samhain\/rite2024pix\/heading-2.png\" style=\"margin:.25em; width: 95%; float: none;\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"On a burnt-parchment background, a silhouetted Witch on a broom flies in front of a full moon and above three letter Xes in Victorian, medieval, and sixties fonts\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/pix2\/samhain\/rite2024pix\/witchdot-samhain-halloween-XXX_logo-rev.png\" style=\"width: 460px; float: none;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: -5em; float: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Theme in neon letters\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/pix2\/samhain\/rite2024pix\/Theme.gif\" style=\"width: 67%; float: none; margin: auto;\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RETRO in neon letters, the O is flickering\" src=\"\/oldenwilde\/pix2\/samhain\/rite2024pix\/retro_anim-1.gif\" style=\"width: 67%; float: none; margin-left: -2em; margin-top: -6.5em;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px; font-style: italic;\">30 years ago, when Coven Oldenwilde called Pagans &amp; Witches to emerge from their broom closet &amp; work magic downtown in front of the Courthouse, Jail, &amp; City Hall, we didn&#8217;t imagine that babes at breast would now be bringing their own kids \u2014 &amp; a&#8217;times their grandkids \u2014 to our yearly rite. This year marks the 30-year Saturn Return astrological cycle completion of our annual public Samhain Sabbat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;\">Therefore, we invite you to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"pentacle-bullet\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">What: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;\">Coven Oldenwilde&#8217;s 30th annual free public Witch Samhain Sabbat Thursday Oct. 31st (Halloween) 7 PM UNTIL<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">Where: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">The Covenstead at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/4kuWdM5Yp35V5x2v6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">113 Clinton Ave., Asheville, NC 28806<\/a> (park across Clinton on curb or in school parking lot)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Parents are encouraged to secure a babysitter in order to return after trick-or-treating to participate in magic beginning around 8 or 9 PM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">Theme: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">RETRO \u2014 from hippie to hoodoo, medieval, Renaissance \u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">Garb ideas: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Loincloth; toga; Witch cape; Ren Faire; leather; lace\u2014any time or culture!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">Ritual features: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"> Spiral Dance; lavish Cakes &amp; Wine; fire-pit camaraderie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;\">Surprises as always! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"> Gifts for all!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"hand-bullet\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Anti-Omicron face masks MANDATORY: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">We&#8217;ll provide free if ya&#8217; got none or forget<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Please confirm your participation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">No pets,<\/span> to prevent Covid transmission &amp; attendee allergies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bring-to-share seasonal meat finger-foods &amp; hard cider, or DRY wine, ale, &amp;c. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>Contact Queen Lady Passion<\/strong> regarding confirmation, options, or questions at: <a href=\"mailto:oldenwilde@oldenwilde.org?subject=Samhain%20XXX\">oldenwilde@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px; font-style: italic;\">Burnt-paper background of Samhain XXX logo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.textures4photoshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.textures4photoshop.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 years ago, when Coven Oldenwilde called Pagans &amp; Witches to emerge from their broom closet &amp; work magic downtown in front of the Courthouse, Jail, &amp; City Hall, we didn&#8217;t imagine that babes at breast would now be bringing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/1336\/events\/samhain-xxx-2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[585],"tags":[19,139,218,599,600],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-asheville","tag-ritual","tag-witch","tag-samhain","tag-halloween"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}