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'''The Starwood Festival''' is a six-day ], ], ] and ] festival presented in mid- to late July. Approximately 1,500 people attend including staff, speakers and entertainers. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects. There are also live musical performances, ]s, ]s, ] ]s and social activities.
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'''The Starwood Festival''' is a seven-day ] ] and ] festival. It takes place every July in the United States. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects.<ref name="Circle of Ash">{{harvp|Gill|2005}}</ref><ref name="Researchpubs.com">{{harvp|Vale|Sulak|2001}}</ref> There are also live musical performances, ]s, ]s, ] ]s and social activities. It is a ] event, and ] attendance is common.<ref name="krassner">{{harvp|Krassner|2005}}</ref>


== History == == History ==
The Starwood Festival was founded in 1981 by the Chameleon Club, a recognized student organization at ], which later founded the ] (ACE). It has been operated by ACE since 1983. It featured entertainment, public ceremonies, and classes on subjects such as ], ], Neopaganism, ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Among the first guest speakers and entertainers were Jim Alan and ] (founders of ]), ], Lee Bryan Grotte (Foundation for Research in Medical Botany), and music by ] and The Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria. <ref></ref> The Starwood Festival was founded in 1981 by the Chameleon Club, a recognized student organization at ], which later founded the ] (ACE). It has been operated by ACE since 1983 under its co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joe Rothenberg.<ref name="krassner"/> It featured entertainment, public ceremonies and rituals,{{sfnp|Nema|1995|p=200}} and classes on subjects such as ], ], Neopaganism, ], ], ], ], ], and ].{{sfnp|Pike|2006|pp=35–36}}


The first Starwood was held July 24 - 26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the ]'s ], in ]. From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in ], a former state park run by Whispering Winds Nudist Camp. In 1986 and 1987 it was held at Bear Creek Amphitheatre (part of Bear Creek Resort Ranch ]) in ], and at Echo Hills Ski Resort in ] (on the ]) in 1988 and 1989. The event moved to ], a private campground in ] in 1990 till 2009. According to their website, Starwood 2010 will be held at Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio. The first Starwood was held July 24–26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the ]'s ] in ]. From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in ], a former state park run by Whispering Winds ]. In 1986 and 1987 it was held at Bear Creek Amphitheatre (part of Bear Creek Resort Ranch ]) in ], and at Echo Hills Ski Resort in ] (on the ]) in 1988 and 1989. The event moved to Brushwood Folklore Center, a private campground in ].<ref name="Encyc of Mod Witchcraft">{{harvp|Rabinovitch|Lewis|2002|pp=309–310}}</ref> from 1990 through 2009. Since 2010, Starwood has been held at Wisteria Campground in ].{{sfnp|DeWitt|2012}}


The event began as a weekend festival, and grew over the years to a six-day event. Attendance has grown from 185 in the first year to peak at around 1800 people in 2002, and has stayed between 1400 and 1600 since then. Since 1982, Starwood has been a ] event, and ] attendance is common. <ref name="krassner">] (2005). '''' in '']'', August 24, 2005 (web only).</ref> The event began as a weekend festival, and grew over the years to a seven-day event. Attendance has grown from 185 in the first year to peak at around 1800 people in 2002,{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} and has stayed between 1500 and 1650 since 1999.<ref name="Encyc of Mod Witchcraft"/> Since 1982, Starwood has been a ] event, and ] attendance is common.<ref name="krassner"/>


== Activities == == Activities ==
Starwood offers approximately 150 ]s, on topics including ]s, ] & ] ], ] ], ] technologies and substances (such as ], ], ]s, ]ic and other ]), ] & movement systems, ], ], ], ] & ], ] and ] issues.<ref name="Researchpubs.com"/><ref name="Circle of Ash"/>
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There are classes on the ] and ] styles of ], ], ], the ] and elsewhere. All-night drummers’ bonfires are held each night of the event in at least two locations: one for larger drums such as djembes, another for smaller drums such as bongos and tablas, accompanied by ]s and quieter instruments. There are concerts held every lunchtime and evening, and all-night parties in an inflatable structure called the "PufferDome". Starwood provides ] and children's classes and programs in a playground area called "Kids' Village"<ref name="krassner"/>, and a schedule of classes and activities for teenagers. There are several areas devoted to multi-cultural ceremonies and rituals, and a ]. Friday night features a multi-media presentation, (often including ], ]s, ], and synchronized music), and on the final night a torchlight procession leads to a huge bonfire. There are classes on the ] and ] styles of ], ], ], the ] and elsewhere. All-night drummers' bonfires are held each night of the event in at least two locations: the "Paw Paw Patch" for larger drums such as ]s, and the "DidgeDome" for smaller drums such as ] and ]s, accompanied by ]s and quieter instruments. There are concerts held every lunchtime, dinnertime, and evening, and all-night multi-media enhanced parties in an inflatable structure called the "PufferDome" and in an adjacent area called the "G-Spot". Starwood provides ] and children's classes and programs in a playground area called "Kids' Village",<ref name="krassner"/> and a schedule of classes and activities for teenagers. There are several areas devoted to multi-cultural ceremonies and rituals, and a non-Native ]. Friday night features a multi-media presentation, (often including ], ]s, ], and synchronized music), and on the final night a torchlight procession leads to a huge bonfire.


== People == == People ==
Starwood is attended by people of all ages. Followers of diverse beliefs attend Starwood, including ]ns, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]ians, ]ar, ]ians, ], ], and those representing a variety of New Age spiritualities. According to the event organizers, the festival is designed for members of all spiritual paths to share their customs and beliefs. Some specific groups whose members regularly appear at and attend Starwood include the ] (CAW),<ref name="krassner"/> the ], ], and various ] ]s and organizations. Starwood is attended by people of all ages. Followers of diverse beliefs attend Starwood. According to the event organizers, the festival is designed for members of all spiritual paths to share their customs and beliefs. Some specific groups whose members regularly appear at and attend Starwood include the ] (CAW),<ref name="krassner"/>{{sfnp|Pike|2001|p=129}} the ],{{sfnp|Cusack|2010|p=106}} the Neo-Druidic group ] (ADF),{{sfnp|Hopman|2016|p={{pn|date=December 2023}}}} and various Neopagan ]s and organizations{{sfnp|Nema|1995|p=200}}{{sfnp|Adler|2006|page=}}


=== Featured speakers === == References ==
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=== Featured entertainers === ===Works cited===
* {{cite book |author-link=Margot Adler |last=Adler |first=Margot |year=2006 |title=] |publisher=Penguin Publishing Group |isbn=978-0143038191 }}

* {{cite book |last=Cusack |first=Carole M. |title=Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith |year=2010 |publisher=] |isbn=978-0754667803}}
Some past featured entertainers, many of whom also offered classes, include:
* {{cite news |url=http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-37306-pagan_magickal-festi.html |title=Pagan/Magickal Festival Returns to Meigs This Week |first=David |last=DeWitt |work=The Athens News |date=July 11, 2012}}
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* {{cite news |url=http://www.rosencomet.com/starwood/CircleofAsh/CircleofAsh.htm |title=Circle of Ash |first=Michael |last=Gill |work=Cleveland Free Times |date=July 7, 2005 |via=Rosencomet.com |access-date=2012-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309071155/http://www.rosencomet.com/starwood/CircleofAsh/CircleofAsh.htm |archive-date=2012-03-09}}
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* {{cite book |last=Hopman |first=Ellen Evert|author-link=Ellen Evert Hopman |year=2016 |title=A Legacy of Druids: Conversations with Druid Leaders of Britain, the USA and Canada, Past and Present |publisher=Moon Books |isbn=978-1785351358}}
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* {{cite web |author-link=Paul Krassner |last=Krassner |first=Paul |date=August 24, 2005 |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/life-among-neo-pagans/ |title=Life Among the Neopagans |website=The Nation |access-date=2023-03-17}}
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== Miscellanea ==
* The Starwood Festival is the largest annual ] gathering and festival on the East Coast of the United States.
* Starwood's success inspired Rev. ] (a regular Starwood participant and speaker) to found the annual ] ] festival in 1996, which takes place at Brushwood Folklore Center.
* On several occasions, the director of ACE Jeff Rosenbaum has organized performances of ] radio plays on stage at Starwood, performed by organizers and guest speakers of the event under the name "Firesign Clones".<ref></ref> <ref></ref>
* The annual national meeting of ], held at an event in late May called the ], originated as part of the Starwood Festival in 1988 at Bear Creek ] in ]. It became a separate event at Brushwood Folklore Center in 1991.
* Oberon and Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart have appeared at over 20 Starwood Festivals (and a few WinterStar Symposiums) over the past 25 years; because of this, there has been a Church of All Worlds presence at Starwood, called the CAWmunity, for over a decade<ref>http://www.oberonzell.com/OZAbout.html Bio on Oberon Zell-Ravenheart's Official Website</ref>.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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* ] (1979) '']''. Beacon Press, 1979; revised and updated 1997. Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN 014019536X, ISBN 978-0140195361
* Aloi, Peg (2007) Witchvox article about Starwood 27
* ]. . Retrieved January 7, 2007.
* Blain, Jenny & Douglas Ezzy & Graham Harvey (2004) ''Researching Paganisms (The Pagan Studies Series)''. AltaMira Press ISBN 0759105235, ISBN 978-0759105232
* Bloch, Jon P. (1998) ''New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging: How New Agers and Neo-Pagans Talk About Themselves''. Praeger/Greenwood ISBN 0275959570
* Bond, Lawrence & ] (1996) ''People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out''. (Reissued as ''Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans & Witches Today'' in 2002 Destiny Books ISBN 0-89281-904-9) Several interviews at and/or discussing Starwood.
*Bruce, Marlene (2005) ''''.
* Conrad, C. A. (2007) ''Deviant Propulsion: Poems''. Soft Skull Press ISBN 1932360875, ISBN 978-1932360875
* "''Expanding the Frontiers of Your Consideration''" article
* Furman, Donna ''Beating Stress Through Meditation'' (The News Herald Oct. 5th, 1986)
* Gilboa, Netta "Getting Gray With Reverend Ivan Stang" Gray Areas
* Gill, Michael (2005). ''Circle of Ash'' in ''Cleveland Free Times'', July 7th, 2005 (Feature Article) .
* Gonce III, John Wisdom & ] (2003) ''The Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind Lovecraft's Legend''. Weiser Books ISBN 1578632692, ISBN 978-1578632695
* Gray, Edward R. & Scott Thumma (2004) ''Gay Religion''. AltaMira Press ISBN 0-7591-0325-9, ISBN 978-0-7591-0325-2
* ] (2000) ''Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft''. Llewellyn Publications ISBN 1567182577, ISBN 978-1567182576
* Hayes, Charles (2000). ''Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures''. (] Interview) Penguin Compass/Penguin Putnam Inc. ISBN 0-14-019574-2
* Hoey, Steve (1996) ''''. Noise Laboratories.
* Hunter, Jennifer (2000) ''21st Century Wicca: A Young Witch's Guide to Living the Magical Life''. Citadel ISBN 0806518871, ISBN 978-0806518879
* Jung, Fritz (2001) ''Starwood'' Article about song by same name in Witchvox with Mp3 file
* Kates, Bill (1997). ''Best of the Fests: Starwood Festival'' in '']''.
* ] (2005). '''' article in ''The Huffington Post'', August 26, 2005.
* Kent, Stephen (2006)
* Krassner, Paul (2007) High Times, December 24th, 2003.
* Lewis, James & Shelley Rabinovitch (2003) ''The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft & Neo-Paganism''. Citadel Press ISBN 0806524065, ISBN 978-0806524061
* Lewis, James R. (1996) ''Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft''. State University of New York Press ISBN 0791428907, ISBN 978-0791428900
* Lingan, Edmund B. (2006). "Beyond the Occult Revival: Contemporary Forms of Occult Theatre" article in ''PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art'' - PAJ 84 (Volume 28, Number 3), September 2006, pp. 23-38. The MIT Press.
* Mansfield, Mark (2009) ''Starwood Festival 2009'' -
* McColman, Carl (2002) ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism''. Alpha ISBN 002864266X, ISBN 978-0028642666
* ] (2004) ''If You Want to Be a Witch: A Practical Introduction to the Craft''. Llewellyn Publications ISBN 0738705144, ISBN 978-0738705149
* ] (1999) ''Meditation, the Complete Guide''. New World Library ISBN 1577310888, ISBN 978-1577310884
* ] (1995) ''Maat Magick: A Guide to Self-Initiation''. Weiser Books ISBN 0-87728-827-5
* Paige, Anthony (2003) ''American Witch: Magick for the Modern Seeker''. Citadel ISBN 0806525118, ISBN 9780806525112
* Pike, Sarah (2001). ''Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community''. University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-22030-7
* Pike, Sarah (2004) ''New Age and Neopagan Religions in America'' Columbia University Press ISBN 0231124023, ISBN 9780231124027
* Pitzl-Waters, Jason (2007) ''Round the Fire: Traveling Pagan Troubadours and Festival Culture''
* Reed, Robert A. & Joy S. Miller-Upton & Donald W. Wallbaum ''Local Festival Celebrates Pagan Rites'' (August 3, 1989) ''The Free Paper'' Logan, OH.
* Seachrist, Denise (2003). ''The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh''. Kent State University Press: World Musics Series. ISBN 0-87338-752-X
* Singer, Maria (2005) ''Dancing the Fire: The Ins and Outs of Neo-Pagan Festivals & Gatherings''. Citadel ISBN 0806525347
* St. John, G. (2003) ''Rave Culture and Religion''. Routledge ISBN 0415314496, ISBN 978-0415314497
* Vale, V. and John Sulak (2001). ''Modern Pagans: An Investigation of Contemporary Ritual''. (Interview with ]). San Francisco: ] Publications. ISBN 1-889307-10-6


== External links == == External links ==
* {{Official|starwoodfestival.com}}
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Church of the SubGenius founder Ivan Stang at Starwood (2007)

The Starwood Festival is a seven-day New Age neopagan and world music festival. It takes place every July in the United States. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects. There are also live musical performances, rituals, bonfires, multimedia presentations and social activities. It is a clothing optional event, and skyclad attendance is common.

History

The Starwood Festival was founded in 1981 by the Chameleon Club, a recognized student organization at Case Western Reserve University, which later founded the Association for Consciousness Exploration (ACE). It has been operated by ACE since 1983 under its co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joe Rothenberg. It featured entertainment, public ceremonies and rituals, and classes on subjects such as sensory isolation, Kirlian photography, Neopaganism, shamanism, Wicca, holistic health, tarot divination, Thelema, and past life regression.

The first Starwood was held July 24–26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the Society for Creative Anachronism's Pennsic War in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in New Philadelphia, Ohio, a former state park run by Whispering Winds Nudist Camp. In 1986 and 1987 it was held at Bear Creek Amphitheatre (part of Bear Creek Resort Ranch KOA) in East Sparta, Ohio, and at Echo Hills Ski Resort in Logan, Ohio (on the Buckeye Trail) in 1988 and 1989. The event moved to Brushwood Folklore Center, a private campground in Sherman, New York. from 1990 through 2009. Since 2010, Starwood has been held at Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio.

The event began as a weekend festival, and grew over the years to a seven-day event. Attendance has grown from 185 in the first year to peak at around 1800 people in 2002, and has stayed between 1500 and 1650 since 1999. Since 1982, Starwood has been a clothing optional event, and skyclad attendance is common.

Activities

Starwood offers approximately 150 workshops, on topics including alternative lifestyles, political & spiritual activism, spiritual traditions, consciousness-altering technologies and substances (such as biofeedback, sensory-isolation, mind machines, entheogenic and other mind-altering substances), martial arts & movement systems, history, magic, folklore, art & music, metaphysics and environmental issues.

There are classes on the drumming and dancing styles of Africa, South America, Ireland, the Middle East and elsewhere. All-night drummers' bonfires are held each night of the event in at least two locations: the "Paw Paw Patch" for larger drums such as djembes, and the "DidgeDome" for smaller drums such as bongos and tablas, accompanied by didgeridoos and quieter instruments. There are concerts held every lunchtime, dinnertime, and evening, and all-night multi-media enhanced parties in an inflatable structure called the "PufferDome" and in an adjacent area called the "G-Spot". Starwood provides child care and children's classes and programs in a playground area called "Kids' Village", and a schedule of classes and activities for teenagers. There are several areas devoted to multi-cultural ceremonies and rituals, and a non-Native sweat lodge. Friday night features a multi-media presentation, (often including fireworks, lasers, fire dancing, and synchronized music), and on the final night a torchlight procession leads to a huge bonfire.

People

Starwood is attended by people of all ages. Followers of diverse beliefs attend Starwood. According to the event organizers, the festival is designed for members of all spiritual paths to share their customs and beliefs. Some specific groups whose members regularly appear at and attend Starwood include the Church of All Worlds (CAW), the Church of the SubGenius, the Neo-Druidic group Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF), and various Neopagan covens and organizations

References

  1. ^ Gill (2005)
  2. ^ Vale & Sulak (2001)
  3. ^ Krassner (2005)
  4. ^ Nema (1995), p. 200.
  5. Pike (2006), pp. 35–36.
  6. ^ Rabinovitch & Lewis (2002), pp. 309–310
  7. DeWitt (2012).
  8. Pike (2001), p. 129.
  9. Cusack (2010), p. 106.
  10. Hopman (2016), p. .
  11. Adler (2006), p. 585.

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