SMS Events for 2007

SUSPENDC - SuspenDC provides a place for modern body piercing enthusiasts to explore ancient tribal spirituality. Emulate tribal shamans and warriors, using a painful ordeal to achieve an altered state of consciousness or spiritual experience. Participants are pierced in the chest, back, or arms with large stainless steel hooks, which are then attached by rope to a rigging or other pierced participants.

Piercing the Veil – As we shed our everyday skins and enter the world of myth, we invite you to join us at Piercing the Veil, the Sacred Mark Sanctuary's yearly Samhain experience. This year, we will be exploring the story of Grandmother Spider, the Weaver of Dreams. How can we feed her what holds us back, and learn to weave the web of our greatest desires and imaginings?
The ritual will be predicated by a clear safety procedure talk and piercing demonstration (much shorter than in years past!). Participants may choose their method of participation, including receiving small hypodermic ("play") piercings, energy pull hooks, or other non-piercing forms of connection. Our rituals are not for spectators, so please come prepared to engage on some level.

We ask ritual participants to meditate on what they wish to leave behind as the old year dies, and what they would like to spin into reality as they move forward in their lives. We look forward to celebrating Samhain with you!

Registration is $50 per person, which includes your food for the day. Vegetarian options will be available. To register, send us your name, phone number, e-mail address, and vegetarian/carnivore preference. You can make your payment via PayPal (to deirdre@sacredmarks.com) or by sending a check to:
Sacred Mark Sanctuary
P.O. Box 433
Frederick, MD 21705

Sunday, October 28, noon
Private Location in Frederick, MD

SMS plays a key role in these events – as staff, ritual facilitators, workshop presenters, or ritual tattoo artists and piercers.

Free Spirit’s Sacred Sexuality Beltane
April 26-29, Darlington, MD
http://freespiritgathering.org/beltane/

Rites of Spring
May 22-28, Southwestern MA
http://www.earthspirit.org/ros/index.html/ 

Fires Rising
May 31-June 3, Artemas, PA
http://www.4qf.org/_FiresRising/

Free Spirit Gathering
June 12-17, Darlington, MD
http://freespiritgathering.org/fsg/

Starwood
July 24-29, Sherman, NY
http://www.rosencomet.com/starwood/

SpiritFire Festival
August 1-5, New Lebanon, NY
http://spiritfirefestival.org/

Fetish Con
August 9-12, Tampa, FL
http://www.fetishcon.com/

Stones Rising
August 29-September 3, Artemas, PA
http://www.4qf.org/_StonesRising/

Forest Dance Festival
August 29-September3, Petersham, MA
http://www.forestdancefestival.org/

Dark Odyssey Summer Camp
September 12-16, Darlington, MD
http://darkodyssey.com/summercamp/

SUSPENDC
September 30, Washington, DC
http://www.suspendc.com/

Piercing The Veil
October 28, Frederick, MD
http://www.sacredmarks.com/

BRXX (Black Rose 20th Anniversary Convention)
November 30-December 3, Washington, DC
http://www.brevent.org/

Other past and possibly future events

Drum and Splash
Artemas, PA
http://www.4qf.org/_DrumSplash/

Sirius Rising
Sherman, NY
http://www.brushwood.com/sirius.htm/

COSM Fire
Various locations; COSM is based in NYC
http://cosm.org/

Body Tribal
Artemas, PA
http://www.4qf.org/_BodyTribal/