The Spiral Dance

The 27th annual presentation of
The Spiral Dance
a ritual to honor our beloved dead and dance the spiral of rebirth

When and where :: Beloved Babies / Beloved Dead :: Volunteers :: Tickets :: Download the flyer

This space is wheelchair accessible.
Alll Reclaming events are Clean and Sober; no drugs or alcohol, please.
What is the Spiral Dance?

The holiday popularly known as Halloween is the time of year known to witches as Samhain, when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the dead. We gather to remember and honor our ancestors, our Beloved Dead, and all those who have crossed over. As we mourn for those we love who have died this year, we also mourn the losses and pain suffered by the Earth, our Mother. Yet even as we grieve we also remember and honor the sacred cycle of life, death, rebirth and regeneration, celebrating the births of our children born this year, and our own vital connections to the Earth and each other, in which we ground our hope. more...
When and where

Saturday, October 28 at Kezar Pavilion, 755 Stanyan Street, San Francisco 94117 (north-east corner of Golden Gate Park, off the MUNI N line).

Doors open at 6:00PM and the ritual begins at 7:30 PM. Admission is $15-$100, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Come early to view the altars.
Via public transit

Personalized directions ara available from 511.org

Taking BART from East Bay, get off at Embarcadero Station and get into the MUNI underground. Take the N Judah, and get off at Stanyan, its the 2nd stop after the street car gets out of the 2nd tunnel. Turn R and walk down Stanyan about 3 blocks down and on the left side of the street.

From the Sunset, take the N Judah downtown, get off at Stanyan, turn L and walk down Stanyan about 3 blocks down and on the left side of the street.

From downtown SF or near Haight St, take the 7,66, or 71 Haight, all the way up Haight, and get off when it turns onto Stanyan, and you will be almost right in front of it.

From the Mission and Castro areas, take the 33 Also, from the middle of the Richmond, take the 33

From Sunset, near Judah, take the N Judah, get off at Stanyan, Turn L and walk down Stanyan about 3 blocks, looking on the left side of the street.

From 30th & Vicente in towards Quintara and then into the lower Aves, the 66 will drop you right on Stanyan, basically across the street from Kezar Pavilion
Beloved babies and beloved dead

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