Men’s Sacred Gathering for the Turning of the Year

         “I wake to sleep and take my waking slow. I learn by going where it is to go.”

                                                                                                                     ~ Theodore Roethke

Opening:      Tibetan prayer bowls first and last held by our youngest and our eldest

Each man takes a turn whispering his wish for the new year inside his

sacred metal

Feet:                One by one in a line each man walks his oiled feet to the altar

We Begin:     Lyrical…Flow…Stacatto…Chaos…Lyrical…Flow…Stillness

We Gather:  We sit in a sacred circle and we speak one truth about our commitment

to ourselves and our family and our tribe for the new year

Closing:         We hold hands in a sacred way. We say a blessing of gratitude. We

release each other into 2020.