book lovers

Thanks to John Quin for sending this to me:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lithuanian-book-smugglers

attending Romuva camp 2017

My long-time friend, Daniel Spatz and family are taking me to Norway and Lithuania with them as their professional tour guide. I'm even learning 'Norsk' [Norwegian]. The five of us fly out of Oakland on August 5th and arrive in Oslo on the 6th where we’ll spend four days exploring Oslo and Horten. Our accommodations overlook the Opera House and the beach. 

On the 10th we’ll be taking the ‘Norway in a Nutshell Tour’ riding a train across the top of the fjord and dropping 2800 feet down to the sea and taking a boat tour of the fjords on the way to Bergen [just click on the photo to see our apartment after you click on this link: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/18971126?eal_exp=1500873628&eal_sig=3943acaadd2f6d4641c63a45e04c06e3733589e7e42fdce6892677376373e5c0&eal_uid=30816042&eluid=0&euid=3b74fa12-cda4-7bc2-f4b5-0fac1c168f99 ] where we’ll hop on a bus tour of the city.

On Friday the 11th we fly from Bergen to Kaunas, Lithuania, the old capital city and will drive from there through Moletai [the geo center of Europe, two observatories, and the other Jonas’ Perkunas temple and campsite] on our way to Romuva Summer Camp [contact Inija@romuva.lt if you wish to attend or for more information] in our village. I’ll have a full house, and the boys will have a marvelous time with a 100 other 12-25 year-olds. Camp runs from 8/10-16 with Zemyna’s [the Earth Goddess] celebration on 8/15.

On the 16th we’ll head back to Kaunas via Trakai and Kernave, and will be staying in the heart of the city next to the Romuva theater for two nights. On the 18th we head to Palanga on the coast to see the Amber Museum, Raganas Kalnas [Hill of the Witches], and will be staying at one of the most beautiful hotels I’ve ever seen, the Bellavila.lt. It’s less than 100 meters from the Baltic Sea and the rooms are amazing. On the 19th, Daniel and family head back to the States, and I fly on to Milan for the Eurovision Awards and even more European adventures returning to California on 9/24 via London.

 

ECER Presentation

I know it's been a while. I still haven't written up last year's sojourns, but thought I'd better send this out while it's still fresh.

It's been too busy this last week and today is the first day to myself in the villa since the conference started. Now that it's been presented to the Congress, I wanted to share my presentation with you. Rhoda did a fabulous job putting my first power point presentation together, and I will probably share it at PantheaCon 2017 as well. It's pretty self-explanatory, and I received nice feedback from both ECER participants and the students/friends who paid to see the presentations on Friday. There were close to 200 people in the Philosopher's Hall. Prague is half the price of SF and just as much fun. I'm staying in my villa until 8/1 and then off to Vilnius.

Please click on this link to access my presentation:

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzxgeZp3u4vQZDA3azRReUNwMzg

Visiting Vilnius

On July 3rd I fly to Washington, DC for a Capitol Fourth of July and then leave on 7/6 for Vilnius and this year's ECER. I'll be staying in Lithuania until 8/5 and visiting Kaunas and our village. If any of you are planning on coming, please let me know. Inija has reserved rooms at the "Guest House" one block from her home in Vilnius. I've stayed there many times and it's as nice as the hostels we stayed at in Odense, and less than half the price. Lithuania is downright cheap compared to the rest of Europe, and this is your chance to see our village and temple.

Kulgrinda on East Coast of USA

Hello, everyone!

I am pleased to announce that Kulgrinda will be at Rites of Spring this May 21-26 at a site near Lee, MA. It’s about 60 miles north of Bristol, CT. Info at www.earthspirit.com.

From the website:

This year we are excited to introduce you to some special guests from Europe who we have met through Andras Corban Arthen’s international networking on behalf of EarthSpirit.

Inija Trinkuniene is the matriarch of the Romuva community which practices the traditional pre-Christian religion of Lithuania. Inija will be offering both workshops, and performances with several members of her family who are also attending and form the group Kulgrinda.

Vetra Trinkunaite, Inija’s daughter has been touring internationally as a solo artist and will offer at least one performance at Rites of Spring.

 

Also, I'll be flying in from California to Bristol, CT to visit my goddesschild (who can't attend), so I really need a ride to and from the Rites.

More than willing to overpay for gas/expenses. Last time I attended was last century, so in case I can't find a ride, can anyone tell me how to take public transportation from Bristol to Lee or Great Barrington?

Thanks, and I'll be posting info on this year's ECER in Vilnius July 8-11 soon.

Prudence, Romuva Ambassadress
www.oaks-ecer.blogspot.com

ECER in Vilnius, 2014

Dear friends,

We are making plans for the next European Congress of Ethnic Religions meeting this summer, in Vilnius, where Romuva will be hosting the event. The dates are from Tuesday, 8 July to Friday, 11 July (arrive on 7 July).

The theme of the conference will be “Mother Earth, Unite Us.” The plan for the first day is to have the meeting at the Lithuanian Parliament, where we will have opportunities to talk with members of the Parliament and also from the news media about the state of the ethnic religions of Europe. Of the remaining 3 days, we would like to dedicate one to a conversation about developing a plan of action to realize the goals and the mission of the ECER. Another day will be for presentations and speeches about the different religions which are members of the ECER. The remaining day will be dedicated to a tour of important pagan holy places in Lithuania.

Romuva will be arranging the places where we will stay – hotels, hostels, and also making arrangements for food, etc. We will let you know as the plans become more definite, but we wanted you to to have the dates and location as soon as possible, so you can start making your travel plans.

Please let us know if you are planning on attending the meetings, and also approximately how many people will be coming from your group.

inija@romuva.lt

www.romuva.lt

OSTARA DATE CHANGE

Celebrate Ostara in San Francisco

Event Details: DATE Change!
Due to numerous requests we are moving the ship offering to Saturday, March 29th, at dawn so more can attend.

Freya's Folk welcomes Spring by giving winter a Viking funeral at dawn at the Wave Organ in San Francisco. We have been doing this for over 30 years! Join us by 6 am on Sunday, March 30th, 2014. Decorated eggs, offerings to Ran appreciated, but we usually have plenty.

Event Location: 1 Marina Blvd. in San Francisco
Event TIME Details: 6:00 am

Directions: You can park by the little light house past the Yacht Club, and it's a 5-10 minute walk to the end of the jetty on a flat road. Don't be late. Dawn waits for no one, not even us!

Website: http://prudenttravels.blogspot.com
Mailing Address: pmb 165, 537 Jones St., SF, CA 94102-2007