Pendle Witch Camp 2012

the 8th Summer Soltice celebration in Pendle will be held on the weekend of 15th - 18th June 2012, will be a 'Festival of Folklore' commemorating the 400th anniversary of the trials and executions of the pendle witches. the 2012 even will feature talks, music, complementary and holistic therapies, drumming, theatre, story telling, stalls, cafes, kids activities; as well as the summer solstice, conducted by Runic John, to herald the beginning of the summer.

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Tania Ahsan will once again be headlining the programme of talks, and our special guest speaker this year is Founder President of the British Psychical & Occult Society, David Farrant, who will be discussing his own 'Modern Day Witch Trial' in the mid-1970s.

Other Speakers already confirmed are: -

Darren Deojee, founder of the People's Public Trust Mogg Morgan, proprietor of Mandrake Publishing Joel Biroco, editor of Kaos Magazine

Jackus will also be running a couple of Dream Healing workshops over the weekend.

Story-telling has been popular at the Camp for the last couple of years; Mary Sharratt, the Author of 'Daughters of the Witching Hill' will be making a welcome return, as well as Ursula Holden-Gill (of Emmerdale Farm Fame), to enthrall us with their yarns.

Ursula has also written a play, to be performed at the Camp, inspired by the story of the Pendle Witches, entitled 'The Secret Map of Pendle'.

All this will be accompanied by an array of the finest acoustic folk musicians in the area.

You'll get a warm welcome at The BBQ Cafe, which will be offering high-quality, locally sourced burgers and bacon butties.

Earlybird tickets for the 2012 event, are available from this website and cost £45.



This Year's Speakers include

TANIA AHSAN - Click to view her Website
Tania
Ahsan

 

RUNIC JOHN - Click here to view more information
Runic
John

 

Darren Deojee - Click to view his Website
Darren
Deojee

 

David Farrant - Click to view his Website
David
Farrant

 

Ursula Holden-Gill - click to visit her website
Ursula
Holden-Gill

 

Mogg Morgan
Mogg
Morgan

 

Daughters of the Witching Hill
Mary
Sharratt

 

Freyja FireSprite
Freyja FireSprite

   
 
 
       

 

 

Tickets are available at a cost of £45 each.

Click here to book for 2012

For more info about what the Pendle area has to offer: www.visitpendle.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

THE PENDLE WITCH SONG

If the rush of birdsong marks your morning call, If the standing circles hold you in enthral, If the moorland breezes summon you from far, Well then my bonny sweetheart - remember what you are.

If the scented forests stir your will to learn, If your intuition informs your every turn, If the thought of freedom sounds your souls hurrah, Well then my bonny sweetheart – remember what you are.

And if the old ones stories sit inside your head, If the moonlight beckons as you lie in bed, If the years are kind and on you leave no mar, Well then my bonny sweetheart – remember what you are.

By Ursula Holden Gill, Lancashire. 2011 CE

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