Weaver Camp 2024

June 27-30, 2024 | Near Worcester, VT

Please note: enrollment for Weaver Camp is closed at this time. Read on for general information about this annual event.
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Weaver Camp group photo, July 2023.

Join us this summer for Weaver Camp in Vermont!

THE WORLD NEEDS OUR MAGIC and we need each other to heal and grow into our fullest potential for change-making! Join us for a four-day weekend of magic, ritual, and community on the Vermont mountainside. We’ll camp in the forest, eat spectacular meals lovingly crafted from local food, and open our hearts to connection with kindred spirits. We believe that magic is real, present all around us, and a profound tool for justice and transformation.

Our gathering is queer-centric, justice-oriented, and radically enchanted. All are welcome (18+), whether or not you’ve participated in our online modules or in-person cohorts. We believe that you are your own spiritual authority, and we value informed consent in all our magic. Camp is located in the forest by a mountain brook in Abenaki Territory (Worcester, Vermont).

Weaver forest altar, conversations around the picnic table, delicious food. Photo credit (left, center): Jules Patigian.

What will Weaver Camp be like?

Camp starts at noon on Thursday and ends at noon on Sunday. On Thursday we’ll get to know each other with an opening circle that includes group agreements, introductions, and song and story sharing. Full days (Friday and Saturday) include morning workshops on magic, myth, and folklore, afternoon flex time to rest, explore the land, craft, and hang out in community, and an evening group ritual. On Sunday there will be time to share about our experiences in ritual and during the weekend before we clean up and break camp.

Over the weekend, we will also be joined by our favorite magical bard, Fern Maddie. Fern has participated in many Weaver programs and events in the past, and we love it when she shows up! Check out her music: https://fernmaddiemusic.com/.

Theme for Weaver Camp 2024: Ullr of the Forest Groves

Each of our camps and retreats is centered around a different deity and culturally-grounded mythos. We engage in an extended process of divination and trance work to determine what deity and story are going to bring the wisdom we need at this particular time and place. This year we will honor Ullr, the Norse god of forest groves.

Often associated with winter, hunting, and archery, we come to Ullr in a gentler season. In June, as the deer birth their fawns and the birds sing from their treetop nests, Ullr keeps watch, guardian of the cycle of bloom and birth. Among the mountainside groves of hemlocks and maple trees, we ask Ullr to teach us: How do we listen to the heart of the Land? What does the Land need from us? What may we ask from the Land? How do we fully inhabit our animal selves in this season of nurture? For those of us who are settlers on this Land, how might we live in right relationship with the Land and its Indigenous stewards?

This year we celebrate Ullr: God of Forest Groves. Photo credit: Murphy Robinson.

Tuition & Logistics

When: June 27-30, 2024. Camp runs from 12pm on Thursday to 12pm on Sunday.

Where: Camp is located in the forest by a mountain brook in Abenaki Territory (Worcester, Vermont). You will receive directions upon registration.

What’s included: Food for the weekend (Thursday dinner to Sunday breakfast), camping space (bring your own gear), and all workshops and rituals.

How much does it cost? We have a sliding scale for camp tuition. Please pay higher on the sliding scale if you are able – this is what allows us to offer discounted spots to those who need them. Below are rates for Weaver Camp 2024:

  • $625: I can pay for myself and another person who needs support coming to camp

  • $475: I can pay for myself and a bit extra for someone else

  • $375: I can pay my own way

  • $225: I need financial support to come to camp

  • $95: BIPOC Reparations Rate

Refund Policy: As a small community endeavor, we operate on a very tight budget and are not able to offer refunds for this program. If you find that you are not able to attend camp after you register, please let us know. You can transfer your enrollment to a friend who would enjoy camp, or we can find someone for you who needs a subsidized spot to afford camp.

If you have any questions, please email us: wayoftheweaver@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for your interest in the Way of the Weaver!

What people are saying about Weaver Camp...

  • “So much thought & intention about framing, container setting, culture building, and logistical systems! The community vibe and praxis…people taking care of each other, modeling group consensus and collaboration. Murphy & Jamie — you're both gifted teachers and facilitators, and you've built an impressive culture of creative, magical, and critical thinkers. It felt special to be included in a group of mixed experience levels. Having insights into what a sustained ritual community is capable of was really helpful!”

    — Carly (Massachusetts)

  • “The structure is great. There is an amazing balance of learning, playing, free time, and ritual. There is so much respect and trust within this circle that people are able to step out and step up in ways they did not think was possible.”

    — S. Elwyn (Massachusetts)

  • “Everyone was so kind and welcoming. I really appreciated the primary source resources along with the magical stories/rituals. The food was really good, too!”

    — Kaila (Quebec, Canada)

  • “The combination of levity & gaiety makes the magic so digestible.”

    — River (Vermont)