As the sun spirals its longest dance,

Cleanse us

As nature shows bounty and fertility,

Bless us

Let all things live with loving intent

And to fulfill their truest destiny

Greetings everyone,

it's been a while! Beltane, the wonderful festival of love, sensuality and sexuality, has been and gone, and we're now swiftly approaching the Summer Solstice. It's hard to believe, with the current cold weather and 'April showers' that have been confusing me after spending a month in Sicily! Yet, this is a time to embrace and celebrate life and growth, and to mark this special season, we are not only bringing you a special Summer Solstice Network meeting - we're also having a daytime event in the form of a visit to the Holy Well in Southam. We warmly invite you to celebrate with us! Here are the details:

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Thursday 21st June 2007

Summer Solstice Celebration at Southam Holy Well

10.30 am: leaving Leamington for Southam, walk to the Holy Well with a summer solstice ceremony and shared lunch at a local pub or cafe. Bring offerings for the well, poetry, songs and stories. For further information and lift-share, e-mail Tiziana at spiritnet@tiscali.co.uk

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Warwickshire Spiritual Network Meeting

8 pm: Special SUMMER SOLSTICE SOCIAL NETWORKING EVENT at CAFE ROUGE (upstairs room), Regent Street, Leamington Spa. Come along to network, chat, exchange information, make new friends or catch up with existing ones, relax and have a drink! Everyone welcome.

The Peace Festival is also swiftly approaching on 16th and 17th June. Please come along to our Holy Wells Procession, which is promising to become a big community event! We will be starting the procession at 1.45 pm on Sunday 17th June at the Well outside the Pump Rooms, processing through Jephson Gardens and visiting some of the original well sites around town. So far, we have booked some wonderful storytellers, performance poets, musicians, Leamington's own Songlines choir, contributions from the Warwick Words writer's group, and much more. Keep checking back for latest developments. If you are a performer, in particular a folk musician/band, please get in touch as we'd love your contribution!

Just in time for the Peace Festival, Beth will be launching a new spiritual magazine for Leamington Spa, called Mosaic. In Beth's own words, 'the aim of Mosaic magazine is to bring all that is going on within this arena into one publication (i.e. not mainstream stuff which is already available via many existing papers/mags). It will be free, quarterly, A4 and will include articles, ethical shopping, an interview per issue. I also want to source and feature local people who blend their day to day life with work in all things alternative, green, creative etc. There will be a listings page; for local groups to publicise their own events - and news and letters pages where people can express their views on local, national and global events and other important issues. These are just a few ideas as I hope that the magazine will evolve as more people hear about Mosaic.'

This is an exciting new venture in Leamington and we all look very much forward to seeing the first issue!

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Finally, an advance notice for your diaries: there will be a Lammas Bonfire Party on Saturday 28th July somewhere in or around Leamington. Venue to be confirmed!

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Hope to see you all at the Summer Solstice!