Rites of passage
Human life is imprinted by change, whether we like it or not. As the wheel turns we enter new life stages. To mark these passages through ritual is as old as humankind itself. It supports us to be awake to the fact we are alive, to honour the gathering of experience and grief that comes with it, and to play a meaningful role in the fabric of our communities and as inhabitants of this Earth.
Coming up:
January 12th, March 2nd, April 6th, May 25th, July 6th, August 24th, October 12th, November 23rd - Seasons
Seasons:
nature through the cycles
Seasons is a free opportunity to practice your nature awareness throughout the year. There will be eight online meetings, one for each season (winter, spring, summer and autumn plus the less known seasons 'in between'). The invitation is to go out on the land close to where you live and to connect to the essential qualities of the season and get more familiar with the subtleties of the natural cycle in the environment you call home. Each session will consist out of half an hour of online inspiration and input, an hour outdoors in solitude and half an hour of online harvest and takes place on Sundays from 2pm till 4pm. It is recommended to join for all of the sessions though it is also possible to drop in for a single gathering.
WINTER: January 12th
EARLY SPRING: March 2nd
SPRING: April 6th
EARLY SUMMER: May 25th
SUMMER: July 6th
LATE SUMMER: August 24th
AUTUMN: October 12th
LATE AUTUMN: November 23rd
Photo Elena Kästner
Wildkatzen
For youngsters there is a point in life where the world beyond the house of their parents becomes increasingly interesting and the time spent with friends gets more important than the company of their parents.
New questions arise, the longing for belonging and boundaries get stronger and the search for self starts.
For flinta
Are you between 13 and 16 years old and do you recognize this process of change? Then we invite you to spend a week in the forest with us, on the territory of the wild cat. In a simple camp at the lake there is time to track important questions, to exchange about them with others, to be inspired by the life stories of older people and to feel into your dreams.
What are my roots? What inspires me? Who am I and who do I want to be? When do I feel strong and when do I feel weak? Who or what supports me?
We will be outside the whole time, cook over the fire, play, bathe and work with an old northern initiation story that has helped generations of people on their way.
With flinta we are addressing young people identifying as woman, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans and agender.
You can find more info here (in German).
Dates
August 10th-18th 2026
September 28th-October 3rd 2026
Photo: Elena Kästner
To meet death
The story of Carine - tribute to a life artist
Carine van Steen,
March 16th 1948 - August 25th 2020
I see a woman sitting next to the Swedish lakeside for three days and three nights, I see a woman returning from the mountain in the Pyrenees after three days and three nights, I see a woman going on a last sitout in her home country to prepare for the biggest journey of all .
Our sitout tribe has lost one of its most colourful and inspiring members; Carine made her way back to the ancestors. After she got her diagnosis of terminal cancer she decided she wanted to make the last phase of her life into the most beautiful of all and wanted to mark the upcoming rite of passage with a last sitout. She spent one last night on the land in ceremony and touched us all with the way she approached death, in style and out of the box, just as she lived her life. She pointed the way for many of us towards a life where beauty, curiosity, flamboyance and art rule.
Carine, I see you, jumping over the midsummer fire, turning your fall into a ninja roll, I see you, dancing tango on your balcony, your spirit overruling the pain, I see you crying when realizing your tribe was waiting for you to return to base camp, I see you, causing all kind of good trouble on the other side. When I cry, I laugh. Thank you. Thank you.
“I am not afraid to die. I know about surrender.”
