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Sacred Harvest Festival is an annual Pagan festival which takes place about 10 miles north of Albert Lea. It is the largest Pagan camping festival in Minnesota, and one of the largest family friendly Pagan camping festivals in the nation. This year it was attended by 287 people (not bad for this economy). Before the festival there were rumors about political stuff and changes with the organizing committee, but at the festivals the organizers seemed to be familiar faces from festivals past and everything seemed to run as well as it ever did. Every year at SHF has its own mood. This year was extremely laid back. People tended to be calm, quiet and relaxed. However there were moments when the trickster spirits were on the loose, mostly with people who participated in the Sacred Hunt.

The Sacred Hunt is an intense ritual for all involved. Hunters fast all day, go to a sweat before sunrise, go without sleep, and dedicate themselves to achieving complete exhaustion before the ritual so as to attain the needed altered state of consciousness for this magickal working. They are watched over by Villagers who aid them in their hunt. They are energized by drummers. The sacred space is protected by guardians. It is an intensely powerful ritual. Everyone who goes through the ritual experiences profound personal transformation. Read the rest of this entry »