Dark Moon Incubation Mini-Retreat - October 10, 2026, 6:30 PM PST - Theme: Liminal Space (Portland, OR)
OCTOBER 8TH, 2026
This Saturday, October 10, FBSS will host our monthly Dark Moon Incubation Mini-Retreat at the humble BSS studio in Portland.
For this lunation our meditation theme will be liminal space.
We've now released 31 BSS prayer printables as name-your-price ($1 minimum) digital downloads. Only 20 of them show up on our public page, as that's the current maximum number allowed by DFOS, but all members of our DFOS space are welcome to purchase any of them through our shop.
This means attendees of our retreats and worship services — and our long-distance friends as well — can now easily download their own printable copies (in two different designs) of In Praise of Holy Darkness, our read-along opening prayer, while also making a donation in any amount to support our pro bono outreach and darkness-as-healing service work. Works better for many people than passing around a church-style collection bowl, especially considering how few people carry cash these days.
For the month of October only, anyone who makes a purchase from our shop (in any amount) will also receive a bonus download of one of the BSS meditation videos by Trish Deneen from our YouTube channel, so you can put it on loop and listen ad-free! Look for more info and the download link in your DMs after your payment is made.
As usual, with at least 24 hours' advance notice, we can host one overnighter in Portland for the retreat. October happens to be a birthday month here, so we may have an out-of-town visitor for this moontide, but as of this writing our overnighter space is still available for attendees of our dark moon mini-retreat (and will likely remain so because our visitor will probably stay elsewhere), so don't hesitate to ask.
Contact me via DM for further info if you're interested in the dark moon observance in Eugene.
For the Portland gathering you can confirm through the event link in our DFOS calendar, or send me a DM/text.
All members of our Dark Forest space are invited to participate as you see fit from wherever you are in the world, and we'd also be interested to hear any thoughts you may have on our liminal space theme if you're inclined to share.
Friends of Black Stone Sanctuary Dark Moon Incubation Mini-Retreat
- Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
- Location: Portland, OR (RSVP for street address)
- Time: Doors open 6:30 PM; prayer begins 7:00 PM; doors close 9:30 PM
- New Moon: 8:50 AM PST (3:50 PM UTC)
- Theme for meditation: liminal space
- Music includes:
- Liminal Space - Velum Sonis
- Sculpted in Luminol - Red Fog
- Endless Falls - Loscil
Dark Moon Prayer: In Praise of Holy Darkness
May we hearken to the wisdom and gifts of darkness, rest, and shadow.
May we remember to create space for silence, stillness, solitude, and mystery.
May we dwell respectfully in states of unknowing and non-doing.
May we permit our imagination unfettered freedom in contemplation of the sacred.
Praise be to the Holy Powers.
~ from Polytheistic Monasticism: Voices From Pagan Cloisters, p. 66
