Hiss-tory of Radical Faeries to 1987

US West Coast

Pre-history

Those events before the first call to a gathering in 1979.

Under construction. Contyributions and memoirs solicited, especially from other parts of the country or world, or DIY and send me a link.

Harry Hay's Circle of Loving Companions
New Mexico
Kaleidoscope Factory: "Symmetricon"
Arthur Evans in SF
Dances by moonlight at the Statue of Diana, Sutro Park, SF
"A different kind of night at the baths"
Murray Edelman SF 1978-79
RFD magazine, Iowa 1974
Faggots and Class Struggle Conference
Wolf Creek OR
Spons by the Lavender and Red Union of the Univ. or Oregon
Eye out for infiltrators. Those were the days
"Looksism" arises at the orgy.

Three National Gatherings

Benson, Arizona, 1979
called by Harry'n'John and Mitch Walker and Don Kilhefner
A shared mudbath and feeling of at-homeness
Denver, Colorado, 1980
Presentation of the Cernunnos Shawl
End of "work exchange"
Recording by RavensHead Communications (Frank Brayton, Sister Mary Media)
Pecos New Mexico (near Santa Fe)1981
Cold, rainy, no salt in the meals!
The "revolting hagettes"

Regional Gatherings West

1980 December
Harbin Hot Springs CA
1982
Breitenbush Hot Springs OR (first annual)
Eagle Creek, CA
Mendocino Woodlands Autumn Equinox (latest meal never served)
1983
Madre Grande CA "Shadow"
Napa CA "Blossom of Bone I"
1984
Madre Grande CA
Mendocino Woodlands CA Thanksgiving
1985
Occidental CA (co-sexual)
1985 Gold Creek I CA
1986
West Coast Symposium, Wolf Creek OR, Marvelous Marvin Moore
Napa CA "Blossom of Bone II"
1987
Wolf Creek Homecoming
Gold Creek II CA
1991 Wolf Creek Faeriestock I
1991-pres Breitenbush OR Summer Gatherings, Elderberry
1992 Faeriestock II Wolf Creek
199x Camp Shalom, Malibu CA
1993- Nomenus Wolf Creek

Miscellaneous

Faeries and Land
Wolf Creek Commune 1976-1986
Faerie Land Trust Pre-History.
The Sacred Rubbermaid Salad Bowl
that Chris Kilbourne threw at Harry Hay in Billy Russo's Kitchen
in Dillard Oregon, during a Land Trust reconnoiter
Nomenus 1986- (The Name channeled at a group meeting at Touchstone, 981 Haight St., San Francisco
Black Leather Wings
Faerie Camp at the National Rainbow Gathering. Cuisine a la fee is often in demand at these events.
Tree Roots and the Faery Scismatics. The times and life of Mitch Walker.