A group of Maine witches is hosting a “Samhain Soiree” pagan festival in Mercer featuring a “hands off ritual of terror and ceremony,” and a “devouring ceremony,” where “nude bodies lie as living altars.”
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A Facebook user going by the name Aurora Meraki Treeroot posted an advertisement for the event, based on the Celtic Pagan Samhain festival, in the Franklin County Maine News Facebook group. Treeroot claimed that her “coven sister,” Domina Willow Watson, allowed her to share the event for anyone in Maine’s Western Mountain area.
“This is not a play party. This is a feast of the soul, a communion with ancestors, with masks, with fire, and with what lurks beyond the veil. Nude bodies lie as living altars, the feast pulses with shadow and intent, and the hunt beneath the crescent moon draws prey and predator into a hands-off ritual of terror and ceremony,” said the event advertisement.
Watson’s event begins in Mercer on October 18 at 4:30 p.m., and continues until midnight.
It begins with arrival, mask making, and “altar adornment,” followed by “the feast,” “the hunt,” a fire ceremony, and drum circle, and ultimately culminates in something called “the devouring ceremony.”
Nudity appears to be an essential part of the proceedings, as not only will the “altars” be nude bodies, but the fire ceremony will include “naked bodies dancing around the fire.”
Watson asked “those who hunger for the shadow” to attend, and encouraged attendees to come to “feel seen.”
“We are a coven of wild ones, encouraging each other to feel seen, to feel heard, to feel free in a world where we are too often hidden, silenced, and bound,” said Watson’s ad.
The dress code asks attendees to “come veiled in mask and shadow,” wearing leather, lace, or chains, or dressed in a variety of costumes.
Ominously, the advertisement warns attendees to “wear only what unleashes your hidden self and only what you are willing to see marked and stained in the rites of the night.”
It is not clear how costumes would become stained if the rituals are “hands-off,” as advertised.
The ad also warns that “the hunt” will be “especially messy.”
To keep with the shrouded theme of mystique and intrigue, the specific location in Mercer will only be available to people who pre-purchase a ticket priced at $66.66.
The Maine Wire reached out to Watson for more details, and she clarified that it will be a gathering of fewer than 25 people, held on private property, and tickets will be restricted to adults 21 and older.
“Thank you for reaching out. The Samhain Soirée is a private gathering on privately owned land in Mercer, Maine. It is a small-scale event with fewer than 25 guests,” said Watson.
“Although no alcohol will be served, this is an adults-only experience. In fact, tickets are restricted to individuals 21 and older, given the presence of nudity and the overall ambience of the evening,” she added.
