Updated with some of the details of Ben and Eric's activities before the Sanders arrived
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Between September 16th and 24th, 2017, the [[SolSeed Movement]] gathered in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to celebrate the Fall Equinox and dedicate [[Eric]]'s 25 acres of forest land, Buckleberry Briar and Brook, to the SolSeed movement by completing a Gaia statue on top of its highest hill.
== Preparations and explorations ==
[[Ben]] was the first to arrive in Ottawa, on the night of Saturday the 16th. He stayed at the Saumurs' home in Gatineau, played board games, and explored the two cities by electric bike with Eric. This included a visit to an amazing topiary exhibition whose centerpiece was another depiction of Mother Earth. [https://1drv.ms/a/s!Am6ZAaJezclfoDddVvZivHoiN1Bl Here are some photos from those explorations.]
Eric also took Ben to his family's lakeside cottage, Greycliff, where we [https://1drv.ms/a/s!Am6ZAaJezclfny6nV_6LS-ZfQ-le explored the lake by kayak] and created stencils for the dedication ritual.
== Dedication ritual ==
By the 21st we were all gathered at [[Buckleberry]] in time for the Equinox. We climbed the hill and performed a dedication ritual in which we painted organism tattoos onto her using spray paint and stencils. We took turns performing the ritual. Each person walked up to the statue with a stencil and paint colour of their choice and said a line of SolSeed Movement scripture. If the line was a call from the Creed, then the congregation responded. Then the person painted the image where they wanted. Over the course of the morning we added images of members from every Kingdom of Life.
== Sabbath ritual ==