When does the 2025 Gathering begin and end?

Registered participants are welcome to arrive beginning at 3pm on Thursday, October 30th. Supper, our opening ritual, and evening activities begin 6pm. The Gathering ends on Sunday, November 2nd after our closing ritual.

 

What are the closest airports and transportation to the Gathering?

The nearest airport is Ontario (about 50 miles), followed by Burbank and LAX (about 100 miles). Amtrack's closest station is San Bernardino (about 40 miles)

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Does DoD have shuttle service?

No.  Participants will need to rent a vehicle.  In the event of snow, the fire service will not allow you on the roads without tire chain and the camp will not provide them. Please come prepared with chains if you are driving up to the camp.

 

Is there cell phone reception?

We will be in the mountains so expect cell phone service to be very limited. As always, this will depend on your service provider.  The camp is in a remote area in the San Bernardino mountains.  The camp's landline number for emergencies will be provided with registration confirmation packets.

 

What are the cabins like?

Each cabin is different but all cabins are shared occupancy, have heating, plumbing, and electricity (including outlets).  Each cabin has at least one bathroom and shower.

 

What are the beds like?

They are all twin bunk beds with a very limited exception of a few that are being utilized for women with specific needs. Please specify on your registration form if you have specific needs regarding a bottom bunk or if you are willing to take a top bunk. You will need to provide your own bed linens and shower towel.

 

Is the site accessible for women with mobility issues?

Partially. The common areas are all accessible and there is one cabin that is wheelchair accessible. Please email us at contact@daughtersofdianagathering.org with your specific needs (BEFORE) registering.  We will do our best to accommodate you. The camp facilities/workshop locations are mostly connected by paved walking paths that do include inclines and depending on the season the ground can be filled with acorns.

 

A very limited number of parking places will be available for women with disabled placards who need to drive/ride in a car to get around camp. When you register, please list your need in the ADA section.

 

Is tent or RV camping available?

There is no tent camping allowed. There is a campground approximately a 5-7 minute drive away.  This outside campground requires reservations.  It offers dozens of single and double campsites, available for tent and RV camping. Some accessible sites are available as well. There are no hookups at the campground, however, the parking aprons are paved and a dump station is available.  Each site is equipped with tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible flush toilets, showers and drinking water are provided. Firewood is sold at the campground.  Email us at contact@daughtersofdianagathering.org if you would like the website link to the campground.  The camp at our event will allow one or two RV’s to park on site, however, the parking area is not level or paved and there is no dump station.  Please email us if you are interested in parking on-site.
 

Can I bring my own food?

The camp provides food that meets most attendees needs; meat, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free.  If you have severe conditions that require your own food, please email contact@daughtersofdianagathering.org with details.  There is limited space for food storage.

 

How do I apply to be a vendor at DoD?

Due to space limitations, vending is only for DoD presenters.

 

How do I join closed Facebook group for the Gathering?

After you are registered you will get a confirmation email with what happens next and how to get yourself added to the closed Facebook group and join your other registered sisters.  PLEASE NOTE:  All official gathering information is directly emailed.

 

Do I have to be a Dianic Witch, Amazon, or goddess woman to attend?

No, but you must be willing to be mistaken for any or all of the above and be comfortable in the presence of wild magical women. You may just find yourself leaving more empowered, inspired, and wanting more of it!

 

Why is this Gathering for females only?

Daughters of Diana Gathering is dedicated to providing a female-centered spiritual space for women. There are few women's conferences, festivals, and gatherings remaining that are specifically safe spaces for women and girls to celebrate our power and honor our diversity as female-bodied human beings. At our Gathering (as well as all other Temple of Diana rituals, classes, and events) we agree that an individual's gender-identity is not equivalent to the sexed body, and cannot erase or replace the experience of girlhood and the lived experience of all females to navigate, survive, and endeavor to thrive in patriarchy. This is why, as a federally recognized Temple under United States law, we are able to provide an all-female environment that so many of us need in these challenging times.

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OUR DEFINITION OF WOMANHOOD & WOMEN'S MYSTERIES

by Temple of Diana co-founder, Ruth Barrett

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Women's Mysteries are at the center of Dianic practice. By "Mysteries" we mean the experiences of the female body from birth, girlhood, into womanhood, and elderhood. These Mysteries include our uterine blood mysteries  (menstruation, birthing, menopause), female sexuality and spirituality, and all the ways that our female bodies inform our diverse life experiences. Part of our work as a feminist spiritual tradition is to keep conscious of, and heal from the insidious ways that misogyny affects our lives, and includes our self-perception through the patriarchal views of the dominant culture, religion, and cultural inheritance. The commonalities that girls and women share are based in our biological sex regardless of other differences in race, ability, ethnicity, and class. For us, the exploration and celebration of Women's Mysteries is an embodied experience that defies words, and can only be experienced by female-bodied individuals. Dianic tradition has centered on the embodied female mysteries for over 50 years. We affirm our ability to be whole-unto-ourselves and as free as the goddess of the wild, Artemis. We affirm our right to gather as female human beings within our female-only circles to celebrate our rites.

 

We support male individuals in honoring their unique Mysteries of the male body from birth, boyhood, into manhood, and elderhood.

 

We encourage trans-identified individuals to create their own rites of passage that address their significant life cycle events from birth into elderhood.