
2024 BREITENBUSH WINTER FAERIE GATHERING:
fAeI

YOO HOO!!!
“You. Who. This is a message from your Cue Are’s through ChatGBT. This is a phone call to a fairy gathering at Breitenbush Hot Springs, 53000 Breitenbush Rd SE, Detroit, OR 97342 from February 15th 2024 to February 19th 2024. Are you ready to be transformed by the scalding hot water? The loving lounge will be open, and we will have tantric messages given with canola oil. If you are going to be naked please sit on a napkin or towel-”
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That didn’t work as well as we thought… Forget ChatGBT.
YooHoo!!!! This is your call to the winter gathering at Breitenbush Hot Springs! We will be soaking together in the tubs in the mountains February 15th to February 19th! And our theme? Aside from the usual underlying theme of transcendence through sharing our feelings, BO and vegetarian meals? Faerie intelligence of the future, fAeI!
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking
Technology is here to stay.
How do we use these technologies and still be radical faeries? How do we make our own? How do we access primal technologies? Ancestral truths? How do we integrate the old with the new? The spiritual with the practical? How do we remember to call our Aunt Linda after her civil trial against her hairdresser for giving her an unwanted shag?
These are the questions we are asking you as we head into this gathering.
What does fAerie Intelligence mean to you?
Who and what are we gonna do?
Who are the Faeries you ask? Don’t ask us queen, just google it….Oh sorry that was dismissive. Let’s see what fAeI says:
The faes are a bunch of sarong-wearing queer hippies who gather together across the globe to share community in nature. We’ve been gathering since 1981.
What is a Faerie Gathering? Sweets, hit the search button. Oh sorry, that was dismissive again. Lets see what fAeI says:
A faerie gathering is a time when we come together at different sanctuaries to have heart circles, and eat good meals and hold workshops and rituals as a community.
This is our first full winter gathering back since 2020, and since the fire at Breitenbush. We have a limited number of slots, we can only accommodate 85 people.
This year the fees to attend are $525. But darlings…if you feel a call to join us, please don’t let money be a barrier. We have the funds to get you here. Since space is so limited we are asking our fae family to listen intently. Come if you are called.
We need some volunteers!
We have a wonderful set of events being prepared for this gathering (more information will be sent along with registration) But for now if you are called to help, we need fae to step up, to be Heart Circle facilitators, we need a fae to be the auctioneer at our annual auction (what is this auction for? Fae funds!) and we need lovely auction items! And last but certainly not least, we need a host for the K(no)w Talent Show.

So much has happened since we last gathered in Breitenbush in the winter. We have lost many faeries in that time. Breitenbush burned and was rebuilt.
As we start to rebuild ourselves after surviving this pseudo-apocalyptic phase. What do we choose to move forward with? How do we decide to live? What intelligence do we pull from?
Welcome Faeries to the 2024 Breitenbush Radical Faerie Gathering… fAeI. The New Age of Faerie Intelligence.
THE WINTER 2024 GATHERING..
WHEN
| February 15-19th. We can start our 3-D experience in the Breitenbush parking lot at 3:00. Don't rush. Your Queen Registrar Court will be ready at 3:00, no sooner. We can set ourselves up in our lodgings at 4:00, no sooner. But then Breitenbush is ours for the entire 4-night Gathering. Dinner is at 6:30. Then, the festivities start. |
WHERE | So, where is Breitenbush? Breitenbush Hot Springs is in the Oregon Cascades in the foothills of Mt. Jefferson. Breitenbush is about 425 miles from Vancouver, B.C., 280 miles from Seattle, 110 miles from Eugene, 107 miles from Portland, and 63 miles from Salem. |
COST | The $525 registration fee includes accommodations, meals, soaking, steaming, touching, cuddling, loving, workshopping, heart circling, love lounging, and nothinging. The $525 includes a mandatory $10 CRFR annual membership fee. |
CAPACITY | In recent years, more people have wanted to experience the magic of a Breitenbush Gathering. This year, we have up to 85 spaces! |
FAERIE FEE FUND
| For some, it’s impossible to pull enough money together to attend the Gathering. The Faerie Fee Fund (FFF) helps make that happen. FFF are for our beloved faeries who could not otherwise afford to attend the Gathering. FFF requests are granted based on individual needs. The registration fee is $525. This year, there is a $350 maximum FFF award. Folks receiving the award will be expected to pay the remaining $175, but babes – if even that is an obstacle, please talk to us. Complete the Faerie Fee Fund section and at the Registration Fee step, select Faerie Fee Fund Accommodation, Deposit to pay a $175 deposit to reserve your spot. The process is easy. The online registration form has all the information. Complete the registration and let your QR Court and the FFF Faeries figure out how much help we have to support your sojourn to Breitenbush. In the unlikely event we cannot provide you enough from the FFF to get you there – as an award, though probable, is not guaranteed – we will refund your entire deposit. Expect to hear from us by Jan 24th, if not sooner. The FFF is supported by donations. Many thanks to the lovelies whose contributions have helped make support from the FFF possible. If you would like to make a donation, simply include extra funds beyond the $525 fee when you register. |
TIMELINE
Dec 17th | The CALL has sounded! |
Jan 2nd | Registration is open |
Jan 16th | Registration closes Final payments due |
Jan 20th | Confirmation of registration |
Jan 24th | Faerie Fee Fund confirmations, or sooner |
Jan 28th | Waitlist assignments complete Late registration closes
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Feb 15th | GATHERING BEGINS |
Feb 19th | GATHERING ENDS
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