Pagan Spirit Gathering

{{Short description|Festival in the United States}}

Pagan Spirit Gathering (PSG) is a nature spirituality festival organized by Circle Sanctuary. First held in 1980, it has grown into one of the oldest and largest such events in the United States.{{Cite book| edition = Revised & Updated| chapter = Pagan Spirit Gathering (PSG)| publisher = Penguin| isbn = 0-14-303819-2| authorlink = Margot Adler| last = Adler| first = Margot| title = Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America| location = New York| year = 2006| page = [https://archive.org/details/drawingdownmoonw00adle_2/page/584 584]| chapter-url-access = registration| chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/drawingdownmoonw00adle_2/page/584}} The gathering is held Sunday to Sunday during the week near the summer solstice, forming a temporary Pagan town each year.[https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering Circle Sanctuary's Pagan Spirit Gathering Page]

Festivals were first held in Richland County, Wisconsin, but outgrew the facilities and moved in 1997 to a location near Athens, Ohio, at Wisteria. PSG moved to Camp Zoe near Salem, Missouri in 2009, then to Stonehouse Farm near Earlville, Illinois in 2011. After a flash flood caused PSG 2015 to close early,[http://wildhunt.org/2015/06/pagan-spirit-gathering-2015-stories-from-the-flood-and-the-aftermath.html Wild Hunt Article] PSG moved to Tall Tree Lake near Vienna, Illinois.

The gathering went on hiatus in 2020{{cite web |title=Circle Sanctuary announcement of the cancellation of Pagan Spirit Gathering 2020 |url=https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509004452/https%3A//www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering |archive-date=9 May 2020}} and virtual in 2021{{cite web |title=41st annual Pagan Spirit Gathering to be held virtually |url=https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914211341/https%3A//www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/pagan-spirit-gathering/pagan-spirit-gathering |archive-date=14 September 2021}} as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.