The Resurrection of Care

The Resurrection of Care is a participatory ceremony devised by Eliza Swann in 2015 with Golden Dome.

Swann had heard rumors about the Bohemian Grove men’s club gathering in the redwoods to perform a ritual called the Cremation of Care every year, where they banish the spirit of caring before doing their business deals. In 2015, she began organizing the Resurrection of Care with Golden Dome as a response—not just to counter that sentiment, but to affirm what Golden Dome has always stood for: interdependence, nurturance, and caring deeply. The Resurrection of Care is a way for the Golden Dome community to gather in love: to hear one another’s pain and to celebrate one another’s joy.

The ceremony has evolved organically, shaping itself around an opening prayer devised by Edgar Fabián Frías—an invocation of the Goddexx of Love that helps set the tone for each gathering.

The Resurrection of Care has taken place in a range of spaces, including Coaxial Arts, MaRS Gallery, Echo Park Lake, The Gaylord Apartments pool, Ernest E. Debs Park, Honey's Brooklyn, Muscle Beach, and the Philosophical Research Society. Across locations and years, it remains grounded in the same intention: to gather in love and to affirm care as a shared, living practice.

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People holding flowers and floating in a swimming pool, participating in a ceremony or ritual.
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The Resurrection of Care, 2018, Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles, CA

Featuring Edgar Fabián Frías, Yoli Alma-Flor, Yunuen Rhi, Saewon Oh, Thaddeus Pedisich, Kwonyin, Annie Connole, Joshua Hill

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