Take some time to greet and appreciate the beauty and abundance of nature by joining our Southwestern Ohio Illuman Wandering. ✴
Take some time to greet and appreciate the beauty and abundance of nature by joining our Southwestern Ohio Illuman Wandering. ✴
Walking Around or Walking Through:
A Contemplative Wandering
Hosted by the Southwestern Ohio Council of Ohio Illuman
This event will happen rain or shine.🌦
Our 2025 Wandering
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”
Come join the men of Ohio Illuman for a wandering at Caesar Creek State Park... Our lives are full of decisions. Sometimes we have to go through something; while other times we can go around it. During this year’s wandering, we will reflect on poetic scripture and wisdom writings from Lao-Tzu, Rainer Maria Rilke, and The Bhagavad Gita. As we walk up the hills, across the fields, and along the lake we will journey deeper into our own lives.
The heart of this experience is a solo walking trip into the forests, grasslands, and riverside paths of one of Ohio's most beautiful state parks. We will start our day with the sharing of a short collection of wisdom writings put together by our member Ray Geers. The writing will frame the invitation of the experience to walk around or through the many opportunities and obstacles that lie ahead. Taking the time to be in creation is life-giving, calming, inspirational, and instructive. We will immerse ourselves in the natural beauty of Caesar Creek State Park as we contemplate our lives and the world.
Don’t forget to bring a chair and to pack a lunch for our circle following the wandering!
Date/Time: June 14, 2025, 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Location: Flat Fork Ridge Parking Area at Caesar Creek State Park
Cost: Free
RSVP: Email or Call - Tom Sparough / 513-602-0948.
Caesar’s Creek State Park
Located between Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton, Caesar’s Creek offers a great variety of natural settings and activities including forest hiking, waterfall misting, flower gazing, bird watching, insect peering, creak strolling, and fossil finding.
Our starting spot is strategically located in a shaded picnic area next to flush toilets along the banks of Caesar Creek Lake, and is handicapped accessible. There is a variety of terrain and pathways, from the gentle to the challenging.
We will gather at 9 a.m. to have a brief check in, share our reflective readings, and then begin our solo, three-hour wandering. We will re-gather once again in the safety of the great outdoors for discussion and a bring-your-own-lunch, concluding about 2:00 p.m. It may be helpful to bring your own lawn chair to sit on during the opening and closing portions of the day.
