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The ceremony involves the poling across a lake of a small boat containing an effigy of Care (called "Dull Care"). Dark, hooded figures receive from the ferryman the effigy which is placed on an altar, and, at the end of the ceremony, set on fire. This "cremation" symbolizes that members are banishing the "dull cares" of conscience. [13]
Unusual performances include the 1906 production of The Owl and Care, which is listed in Grove's dictionary as "Not strictly a Grove-Play." [15] The Triumph of Bohemia was already planned, but the 1906 San Francisco earthquake changed the club's priorities in favor of a more elaborate cremation ceremony called The Owl and Care. [15]
[36] The Cremation of Care was separated from the other Grove Plays in 1913 and moved to the first night to become "an exorcising of the Demon to ensure the success of the ensuing two weeks." [37] The Grove Play was moved to the last weekend of the encampment. [29] The ceremony takes place in front of the Owl Shrine.
He designed the Owl Shrine, a 40-foot high hollow concrete and steel structure which was built in the 1920s to have the appearance of a natural rock outcropping which happened to resemble an owl. [1] The Owl Shrine became the centerpiece of the Cremation of Care ceremony at the Bohemian Grove in 1929. [2]
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. [8] Cryonics low-temperature freezing (usually at −196 °C or −320.8 °F or 77.1 K) and storage of a human corpse or severed head, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future. [9]
The fact that the ceremony exists is not in dispute; the problem is presenting it in a non-sensationalist, factual and neutral way without injecting POV. There is still a problem, for example, with the "apparently occultic" characterization of the ceremony. -- khaosworks ( talk • contribs ) 03:51, 8 September 2005 (UTC) [ reply ]
The Bohemian Club's mascot is an owl, here cast in masonry, and perched over the main club entrance at 20601 Bohemian Ave, Monte Rio, CA 95462.. The following list of Bohemian Club members includes both past and current members of note.