Another high day has passed for our grove. This one marks our 6th month anniversary, as Samhain of last year was our first public ritual. Beltane is the Celtic fire festival which divides winter from summer. It was a time the livestock would be herded between a pair of sacred bonfires to rid them of …
Maslenitsa is one of the Slavic pagan festivals that occurs around the spring equinox. It’s purpose is two fold, to welcome in the beginning of spring and to say farewell to winter. We gathered together to welcome in the new season and honor the gods and goddesses responsible for this change. We welcomed in spring …
Yesterday was our Imbolc celebration. It was filled with good friends, fellowship and food. We would like to thank those who came out to celebrate with us. Including the unexpected pleasure of having a few members of the local OBOD Seed Group attend. Have a blessed Imbolc!
Yesterday we had our Slavic Winter Solstice rite to honor the Kindred. The Slavic pagans and early Slavic Christians saw the Winter Solstice as a time when the world was closest to the underworld and had similar traditions as the Celtic Samhain, but mixed in with customary Yule traditions. One such merging of traditions was …
A fire roaring, a cauldron of water, and an oak grove filled with people. Invocations made, kindred invited, ancestors remembered. The Red Lady called, sacrifices made, blessings given. As one people we honored our gods, our dead and the nature spirits of our world. The Protogrove of the Whispering Spirits held our first public rite …