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 …
On October 31st, the Protogrove of the Whispering Spirits has been officially recognized as a protogrove of Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship. The protogrove is located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Over the next couple weeks we will be deciding what our public activities will be, and publishing them on this web site. — Dale