Ostara- Spring Equinox
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if anyone's looking for someone to 'celebrate' with, call me
You got a number I can reach you at?
*giggle*
Yes Tam has big plans but I wont be doing circle Sis leaves Saturday night I'll post some things then.
I get free calling to canada.......so dont put it out into the universe unless you MEAN it!
Sis leaves Saturday night I'll post some things then.I get free calling to canada.......so dont put it out into the universe unless you MEAN it!
New Year was Samhain
And you my friend are anything BUT mundane! Your thoughts are of new beginnings and fertility VERY Pagan indeed!
Samhain - Wiccan New Year
By Kestra Imani
Samhain is coming up fast! While most of us know Samhain as Halloween, what is this Wiccan Sabbat really about? What ways are best to celebrate the Sabbat? What special things should one do for Samhain? Why is Samhain so utterly cool? Read on, gentle reader
Samhain is usually pronounced "Sow'an," and is from the Celtic "Samhuinn" which means "summer's end." It is one of the doorways of the Celtic year - divided into light and dark, Beltane being the "light." It is the final harvest of the year, and thanks are given for the year's bounty
Beltain is my fav too
New Year was Samhain
I am incorrect but my references have the 24th of Dec as a New Year. The 21st is the start of the 12 days of Yule with the 24th as New year and the whole thing ending on the twelve night of the 1st or 2nd of January. I am referencing Anglo-saxon heathenry not Wiccan or Celtic sources.
http://www.homestead.com/englishheathenism/heathenheritage.html
I've always thought of myself as an Anglo-saxon. The family name is Norman, my mum's family is rooted in the old Northumbria now Yorkshire area and my dad's dad was from Cornwall then Wessex area. Mum's ancestors more likely to be Dane or Viking. Probably a romantic version of family tree. Mum's family name seems ti indicate an Irish background yet I've never heard of any Irish connection. They were fisherman on the North Sea and that sort of thing has a tendency to go back for generations.
Just goes to show the difference that eclectic not so well defined spiritual paths such as neo-paganism, Wicca and other pagan paths have. Maybe should not include Wicca it does have a hierarchy of sorts. Same for the norse Astaru. May take another 1500 years to get it straight. If religion of any sort survives that long.
The whole problem for most people is that they cant understand we dont have a rule book to follow or a pat ceramony to create. Each ceramony is different each chant made off the cuff. Even our Books of Shadows are personal like Diaries are personal and unique. There are 8 spokes to the wheel of the year and not one is more important than the other.
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I was posting inbetween a conversation with my Bro in law and didnt put across my meaning very clearly or tactfully and for that I am sorry. He has one foot in Catholicism and the other in oriental teachings and our conversations get very confussing and intense LOL He's a cradle Catholic and a Seeker. I think we wrap ourselves up to tight in labels. I AM. I just want to BE. Its just that simple why do we make it so complicated?
A few months back I had a Journey session and within it I had a vision. The Goddess came to me as the crone on a cliff. Bear was with her. She sat before an evening fire and leaned back upon her (bears) great tummy. Her eyes sparkled with the play of the fire and I asked her the question that was within my heart. "When will he be healed?" (My sweet friend in England that had the stroke last september) She smiled at me and said, (throwing out her arms) When the daisies bloome. (as she said it there were daisies everywhere) I felt the flame in my heart leap with hope. My friend has been away along time and I miss our talks. We share the same greif and he's my dearest friend. I trust my Goddess and I knew then what I was to do and when. Ive bought 20 packages of daisy seeds and at Ostara I'll give them to the circle to plant. Ive already planted mine in pots in my home. Idid so on full moon.
Ostara is about rebirth, rebirth of hopes and dreams, rebirth of souls, rebirth of faith.
Ostara is about rebirth, rebirth of hopes and dreams, rebirth of souls, rebirth of faith.
Was going to go to my first Eostre ritual but now have two conflicts. One of my best friends, golf buddy and hair dresser is turning 25. A bunch of us are meeting at the Elephant and Castle to celebrate her b-day on the 17th. The next day a family friend is graduating from college. She's 21 and is passing as a Dental Tech. Known her and her family forever. Bounced her on my knee for horsie rides. Proud of her. She's managed to break out of the welfare/mother's allowance cycle as a young single mum. Her mum passed away from cancer 2 years ago and her father is a wife beating loser. I'm so proud of her. Her older sister is also graduating in Accountancy.
No ceremony this year. Party and graduation I think. If I miss the b-day party I'm likely to get a bad haircut next time I go. And Amanda and Brandy will give me a such a smack if I miss their graduations. Well Amanda at 5'0" and 100 lbs soaking wet will.
My b-day is the next weekend too. I may end up getting drunk two weekends in a row, holy.
My b-day is the next weekend too. I may end up getting drunk two weekends in a row, holy.
With Eostre beinga time for new beginnings with spring coming a graduation is quite fitting actually.
I agree. I feel it pulling me strong as of late, My dafodiles popped out of the ground already and the sun teases all day but when I step out.....lol its to chilly just yet for long walks.