Tonight, I went to the public ritual run by Agrave Spirit Grove. This is the second time I have attended with this group.
We started with a pot luck dinner and fellowship. I brought some breaded and spicy chicken wings, and bag of rainbow chip cookies.
One of the members made an all natural lemonade that was just super delightful.
I also started to lay the ground work for some friendships and Pagan / Witch contacts in the greater Las Vegas area. I'm really thinking hard about formally joining this group.
The ritual itself was run by High Priestess Shannon, and High Priest Brian. Although I'm not sure they would use or be comfortable with the terms.
I found the ritual to be very enlightening, moving, and positive. As winter gives way to spring we try to set free the negative things in out lives. Also the ember of Yule is now the flame of Candlemas, that will light our path and guide us till Samhain.
It hard to talk about rituals, by tradition they should only be for the members and other who visiting or invited to the event. I try to follow the old ways of the craft of the wise as much as possible. In this case is one of the area I depart for them.
I'll share the words to a few chants. Mainly because they are a very moving part of the ritual for me, and they are already in the public domain, I suspect.
Air I am
"Air I am, Fire I am, Water, Earth, and Spirit I am."
Between The Worlds
"We are in a place, that is not a place. We are in a space that is not a place. We are in a time, that is not a time. We are everywhere, and nowhere at all. We open up ours minds, so that we are free. Open the third eye, so that we can see. Open up and be, free in our rites. Open up and be, ready to receive. The ciricle has been cast, we between the worlds."
(Ways) To Celebrate (Candlemas) / Imbolc Today . . .
This is traditionally a time of purification — clean your house! If you have any Christmas greenery lingering, burn it now.
Make your own Brighid’s crosses and hang them up, especially in the kitchen where her influence can bless your food.
Put out food — cake, buttered bread and milk will do — outside your door: Brighid and her cow walk through the neighborhood tonight, and will appreciate your offering.
Leave a silk ribbon on your doorstep for Brighid to bless: It can then be used for healing purposes.
Meditate upon what you would like to see grow in health and strength this year: for yourself, your family, your community, the Earth, and ask for Bride's blessing upon your prayers.
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