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Pagan Ritual Thursday - One Coven?s Imbolc Rite
2008-02-07 12:43:00 This was put up on Youtube in 2 parts. I will be honest in stating that I have not yet had time to personally view them, but I hope you find them interesting. 9:37 9:44 The group shown in the Earth Spiritualists of Chicago and the ritual was done at The Occult Bookstore 1164 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, ...
Imbolc
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Imbolc (also known as Candlemas) is a festival which celebrates the reawakening of the Earth. Candles are lit at this time to symbolise both the sun's increasing energy and the divine spark of creativity within us. At Imbolc, the Triple Goddess has become Maiden (Virgin) once again. The term "Virgin" has ...
Pagan Ritual Thursday - Rites for Candlemas and Imbolc
2008-01-17 05:01:00 Candlemas/Imbolc is traditionally a Sabbat that is associated with purification, as well as initiation rites. If you don’t have the time or energy for a complete rite it is a fitting time to put up a pot of soup for dinner in the morning and spend the day cleaning and decluttering. At the end of the ...
Pagan Ritual Thursday - Recipes for Candlemas - Foods for Imbolc
2008-01-10 05:01:00 Posted a few week’s early so that you can plan your holiday menus and do your shopping in stages instead of all at once. Remember even if all you can accomplish is to make one special item you are still acknowledging the day even if you can’t swing a full feast, whether it be due ...
Pagan Video Tuesday - Imbolc Rites - Candlemas Rituals - Temple of Astral L
2008-01-08 05:01:00 Imbolc Ritual and Celebration by the Temple of Astral Light at Trinity Temple on February 4, 2006. Wiccan Imbolc celebration with the Temple of Astral Light and the Correllian Nativist Church at Trinity Temple in Albany, NY on February 3, 2007 Books on Candlemas: Candlemas: Feast of Flames - by Amber K Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to ...
Imbolc
2007-04-25 01:50:00 Imbolc is celebrated in the beginning of February, generally around the 2nd. Bulbs will soon start to peek out of the ground. We know that process is beginning underground but even here in California we can't see them yet. Imbolc means either sheeps's womb or milk (depending on what reference you're reading.) This holiday is a fire holiday, one of the high Holy Days in Wicca. When the Catholic Church made its move into the lands that observed this holiday, they knew that to outlaw them completely would alienate the masses and be counter productive. So with this Holy Day as with all the Wiccan Holy Days, they overlay it with a celebration of their own--Candlemas. It's still practiced in many cultures today.It was around this time, too that the Romans used to celebrate their love rituals with Lupercalia. Around February 15, the young women would put their names into a pool to be picked by one of the young and they would spend the day together in celebration of passion and love. Th...
Imbolc as Valentine’s
2007-02-14 14:54:00 Well here we are at February 14th. The day when the mundane finally catches up with the pagan. Early February is the time of the stirring, the awakening of the seeds that will create life in the cycle to come. The ancient way is that of the youthful maiden, giggling joyously at the stirring in her heart and her loins. It is girls forgetting that boys have cooties and boys no longer feeling the urge to pull pigtails. It is the butterflies in one’s stomach. It is the first blush, the first kiss. This is Imbolc, celebrated on February the 2nd each year by Pagans and Wiccans the world over. It is a day sacred to the goddess Bridget, hence the placement of St. Bridget’s Day close to it in the modern calendar. It is the festival of light when we begin to stretch our hope forward out of the darkness of winter and we feel youthful and alive once more. We do not need to ship our local rodent out before a spray of cameras, for our connection the divine Earth will tell us in...
Imbolc as Valentine’s
2007-02-14 14:54:00 Well here we are at February 14th. The day when the mundane finally catches up with the pagan. Early February is the time of the stirring, the awakening of the seeds that will create life in the cycle to come. The ancient way is that of the youthful maiden, giggling joyously at the stirring in her heart and her loins. It is girls forgetting that boys have cooties and boys no longer feeling the urge to pull pigtails. It is the butterflies in one’s stomach. It is the first blush, the first kiss. This is Imbolc, celebrated on February the 2nd each year by Pagans and Wiccans the world over. It is a day sacred to the goddess Bridget, hence the placement of St. Bridget’s Day close to it in the modern calendar. It is the festival of light when we begin to stretch our hope forward out of the darkness of winter and we feel youthful and alive once more. We do not need to ship our local rodent out before a spray of cameras, for our connection the divine Earth will tell us in... |
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