Though the temperature is well below freezing in this video, -18 degrees C., there’s really no way of knowing what season we’re seeing. There is no snow, so I think this may actually be a spring ceremony–but we can pretend it’s Yule. According to Wikipedia, the Mari El Republic is “located in the eastern part [...]
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Filed under: Friday Video, Ostara, Pagan Values, Wheel of the Year, Yule
It’s finally here: Ostara, the first day of Spring! It’s time to find balance in my life.
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The Cosmos strives for equilibrium today. The hours of daylight and dark are equal. Spring returns–even if the day is dark and cold, rainy, snowy, spitting sleet. It’s the thought that counts. Modern Wiccans call the day Ostara. I am not found of the name. Like Easter itself, the name is taken from a Teutonic [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Ostara, Wheel of the Year, Wicca
Officially it’s five more days till Ostara, the first day of Spring. Today was muddy, it was cold, it was snowing, but a small circle of Pagans came together this afternoon to celebrate the changing of the season. Eight or nine adults and three of four children chanted and danced, feasted and magically expressed ouir [...]
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Filed under: Ostara, Wheel of the Year