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Cascadia Spring Equinox Ritual – Sunday, March 16th @ 5pm PST
Sunday, March 16 @ 5:00 pm
Hello Folk,
Cascadia Grove will hold our Spring Equinox Ritual on Sunday, March 16th @ 5pm PST in person and via zoom. All people of good will are welcome to attend.
The Bear Goddess and the Bird Goddess are the Bear Goddess indeed!
We will be honoring the Gaulish Goddess Artio.
Little is known of Gaulish deities before (or after) Roman influence so it can be difficult to build what feels like an accurate picture of these beings. In the case of Artio, there is one statue of her in which she appears to have a bowl of fruit on her lap and is feeding a bear. She is said to be associated with abundance, transformation, providence, fertility and a goddess of the wilderness. There are a few inscriptions to Artio – one of these inscriptions from 6000 years ago appears to translate into “the bear goddess and the bird goddess are the bear goddess indeed.” Evidence of her is found mostly in Switzerland, France and Western Germany.
Here is the link to download Zoom to your device: https://zoom.us/
And here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/
Parking and location info:
May you be healthy and well until we meet again by the hearth’s fire,
Lee Morey, Pursewarden
Shane Coineandubh, Senior Druid
Cascadia Grove, ADF 501(c)(3)
cascadiaadf@gmail.com
*Cascadia Grove supports White Mountain Druid Sanctuary, a modern day interpretation of ancient Indo-European rituals and practices located in Trout Lake, WA. If you are curious, check out patreon.com/wmds. Also, we send out semi-regular emails updating folks on our progress. If you would like to be on that list just reply to this email.
Making a Sacred space:
If you are able to do so, prepare space for yourself to take part in the ritual. Here are some ideas:
- Be present to an altar or shrine you already have, or prepare one.
- Set out a candle (fire or battery).
- Burn a bit of incense.
- Meditate or center yourself in your space.
- Read something relevant to your path.
- Listen to some calming music and do a bit of dance, or movement of your body.
The actual thing you do is not the most important part here. Preparing your mind to do the practice of ritual, with intention and focus, is the underlying goal. Engaging as many of your senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, tasting) as possible can help with this.
Singing:
Everyone will be muted during the ritual. Sadly, Zoom does not allow us to all sing together so we’ll each need to sing muted. I’ve attached the song sheet to this email.
Offerings:
During the personal offering time, we will pause for about 3 minutes so that each of us can make our offerings in our own bit of the sacred space that we create. If you have a thing you wish to offer, be prepared to put it out of use by human hands after the ritual.
- For food items, this could be placing it out for the nature spirits to consume.
- If you wish to burn a thing and have means to have a fire, you could do that.
- If it is not a thing to be burned, like a stone, a bit of metal etc., you could place it outside your home in a space you make sacred for the Kindred and/or we can take it to White Mountain Druid Sanctuary* which has dedicated spaces for these types of offerings.
- Liquid offerings can be given into the hands of Cloacina, Roman goddess of drains and sewers.
Waters of life:
Come to ritual with a glass of something to use for the Waters of Life. During the ritual, we will imbue these waters with magic, bless them and then drink them. Waters of life are typically water, cider (hard or not), meade etc. Have a glass of something available as we drink together of these waters that we make sacred.
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