How do you celebrate Sabbats?

[Rhianna813]

Are you totally solitary or do you ever attend public gatherings? Maybe a little of both or are you in a Coven? Check all that apply! :smash:

Rhianna

[MoonDragn]

I used to go to some public gatherings. I wish I was in a coven. I would love to go to one again, one that doesn't have conflicts from other people evident in the circle.

[Rhianna813]

I have celebrated alone many times and was apart of a closed circle for a short time. It was 4 women and we got along great but life is busy so eventually we stopped meeting. One of these women went on to start an informal group at her house. Invites for friends only but different people would show up each time. Esbats were women only and Sabbats were co-ed. Now that I have a child I want to focus on celebrating at home with my family :-)

I have also attended many public celebrations and some of them quite large. My DH and I host a Winter Solstice one in our town. Public celebrations are fun but sometimes lack that personal touch.

Rhianna

[Raidenmaru]

Privately, mostly due to the fact that I'm rather new and not well connected. However, I did find:

www.risingstones.com

I'll meet them locally sometime.

[younghawk]

I do many, if not all. I normally do at least something small just for myself, then go to something bigger. Either it be with all my friends, a small group of people,not coven though, that just enjoy doing work together, or we may have an open circle to all, which normally turns out really big.

[Ninjakitten]

I usually celebrate as a solitary (in the dead of night in the back yard once my fiancee goes to bed so I don't embarass him), but I have celebrated in circle with a coven once, and like to attend the occasional things I get invited to. Occasionally, I go to some public gathering thingie, but in all cases I feel like I celebrate alone (which I really don't like).

[HorseCrow]

I usually start off with a small, completely private/solitary ritual and then I take part in a larger ritual with my coven (fairly open). And I always celebrate with my SO :heybaby:

[cheddarsox]

. Esbats were women only and Sabbats were co-ed

Is there a particular reason for this that you know of? or was it a practicality issue?

cheddar

[wakywitch]

I am solitary but sometimes will go to a public circle.

[Rhianna813]

Is there a particular reason for this that you know of? or was it a practicality issue?

cheddar

I think the reason was to have some ritual time devoted to a "women's group" type of atmosphere. Since the Moon is connected to women and the Goddess it made sense for the Esbats to be women only. The Sabbats are more solar related and a good time to invite husbands and boyfriends.

I have recently attended Sabbats with a group in town who does public rituals and volenteerism for the community. It is a woman's only group with Esbats for women only by invite and closed to the public. Solstices/Equinoxes are open to all ages and genders and celebrated on the solar holiday. Celtic fire festivals (Samhain etc) are open to public but women (and children) only and celebrated on the lunar holiday. This is a little confusing but the group is great and I love their rituals.

Rhianna

[Raven Reed]

I celebrate in an open ritual that my coven puts on for a CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) group. We are hoping to open the group up to having outhers run it also, but it is slow going.

[CaitrionaMorgaine]

It really all depends on what my circle wants to do. I always celebrate solitary, but if The Mystic Grove wants to hold a ritual I celebrate with them as well (open circle). I tend to do a more "behind the scenes" thing during TMG rituals. I watch the kids, set up, ect. I don't take on a role during ritual, since I want the members to alternate roles. There are a small group of us that get together outside of the TMG, and occasionally we get together. Sometimes it's one ritual, sometimes it's three. It all depends.

Avalon's Blessings, ~Rhiannon

[Rudas Starblaze]

im solitary except with R.M., i couldnt really work with a coven even if they invited me to join. but i tried using sabbats in my shotgun, but regular slugs are cheaper and have a higher velocity as in FPS and just as much knock down power. hehehe

[Pandoras]

I voted for all of them!

I've celebrated Sabbats in different ways. I've celebrated with Pagan friends over dinner. I've celebrated with a closed coven (that I was not a member of) in a private ritual in someone's home. I've celebrated with a public rituals hosted by local covens. I've attended public celebrations. Nevertheless, I always take some time to do something on my own.