Spring Equinox

[1esoteric]

I have started a tradition of getting away by myself on the equinox/solstice. I have a spot in the mountains that I visit. I'm planning on doing it again on morning of March 20th. This trip, I would like to introduce a ritual or prayer specific to this day. Does anyone have any suggestions or links that you would share with a seeker? :spinner:

[1esoteric]

Wow, no suggestions? Would another forum be more appropriate for this question?

[1esoteric]

Wow, I took a bath last Sat. and everything [smells under arm]. :wtf:

Is this just a stupid nubiee question? I would have thought with 15,000 plus members I would have gotten something. :heartbrea :excuseme:

[Madjek]

Hi 1esoteric and welcome to MW!!
For the Spring equinox do a search for Ostara that should give you a few links to threads already started on the topic. You should be able to get a few ideas on what others are doing. People may not have seen your thread in here.
I'll be packing my apartment for a good chunk of the day then coloring eggs with my kids and cleaning. Go out for a walk in the park and look for signs of spring with the kids.

[Madjek]

Oh ya and you don't stink at all!!! And it's not a stupid question...no question is stupid... a suggestion though, it's always a good idea to do a search on a question you have that way you can find threads that have already been started on the topic and are alive. Then you can just add you question to it. We're glad you joined us...(stinky!) :T

[omar]

I have started a tradition of getting away by myself on the equinox/solstice. I have a spot in the mountains that I visit. I'm planning on doing it again on morning of March 20th. This trip, I would like to introduce a ritual or prayer specific to this day. Does anyone have any suggestions or links that you would share with a seeker? :spinner:
Just a candle prayer will do unless you are into roaring bondfires.

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Here is the Story of my Spring Equinox Celebrations. I found an Advertisement from Witchvox.com on an Wicca Paganistic Ostara Celebrations in Kelowna BC on the Evening of the 19th. For the Link to information on the Event I went to, click on:

http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_detail/dt_ev.html?a=cabc&id=34723

For 2003, and 2004, I got together with an old High School Buddy of mine who is known on the Internet as Just4theHalibut, but this year, he decided that he would prefer going to a Punk Rock Concert Saturday the 19th.

At first, I had planned to go celebrate the Spring Equinox by myself by camping out at my Sacred Grove at Harrison Lake, but then I found a posting on a Druidistic Message Board I found on druidspath.com stating that one of the board's members was planning to go to Kelowna and have a full fledged Ostara Spring Equinox Ceremony. I thought that would be interesting to attend, so I surfed the Internet and found the nearby Kelowna Youth Hostel. I made a reservation at the Hostel, and then went and got two days insurance on my car, which I call the "CanadaMobile".

I packed the CanadaMobile supplies and on the Morning of Saturday the 19th, I set off for Kelowna.

First I made my way to Agassiz along the Lougheed Highway to the Brio Springs Fountain. It is a Natural Water Spring that gurgles out of the side of a Mountain nearby Agassiz. I brought 14 Four Litre Milk Jugs and filled them all up with Natural Sweet Tasting Spring Water. In my opinion, you can not get any more Natural and Purer Holy Water than Nice Fresh Spring Water that comes fresh from the bowels of the Earth, or fresh from Mother Nature's Breast.

On the way to the Water Springs, I saw in the middle of the road a Feline Cat that had been hit by a car. The thing that struck me about the Dead Cat is that it was exactly the same Colouring and Coat as my Feline Familiar Twowhitesocks. I thought for a moment about stopping and maybe taking the Cat off of the road and burying it somewhere or something, but I decided to carry on anyways.

After getting my Spring Water, I topped up my Gas in Agassiz, and then set off through the mountains of Manning Park. I stopped at the Monument to the Royal Engineers who came from England in 1860s to build Cart and Packing Trails through the mountains for the Pioneers who were coming in from Europe at that time. I Then drove onto Princeton and topped up with Gas again. I then decided to take the #3 Highways, which goes through a town called Keremeos, then North through Pentiction and into Kelowna.

This was when I had my first pratfall.

I was doing about 110 to 115 Kmh when there came in oncoming traffic a RCMP Police Car. It was a 100 Kmh zone, so it turned around, put on its lights and pulled me over. The Officer took my License and Insurance Papers and ran my name in his Car's Onboard Computer. He came back and informed me that I have a Warrant out for my Arrest in Calgary due to a charge of Mischief from back in 2001. I had been ripped off by a previous employeer and I spray painted my slogans on my frustations with them onto their apartment walls before leaving. I guess they pressed charges. After getting cautioned to behave myself and not to speed too much, the RCMP Officer let me go.

So I made the rest of the way into Kelowna without anymore Hazards and checked into the Kelowna International Hostel. They have Dorm Rooms for 4 People and they booked me into one that had no other occupants. I found it an beautifully decorated nice Hostel.

Then I followed my Maps and Directions and found the Unitarian Church where the Ostara Ritual would be held. I also found that on the same block, the Kelowna Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. It was 2:00pm and the Ritual starts at 4:00pm, so I went down the street into the Legion and went in for a couple of Pints.

They have Interact Direct Payment online, so I got $60.00 for the evening, and sat down to nurse a couple of Pints. I made small talk salutations with a few members and looked around. It seems that Branch does a lot of fund raising support for the Kelowna Scottish Piper Band as they had a wall covered with momentos from the Band they support. Then a Lady brought out a small Cake with a Candle on it. She took it to a table where a Old Man was celebrating his 83rd Birthday. They sung "Happy Birthday" to the guy, and I bought him a Beer. When I gave him the Beer, I informed him that he was born an Ostara "Spring Equinox Baby". He was gratefull for the Beer.

I then drove to the Safeway and got some food for the after Ritual Feast that was going to be held in Vernon. I then found a Japanese Restaurant that I was interested in and then got back to the Unitarian Church just in time for the Ritual to start. The 3rd Degree High Priest Sam Wagar-San did about a half hours practise with his Devotees and then we all formed the Circle.

In Sam Wagar Bokushi-San's Ritual, he did a recreation of the story of Hades, Demeter and Persephone, which also featured Hermes. First, he invoked the Quarters. He represented Hades, positioned from the South, with a Female Devotee as Persephone at the West Quarter, his 2nd Degree Priestess Devotee as Demeter at the Northerly Quarter, with a Male Devotee as Hermes representing the Easterly Quarter.

After Sam Wagar Bokush-San invoked the Quarters, he then play acted kidnapping Persephone and taking her back to Hades. Then the High Priestess play acted Demeter discovering that Persephone was gone and then put on a Viel and put darkness on the Earth. Hermes, realizing this, started transporting messages from Demeter to Hades, negotiating the return of Persephone. Hermes then managed to negotiate a compromise that Persephone, who had falled in love with Hades, would stay with her Mother Demeter 2/3rds the Year, and the other 1/3 with Hades. Demeter did not like this and proclaimed that during that 1/3 of the Year, the Earth would be Dark and nothing would Grow.

After the play was over, which was fairly well done (IMO), they then distributed Grapes, which we all passed along to each other, while wishing each other, "May you never Hunger". Then the distributed Non-Alcoholic Wine. We passed the chalice along while wishing each other, "May you never Thirst".

Then the Circle was dispelled and we all spent about 45 minutes to an hour socializing. I took out my Tarot Deck and did one Three Card Past, Present, Future spread for one of their members. However, the member had said that they had recently done a reading for herself just the day before, so my doing a spread for her sooooo soon would tend not to be accurate. I also forgot to get her to cut the cards before doing the Reading. I always prefer getting the Kyakusama to cut the cards themselves just before doing a Reading in person. Since there are two problems with this Spread (IMO), I will not bother posting the Reading onto my Tarot Card Journal, as I concider this Reading as most probably uneffectually and inaccurate.

Then the group broke up. I jumped into my car and went to the Japanese Restaurant that I was looking at. It is Kelowna's Ozeki Japanese Restaurant at 1745 Spall Road. The thing is, I know the Daughter of the Restaurants Owner from my activities at the Vancouver Japanese Powell Street Festival, and I had promised to her that if I was ever in Kelowna, that I would visit her Families Restaurant. Her name is Jenny-San

For this occasion, I had brought a old 2003 Powell Street Poster as a Gift for the Restaurant. That was the year that Jenny-San had been the Festivals Volunteer Coordinators, so I brought to the Restaurant a momento of their Family Members Cultural Achievement. I went into the Restaurant and ordered Beef Udon Shirumono, and 8 pieces of BC Roll Sushi. Jenny-San's Father (Oto-San) was on duty making Sushi and I gave him the Poster. He was sooooo Happy with the Poster and he made for my on the House a Keruma Tampura Sushi Cone and a Smoked Salmon Sake Sakana Sushi Cone for Free.

I then leisurely ate, and drank a Large Atsukan, and two Asahi Beers. I enjoyed chatting with a Japanese Waitress Miwa-San, who was fluent in Japanese, so I had fun practising my Japanese on her. She seemed to enjoy the attention.

After that, I drove back to the Youth Hostel took out a 2 Litre bottle of my homemade Blueberry Cider and found three guys (one from Nova Scotia, one from Prince George, and the other was from New Zealand) who was watching a documentary program on the corruptness of the George Bush Government. It was something similar to Fahrenheit 9/11. During watching this program, we all "stuck pins in our George Bush Voodoo Dolls". All during this time, I sipped on my Cider

The the Guy from Prince George got out a tape of the famed Docu-Movie: "SuperSize Me!". I stayed up to watch this as I had never seen the movie and had always heard it was very interesting.

It Was!

Not only did this guy totally screw up his Health by eating McDonald's Food for a Month, but throughout the whole movie, he posted interesting facts on how unhealthy such food is and how the marketting schemes of all the famed Fast Food Chains has contributed to the massive Obesity problem of the United States of America (Lousiana being the Fattest State).

After the movie was over, I hit the sack. It was during sleeping at the Hostel that I discovered how quiet it is in Kelowna during the night.

The next Morning came and I got up. No one else was up, so I quickly Microwaved some left over Udon Noodle Soup from the Ozeki Japanese Restaurant and had a spot of Breakfast.

Still, no one was up, so I jumped into CanadaMobile, and I went for a drive around Kelowna for a bit of sight seeing. I drove around downtown, and then South towards the Mountains that were bald from the famed Kelowna 2003 Fires. I happened into the Kettle Valley Neighborhood, which had about 160 houses burned down during the 2003 Fires. I was interested as I had attended several Charity Fire Relief Bar BQs during the Summer of 2003. I had found that the Neighborhood was about 95% rebuilt. There was still about 3 or 4 lots that had not been rebuilt, so I guess the owners of those properties just took their $100,000.00 (or so) charitable donation to rebuild, banked it, and then moved away.

I was very impressed as I drove around the side of the Mountain just above Kettle Valley at the amount of absolute desolation the Fires reigned down on the Countryside.

Then I went back to the Hostel, checked out, and went along my way.

For going back, I decided to take another route that would steer me clear of Keremeos, so I took the more northerly route of 97c Highway. It was covered in Snow and Ice and had all sorts of Sand and Gravel thrown down so that traffic would have better traction.

I am not a very aggressive driver, so along that section of road, various cars would pass me by. Each time a car would pass me by, its tires would throw Sand and Rock at my car. It was soooooo bad that I became concerned that one rock may damage my windshield or something. I had to pull over and let a whole bunch of cars go by until no other cars were around.

After that, I turned left onto 5a Highway that goes down into Princeton. I passed through Princeton and was about an hour into Manning Park when Steam started shooting out from under the Hood of CanadaMobile. I pulled over onto a old decommissioned rest stop and checked the engine. It seemed that a hole had been punched into the Radiator.

After cursing up a storm in several languages, I topped up the radiator and drove as far as the Royal Engineers Monument and checked again. The Radiator had lost almost all of its liquid. I topped it up again, but the CanadaMobile would not start again. I put on my 4 way lights and after about 10 minutes, an off duty RCMP Officer pulled up. We tried pinching off the leak, but ended up making it worse. He said that he would alert a garage in Princeton and send back some help.

Then a BCAA tow truck came along. He stopped and advised me to keep the Rad Cap ajar a bit, so that the Radiator would not gain pressure and the water would not leak out as fast. He left for Keremeos, saying that he may be back in about 4 Hours.

So I decided to have my Ceremonial Fire. I gathered some Wood and made a small Fire. In the Fire, I burnt my 1997 Tax Papers, and a Sprig of Eucalyptus. For about an Hour, I worshipped the Fire, then eventually put it out.

By this time, my CanadaMobile has cooled down sufficiently to restart and with the Radiator filled back up, I made it to Royal Engineers Monument. I check the Radiator again, and found that it had not lost too much Water. I topped it up again, and made it into Hope.

I found that I did not have to top up the Radiator in Hope too much, so I decided to make a try for Langley before stopping to top up the Radiator agian.

It was during this stint that a RCMP Officer pulled me over. It seemed that I had when I bought two days worth of insurance for Canadamobile the Friday before, I forgot to specify which days and the insurance broker made it for Friday and Saturday instead of the Saturday and Sunday that I wanted, and I had forgotten to check the paperwork before posting it onto my CanadaMobile. The RCMP Officer pointed this out to me and that is when I cursed myself again. He took me to a Truck Weigh Scale and bought a single days insurance to get me back home.

I got back to my car, topped up the Radiator and was off again. I figured that I would stop and top up the Rad again in Langley, but I should have made it Chilliwack instead as while in Abbotsford, I had the final Breakdown. The Spark Ignition System seemed to totally fail, and the Car Died Completely. I managed to cost off to the side of the road, and stop close to an Exit Ramp, nearby which was a Chevron Gas Station. I walked to it, and called Jack's Tow Truck.

When he arrived, we went back to CanadaMobile. The Engine had enough time to cool down a bit, but would not restart. The Tow Truck hooked up CanadaMobile and we went the last 53 Kilometers to New Westminster ($135.00). I parked it in the Underground Parking and turned in for the night. The Monday Morning, I went back down and tried to restart it, but there was obviously no spark for the sparkplugs. Something has really fried out in the CanadaMobile's Ignition System.


So that is my trials and tribulations of my trip to and back from Kelowna, and from this journey, I have learned one very important thing, which is this:

If you are headed to a Ceremonial Gathering, and you come across a Dead Cat in the Middle of the Road, that is a Bad Omen for your Journey and you should immediately turn back around and go Straight Back Home, and then hide under your Bed.


Ki No Ronin

[Jolantru]

Actually, KiNo Ronin, what else did you learn from your Spring Equinox experience?

Curious,
Jolantru

[KiNoRonin]

I have packed the Canadamobile with 4 Litre Milk Jugs and Wood for a couple of days Camping on Spring Equinox.

I have put together the Clothing and Bedroll Pack that I am planning on using for my Summer Sosltice Trip to England. I am taking that gear on an overnighter Camping Trip to Chehalis Campsite and I trying out the gear that I am planning on going to England with. I will be seeing what works and what doesnt and make any adjustments.

This is sort of an Exercise practising Surviving with this Gear.

The Wood is the from an Old Sign that used to stand at the NW Corner of the Building which I Manage. The Old Sign got old and ugly and I was instructed to tear it down. I cut the Sign's Leg up for Firewood and a Sacrifice at the same time.

I have about 20 Milk Jugs and they are all going to be filled up with Natural Spring Water at Brio Springs.

I am leaving for my Spring Equinox Camping Trip on the 20th of March right after finishing off a Tenancy Branch Meeting and be returning on the 22nd.



KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Actually, KiNo Ronin, what else did you learn from your Spring Equinox experience?

Curious,
Jolantru


The Eight Harvest Festivals of the Wheel of Life are to be Celebrated and Enjoyed.

Learning and Gaining Wisdom is what I work on during Lunar Equinoxes.

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Last Monday, when I went out of do a couple of days camping to Celebrate Spring Equinox, soooooooooo many things went wrong, and I discovered I had forgot soooooo many pieces of vital equipment that I got sooooooo Frustrated by just 6:00pm that I just took apart my campsite and just headed back home.

I did, however, stop my Brio Springs and tanked up on Good Natural Spring Water, so I am fully stocked with Brio Spring Holy Water to last me many months.

Right now, I am sooooooo disappointed about how things went that I dont feel like writing about it for now.



Did anyone else have a better Spring Equinox than I did?

KNR

[Redshire]

Our ritual started late, since people were working and all that. It wasn't the best ritual I've ever done, but the mishap turned out to be a very valuable lesson!


em hotep

[Hope]

dontcha all just love mercury in retrograde, just a couple more days to go

love
hope

[KiNoRonin]

So this is how my Spring Equinox Camping Trip went.


I got my Canadamobile packed and ready to go.

So last Monday morning after a Tenancy Branch Hearing, I set off.

I got to the Harrison Area by about 1:00pm, and stopped at the Brio Springs. I got a couple of Pictures of the Brio Springs and then filled up on some water.

I then drove to the Chehalis Camping Spot turn off. Right there is a Roadside Pub, so since I was Thirsty, I stopped for a Beer.

While I was enjoying my Beer, and comrad from the New Westminster Crime Free Multihousing Program came in with two friends. I got to sit down with them and have a few more Beers.

After that, I drove up the road to the Chehalis Campsite. I was planning on staying at the Chehalis Campsite, but since it was still fairly early in the day, I decided to drive further up the road.

The Road eventually turned into a Rough Logging Road. I drove along until I could find someplace good to Campout at.

After driving about 8 Km into the Forest, I came upon a Gravel Pit. I stopped there and looked around. It was a nice place and I thought it would be a perfect place to stay, so I took a few Pictures, then started to set up camp.

That was when everything started going Wrong.

While I was seating up my Tent when I discovered my Sneaker had become old and worn through and I got a soaker on my Foot. That was when I looked in my Backpack, and discovered that I had no extra Socks or Footgear. I frantically, started looking through the Car in order to see if I could find some Footgear.

While looking, I closed my Car Trunk, and then a few minutes later realized that I had dropped the Car Keys into the Trunk while looking through the Equipment for extra Footgear.

I had Locked my Car Keys in the Trunk!!!

So I ended up have to use some of the Wood that I had brought for my Ceremonial Fire to pry open the Trunk enough to get the Keys back.

After this disaster, I decided to just go about with Damp Feet, so I finished putting up the Tent. After getting the Tent put up, I then blew up my Air Mattress.

That was when I discovered the Cat Scratch and Teeth Marks and the Hole in my Air Mattress.

TwoWhiteSocks had gotten her Paws on it and Clawed a Hole in it!

So I tried getting an hours Rest sleeping on the Ground with my New Sleeping Bag. The Sleeping Bag was Nice and Warm, but the Ground was Uncomfortably Hard.

Then I got up and tried to start my Fire. Looking about, I found that I only had brought with me two packs of Matches.

I tried and tried, but I could not get the Fire going. I quickly used up my two packs of matches.


This is when I gave up!


I pulled down my Tent and threw it in the back seat of the Car and packed the Trunk back up and headed off.

I drove out of the Forest without anything else happening and got back to the Brio Springs. I then filled up all of my Milk Jugs with Spring Water.

I then decided to go back by the Trans Canada Highway. To get there, I had to drive through Agassiz. While driving through Agassiz, I spotted a Legion, so I stopped for a while to drown the sorrows of my Camping Misfortunes.

Then I made it back home and when I walked in the Door, I sort of took TwoWhiteSocks by the shoulders, shaking her slightly saying to her: "You Little *******, you Scratched Daddy's Air Mattress!!!"

I then took a Nice Hot Bath and went straight to Bed.

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Last Week, Spring Equinox Came and Went:
:hahugh:

Tuesday afternoon, which was Spring Equinox, while I was Working at my New Landscaping Job, I observed that it was a Fairly Nice Sunny Day. It was Perfect Weather for going out to spend some time at one of my Sacred Groves.

Harrison Lake was too far away, and my old Primary Sacred Grove is now Destroyed and a Fense is around it keeping people out with a Sign "No Trespassing!" on it, so those Groves are not a possibility.

So I decided to get a 4 Pack of Boddington Tall Cans and go off to my UBC Sacred Grove.

So after Work was over, I drove off to the Southside of Vancouver, stopped by the Safeway at W.70th and Granville Street and went into its adjoining Liquor Store and picked up the Boddington's. I also went into the Safeway and picked up some scented Tea Light Candles and Matches. I then went across the street to a Dollar Store and picked up some Jasmine Incense.

I then drove out to UBC and parked nearby the Trail Entrance and proceeded into the Forest. It was about 6:00pm, so I took a Flashlight in case it got Dark Out and that would mean that I may need it to find my way back out.

Going down into the Trail, I observed that the Trees of the UBC Forests had been Blown Down in the November Storms as the Trees of Stanely Park. The Trail to my Grove has loades of Branches and Limbs down all over the place to the point that I was barely able to find my way to my Grove.

But when I got to the Old Log Cabin, I found that it and the Surrounding Area had not been barely Damaged At All.

Un No Yoi Desu!!! :boing:

However, I did discover that the Gargoyle Globe that stood on an Old Stump had gone. Here is a Picure of how it appeared:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6462/ubcgargoyleglobe1wu.th.jpg

I guess it must have been blown off somewhere during the November Storms. I looked about all over the place for it, but could not find it. I guess it must have been Blown Off and thrown off somewhere under a distant Log or got some more Branches Fallen Down upon it so that I could not find it anymore.

So after making some Repairs to my Pentacle made of Tree Branches, I lit my Tealight Candles at its Quarters starting with the East Quarter, then South, West and finally North. I lit another on the Log nearby where I was sitting, and another on the Stump where the Gargoyle Globe used to be in order to bid it Goodbye.

At each Tealight Candle, I lit a stick of Jasmine Incense, whose Mystical Properties bring Love, Success, Spiritual Aid, and Opentings. It is connected to the Moon and Lunar Magic.

After setting up the Quarters, I cracked my Boddingtons and enjoyed the Sights and Sounds of the Grove. Every once in a while, I would get up and have another look about for the Gargoyle Globe, but did not have any Luck finding it.

I guess the Gargoyle has spread its Wings and Flown.

After finishing my Four Boddingtons, I packed up and headed back out. Since the Trail is a bit Obscured by Fallen Branched and Limbs, I did get Lost Off Trail while going back out, and had to Bushwhack my way through the Bush to get to Cleveland Trail again. After discovering that I had gotten a bit Lost, I just Bushwhacked my way through the Bush towards the East knowing that I would eventually emerge out on the Main Trail again, which is what happened.

Getting back to the Road and my Car, I decided to go visit a Family that I know of who used to Live in the Apartment Building that I used to Manage. I quickly went by the Liquor Store again, and got a 6 pack of Sleemans, and drove over to their New Place on Annacis Island. They are the KickInTheEye Music Group that I like so much.

When I Knocked on the Door, they opened the Door and Greeted Me Warmly. They had just finished Cooking a Spring Equinox Chicken Dinner and was Delighted that I just so happened to stop by so that they could Share It with me.

I then had a Chicken Dinner with all the Stuffing and Trimmings that I could Eat, and I had 2 Sleemans and gave them the rest.

After Eating and Celebrating Spring Equinox with them, I headed home.



Then on Wednesday Night, I had an Invitation for Dinner at my Witch's Meetup Group Assistant Organizer's Place. Her name is Katalina. So when I got Home, I rang her to let her know that I was coming over. She informed me that her and her Husband John wanted to take me out to New Westminster's Kirin Japanese Restaurant instead on their Treat.

So we met and the Restaurant, wished each other a Happy Ostara, and then had a Japanese Meal that was Very Oishii Desu! I had a few Japanese Beers as well.

At the end of this Meal, they gave me a lift up the Hill to my place. We Wished each other a Happy Ostara, and parted company.

All in all, this Spring Equinox Celebrations was Happy and Festive for me!
:cheers:


KNR

[cheddarsox]

This is the year that vernal equinox celebrated itself!

I've been floored by some recent events in my life. Last Tues, I was so distracted and in so much emotional pain, I didn't think I'd make it through the day. Just before lunch break my supervisor said we had "run out of work" and we could all go home.

When I go there...my son and his fiance were playing hookey from work. My best friend had the day off. The weather was PERFECT. We went on a road trip.

Windows open, music playing, laughter, we all found wonderful treasures shopping.

I am the one who usually holds the rituals, plans the celebrations, gets everyone together. But I couldn't do it this year. My heart is broken. So...it happened anyway. The day was magical, and I didn't plan a damn thing.

On Friday, the long defunct CUUPs chapter at the local UU held an Ostara circle. I attended with some friends, and they accompanied me to get my first tattoo afterwards. The tattoo has religious significance to me.

So...I am amazed, grateful and humbled by the universe and all it's participants human and other, which created a lovely holy day that broke through my choking darkness.

I'm not out of the woods yet. But I really needed that reminder that...it's not about me, and that the universe is perfectly capable of celebrating itself! It's ME that needs the ritual, the Divine has it covered.

Even when I don't manufactor an observance the day is sacred, because that is what it is. May I remember that every day.

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Here is the Story of my Spring Equinox Celebrations that I Celebrated on March 22nd 2008.

After getting dropped off from Work, I got my Spring Equinox Equipment together and went over to my New Druidistic Friend Zoe's Grove. I took with me my old Wok that is now use for doing Ceremonial Fires in. I also took some Sparklers, Incense Sticks, and a few bags of Munchies.

I got to Zoe's Grove and we set up the Ceremonial Fire. I got to meet Zoe's Friend Warren.

After a couple of beers and a few Smokes, we got to putting on the Spring Equinox Fire. I had a Small Bag of Old Personal Valuables and Papers that I wanted to Sacrifice by Burning.

One of them was my Old Address Book, my 1998 Tax Papers, and one Very Special Sacrifice. Every time I threw a Personal Object into the Fire, I would tell a Story about the History of the Item that I was Sacrificing.

Last September 16th, I went to the Pagan Pride Day. I had a good time, and won some Jade Runes. I also bought a Amulet of Wisdom from one of the Vendors.

After thinking about it, I decided to make the Amulet of Wisdom I bought into a Sacrifice.

Once we got the Fire going pretty good, I took out the Amulet of Wisdom and made a Incantation what went something like this:
"Oh Great Universal Deity, We Need Greater Wisdom in order to Safely Handle the Advanced Levels of Intelligence that you have granted us in the Past Few Millenias. Our Ancient Ancestors used to make Sacrifices in Rituals while asking for Greater Intelligence in order to Survive in the Environment that we had back then. But now we need to have an Environment which Encourages the Developement of Wisdom in Mankind to the level that we all need in order to Survive the Nucleo/Technological Age that we have created around ourselves. So I Recycle this Small Spark of Wisdom in the form of this Amulet back to you so that you can Magnify Infinitely with your Infinite Power and send back to Mankind.

Please take this Sacrifice of Wisdom and then grant all of Mankind Greater Wisdoms! With No Harm, So Mote It Be!"

I then consigned to Amulet of Wisdom to the Flames.


We then enjoyed the Fire, as well as some Sparklers and Incense.

It was a Very Nice Spring Equinox Celebration.


KNR - 3X3