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Beltane 2015-Love for All

Posted in Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged beltane, Beltane 2015, Queer, Queery Mysteries, salt lake city, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Spaghetti, utah, Wedding, wine on May 4, 2015| 4 Comments »

The Goddess and God united in love and became one for the day! The Great Day of Beltane, when the God and Goddess come together for their wedding ceremony and to make new life that will be born at Yule. The ceremony was held outside on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2015 at 3pm. The altar was decorated with Celtic knot work items and plaques of the Goddess and God and of the God and God for Queer mysteries. A lesson on the meaning and origin of Beltane took place, and the offerings were white wine and strawberry short cake. The feastings later in the evening were Italian sausage spaghetti, green salad, and garlic bread with red wine.

Beltane 2015, altar, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, altar center, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, strawberry short cake offerings to the Goddess and God, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Shy Fox, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Muad’Dib, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Piggy at altar, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Woman Between the Wolves, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Italian sausage spaghetti, green salad, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, feast-garlic bread, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Beltane 2015

Beltane 2015, atlar, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, altar center, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, strawberry short cake offerings to the Goddess and God, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, Daniel Cureton, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015,Lauren Holman at altar, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, April Love, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, feast on the table-Italian sausage spaghetti, red wine, and salad, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Beltane 2015, feast- garlic bread, Sunday, May 3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Ostara 2015 Celebration-Spring Has Returned

Posted in magic, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Alban Eiler, easter, eggs, Eostre, goddess, Herne, ostara, Ostara 2015, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Spring Equinox, Trifecta on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Eostre was pleased! SLPS honored and celebrated Ostara on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 8pm. This Spring Equinox was special because of a solar eclipse, super moon and the equinox trifecta, all on one day. Lots of juice to pull down for the ritual! The altar was set, offerings of boiled eggs and wine. A sprig of plum, flowered with beautiful pinks delicates, and yellow daffodils adorned the Goddess. Sacred music was played in her honor and the Lord Herne. A simple yet powerful right, keeping the traditions alive.

Ostara 2015, altar, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, altar center with boiled eggs, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Goddess Ostara plaque with daffodils and plum spring flowers, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, ritual area, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Muad’Dib, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Piggy, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Shy Fox, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Ostara 2015 Celebration

Posted in magic, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Alban Eiler, easter, eggs, Eostre, goddess, Herne, ostara, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Spring Equinox, Trifecta on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ostara 2015, altar, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, altar center with boiled eggs, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Goddess Ostara plaque with daffodils and plum sprig flowers, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, ritual area, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, ritual area, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Lauren Holman, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Ostara 2015, Ashton Longhurst, Saturday, March 21, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Imbolc 2015- Brigid and Fried Chicken

Posted in Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Brigid, Imbolc 2015, Popeyes chicken, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

SLPS took a slightly different turn for this year’s Imbolc, 2015. No formal ritual or rite was performed on Saturday, January 31, 2015, but a basic toast to the Goddess Brigid took place with drum sticks and chicken breasts being lifted into the air. After a busy week leading up to the event, it was decided to take an easy approach and honor Brigid in with a feast. Sometimes, no ritual is the best ritual!

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Yule Ritual and Feast 2014

Posted in druidry, occult, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, tagged Alban Arthuran, Cernunnos, Hanukkah, oak king, Salt Lake Pagan Society, utah, wicca, Winter Solstice, yule, Yule King on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

SLPS gathered together to celebrate the Winter Solstice, known as Yule or Alban Arthuan on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 6pm. The altar was decorated for Yule and a special Hanukkiah adorned the altar. The ritual started with Yule poetry. Everyone then presented gifts and honored Cernunnos, the lord of light and dark, Oak and Holly, born of the Goddess. He spoke to the members and blessed them for being present at his return. The Holly king’s power peaks at the time of year, gives way to the god of the waxing year, the Oak King, who will reign till Midsummer.

The reading of the traditional Hanukkah prayers and lighting of the candles took place. A traditional Yule log cake was the center cake, freshly bought from World Market. Bear foot pinot noir filled the glasses of the members. The Yule feastings included gorgonzola stuffed chicken, funeral potatoes, and potato soup.

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Yule Ritual and Feast 2014 Details

Posted in magic, occult, Pagan, Sabbat, wicca, tagged Hanukkah, oak king, Salt Lake Pagan Society, utah, Winter Solstice, yule, Yule 2014, Yule King on December 20, 2014| 2 Comments »

The Wheel has turned and Yule is upon us! Also know as Alban Arthan or the Winter Solstice, the sun reaches its lowest depths before starting its ascent. SLPS will be doing a Wiccan Yule on Saturday, December 20, 2014. The ritual will also included lighting of the fifth night Hanukkah candles. The Yule king will be born, the Oak King come to rule till Midsummer. A Yule log cake will be prepared, and egg nog with brandy for the drink. The feast will include stuff chicken, potato soup, fufu, and green beans.

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Samahain 2014- The Dead were Honored

Posted in Pagan, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Ancestors, ancestral rite, Cernunnos, halloween, Hekate, Honored Dead, pagan, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Samhain 2014, wicca, witchcraft on October 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

On Friday, October 31, 2014, SLPS met to give acknowledgement and speak with the honored dead! Halloween lanterns decorated the trees, with witches’ hat candle holders on the table with painted pumpkins among other Halloween decorations. The sugar skull topped the altar, painted last week as part of the Samhain decorations, bringing in the tradition of Saint Death and Day of the Dead festivities.

A small ceremony was held in which the ancestors of those gone to the grave, were welcomed back to the world of the living, for a few brief moments to speak to their living Kin. Hounds were heard in the distance barking madly at the moment the gates were opened, only to be calmed when they left. Reports of fathers, aunts, and animals were seen around the temple. The offerings to the Goddess Hekate and the God Cernunnos who died at this time, to be reborn at Yule. Offerings were wine and hazelnut cookies, offered in the Baron La Croix bowl.

Samhain is also the last harvest holiday before snow falls, bringing in the gourds, pumpkins, and last fruits of the season such as apples, parsnips, cabbage, and berries. A feast in honor the dead was held with foods such as chicken mole enchiladas and jalapeno bean salad with wine.

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Samhain 2014 Details

Posted in occult, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Ancestors, Celtic New Year, halloween, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Samhain, Samhain 2014 on October 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Wheel has turned again and Samhain is upon us. This year Samhain will take place at the Temple of the Sun and Moon. We will celebrate the honored dead and invite them to speak to us in circle. The Lord Cernunnos will die, and be born again at Yule.

When: Friday, October 31, 2014

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Mabon 2014 Ritual and Feast

Posted in druidry, Pagan, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Alban Elued, Bast, Cernunnos, Dark Times, fall equinox, Light and Dark, mabon, Mabon 2014, Salt Lake Pagan Society on September 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Wheel turned and Mabon came upon us. The members of SLPS gathered to celebrate the Fall Equinox on Saturday, September 20, 2014, known as Mabon and Alban Eiler, to honor the Gods, Goddess, and the coming Dark Times, when we all turn inward and study the self, inside mysteries and take time alone as the God dies.

The altar was beautifully decorated with the fruits of the season: peaches, plums, apples and flowers. A seasonal table cloth my by Trustee April Love and a Fall Queer God painting by Kurt Shoopman of Kentucky adorned the table. Lanterns hung in the trees gave an extra witchy and magical feel to the temple area. The new brooms gave the perfect backdrop to the altar.

The Goddess present was Bast, Cat God of Egypt, one who walks between worlds, and Cernunnos, Celtic Lord of Light and Dark. The ritual included a lighting of the lamp, signaling the light within during the dark, and a Ganesh birthday celebration. Shortbread cookies with jam were offered Ganesh and the song “Ganesh (Sound the Horn)” by MC Yogi was played in his honor.