Posts Tagged ‘druidry’
Midsummer 2024
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, tagged druidry, Holly and Oak Kings, Midsummer, ritual magic, summer solstice, wicca on June 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Beltane 2024
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, tagged beltane, druidry, God and Goddess, Mayday, ritual magic, Sacred Union, summer on April 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Midsummer 2023
Posted in druidry, Ritual, Sabbat, tagged druidry, Midsummer, ritual magic, sabbats, summer solstice on June 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Midsummer 2022
Posted in occult, Pagan, Ritual, tagged druidry, magic, Midsummer, sabbat, summer solstice, utah on June 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day A Fun Time!
Posted in Pagan, Tarot, Vending, tagged 17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, druidry, festivals, Mermaids, Morrigan, Pagan Pride Day 2018, Perun, rap and hip hop, Tarot readings, witch wars on August 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
SLPS attended the 17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Liberty Park. The theme was “One Forest, Many Paths.” The day was hot, but breezes kept blowing in to cool the vendors down. The setup began at 6am with festival leader Debra Hurst going in and staking zones. Vendors were set up by the opening, 9am, and all the traffic rolled through. Muad’Dib opened the event with a sunrise ritual to Perun, Slavic deity of the sun, asking for a blessed day and to open the heart and pocketbooks of the attendees.
SLPS did $10 tarot and palm readings, and did about 15 in total. Not bad for an event full of psychics and fellow readers. SLPS was tented next to the Blue Antler of Tooele-a Pagan shop out that way. A few local shops, like Elemental Inspirations of Sugar House and the Rusty Skull were there as well.
A couple local groups also attended. The festival even had the return of long time community members who had previously been excluded or felt they couldn’t attend due to community politics/wars of the past.
Mr. Hooper, A rapper from Sacramento, California drove in to give a few hours of music in the afternoon. The closing rite was performed by local druid Kay M. who led everyone in the calling of the Great Irish Queen, the Morrigan.
Vendors left tired, but happy. Overall, a great day for all who attended. Each year the festival improves in small measure, but grows and shows the vitality of the Pagan community.
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, morning ritual altar to Slavic Perun, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, SLPS booth with Woman Between the Wolves, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, vendor booths looking west, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, entertainment booth with a mermaid performing, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, vendor booths looking east, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, vendor booths on south side looking west, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, vendor booths on west side looking south, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, Rusty Skull vendor, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, Muad’Dib, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
17th Annual Salt Lake City Pagan Pride Day, Kay M. leading closing druid rite to the Morrigan, Liberty Park, Saturday, August 18, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Druid Community Meetup
Posted in diversity, druidry, Pagan, tagged AODA, Awen Oak and Sage, druidry, druids in Utah, Utah Druid Community, Warm Springs Park on July 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
A new meeting took place Sunday, July 10, 2016 for the druid community. President Cureton formed a Facebook group after noticing there wasn’t a group in Utah for the druids. One of the members took action and planned a simply picnic with ritual. Those who attended had a fabulous time in the early July morning, finding joy in community and meeting other druids. “Druids in Utah tend to be alone in the woods (pun intended). So few meet ups, rituals, or other activities. It all tends to be centered around witches, wiccans, and trad craft. There was a group that folded a few years ago, Nine Silver Hazels, and one or two Celtic reconstruction groups here, but they are secret. In total I only know about 10 druids in the state and about half of them are ADF (Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship)”, said president Cureton.
SLPS looks forward to the new growth and outreach to come. President Cureton also started a local home circle called Awen, Oak, and Sage (also Facebook) from AODA (Ancient Order of Druids in America) for those interested in revivalist Welsh druidry.
Utah Druid Community meetup l to r: Seth and Kay Mildenhall, Josh Williams, Christina Neville, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Warm Springs Park, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016
Posted in esbat, garden, moons, nature, tagged anaheim, anchio, artichoke, baquieu lettuce, basil, brandywine tomato, butter lettuce, cabbage, Caribbean, chipotle, Corn, De Milpa, dill, druidry, earth worms, full moon planting, garden, gardening, gardening by the moon, ghost pepper, granny green tomato, habanero, heirloom variety, jack be little pumpkin, jack o lantern, jalapeno, japanese eggplant, jarrahdale pumpkin, jumping spider, june bug, keystone giant, lacewing fly, lemon drop, Millcreek Gardens, moon planting, non GMO, okra, organic garden, peppers, pimento, pumpkins, purple tomatillo, roly poly, serrano, shallots, shishito, Society garden, spiders, tobasco, tomatoes, Traces Nursery, verde, watermelon, Yellow Husk, yellow onion, yellow summer squash, yellow tomatillo, zebra tomato on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The members of SLPS met on Saturday, May 21-Monday, May 23, 2016 to plant the second Society garden over the full moon. The ground was weeded, turned, and manure was added. This year the garden doubled in size, so more work was to be done and more time given to the Earth. Thankfully the rain softened the sand and only the crab grass fought back. Monday evening, after all the hard work, the starter plants from Millcreek and Traces gardens were planted under the light of the moon.
This year the society planted: corn, okra, Japanese eggplant, red watermelon; Jack-o-lantern, Jack-be-little, and Jarrahdale pumpkins; artichoke, shallots, Walla Walla sweet yellow onion, baquieu and butter lettuce, cabbage, yellow summer squash; De Milpa, Verde, and Yellow Husk tomatillo; dill and basil; Granny Green, Zebra, and Brandywine tomatoes; Armenian cucumbers; Giant Marconi, Habanero, Tobasco, Anaheim, Anaheim Chili, Serrano, Chipotle, Pimento, Ghost, Lemon Drop, Anchio, Caribbean, Shishito, and Keystone Giant peppers. The total cost this year being $300 for the plants and supplies.
Some good insects were spotted, a few spiders egg sacks and one jumping spider. Earth worms and roly polies were plenty. A few June bug larve and lacewing flies were seen. A test of the soil revealed that the sandy earth is a neutral, neither acidic or alkaline, perfect for all types of plants!
Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: Ashton Longhurst, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, April Love, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: April Love, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, spider with egg sack, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, earth worms, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, Lauren Holman (l) and Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, jumping spider, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashon Longhurst (l) and Lauren Holman, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, watermelon and pumpkins, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, okra, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper plants, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, artichoke, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, celery, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper, melon, pumpkin and okra patch, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, corn, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, yellow summer squash, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, romaine (bottom), baquieu, and butter lettuce, cabbage (top), Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, leeks, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, eggplant (left), shallots (right), tomatoes (top, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, shallots (left), tomatoes (top left), Armenian cucumbers (middle top), tomatillos (middle), yellow onions (right), Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Planting 2016, view of patch by fence looking south west, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015- The Dead were Honored
Posted in druidry, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Ancestor worship, Ancestors, As Above So Below, ceremony, dead, druidry, halloween, Lisa Thiel, MC Yogi, necromancy, paganism, rites, Roy UT, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Samhain, samhain 2015, Samhuinn on November 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Wheel turned and the time of the Ancestors was upon us! In the SLPS tradition, we do not only work with them at Samhain (pronounced Souw Win, not Sam Hane), but throughout the year. Even so, Samhain is THE time for the kindred and ancestral workings.
SLPS performed their personal coven rite on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 8pm. This was necessary as SLPS also was to perform a public rite. Private group workings as well as personal work is an important component as it allows for self work and the members to bond together, express higher emotions, and be comfortable instead of having onlookers or worrying about strangers energies.
The right on October 24 went splendidly, with a homemade death by chocolate cake being the main cake, and bloody Mary’s for the wine. Osiris and Arianrhod were invoked as the patrons of the rite. The ancestors were called in with the song Samhain by Lisa Thiel on her album “Circle of the Seasons”. To calm the energies, the song Shanti (Peace Out) by MC Yogi on his album Elephant Power was played to bring everyone back and dismiss the dead. Feastings afterwards were spiced apple cider and Puerto Rican spaghetti.
SLPS was asked to conduct a public rite on Halloween for the Pagan shop As Above So Below in Roy, UT. SLPS gladly accepted. With a count of 45 people, the rite proceeded at 8:30. The archangels invoked in the quarters, the barriers thrown up, the song Samhain by Lisa Thiel was played after the ancestors were invoked to join the circle under the watch oft he High Priest Daniel Cureton and High Priestess April Love. Deities present were Cerridween, Arianrhod, Hades, and Osiris. HP Daniel Cureton performed a druid rite to Cerridwen, the ancestors, and the fall season. A toast with the coven chalice full of wine was passed around the room before the closing and pot luck feastings.
Samhain 2015, altar, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, altar center, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, Camille Harris (l) and Lauren Holman, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, Donotello- a temple cat guarding the ritual space, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, Ashton Longhurst (l) and April Love, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, bloody Mary ritual drink, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, Death by chocolate cake made by Ashton Longhurst, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, glasses prepared for bloody Mary drinks, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Samhain 2015, Puerto Rico meatball spaghetti for the feast, Saturday, October 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Public Samhain 2015, l to r: Tarisa Cooper, Daniel Cureton, and C.C. Delgado, As Above So Below, Saturday, October 31, 2015 Roy, UT
Public Samhain 2015, altar with cow skull, As Above So Below, Saturday, October 31, 2015 Roy, UT
Public Samhain 2015, crowds seated at ceremony with Daniel Cureton (r) and Lauren Holman (far right), As Above So Below, Saturday, October 31, 2015 Roy, UT
Public Samhain 2015, feast, As Above So Below, Saturday, October 31, 2015 Roy, UT
October 2015 Book Club Meeting
Posted in Book Club, Other, tagged book club, celtic, Celtic Sex Magic, druidry, literature, paganism, palm reading, Sex on October 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Beltane 2014 Ritual and Feast
Posted in druidry, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, witchcraft, tagged beltane, Beltane 2014, druidry, Ganesh and Pan, gay and lesbian, Gay Gods, Great Rite, magic, nature, pagan, sabbat, witchcraft on May 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Gods are Happy! Everyone was blessed at Beltane this year, held on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 6pm.
The ritual opened with the usual banishings and circle protections and elemental callings. The altar was decorated in Beltane colors and Celtic Knotwork, symbolizing the eternal nature of the Gods and everyonekinds connection to them. A special commissioned painting by Kurth Shoopman of Kentucky of Ganesh and Pan in the great rite was the centerpiece, symbolizing the Queer nature of divinity and everyonekind.
With drumming and music, the wedding party entered the circle. The God was played by Sergey Khrushchev and the Goddess was played by April Love. The declarations of unity, blessings and love was followed by the great rite, with the blade entering the chalice, symbolizing the unity of the Goddess and God to each other as well as to everyonekind. With the throwing of rice and the reading of Beltane poetry, president Cureton performed a druid rite to Niwalen. The dancing of the sacred dance around the newly made May Day Pole was next. After some confusion, the pace picked up and the weaving of a tight knotwork took place, to ensure the blessings and desires of everyone who dance till next Beltane.
The feastings included wine, spirits, ribs, steak, greens beans and mushrooms, scalloped potatoes, yellow rice and curry chicken, and three bean salad. Check out the photos below!
Salt Lake Pagan Society 