Posts Tagged ‘ostara’
Ostara 2021
Posted in Pagan, Sabbat, tagged easter, Eostre, ostara, Ostara 2021, Spring Equinox on March 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Ostara 2016 Ritual and Feast-Ostara’s Blessings
Posted in Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged backgammon, Circle of the Seasons, daffodils, Eostre, Germanic, Hern, Lisa Thiel, Mahjong, Ostar 2016, ostara, potato salad, ritual and feast, Sping equinox, succotash on March 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The members of SLPS met under descending sun and half moon on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 6pm to honor and celebrate the Germanic Goddess Ostara. The altar was decorated with flowers from the society garden-daffodils, the first to come up in spring. The circles were invoked, and a meditation to ground the members took place. Everyone enjoyed the song “Ostara” by Lisa Thiel on her album Circle of the Seasons.
The Goddess spoke to all present, giving them guidance for the new season of spring. Offerings of juice and eggs were given, and thanks for her continual support and blessings. Hern was honored as well, the young god with mighty loins who will soon marry the Goddess at Beltane.
The feat included baked chicken, potato salad, and succotash with lemon bunt cake for dessert. Some after dinner equinox gaming was in order, with a few rounds of Mahjong tiles and backgammon .
Ostara 2016, altar, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, altar center, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, Shy Fox, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, Camille Harris, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, altar at sunset, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, after feast gaming-Majong, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2016, after feast gaming- backgammon with Shy Fox, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
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
Ostara 2014 Ritual and Feast, The Goddess Blessed All
Posted in druidry, magic, occult, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Alban Eiler, druidry, gay and lesbian, magic, ostara, Ostara 2014, pagan, sabbat, wicca, witchcraft on March 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Ostara shining face was seen this past Ostara 2014. SLPS held Ostara 2014 on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 6pm. The ritual was done in the New American Tradition by SLPS president Muad’Dib.
With the opening of the ceremony by the LBRP and other rites, the ritual quickly moved to the story of Ostara or Easter. Centering around the Goddess Eostre and her blessing of the bunnies to spread her name, a guided journey to meet the Goddess was performed. Afterward, wildflower seeds were spread in a barren patch of land, to bring new life as spring rolls forward. President Muad’Dib performed a druid rite of spring to Coel. The cakes and ales included bunny bread rolls made by Rhiannon Watters that were offered up to the Goddess in thanks for the return of Spring, with the song “The Earth is Our Mother” by Libana being chanted in remembrance of our ties and duty to care for the land. The ritual ended peacefully with spring poetry.
The feastings included vegan lentil soup, potato rolls, grilled chicken, spinach and cucumber salad, and enchiladas. With the wine and juice flowing freely, the feastings continued into the night and ended with a few hands of five card poker!
Ostara 2014, East altar with Winged Isis, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, South altar with Apollo, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, West altar with Hades, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, North altar with Gaia, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014 main altar, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, main altar center, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Goddess Ostara acrylic on board plaque by Kurth Shoopman, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Cheyanne Opheikens, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014 l to r: Rhiannon Watters, Yuriel Lizardi, and Donna Watters ,Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Bunny biscuits made by Rhiannon Watters, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, fire, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Muad’Dib (l) and Cheyanne Opheikens, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Muad’Dib behind main altar, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Steven Wellington, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Woman Between the Wolves (l red) and Steven Wellington in circle, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, wildflower seed area, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014 l to r: Cheyanne Opheikens, Steven Wellington, Rhiannon Watters, Yuriel Lizarid, Shy Fox, and Donan Watteres in circle, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014 Feat, l to r: Steven Wellington, Rhiannon Watters, Donna Watters, Cheyanne Opheikens (middle right) and Shy Fox, (bottom right), with vegan lentil soup with ladle, water, apple juice and grilled chicken, potato salad, tomato soup, potato rolls (by Steven). Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Muad’Dib with poker chips for eyes, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara 2014, Poker game with Shy Fox, Saturday, March 22, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Dying the Goddess’ Eggs for Ostara 2014
Posted in magic, Other, Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged colored eggs, crafting, easter, egg dye, eggs, ostara, wildflowers on March 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few members and guests of SLPS gathered last night Friday, March 21, 2014 to prepare the eggs for Ostara 2014. At first the brown eggs appeared to present a challenge of if the dye would stick, but it sure did! Some beautiful eggs are now waiting to be presented to the Goddess and eaten in sacred Ostara egg salad! There was even a black egg! The other plastic eggs hold wildflower seeds read to be sown into the barren Earth in symbol of the returning life of spring time.
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, Rhiannon Watters, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, Donna Watters, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, cage free eggs and dyes, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, Wildflower seeds, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, Wildflower seed package, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, colorful died eggs, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, more colorful died eggs, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, yet still more color died eggs, Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Egg Dying for Ostara 2014, plastic eggs with wildflower seeds Friday, March 21, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT
Ostara Ritual and the Full Moon
Posted in Pagan, sabbats, wicca, tagged Alban Eiler, easter, eggs, full moon, magic, ostara, ritual, spring, UUPS, wicca on April 15, 2010| 6 Comments »
Well This is was our first official activity. Kassie Cressall from Logan even joined us, bringing the whiskey! She is in the process of starting a pagan student group at Utah State University in Logan and is getting some tips on how to do things. With 7 people joining us today, we are off to good numbers after getting started only 6 months ago! We went over to the Secretaries house on Saturday, April 1, 2010 for a beautiful Ostara ritual led by Muad’Dib giving honor to the Goddess Ostara herself for whose day it was! We divined our future with boiled Easter eggs, had a wonderful chicken salad and cake and topped it off with throwing wild flowers on the barren parts of the land!
Afterward was a full moon ritual. Everyone who came brought an item to be cleansed and recharged. Everyone left feeling recharged and renewed after pulling down the energy of the Full moon.
We hope to have many more such activities so everyone can get to see what pagans do!
See you all then
Muad’Dib