Posts Tagged ‘paganism’
Samhain 2022
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, witchcraft, tagged halloween, paganism, ritual, Samhain, Utah Pagan on October 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Lughnasadh 2022
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Lammas, lughnasadh, magic, paganism, ritual on August 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Samhain 2020
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, tagged Ancestors, Day of the Dead, paganism, ritual, samhain 2020, the dead on October 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Midsummer 2016-Perun’s Blessings
Posted in druidry, magic, Other, religion, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, tagged Circle of the Seasons, deviled eggs, feasts, Hern, kababs, litha, magic, Midsummer 2016, Oak and Holly Kings, pagan, paganism, Perun, purple cauliflower, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Slavic, Sun, utah on June 19, 2016| 5 Comments »
SLPS celebrated Midsummer Saturday, June 18, 2016. The members gathered on freshly cut grass, and under the grove of the pines at the temple. The sun was low in the sky, allowing for a cool evening. President Daniel Cureton led the ritual in the New American tradition. The Oak and Holly Kings were present, as well as Hern and Perun. SLPS honors the transitioning of the year from the Oak King to the Holly King at Midsummer, as the sun’s zenith is reached and starts to descend to the longest night at Yule.
A dialogue about Midsummer, the path of the sun, and why it’s important to do solar rites took place. Some hand holding and dancing around the altar to the song “Litha” on the album Circle of the Seaons by Lisa Thiel allowed the members to raise energy. Some Midsummer poetry, Sign of the Daisy by Helen Hunt Jackson was read.
Perun, the patriarch of the Slavic pantheon, descended and spoke to everyone present. Perun rules over lightning, thunder, fire, oak, eagle and the ax or hammer. He gave a message of love, acceptance and inclusion, speaking about the forgotten myth, messages, and the simple ways of living like a Slav (bear meat, mushrooms, cabbage, the woods). He said how lonely he gets, with no one to talk with, no one patroning the pantheon like they once did. He encouraged everyone to love each person, work by the sun and moon, to embrace the messages of the ancient kindred, and to live simply as the Slavs did. He blessed them and accepted everyone into his family. This message was a first, as SLPS welcomed him to the temple as a new God just arrived from the Czech Republic.
Midsummer 2016, Ashton Longhurst (l) and Camille Harriss making tri tip steak kababs, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, altar, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, altar center, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, Perun, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, l to r: Ashton Longhurst, Stesha Bowden, Camille Harris, April Love, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, Sunset, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016, feast l to r: steak kababs, deviled eggs, rice salad, baked purple cauliflower with Stesha Bowden (l) and Ashton Longhurst, Saturday, June 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
Midsummer 2016
Posted in Pagan, Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged litha, magic, Midsummer 2016, pagan, paganism, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society, utah, wicca on June 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Report-Pagans Discovered in 1995 Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade
Posted in LGBT, Other, Pagan, University, tagged 1995, Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade 1995, J. Willard Marriott Library, LGBT, paganism, PRIDE Parade, Salt Lake Pagan Community, University of Utah archives, Utah Pride Center, Utah Pride Festival on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
President Cureton discovered while going through the Utah Pride Center private archives a photo of the “Salt Lake Pagan Community” from the the 1995 Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade. “I didn’t know that the Pagans had been marching in the parade back then. I had thought perhaps that SLPS was the first to march in the parade, but I knew others could have, just there was no evidence. This year is the 26th year of the parade, so now we know they have marched before. SLPS began marching in the parade in 2011 with the Utah Pride Interfaith Coalition.”
The LGBT community has had a long crossover into the Pagan community, as many of the members identify with both. It’s common that LGBT people find the Pagan community more accepting because of how personal the spirituality of Paganism is and how many various paths people walk. Paganism allows individuals to explore facets of deity, the inside self, and the universe they hadn’t previously without putting them into a box or creating a cookie cutter mentality. Often Paganism is more fulfilling than larger organized religion.
The Utah Pride Center has photographs from various events that will be transferred to the Marriott Library Special Collections Archives at the University of Utah this year under the leadership of President Cureton, who works as the library director at the center. The picture below will soon be available for everyone to access in the Multimedia Division. If anyone can identify the individuals, please send SLPS an email or leave a comment.
Beltane 2016
Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Beltane 2016, May Day, Maypole, paganism, ritual and feast, Salt Lake Pagan Society on April 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
February 2016 Book Club
Posted in Book Club, tagged dark, Dark Magick, Esoteric, Inner mystery, occult, paganism, Raven Digitalis, Shadow, Shadow Magick Compendium, Shadow side on February 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Imbolc 2016
Posted in Pagan, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Bridig's Cross, Brigid, Candlemass, celtic, Celtic Goddess Brigid, Imbolc, magic, paganism, Return of the Light, Salt Lake Pagan Society, St. Brigid on January 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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