Dec.22 Solstice Ritual at Moonhaven

A Favorite Solstice Ritual By Flash Silvermoon @ Moonhaven
Flash Silvermoon shares her thoughts for the Winter Solstice.

Dec 22 6pm Pot Luck all foods welcome/Ritual Celebration 7pm come early if you can to help make the fire. RSVP 352 4752432

Merry Yule one and all. Here at Moonhaven in Melrose, I like to have my Solstice ritual both inside and out weather permitting of course.

There is nothing quite like circling with your sisters under the all protecting reach of the Grandmother Tree which totally surrounds the ritual space and many feet beyond.

The circle is called in the traditional manner as we call in our Ancestors and Ansisters to join the revelry and blessings. “Jumping the Fire” is a traditional part of this Holy Day as we leap from what has been to what we hope to become. This year, I am suggesting that we all do a little Solstice homework for those coming to Moonhaven and of course anyone who wants to do this is welcome to use in their circles or solitary work as well.
Take some paper and write down anything[s] that have blocked your healing,forward motion, prosperity,happiness, relationship etc. When you make your Solstice fire and the energies have been raised ,choose the right time to offer these things to the fire for transformation before you do the traditional ‘jump the fire” which of course can be symbolic. as you jump into your NEW YEAR and LIFE.

Along with jumping over the fire to affirm one’s new path, which is a wonderful tried and true ritual, I have created a fun and third eye opening ritual for Yule.

Tell all who come to your circle to bring a wrapped gift of something that they want to pass on. It needn’t be new but it can be and not too expensive… just something you want to pass on.
These gifts are placed in a box or sack in the center of the group.
The woman who begins has the Priestess or group member place a lovely blindfold over her eyes and then she reaches into the sack and lets the gift pick her. At this point she uses psychometry (a form of object reading where the diviner tunes into the object and gets impressions re the gift or giver) to divine the message from the gift etc.
After she does this, the woman who placed the gift in the bag removes the blindfold giving her a kiss and a sip of Mead or other drink in the Chalice Then the “giver” dons the blindfold aided by the gifted after explaining something about the gift.
This exercise continues til all the gifts are gotten from the bag. Whoever hosts the circle might want to always have a few extra gifts in case someone comes empty handed.

In my Circles this has always been a favorite Holy Day Ritual as the Yule logs burn warm into the Longest Night and we welcome the return of the SUN full of Holy Day cheer and renewed hope and inspiration.

THIS YEAR WE ASK ESPECIALLY FOR PEACE TO EMBRACE THE PLANET FOR ALL PLEASE JOIN US WHERE EVER YOU ARE
> Blessed Be
Flash Silvermoon
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