Our High Day ritual dates for 2021 have been scheduled. They are as follows:
(Psst - reminder that 2020 Yule is on 12/19 this year)
Imbolc: 1/30
Spring Equinox: 3/20
Beltane: 5/1
Summer Solstice: 6/19
Lughnasadh: 7/31
Autumn Equinox: 9/18
Samhain: 10/31
Yule: 12/18
All will be held at 2pm, location to be determined. We'll continue to remind you as each ritual approaches. Please mark your calendar and come join us!
Dear Pagan Community and friends of the Pagan Community,
Silkie O-Ishi Robinson needs your help. She is the beloved High Priestess of Grailwood Coven here in New York. Additionally, she is an actor, a writer, a… More teacher, a poet, and an animal rights activist. She is a kind soul and a true friend. She has been battling kidney disease for many years now and is currently in Stage Five. She has been forced to be on dialysis now and she desperately needs a new kidney to restrengthen her lifeforce. The current list she is on to receive a kidney is an eight year long wait. A wait that may be too long. She has had a couple of people offer to donate a kidney that never came through. It is of the… More
Hey ADF Druidry NYC,
The weather is getting better and better in NYC area, is anyone interested in getting together for a hike? Anyone want to learn about the Earth that we walk on out in Bear Mountain or New Jersey?
Also, I am a novice at "nature", "plants", "rocks" -- I would love to have a more ecologist in the crew who can share and teach us items.
Write in this message or DM if you are into it.
"The worst thing we ever did
was put God in the sky
out of reach
pulling the divinity
from the leaf,
sifting out the holy from our bones,
insisting God isn’t bursting dazzlement
through everything we’ve made … More
a hard commitment to see as ordinary,
stripping the sacred from everywhere
to put in a cloud man elsewhere,
prying closeness from your heart.
The worst thing we ever did
was take the dance and the song
out of prayer
made it sit up straight
and cross its legs
removed it of rejoicing
wiped clean its hip sway,
its questions,
its ecstatic yowl,
its tears.
The worst thing we ever did is pretend
God isn’t the easiest thing
in this Universe
available to every soul
in every breath"
Chelan Harkin, in poetry book 'Susceptible to Light'
For anyone who joined our Beltane ritual via Zoom, please comment on your experience. Could you hear/see? I know the connection closed at some point and we had to reopen it. I'm not sure why, but we'll try to not have that happen next time. Anyway, please let us know how we did and how we can improve. Thanks!
Here is the outline for the Beltane Ritual tomorrow. Roles are open so let me know if there is something you have your heart set on doing.
Happy Beltane
We are experimenting tomorrow and trying to share our Beltane ritual in Central Park on Zoom as well. We will do our best not to have technical issues, so if you'd like to join but can't do it in person, here's… More the link:
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Hi Everyone, GM, I am new to this group - thanks for having me.
Recently, I joined AODA. As an initiation they ask us to perform a protection ritual in solitude preferably in nature.
Does anyone have a suggestion on place to go to via metro north, Bronx , or queens ?
I live in queens and going to a public park isn’t quiet for me .
Thank you all .
Stephen
Inis Ull Apple Isle Grove of NYC would like to invite you to to our Beltane Celebration. We are happy to announce our first meeting outside on the Great Hill in Central Park in a year an a half.
We return to… More the land and honor our Oak Tree as the being of occasion, calling on the Irish Celtic Gods to help us to reconnect safely. Many of us are already vaccinated, though we encourage people to wear masks and social distance. People can choose to take off their masks once we start if they stay far enough apart. This is a small gathering, but all are welcome, and we will adjust to stay safe if the group is larger.
Our style of ritual is open, so come and go as you please, no circle is cut. We… More
