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Current mood:  fabulous Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
Howdy. Well the Bealtaine ritual went over quite well. I took a friend with me who'd never been to any Pagan event before and she was impressed by the fact that the children we so well behaved & the babies were not squalling - unlike they do in her church! Hahahahah I told her the differene is tha the kids & babies WANT to be here and that the priesthood was not boring.
I got tagged to be one of the nine men to 'dress the well' (with flowers provided for us in bundles) and that's no biggie. My shoulder was still feeling out of sorts thus I didn't lug my dumbek or any of my drums (though I wish I had cuz I love to drum with Ian, AJ and company but there's always next year).
Sat & chatted with some old friends & a couple of new ones (Nine, Dave, Elizabeth - if you're reading this, "Hi!") and the raffle.... *sigh* Well lots of folks bring stuff to raffle off which helps the Grove pay for the cost of the pavillion rental & for stuff like oil for the fire in the cauldron, the sapling tree (which will be planted at Ian & Sue's farm) and other ritual necessitities.
So I drop a Hamilton & for the $20 I got 27 tickets otherwise they're $1 each. Usually when you buy lots of tickets, you win lots of stuff - I did. First thing that came up, a Tarot book (Simple Fortune Telling with Tarot Cards) and yeah you guessed it, I won that. Like I need yet another Tarot book? Oy vey! (So I'm giving it to my friend who went with me) Then later, I won some sort of stained glass thingie someone made with pretty colored beadwork and all. I have no place for that in my home so my friend took it off my hands though with her abundance of cats, Spirits only knows how long it'll be before it's in shards!
Then I won Ian's former collection of three books on world religion & philosophy (Judaism, Buddhism & Hinduism) which seem interesting and after I'm done reading them, they'll be sent out as freebies in orders that I get. I also won one of those multi-purpose tools that are great for camping, backpacking, & all around in your tool or glovebox. It's the one that's got the pliers on one end & morphs into everything from a saw to fish scaler to knife & goodness knows what all. (THAT is useful!) Finally they called my number for yet again another Tarot book this time with a small new deck of Tarot cards and I told them, pull another number (give someone else a chance) because I had a gazillion books on Tarot & almost as many decks. (Like I really need more of those too, ya kkow?)
My friend won a copy of Ian's book, Draiocht: Rites of Celtic Sorcery and she offered to trade that for the Tarot book so I said yeah. Ian not only wrote it but also did all of the artwork on the inside (he's a bit of a bard, artist, magician - I think he has a DaVinci complex or something) and it looks like a great book. I think he sells it on LuLu.com so if you want to get a copy for yourself, try there. It's geared for the ADF Druidry so if you're not into ADF Druidry, well... but if you're interested in finding out more about it, then this book will go right along with their teachings.
Last year I won candle holders (like I need more of those!) which I ended up giving away to a Newbie locally who idn't have anything & was short on money to set up her altar. Last year I also then won a gorgeous cast resin plaque of Odin on his horse Sleipnir holding his holy spear Gungir and it proudly hangs in my kitchen by my PC. I have to admit, raffles are fun.
The Omen that was pulled was Ash Blackthorn Alder which is what hte Grove gets because they use the Ogham Runes instead of the Norse Runes which is what they used to use way back in the early days. The omen was interpreted as the World Tree (with its roots deeply planted) is protective of us since Ash is the world Tree and Blackthorn & Alder are protective trees. I personally think they could make a delightful & simple talisman with three pieces of wood - Ash, Blackthorn & Alder - and tying them together with some red thread or yarn. Make it small enough to carry in your pocket and you have a terrific protective talisman.
It wasn't exactly summer weather yet so we ended up leaving after the raffle & bite to eat because it was getting down into the 50's and neither of us wanted to get sick sitting outside or bouncing around a Maypole in the damp earth.
Overall, my friend enjoyed her time & said she had something new to talk about with her friends, co-workers & church members. Nothing was even remotely Satanic and she was planning on making sure that folks who say otherwise are quickly put in their place for alluding to that.
My only regret is that SCG doesn't have a list of who came with what they brought foodwise because many of the dishes were Vegetarian (lots of the folks who come to these events are either Vegetarians or Vegans) and some of them are absolutely delicious. Dave & Nina were kind enough to explain to me how to cook with Tofu without turning it into jelly - yeah you guessed it again! I once tried to cook stir fry wit it and it melted - yuck! What a mess. I like Tofu seasoned with Curry as it is very delicious when thrown in with other things.
That was my day with the Druids of Stone Creed Grove...
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