Here you’ll find information about upcoming events hosted by Northern Rivers Protogrove. For past business meeting minutes and reflections on past events, please visit the archives.
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The Spring Equinox – March 16, 2013
Pre-ritual briefing at 3:15. Ritual to begin at 4:00.
We will gather at the Kripalu Yoga and Wellness Center in Adams, NY, to celebrate the arrival of new life in the land! Although Imbolc officially kicks off the spring season in Celtic countries, it’s not as obvious in Northern NY until around March. Join us as we wake up the land, honor the Nature Spirits, and bless seeds and gardening equipment for the growing season ahead! Feel free to bring something small for our gardening altar for this blessing – a packet of seeds, a hand shovel, a potted plant, a photo of a tractor or special tree.
There will be a time in the ritual for drumming, so you are invited to bring your drums or other percussive instruments. There will also be a time to make offerings to the Nature Spirits. Suggestions include birdseed, oats, herbs, flowers, poetry, or song.
Potluck to follow. This High Day potluck challenge is to make traditional Irish or Irish-inspired food! Please see the potluck thread on the Facebook event page for more information.
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Hey the Autumn Equinox ritual is on the same day as my wedding! I think my fiance and I will try to visit your grove either for Summer Solstice or Lughnasadh. I’ll let you know for sure if we can work it out as it gets closer to those High Days.
Blessings,
Victoria
It would be wonderful to meet you! Just keep in mind that this year is a little iffy around those times because of my pregnancy. Summer Solstice may be canceled, and Lughnasadh will be happening in Syracuse with Muin Mound Grove. If you can ever make it up to Northern NY and want to vacation in the beautiful Thousand Islands around a High Day, do let us know! We’d love to have you.
Thank you Grey! I appreciate that.
Grey if you need someone to come in to lead ritual for you I should be able to come down for Summer solstice if someone is ok with me putting up a tent in a back yard or sleeping on a couch
Thanks! That’s very kind of you! We’ll see what happens as we get closer to the date.
Will there be any discussion groups, ect going on other than the Sabbat Rituals? I know that in order to be a full member in the Grove, you have to attend a Ritual, A study session, and a “meet and greet.” I don’t see anything but rituals posted on the calendar though
Actually, you have to attend three events and at least one of them has to be a ritual. The other two could be other rituals, other study meetings, etc. So you’ve got one under your belt! Perhaps I need to clarify that on the membership page?
We are working on getting more events scheduled. There will be others, it’s just that we don’t have a lot of time between Imbolc and Spring Equinox. We’ve got a business meeting coming up and we’ll discuss some possibilities for the upcoming months.