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Altar For Fall Equinox 2007103 viewsThis is a photo of our altar at our Hellenic Fall Equinox ritual in 2007. Our main Deity of the Occasion was Demeter.
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Spear of Destiny68 viewsFor our Lughnasadh ritual in 2006 we honoured the Irish all-skilled god Lugh, who carries a Spear of Destiny. In honour of Lugh we decorated our own spear with flowers and ribbons. Doreen Taylor was Druid in Charge of this ritual. Photo by Rebecca Alexander.
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Folks making Brighid's Crosses 2006139 viewsWe had an Arts Meeting, run by Kevin, and he taught us how to make Brighid's Crosses, which we hang in our homes to protect against fires.
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Samhain Crow66 viewsThis is the crow Kevin Taylor made for Samhain 2007. He came up with the pattern, we both used glue coated newspaper to cover it. Catriona gave her aesthetic opinions as we were making it. It had an opening at the top where people during the ritual could put notes to their beloved dead. The wings even moved up and down and were painted with blue and black luminescent paint! It was burned as an offering to the Morrighan during part of the ritual.
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Corn Dolly to represent Lugh106 viewsThis is a Corn Dolly we made to represent the many-skilled Irish God, Lugh. We burned the Corn Dolly as an offering for our 2007 Lughnasadh ritual.
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Apollo Statue on our altar at Anadikia78 viewsWe freely give offerings at our rituals and at times we are a bit enthusiastic when pouring into our libation bowl, as you can see by the wine splattered Apollo statue.
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Frankincense192 viewsFrankincense burning as an example of one resin used in incense making.
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Spring Equinox 2008303 viewsTior and Dean admire the phallus we made in honour of Dionysos.
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Sacred Fire with offering189 viewsOur sacred fire with a phallic offering for Dionysos.
Give way! Make room
For the God! For it's His will
To stride exuberantly
Erect through the middle
-- Semos in Athenaios XIV 622B (Kerenyi, p. 287) Mar 30, 2008
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Spring Equinox 2008 Altar208 viewsAltar- on the altar are offerings of honey, figs, barley, wine, mead (for the Waters of Life), more wine, incense, ivy, flowers, statues of Dionysos and Hermes (our gatekeeper) and a large libation bowl. The Honda lawnmower had no part in this particular ritual.
Our ritual was dedicated to Dionysos, god of wine, drama, poetry, vegetation/trees and inspired madness.
Homeric Hymn 26 to Dionysus :
"I begin to sing of Dionysos ivy-crowned (kissokomes) the loud-crying (eribromos), splendid son of Zeus and glorious Semele. The rich-haired Nymphai received him in their bosoms from the lord his father and fostered and nurtured him carefully in the dells of Nysa, where by the will of his father he grew up in a sweet-smelling cave, being reckoned among the immortals. But when the goddesses had brought him up, a god oft hymned, then began he to wander continually through the woody coombes, thickly wreathed with ivy and laurel. And the Nymphai followed in his train with him for their leader; and the boundless forest was filled with their outcry. And so hail to you, Dionysos god of abundant clusters (polystaphylos)! Grant that we may come again rejoicing to this season, and from that season onwards for many a year."
Mar 30, 2008
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Close up of Spring Equinox 2008 altar173 viewsDionysos was our main deity and Hermes was our gatekeeper deity.Mar 30, 2008
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Spring Equinox 2008303 viewsTior and Dean admire the phallus we made in honour of Dionysos. Mar 30, 2008
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Bread Phallus293 viewsWe made a bread phallus in honour of Dionysos for Spring Equinox 2008. Born from the thigh of Zeus (Zeus had been tricked into killing his mother with a thunderbolt), Dionysos is the god of vegetable life, especially the grapevine and ivy. As such he is the god of wine, fertility and poetry and the theatre
One of his attributes is the phallus, especially the erect phallus
Mar 30, 2008
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Another wine offering206 viewsTior gives an offering of wine to the fire in honour of Hestia!Mar 30, 2008
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Spear Lughnasadh 2006195 viewsSpear decorated by members of Hollow Hills Protogrove in honour of the Irish God Lugh. Photo by Rebecca Alexander. Feb 25, 2008
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Frankincense192 viewsFrankincense burning as an example of one resin used in incense making.Feb 24, 2008
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