meaning Samhain and Yule with a new group/coven. I don’t know them too well yet, but I guess they’re okay. (No, I’m not really enthused; too many guys and too much patriarchy there for my Goddess-oriented way of thinking).
I will consider this goal finished when I celebrate an entire year’s worth. So if I make it all the way through to next Autumnal Equinox I’ll retire it.
I am going to also cut myself some slack and not restart the goal if, say, something is cancelled at the last minute, or if I get the flu and can’t go, &c. 5 years ago
Seems I do this around the Autumnal Equinox each year, which is also the Sabbat I’m least familiar with and never know quite what to do with.
Anyway, last night I meditated some in front of my altar. Not a full ritual with circles cast and all, but some time out with a candle to contemplate the season.
I recently discovered the writer Dianne Sylvan, and ordered two of her books, The Circle Within, and The Body Sacred, which are getting me thinking about Wiccan stuff again, and how I haven’t done much with it since I no longer live alone, and how having someone else around is affecting me in that I am afraid to be myself. When I lived alone my whole house was gradually becoming filled with altars, so much so there was nowhere to toss my keys or the mail; now I only have the one in my room and I barely use it. Hmmmm.
I’m finding it very hard as a solitary; when I had my coven (alas, they all moved away in different directions) I loved getting together and making proper holiday food, or taking a day off work (I really loved being open enough to take a day off, telling my bosses it was for my religious holiday; it felt really strengthening). It’s much easier to put things off when the date is just with yourself. 5 years ago
Well, I’m afraid I didn’t do much this year. (And now I feel guilty!) I’ve never really known what to do about this holiday; it’s sort of the least well-known of the pagan sabbats.
I did clean off my altar and start setting it up, but as for a ritual, I didn’t get that far.
Argh. 6 years ago
I’m Wiccan, and since my coven moved away and I’ve been on my own I haven’t been observing the holidays. Also I live with some other people who aren’t necessarily of my faith, so it’s kind of difficult. Any advice for solitary practitioners? 6 years ago
