Welcome Spring!
Celebrate the Spring Equinox
Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 10 AM - 7 PM
at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
near Barneveld, Wisconsin
Come celebrate the first audacious green shoots of life coming up from the Earth! At Spring Equinox we mark the balance between light and dark, turning our faces to the waxing solar light - - turning our hearts outward to our Tribe.
Featuring:
- Childrens' Egg Hunt
- Ostara Ritual
- Workshops
- Feasting
- and More!
More about Spring Equinox traditions:
Celebrating the Seasons: Spring Equinox
Egg Rolling Divination Ritual
Ostara Meditation
| Welcome Spring Events Schedule | |
| 9:30 AM: | Arrivals |
| 10 AM: | Welcome to Circle Sanctuary Meet & Greet - with Jen Snow in the Temple Room |
| 10:30 AM: | Sacred Egg Decorating with Jen Nelson in the Temple Room. Decorate your very own paper-mache, "Faberge" egg. Create the perfect expression of the season for you altar without the worry of aging egg issues! All materials provided; Ribbon, glitter, glue, paint etc. |
| 11:30 AM: | Lunchtime Snack |
| Noon: | Egg Divination in the Temple Room with Selena Fox Learn some old & new ways of working with eggs & egg imagery for guidance about past, present, & future. Bring a hardboiled egg to use for divination. |
| Noon: | Childrens' Egg Hunt with Brooke & Ken Laukant |
| 1 PM: | Explore Circle Sanctuary: Nature Walk - with Reed Meet outside the Barn. Come and explore the Land as it awakens from the long winter's sleep. |
| 1 PM: | Personal Purification Workshop - with Billy Crow Learn some techniques to perform personal purification, as well as participate in a one-on-one, multi-cultural approach to shamanic cleansing. |
| 2 PM: | Ostara, A Celebration of Balance - with Ana Blechschmidt in the Temple Room Come learn, or reacquaint yourself, with what Ostara is and how we take it into our lives. |
| 2 PM: | Childrens' Activity: Fairy Blessing Mobile with Brooke and Ken Laukant in the Summer Kitchen Kids will think of Blessings in their life, and create a fairy to represent that blessing. These will be hung on a Mobile which will decorate, and welcome the Tides of Spring to your home |
| 3:30 PM: | Ostara Ritual - with Selena Fox, Jen, Billy Crow & Others |
| 5 PM: | Potluck Feast |
| 7 PM: | Community Cleanup and Farewells |
Items to Bring
- A contribution for potluck feast to feed at least two dozen people. Please see the Potluck Guidelines.
- A hard boiled egg or egg shaped object prepared for ritual divination as instructed on the Egg Divination page.
- Wear something green to celebrate the Spring.
- Fresh flowers to decorate the Temple Room (we have some vases) or to leave as offerings on the land (optional)
- A shoulder bag or knapsack for carrying items in the ritual. (optional)
- Veggies, dip, crackers, other treats for snack table and/or a personal sack lunch for mid-day nourishment (optional)
- A stone to donate to the Stone Circle. (optional)
- A drum or rattle (optional)
- A basket for gathering eggs during the egg hunt (optional)
Registration
Adult registration is $15 through March 11, $20 thereafter.
Youth (aged 5-17) registration is $7 through March 11, $10 thereafter.
Children under 5 are free.