Welcome Spring!
Celebrate the Spring Equinox and the Full Moon

Spring Equinox Intensive
 RESCHEDULED to April 18 due to snowstorm!
Saturday, March 22, 2008: Welcome Spring Festival
Still proceeding as planned
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.

More about Spring Equinox traditions:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/springequinox.htm







Program Schedule




Saturday, March 22: Welcome Spring Festival
 10 AM - 7 PM
Join us for a day of celebration of the Spring Equinox. Open to adults & youth.
10 AM Open for arrivals. Resources Shop open. Self-guided visits to Brigid's Spring.
11 AM - Noon Eggs in Myth, Magic, and Meditation - by Selena Fox
Learn about sacred egg lore & the use of eggs in meditation & ritual. Bring a hard-boiled egg or egg shaped object to use in meditation.
Noon - 1:30 PM Egg Hunt, Egg Divination and Snacks
Egg Hunt open to all ages. Bring food for the snack table. Bring a hardboiled egg to use for personal egg divination.
12:30 - 1:30 PM Springtime Nature Walk - with Reed Cockrell
1:30 - 2 PM Egg Prizes - with Marshall
2 - 3 PM Ostara Magick - with Ana Blechschmidt
Learn about the Balance of light/day and dark/night and how to use this balance within ourselves to prepare and participate in life. Connect with the story of Persephone, Demeter and Hades. Learn about the evolution of Ostara as a celebration of Spring.
3:30 - 4:30 PM Spring Equinox Ritual - with Selena Fox & Others
Celebrate the arrival of Spring and connect with the greening of the Land.
5 -6 PM Spring Equinox Potluck Feast
7 PM Clean-up & Farewells








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Items To Bring





Saturday festival:
  • A contribution for potluck feast to feed at least two dozen people. If your contribution is to be served hot, it should be in a microwave or oven reheatable dish and not require more than 10-15 minutes of reheating, otherwise, bring it in a crock pot. Contributions that do not need reheating should be ready to serve. Fruit should be pre-washed and cheese pre-sliced. There is no kitchen space to prepare or cook contributions on site, but refrigeration space is available for storage. Please label contributions with ingredients and serving instructions.
  • 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)
  • Chants, charms, lore, experiences, perspectives for the Spring Magic Sharing Circle.  (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)
  • Seeds for Spring planting to be blessed during the ritual. Bundle seed packets together and mark them with your name. (optional)