Getting Excited For Samhain
Saturday night bonfire, originally uploaded by heatherbirdtx.
In Becoming, it is known that Samhain is mine. It is my favorite holiday, the one that stirs my ritualist’s imagination.
When I create ritual, I usually start with the “feel” or atmosphere of the ritual, rather than a precisely worded intention. That comes as the ritual forms in my [...]
More on the Animating the Spirit of Democracy ritual
I just thought I would share some coverage of the ritual from the Monday before the inauguration.
Caroline Kenner, one of the main organizers, wrote a feature article of the whole process at Witches’ Voice with a few pictures.
Interfaith Voices, which airs locally on WAMU 88.5 on Sundays at 3:00pm, had a segment in their show [...]
Invoking compassion and heart into democracy
Angela, originally uploaded by Carly & Art.
On Monday, January 19, about 100 people attended a Ritual of Unity and Blessing to Animate the Spirit of Democracy at the Jefferson Memorial. I was honored to invoke the powers of Water to the occasion.
With a strong and open heart,
I call upon the power of the sacred living [...]
Reflections on Samhain
Becoming’s Samhain ritual was Saturday evening. This year we did the biennial Journey to the Otherworld. Every time we do this ritual I learn new things about myself, my abilities, the people I work with, and what’s weighing in the hearts and minds of those who journey through.
This year, a core group began [...]
Becoming Samhain Journey
If you are around the DC area….
Journey to the Otherworld
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Time: Gather in at 6:30pm. Ritual begins promptly at 7:00pm.
Location: Campgrounds at Watkins Regional Park, Upper Marlboro, MD.
Written or emailed RSVP required – Angela (at) Becomingdc.org
Do you dare to cross the threshold and walk the unknown path? In the temple of the [...]
Caring for Each Other, We Care for the Earth
Every spring, Becoming goes on pilgrimage to the source of the Potomac River to give blessings and praise offerings to the beginning of the river that runs through the land on which we live. Some years, we have had lots of snow in the mountains, the land is saturated, and the spring is full [...]
Journey of Transition
On the night of the New Moon and the eve of National Coming Out Day, I had the honor of priestessing a ritual for a friend of mine who is transitioning male to female. She has been passing as female since starting graduate school this summer, and now is starting hormonal treatments. She [...]
Wrestling with Magic
“Yes, I create magic,” I told the teenagers in the Comparative Religions class I talked to on Monday. I really didn’t want that question to come up, but the teacher asked me. I tried, but plainly faltered. No one who never experienced some type of magic will ever be convinced by me [...]
Prayer to Hermes
This offering prayer is dedicated to the 22 people killed in today’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech.
Hermes! Hermes! Hermes! Listen, the people call to you!
O, great Hermes Psychopompos, conveyor of souls,
Many lost ones will show up on the threshold tonight.
Guide them gently to the shore of the River Styx and [...]
We love da moon!
Last night as I was driving home from my friend Carly’s lovely, moving, earth-based Pesach seder, I looked up and saw the full moon brightly, calmly shining in the night sky. I began to rifle through my memory for any songs/chants that I could remember about the moon. I sang two over and [...]
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