At Midsummer, the world is now in full bloom. The early harvests of the year are starting to be brought into the larder, the animals are busy fattening up, the streams are flowing smoothly, the fields are growing, and all seems light and warm. As with other solstices, we celebrate this rite in the Norse […]
Lughnassadh is the time of turning from the growing season to the harvest season. The heat of summer is at its most intense and will begin to wane throughout the next few months. This one of our rituals that we celebrate in the Celtic hearth culture pantheon, honoring Lugh, as the ancient Irish Celtic peoples […]
As the wheel of the year turns and the Autumnal Equinox brings shorter days and longer nights, we gather together to celebrate the harvest. The fields are full of the bounty of the labors of the folk who tend them, and we gather together to honor the Kindreds who aided have aided us. This year, […]
As the wheel of the year continues to turn we find ourselves at the end of the Harvest season, hinging on Winter. As the world around us dies and falls into winter slumber, we turn our thoughts to those who have passed beyond our world as people in ancient times did. In this season, the […]
We are now in the time of winter, where snow is beginning to be upon us, but the folk are safe indoors happily enjoying the fruits of their fall harvest. For the peoples of Scandanavia, this time not only was full of darkness, cold, and snow, but also marked the beginning of the sacred year […]
Imbolg is the time of year where the sun is starting to return to the world, and the coldest days are behind us. In this time, current scholarship suggests that the ancient Celts offered to the gods of their hearth to keep away hunger and illness until life could once again return to the land. […]
Celebrate the coming of spring with Stone Creed Grove! It is time for the furrows to be plowed, the seeds to be sown, and the honoring of the very first signs of growth in the land. This year, the season will be a time of honoring the Earth Mother who sustains all things, and the […]
Beltainne is the time of late planting and the beginning of the growing season in colder climates. For many ancient peoples, this was the beginning of their summer season, which would continue until Samhain. For Stone Creed Grove, this marks our first ritual of the year performed in our grove's ritual space at Tredara. This […]
At Midsummer, the world is now in full bloom. The early harvests of the year are starting to be brought into the larder, the animals are busy fattening up, the streams are flowing smoothly, the fields are growing, and all seems light and warm. As with other solstices, we celebrate this rite in the Norse […]
Lughnassadh is the time of turning from the growing season to the harvest season. The heat of summer is at its most intense and will begin to wane throughout the next few months. This one of our rituals that we celebrate in the Celtic hearth culture pantheon, honoring Lugh, as the ancient Irish Celtic peoples […]
As the wheel of the year turns and the Autumnal Equinox brings shorter days and longer nights, we gather together to celebrate the harvest. The fields are full of the bounty of the labors of the folk who tend them, and we gather together to honor the Kindreds who aided have aided us. This year, […]
As the wheel of the year continues to turn we find ourselves at the end of the Harvest season, hinging on Winter. As the world around us dies and falls into winter slumber, we turn our thoughts to those who have passed beyond our world as people in ancient times did. In this season, the […]
