Beltane #1
In the midst of stuffyness and congestion due to the sore throat from yesterday, I’ve had a lot of time to work on online projects. Though I’m really missing the hiking and look forward to getting out there again soon.
This weekend I trucked up to Glen Rock Pennsylvania for a Beltane High Rite after work. Some people camped for the entire weekend, but due to the rain and having to work Saturday, I decided to just come for the meat of the weekend.
It was good to see some old friends, some that I hadn’t seen in months. Apparently with the rain and the mud, my bronco was one of the only vehicles that could make it up the hill, so I was automatically dubbed to take supplies up for the ritual.
Some people were fairweather pagans and left because of the rain, but the rest of us gutted it out (which is probably why I am now sick). This ritual wasn’t in the regular ADF druid format, but a little of that mixed in with Wiccan quarters. I guess the ritual itself was okay, the environment is always perfect there, and Will and Caryn have always been great liturgists. But a big chunk of the ritual seemed to be dominated by this one Wiccan girl who kept directing the ritual around her. A good 15 minutes on her prayer offering alone, as well as another 15 minutes on her running around the circle out of breath singing some Goddess song. So yes it felt very fluffy, and I wasn’t impressed.
It was a good example of why I never involved myself in Wiccan style, it’s just not for me. Maybe I’ve grown to used to ADF style, I’m not sure.
Anyway, after ritual some guys that drove down from New York and I drummed for hours upon hours in front of the bonfire in the rain. My hands were numb afterwards, and I guess I left about 1am.
Should have another Beltane ritual this weekend at the Grove, which will be a nice relief.
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