OPC Presents Ostara
03/17/2013Gathering is at 11:00 AM
Ritual Promptly @ 11:30 AM
Mead Botanical Garden
1300 S. Denning Dr., Winter Park 32789, FL
Look for the pavilion
Orlando Pagan Collective's Ostara
Gathering is at 11:00 AM
Ritual Promptly @ 11:30 AM
Mead Botanical Garden
1300 S. Denning Dr., Winter Park 32789, FL
Look for the pavilion
The strength of the old goes into the new,
As the power of life, empowers the brew!
The waxing wheel of the year spins us to a place of balance, greening and new beginnings. Here, poised on the cusp where night and day are equal we celebrate the return of the Goddess to the Lands Beneath the Open Sky.
Come join us for a ritual of celebration as we plant the seeds of the growing year. What seeds would you like to harvest in the future?
Put on your best Ostara Bonnet or Hat and Come Celebrate with us!
Ritual
Ostara Egg Hunt
Feasting, Drumming, Merriment and Raffle
Children are Especially invited
and will be asked to help in calling the elements.
We'll also have an Ostara story rather than a meditation.
Please Brings with you:
- A piece of an old plant (leaf, bark, root, stem, etc.) That means something to you and that you would like to use to energize your future.
- Optional: A handful or packet of seeds that you'd like blessed for the new year. (You'll take these home when you leave.)
- Also Optional: A small jar to take home water from the Cauldron.
Donations:
$3.00 for OPC Members
$5.00 for non- OPC Members
Children 11 or under FREE
After Ritual Feast is potluck, please bring something to share.
Feel free to bring Drums, tambouri'nes and hand instruments for after ritual celebration!
The festival of Ostara is named from the Germanic Goddess Eostre, who heralds the dawn and the springtide of the year. Her symbols include the Hare or Rabbit, the Egg (and baby chicks) and the waxing Crescent Moon.
** Note, Lion is putting out a casting to call, to help with the Ostara ritual. Please contact her as Lemur, through the OPC site!
** There will be a RAFFLE!
