This ritual marks the formal Dedication of our Aspirant class; talented and focused practitioners now completing their year of study. We are also proud to be Initiating our next group who have felt the call to serve this community on the path of Wildflower Priest/esshood.
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The Maiden runs free in nature and discovers her psychic gifts. She is fascinated by magic and wonder. The onset of menses and realization of our ‘powers’ is celebrated. This is the ‘coming of age’ ceremony for the Maiden Goddess.
Continue readingThe Yearning Moon in January is the time in CAYA when we ask ourselves: What desires, deep within, are yearning to be fulfilled, and how might we begin to take steps toward fulfilling them?
Continue readingAs 2015 dawns, CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon welcomes all self-identified men to join them in a ritual to reflect on what the old year has brought us and on what we may find in the next. Together we will call upon the God Janus to bless us in our new beginnings and to aid us in becoming all that we desire.
Continue readingJoin Yeshe Rabbit and other members of the tribe for a rite to honor Isis Panthea, the Goddess of 10,000 names. This ritual will be an opportunity to bathe in the tears of Isis and wring out our woes of the waning year, and a time to replenish and nourish our sense with scent, sound, singing, dancing, and meditation.
Continue readingJoin us as we call out to the Gods of the Norse Pantheon, asking them to help bring bring back the Sun, to renew our hopes and dreams, and help us find our way to the new year ahead. Together we will sing for the return of the Sun, and light our traditional Yule Log to keep us warm on this, the longest night of the year.
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