Kinda excited... https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/t11373 Runboard| Kinda excited... en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:08:51 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:08:51 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222724,from=rss#post222724https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222724,from=rss#post222724By the way, for anyone reading this, and doesn't yet know..Fenxy and I are cousins. We're about a 5 hour drive apart from each other..she's in NE Alabama, and I'm in NE Tennessee. That's why the invitation.....lol. Yep...all black, or as dark as you have. The first year I went, one girl had on all white. It was her first time, too. If you wanted to do a pair of dark jeans and a dark shirt, that'd be ok too. T usually wears his black jeans and a black T-shirt with is work boots, so it's not strict on that. Dress to be comfortable. First timers need to be comfortable..lol. It's stressful enough going to a ritual for the first time, with people you don't know, so, if you decide you wanna come....just bring something on the dark-ish side to wear. Unless you wanna make you something really neat to wear.....then go for it. LOL> I really hope you do decide to come up, I think it would be just too neat for you to see the kinds of things we do. Plus, I'd get to spend some time with you!!!!! I think it would be so cool if you were able to come. I know Daddy wants to come up sometime this Fall, if he's able, but probably with you....we'll have to talk about this further. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Saijen SilverWolf)Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:42:45 +0000 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222716,from=rss#post222716https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222716,from=rss#post222716Thanks Saijen - I'll start thinking on it and looking at the calendar in regards to work schedule. All Black, hummmmm. sounds like a nice time. Fenyxnondisclosed_email@example.com (Fenyx)Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:42:30 +0000 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222714,from=rss#post222714https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222714,from=rss#post222714  Thanks, Fenyx. Too bad...or maybe you could...hmmmm...... We're doing this on the 3rd of Nov. which is a Saturday. Would you like to come? Just so you have an idea of what we do (This is OK to tell since what we do is an open ritual) We usually start out with libations, while we wait for everyone to get there. When we finally make it downstairs, we start out with a chant/song, then tell a little about what this Sabbat is, and about the thinning veil between the worlds. We'll do a meditation, in which each person has an opportunity to 'visit' with a deceased loved one, be it person or animal. After the ritual, we'll all go back upstairs for a nice meal, where we will all share about the loved one we wished to visit with that evening. what they mean/t to us. It's just a nice way to remember those we love, and to verbalize what we feel. We have pictures of the loved ones, or candles inscribed with their names..... For us, we'll probably go and spend the night Friday night and then stay Saturday night as well, coming home on Sunday...but you're more than welcome to join us there....they have more than enough room.....we can fix up a cot or we can take the air mattress.....just let me know enough ahead of time so we can make arrangements. they won't care that we have an added overnight guest. That's just how they are...they'd love it! There will be others there that have never done this, too, so you won't be the only one there that's not experienced this before. We do try to wear all black that evening. It's the only time we are pretty specific about what we wear. I'll be in a black skirt and top, black hose and my black velvet pumps...and of course, I'll have my black cape, but won't be wearing it during ritual. Just think about it, and let me know if you'd like to come. I think it would be awesome!!!!!!!!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Saijen SilverWolf)Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:51:10 +0000 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222699,from=rss#post222699https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222699,from=rss#post222699Saijen - I know that you'll put together a beautiful and meaningful gathering. Fenyxnondisclosed_email@example.com (Fenyx)Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:12:47 +0000 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222681,from=rss#post222681https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222681,from=rss#post222681Firle, I looked back the other night, to when I first dedicated, several years ago...to now, and the difference in then and now. I am sooo glad I did decide to do the coven thing, at least for now. I never would have learned all that I've learned had I still be solitary. And, I gained the most wonderful friends one could ask for. A lot will go into planning this Samhain's ritual, and I told my HPS about some of it, and she's excited to see what we end up with. Frankly, so am I LOLnondisclosed_email@example.com (Saijen SilverWolf)Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:41:05 +0000 Re: Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222645,from=rss#post222645https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222645,from=rss#post222645Wohooo! That sounds great and is something to look forward to! You're doing great on your path. Just look back and see how far you've come! It's amazing.    nondisclosed_email@example.com (Firlefanz)Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:40:10 +0000 Kinda excited...https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222643,from=rss#post222643https://bthepaganporch.runboard.com/p222643,from=rss#post222643I talked to my HPS on Saturday..we're helping her daughter move this weekend. I told her that I'd talked to the one other coven mate (we're only 3 at the moment), and that this other mate is coming over here Friday and we're going to work on our ritual stuff. We're both studying for our second degree, and the biggest part of that is to know all of the stuff that is said and done during our rituals. I have a hard time learning this stuff on my own, so R is comin over and she and I are going to do it together. My HPS was glad to hear that we're doing that..and she said she wants R and I to put our Samhain ritual together. We always do an Ancestral dinner at Samhain (the weekend before or after, depending on when it is. This year..probably the first weekend in Nov.) Of course, she'll have to see what we've put together to approve it and all, but I'm kind of excited. It will be my first ritual to actually put together. this means the meditation, the music, any chants we do (probably do 'We All Come From The Goddess/Hoof and Horn'..that's one we always do at Samhain..it's a harvesting chant..more or less. It's just kind of neat to finally get to have a more active part. Just gotta get the rest of it down pat before then. I have just about 2 months to get all my crap memorized....just hope I can do it. Memory is kinda shot at the moment...lolnondisclosed_email@example.com (Saijen SilverWolf)Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:17:49 +0000