Stone Circle
IMBOLC “Riding the Fire of Quickening”
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic celebration commemorating the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. Traditionally a celebration honoring the Goddess Brigid, we will explore what this deity archetype brings to this sacred time of the year, the “quickening” of the Earth before Spring bursts into bloom. This celebration is an honoring of […]
OSTARA “Riding the Fire of Motivation/Growth” (Potluck)
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Ostara is a celebration of the Vernal Equinox, marking the literal and symbolic transition into the Season of Light. Associated with the planting of seeds and welcoming a period of growth, warmth, renewal, and expansion, it marks the beginning of the Sun’s waxing ascent to the Summer Solstice. In this ceremony we recognize and offer […]
BELTAINE “Riding the Fire of Passion”
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Perhaps the most recognizable of the traditional pagan holidays, Beltaine celebrates the mid-point between the Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice. It is a celebration of fertility, community, love, merriment, and ecstatic joy. We find ourselves renewed warmth and sunshine of Spring in its full glory, and the wildness within is ready to play! In this […]
SUMMER SOLSTICE “Riding the Fire of Power” (Potluck)
With Eyal Amiel
You are invited to join us for a Summer Solstice at Rootstock, where we will honor the Sun on the day of longest light. With the Inner and Outer Fire of the Sun at the full of its power, we will honor and celebrate are strength and purpose. We celebrate the gifts of light, power, […]
LUGHNASADH “Riding the Fire of Abundance” (Potluck)
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Lughnasadh is the traditional “first harvest” festival, celebrating the early bounty of our gardens, and the land, and the abundance of the growing season. We honor the Earth for her many gifts and offer deep gratitude for the richness of our lives and our relationship with the land. In this ceremony, the theme of gratitude […]
FALL EQUINOX “Riding the Fire of Harvest” (Potluck)
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
At the Fall Equinox, we feel palpably the return of the Great Cycle, as we transition from the “light” to “dark” season. At the juncture of this great transition, is a significant energetic portal, one in which we honor the path behind, and make important choices for the direction ahead. In this ceremony we will […]
SAMHAIN “Riding the Fire of the Ancestors”
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Samhain is often seen as the “end of the year” in the Pagan calendar. A time when the bridge between the physical and spirit dimensions of this world is felt to be the most “open”, it is a celebration of connection and honoring of our beloved ancestors. This is a potent time for ancestral honoring […]
WINTER SOLSTICE “Riding the Fire of the Void”
With Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey
Winter Solstice marks the spiritual return to the darkness of the spiritual womb. It is a time of inward reflection, incubation in the fertile possibilities of what lies within, a gestation of the potential within us. It is in the darkness that our aspirations germinate, where our dreams take root, and where hope is born. […]
