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whose woods these are / I think I know
Nov. 20th, 2011 12:37 pmYeah, couldn't help myself.
Yesterday, after what will hopefully have been the FINAL SMF script revision meeting (there are a few bits to tie up, but they can be done online), RR and I drove down to Sidhehaven to do a Wild Gods ritual. This one was private, and initially I wasn't sure it would work with a group. But in retrospect I think it would, and we may well be structuring a group event along similar lines.
The idea was to explore what happens with Artemis and Pan energies in the winter, and how to they get along in a more constricted space—in this case, around a fire when the weather is very cold. (Although, thankfully, not windy, rainy, or snowy. It was as perfect a winter night for the ritual as I could have asked for, really: still, quiet, clear, and cold.) Pan fed the fire (as He does) because, it turns out, Pan does not like the winter. Pan leaves when it gets cold for warmer climes. Yep: Pan is a migratory species. Ha.
Artemis, not so much. She likes the cold, and running through the wilderness when everything is quiet and still, even the water. I did initially get visions of a masculine divine energy that was more stag than goat, but that would have been Cernunnos, not Pan. He left once the ritual got going and Pan decided to show up.
What I'd hoped was to learn something about the seasonal energies of these gods, and whether there is any sort of variance or cycle. Turns out there is. Artemis is active and present in winter. Pan is not. And Artemis is less a huntress when the babies are born and the mothers are nursing, for obvious reasons. And that is a time when Pan is more present.
All of the above is U.P.G., but it gave us some additional ideas for how we might work together in ritual space. Artemis wasn't quite so much a drill sergeant this time, either; She wasn't very nice to RR in the ritual we did last summer, but this time She was more curious, if not really friendly. And the sniping between Her and Pan had some good humor to it. Still no pointy objects on circle, but it was really rather fun.
I had thought that there would be a hibernation element to the ritual, but not so much really: Pan migrates, and Artemis stays active through the winter. On the other hand, when we did go to sleep we had to pile so many blankets on (the Yome at Sidhehaven is heated, but it was below freezing outside) that it was a bit like huddling in a cave. A nice, warm cave, thankfully.
So, thanks to Sidhehaven for letting us use their space, and thanks to the weather for cooperating, and thanks to the gods for granting us this work. And thank you to RR for agreeing to work on it with me. Onward!
Yesterday, after what will hopefully have been the FINAL SMF script revision meeting (there are a few bits to tie up, but they can be done online), RR and I drove down to Sidhehaven to do a Wild Gods ritual. This one was private, and initially I wasn't sure it would work with a group. But in retrospect I think it would, and we may well be structuring a group event along similar lines.
The idea was to explore what happens with Artemis and Pan energies in the winter, and how to they get along in a more constricted space—in this case, around a fire when the weather is very cold. (Although, thankfully, not windy, rainy, or snowy. It was as perfect a winter night for the ritual as I could have asked for, really: still, quiet, clear, and cold.) Pan fed the fire (as He does) because, it turns out, Pan does not like the winter. Pan leaves when it gets cold for warmer climes. Yep: Pan is a migratory species. Ha.
Artemis, not so much. She likes the cold, and running through the wilderness when everything is quiet and still, even the water. I did initially get visions of a masculine divine energy that was more stag than goat, but that would have been Cernunnos, not Pan. He left once the ritual got going and Pan decided to show up.
What I'd hoped was to learn something about the seasonal energies of these gods, and whether there is any sort of variance or cycle. Turns out there is. Artemis is active and present in winter. Pan is not. And Artemis is less a huntress when the babies are born and the mothers are nursing, for obvious reasons. And that is a time when Pan is more present.
All of the above is U.P.G., but it gave us some additional ideas for how we might work together in ritual space. Artemis wasn't quite so much a drill sergeant this time, either; She wasn't very nice to RR in the ritual we did last summer, but this time She was more curious, if not really friendly. And the sniping between Her and Pan had some good humor to it. Still no pointy objects on circle, but it was really rather fun.
I had thought that there would be a hibernation element to the ritual, but not so much really: Pan migrates, and Artemis stays active through the winter. On the other hand, when we did go to sleep we had to pile so many blankets on (the Yome at Sidhehaven is heated, but it was below freezing outside) that it was a bit like huddling in a cave. A nice, warm cave, thankfully.
So, thanks to Sidhehaven for letting us use their space, and thanks to the weather for cooperating, and thanks to the gods for granting us this work. And thank you to RR for agreeing to work on it with me. Onward!
