Blood Moon Ritual- Healing and Transformation by exploring our soft and hard boundaries.
The Blood Moon is an auspicious time for working out the “within and without” of our magical energies. Come and join the priestesses Aurora Raven, Selkie, Kesari, and Dragon Song in a Reclaiming Wiccan Ritual at the Crescent Collective. We will be creating sacred space, calling in the Elements, Goddess and God and much more. The participants will gain access to their magical creative self through dance and painting/drawing; discovering where our soft and hard edges lie.
First-timers are welcome and will be guided through the event, though the circle is not the opportunity for asking questions or exploring group therapy. If you’d like to understand more about what goes on in ritual or why, please attend our Wicca 101 workshop: The Philosophy and Magick of Wicca on October 22. All are welcomed into creating sacred space and circle, and your level of participation in dancing, drumming, and painting activities is to your comfort level. Please review Ritual Etiquette here.
Our ritual will include:
✨ Create a circle of sacred space
✨ Calling the Elements, Goddess & God
✨ Raise energy through dance
✨ Explore creativity through painting/drawing
✨ Journaling
✨ Each participant will receive a sphere to symbolically capture the moon during the height of ritual
What to bring: a journal, comfortable clothes, an item which represents healing to you and an open mind.
Donation-based, $10 suggested donation
Open to all genders.
Reserve your space below.
About your Instructor:
Aurora Raven, Magical Name
Julie Anne Stratton, Working Name
The basis of my teaching is gleaned from over 33 years of practice based in Germanic, Dianic, Gardnerian and ultimately Reclaiming witchcraft. I have led and participated in many covens over the years; The Circle of the Rising Phoenix, Sacred Daughters of Her, and Reclaiming the Radiant Wild. I did a green witch intensive for a year with Susan Weed and have taught workshops at witch camps, organized for VWC and was on the World Witch Council as a representative for VWC.
Some of my teachers are Judith Jannberg, Lucia Francia, Angelika Aliti, Susan Weed, Starhawk, Pat Harmatuk and many more. The Goddess, though, has been my greatest teacher and mentor. I love working with people, dance and co-creating magical experiences. I also love gardening, writing and music.
Reserve your Space
Wiccan Ritual Etiquette
Be early/on time - showing up late breaks the focus and the circle. If you are more than 15 minutes late, there is a chance we cannot interrupt the ritual to let you in.
Dress comfortably. We are not a skyclad group, and we do not have specific attire, so come casual.
This is a drug & alcohol free ritual. We will not be serving alcohol, and we expect participants to come with a clear mind in order to be fully present for this sacred event.
Participate when you can - all participants will be part of the circle, standing or seated. You do not have to participate in calling corners/elements, but we ask you to respectfully maintain the group circle and focus.
When the Elements (the four directions) are being called turn and face the same direction the leader is facing. If you are unfamiliar with arm gestures and responses being used just stand quietly or try to follow along.
Once the circle is open, it is expected for you to stay in circle until it is closed. Please use the restroom and silence phones prior to the beginning of ritual. Obviously if you must leave for an emergency, your leader will assist you to exit safely and quickly.