Imbolc Ritual Planting Seeds

Imbolc is right around the corner and in honor of it there are may things that we can do to celebrate it. One way is Planting seeds. Just as the seeds are germinating in the earth, Imbolic is a time in which you should imagine your thoughts and ideas starting to warm up after being in hibernating through the winter time. Here is a way to do it

1. Choose a quiet spot outdoors, in your garden or a local park or even beneath your favorite type of tree or bush.

2. Plant a seed or bulb in the ground - to make this place more special to you, choose the seed of your preferred plant or perhaps one associated with your zodiac sign.

3. Then light a small, white candle (to represent the virgin goddess purify) sit and watch it burn down. As you do so, imagine that the seed you have planted represents the thoughts and ideas you have sown in hope of the year ahead.

Plant a bulb for Imbolc. This sacred ritual will help to nurture future plans

Imbolic Ritual Making a Brigid's Cross

At Imbolc, it was traditional to make a Brigid's Cross to welcome the goddess into the home. These were hung over doors or windows for the year then burned and replaced at next Imbolc. Make your own Brigid's Cross. Here are some instructions.

1. Bind two sticks of equal length to form a cross.

2. Imagine your cross is Marge of four sticks and number them 1-4, form the top, going round clockwise.

3. Tie a silver ribbon around stick 1, close to the centre of the cross, then take it to the right of the cross, then take it to the right of stick 2 and wrap it around the back. From the left of stick 2, take the ribbon round to the right of stick 3 and wrap it round the back; take it from the left of stick 3 to the right of stick 4 and so on. Continue weaving in this way.

4. when its complete adorn your cross with other decorative items.

Make a Brigid's cross with sticks and silver ribbon, to hang up for the whole year. 

Imbolc Ritual Purification Bath

With Imbolc there are many ways in which someone could celebrate. In one way you could do a Purifying bath in which one could do a ritual cleansing that would give someone a fresh start. So take a ritual bath at Imbolc in your own homemade "healing well". Here are some instructions.

1. First Collect some snowdrops and then set the scene in your bathroom with lit candles around the bath tub, to signify the burning away of old ideas as well as the coming of the light. Choose white candles for purity and green to recall and welcome the spring.

2. Burn juniper oil in a burner and put a drop or two in the bath water. This oil is chosen because it is a very powerful auric cleanser.

3. Summon Brigid with the snowdrops, scattering them in the bath. 

4. Relax in the water, using an apple green soap - and a white towel to dry off. 

Collect a few snowdrops at Imbolc to summon the goddess Brigid. 

Blessed Be! 

The Ordains (The Witches Laws)

The Ordains
(The Witches Laws)

1.   And ye harm none, do as ye will.
2.   If you know the Rede is being broken, you must work strongly against it.
3.   Watch, listen and withhold judgment; in debate you your silences be long, your thoughts clear and your words carefully chosen.
4.   Never boast, or threaten, or speak evil of anyone.
5.   Be truthful always, save when speaking would lead to a great harm.
6.   Keep clean your body, your clothes, and your house.
7.   Should you take a task upon yourself, work hard and well to accomplish it properly and in good time. Always do the best you can.
8.   Do not haggle over the price of your ritual tools.
9.   Witches know that there are no absolute truths.
10. Witches understand that the universe consists of perfect balance; therefore,
everything has an opposite.
11. Witches realize that for every action there is a reaction. (The Law of Three).
12. Witches know that we are all one, we are all connected.
13. Never lie to yourself for this is the ultimate act of deceit.
14. Witches understand that the ultimate act of spirituality is the act of positive creation through love.
15. Witches realize that the energy created through worship and rituals manifests as a circular stream of positive energy.
16. Witches should never close their minds to knowledge.
17. Never practice a magickal system that you don’t fully understand.
18. Do not set a price on your magickal work.
19. A Witch uses the magickal circle as a physical and non-physical representation of a temple on the earth plane.
20. Witches use the energies around them to assist in raising power.
21. Witches use common sense and do not share their mysteries with fools.
22. A Witch who knowingly breaks the Law (Ordains) will not be permitted to
incarnate on Earth again.

Blessed Imbolc

There is only 21 days until the Blessed Imbolc. I will be try and post different things I do for Imbolc. The first thing that I do is with my kids. I try and get my kids involved as much as possible. We plant our seeds of wishes. You can jump over here and check out the post. What do you do for Imbolc.  

Imbolc Traditions

On of me and my kids favorite Imbolc Traditions that we do together is that I send the out with a pie pan full of rich dark soil. Then we are sit around the table and write out our dreams for the up coming year on little scraps of paper. Then we roll up in little ball to represent seeds, then we plant them in dirt so that our dreams and grow it year. I light some candles and let them burn down.

What are some of your Imbolc Traditions that you do with your family?

New Moon and Full Moons 2015

Here is a the list of the New Moon and Full Moons for 2015