Schedule
This year’s Imbolc Rite will be held on 7 February
2025. You are welcome to join us in-person at Cedarlight Center or on Zoom.
- 3 pm: Doors open to the public at Cedarlight Center.
- 5:00 pm: Pre-ritual briefing
- 6:00 pm: Imbolc Rite
- 10 pm: Doors close at Cedarlight Center.
- Cost: $20.00 suggested donation
- Chosen Charity: We are still trying to recoup our funds spent on the roof. Please consider a donation towards this.
Link to the Zoom session:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4680671478?pwd=SUpZZjNQK3lTdU50bk9KUzJPSEJRdz09
Times are subject to change, please check our website blog, our Event Calendar or our Imbolc Facebook event for the most up-to-date information on the ritual.
Times are subject to change, please check before you leave.
We ask that those who are sick please stay home and join us through Zoom.
Zoom Info
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 468 067 1478
Lore of the Season & Ritual Information
Prayer: Transform us through your fire and water to renew, heal, inspire, and motivate us to face the challenges ahead.
Hearth Culture: Irish
Meditation:The fire and the well
Earth Mother
Mother of Waters
Bardic Inspiration Brigid of Inspiration, Fire in the head
Outsiders (The Fianna)
Hallowing the F-W-T
Gatekeeper (Brid Ambue, Brigid of the Homeless)
Kindred:
– Ancestors
– Nature Spirits
– Shining Ones
Deity of the Occasion (Brigid)
All Facets of Brigid:
– (Poet) (Fire) (Justice)
– (Healer) (Well) (Hospitality)
– (Smith) (Protection) (Compassion)
Key Offerings:
– Offer poetry, songs, dance, share healing recipes to the forum and the FB page, Letters to Brigid about what we have been going through these past months and what we think needs to be transformed into the fire (written on paper)
Imbolc is the ending of the fallow winter-time, and as we turn this spoke on the Wheel and begin to plan for the planting and growing seasons of the year, each of us will have our parts to play. Our Yule omen spoke of sharing our abundance and helping each other how ever we can. What unique skills, knowledge, and abundance do we have to share with our community? The world around us has changed and this has drained and exhausted all of us. We need the power and renewal of Brigid’s fire and well. With the power of their transformations we
can move forward with the inspiration and motivation to face the challenges ahead. Let’s celebrate each other and our roles within the whole. All that we do in service to the gods and to each other is valued and appreciated.
Please dress for the weather, fiery and water colors encouraged.
Children and Pets
Children are welcome to all CedarLight events, but small children must be attended at all times because our center is not child proof, there are stairs, fires, candles and small items that could be swallowed. We do not yet have children activities planned for this event however that can change if we know they are coming.
Pets however, are not allowed because we have learned from past mistakes that not everyone knows how to approach an animal and not every animal will behave predictably with many strangers around. Thank you for understanding. Service animals are, of course, welcome
Suggested Offerings
- Seasonal foods/dishes: Cheese, dishes made with dairy, lamb, gingerbread/spiced cakes
- Incense, Flowers, & Herbs
- Libations (butter, mead, beer, wine, cider, fruit juice, good whiskey)
- Early spring flowers (snowdrops, crocus), seeds to be taken home and planted
- Performance offerings of poetry, dance, or song (see Chief Liturgist prior to ritual for approval)
- PLEASE bring a candle in glass to be blessed with Brigid’s Fire and taken home.
PLEASE NOTE: We take oaths very seriously. Any oaths given as an offering MUST be cleared with the Senior Druid prior to the High Rite. Please see Den, Sean-Paul or Caryn upon arrival if you plan on giving an oath.
What to Bring
Other than what was discussed above, please bring a dish (8-10 servings should be plenty, we regularlly have 25-30 people.) to share for the post-ritual Revels. ** We have folks with severe allergies and food sensitivities so a list the ingredients if available is much appreciated.**
Suggested Seasonal Food:
- Warm Stews and Foods to fight the cold
- Dairy-based Dishes, Sides. and Desserts
- Irish Foods (soda bread, shepherd’s pie, colcanon, lamb stews, etc)
- Anything Seasonal!
There are cans of sodas and bottled water available at the Grove for $1.00 each. Feel free to contribute beverages to the Grove!
Please wash your dishes when you are finished eating and PLEASE take your leftovers home with you when you depart -OR- ask around to see if anyone needs extra food. We do have folks in need and we have containers to share. Either way, let’s make sure it doesn’t get left at the grove. Remember, share our abundance.
Dress for the Weather if you are joining us at Cedarlight Center. The High Rite will be done outdoors (either in the Sanctuary or under our pavilion), and it may be chilly and damp. February weather can change drastically, so be sure to check the weather one last time while you are packing up your car to head to CLG. A blanket to sit on and one for your lap are worth their weight in gold when it’s cold!
If you have a chair you’d like to sit in during the High Rites, we suggest bringing that too, though some plastic outdoor chairs are available on site.
Ritual Etiquette
- Do not honor deities of different pantheons than those being honored at this rite
- PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF MUTED ON ZOOM unless you are giving an individual invocation as part of the liturgy or performing a praise offering. Group call and responses should remain muted unless otherwise requested by the Chief Liturgist. Attendees who continually disrupt the ritual with background noise because they are unmuted will be removed from the Zoom room.
- Offerings will be mainly given in silence as a group, but if you have something you wish to say, sing, or recite, let the Chief Liturgist know ahead of time so they can make time for your offering
- Do not declare any oaths during the rite without expressed permission from the Chief Liturgist well before the rite
- During our Imbolc Rite, the members of CedarLight who wish to dedicate or rededicate themselves to Brigid will have the ability to make an oath to Her. This is optional for those who are interested.
After Ritual
If participants wish to hang out after the rite, the Zoom room will remain open for socializing. Feel free to bring dinner and make it a virtual potluck! We won’t even nag you about washing the dishes!
Cost/Donations
All CedarLight events have a suggested donation of $20 per person. This can be contributed to Dagda’s Cauldron either at the Grove, or online via PayPal to cedarlightgrove@gmail.com. All donations go towards CedarLight Center bills and upkeep, or to a designated charity as specified for an event.
Previous Imbolc Rituals
