Schedule
Our Lyge, Baltic Spring Rite will be March 23rd, 2023 both on Zoom and at CedarLight Center.
3:00 PM Doors open to the public
5:00 PM Pre-ritual brief and learning the songs, if any. Please try and be there for this part.
6:00 PM Start of rite
- Cost: $20.00 suggested donation
Times are subject to change, please check our website blog, our Event Calendar or our Ostara Facebook event for the most up-to-date information on the ritual. All High Rites are open to the public, so feel free to bring a friend 🙂
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. Thank you for bearing with us through the last 4 years. Here’s hoping that the worst has passed but as we learned at Yule, Covid, the Flu, and other colds/viruses are very much in circulation.
***IF YOU FEEL SICK, PLEASE JOIN VIA ZOOM!
All are welcome to join us via Zoom.
Zoom Info
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 468 067 1478
Suggested Offerings
- Wooden Eggs (decorated)
-3/17/24 @ 1PM Crafty decorating of wooden eggs at CLG - Incense, flowers, & herbs
- Seasonal foods
- Seasonal alcohol
- Bardic works you have created (please let the ritual team know ahead of time so they can slot you in)
- Hand-crafted items
PLEASE NOTE: We take oaths very seriously. Any oaths given as an offering MUST be cleared with the Senior Druid or attending Priest prior to the High Rite. Please see Sean-Paul upon arrival if you plan on giving an oath.
Lore of the Season & Ritual Information
Prayer: Honoring the Earth Mother in the transition from winter to spring
Deities of the Occasion
Pantheon: Baltic
Mother Earth, Žemyna (pronounced Zhemyna),
Father Sky, Dievas
Mother of Water: Jūratė, Mother of Waters (pronounced Zhoorateh), the goddess if the Baltic Sea
Inspiration: Ausrine, the goddess of dawn
Outsiders: Wolf Warriors/ Iron Wolf of Gediminas
Gatekeeper: Velnias, God of the kingdom of the dead and the netherworld;
of cattle, magic, and metamorphosis.
The kindred: Ancestors, Nature Spirits (the Leshi), & the Shining Ones
Ragana, Winter Goddess:
Laima, Spring Goddess (pronounced Lyma)
Offerings
The folk are encouraged to make and bring painted wooden eggs in a burnable (no acrylic paints please) offering to the deities of the rite. We will have some extras but encourage folks to make their own. Many craft stores have these, it’s best to use tempura paints. Contact us for more details if you want to craft one.
Any offerings to the goddess of spring would be appropriate. If you bring plants, that’s fine but consider planting them in your own space inside or out. Or check with the garden committee to see what they might need.
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.
Trained service animals are, of course, welcome.
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.
What to Bring
See section on offerings.
A dish that serves at least 6-8 people.
**We have folks with severe allergies and food sensitivities – please include a list of your dish’s ingredients.**
Suggested Seasonal Food:
- Warm dishes, crock pots are easy to bring and easy to take back home
- Eggs, egg dishes, roasted meat, lamb, salads, mushrooms, ramps, trout
- Please take any leftovers and your dishes and serving utensils home with you
There are cans of sodas and bottled water available at the Grove for $1.00 each. Feel free to contribute beverages to the Grove!
The High Rite will be held outdoors; please dress for the weather. If it rains, we will be under the pavilion.
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
- Some rites include a regular renewal oath. This is optional for those who are interested, the text will
be available beforehand.
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.
