SunStave Circle Yule Celebration

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Come help us welcome back the light and celebrate the Yuletide season with ritual, song and feasting!

Saturday, Dec. 12

1-4 PM

SVUUS

6876 S. Highland Dr. (2000 East)

Hosted by the Order of Our Lady of Salt (OOLS)

SunStave Circle Samhain

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Millcreek Canyon
Originally uploaded by sharpandkeen

The seasons turn and the veil thins, as we advance toward the cold of winter. Our harvests come to a close and we turn inward to contemplate the bitter winds of the dark time of the year.

Join us as we call upon our ancestors and loved ones who have passed in the last wheel.

SunStave Circle meets for the Samhain feast at 7 pm on Saturday, Oct. 31st in the Church Fork picnic area just below Log Haven Restaurant in Millcreek Canyon.

Watch for ribbons in the trees to signal our picnic area. We will be outdoors for this ritual so please dress for inclement weather, this event will NOT be canceled due to weather. Bring camp chairs to sit on and a potluck dish for the feast. If you would like to honor your ancestors you may bring a photo or memento for the altar.

Children are very welcome to attend this ritual but parents must be responsible for the behavior and whereabouts of their young ones. Although this event will be open to children we do ask that parents help their youngsters to understand that they are attending a respectful celebration of the dead.

Your hostess for this event is Heron and she can be reached at 801-613-VENUS

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There will be an adults-only "afterparty" at the Sacred Circle Temple following the ritual. For more details on this event please contact Avalon at 801-661-1710

SunStave Mabon

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Sunstave ~ Mabon

September 20, 2009 5:00 PM

Golden Hills Park
8303 Wasatch Blvd
Salt Lake City, UT

Join Sunstave in a celebration of Mabon
Sunday, September 20, 2009 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
at Golden Hills Park on Wasatch Blvd. in Cottonwood Heights

Please bring a dish to share, and a chair or blanket to sit on
We will be doing a balancing meditation on the autumn season

Hosted by Leslie

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/utahwitches/calendar/11335659/

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SunStave Lammas - First Harvest

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Join us for celebrating First Harvest
A time of joy and giving thanks to
mother earth for her beauty and abundance!

Friends,
Lammas is a celebration of the bounty of the first harvest of all grains, fruits, and vegetables. It is one of the cross-quarter Sabbaths and is the first of the three harvest celebrations of the Pagan wheel of the year.

Throughout history, Pagan worshippers all over have celebrated their bountiful harvests on this day and offered prayers and sacrifices for the success of future crops. Today, this holiday is still celebrated by many around the world as it marks the end of summer and the welcoming of autumn.

Join us for a community pot-luck feast.

Bring bread and the various fruits of your harvest to share, in this celebration of gratitude on Saturday, August 1st
at Fairmont Park (1049 Sugarmont Dr
With Simpson as a cross street, SLC) at 4:00 p.m.

Wear your best robes in earthy oranges, browns, yellows, and gold. These colors that symbolize the harvest and the sense of renewal that comes with it.

Bring a joyous heart on this day of celebration, and see you there!! Your hostess for this gathering is Elena Gray Owl.

Photo is courtesy of Ben Northern via Flickr

SunStave Circle Summer Solstice 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Celebrating 13 years of SunStave!
Blue Planet Productions presents
SunStave Circle Summer Solstice 2009
Sat. June 20th - Gathering @ 7 - Ritual @ 8

Join us as we come together in voice, rhythm, movement, energy and intent to dance the Fire.
Please bring: Feasting food, utensils and cups, camp chairs and DRUMS!

Directions: Take I-80 east to Highway 40 South (to Heber)
Go through the1st stop light (River Rd.) and then watch for Potters Lane on your right.
It is directly across from the Kingdom Hall.
Turn right onto Potters Lane, then take your first left 600 W. and then the first right. 2400 N.
Drive to the end of the road and look for the gate to your right.


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Camping information: Dogs are welcome with responsible owners (clean up and leash)
Small dogs are at risk from birds of prey
Children welcome but MUST be supervised.
No culinary water or electricity.
Tents, campers and trailers welcome.

SunStave Circle 13th Anniversary

Monday, May 18, 2009

The staff was passed at Beltane to Blue Planet Productions! Join with your community for a celebration of the 13th anniversary of SunStave Circle, hosted by Blue Planet. Stay tuned for details as they are available!

Utah Stories Article

by Jacob Hodgen

"Blessed be."

The sacred rite is about to begin. A woman wearing a white robe and a pentagram necklace rings a chime and invites those in attendance to join her in a magical ceremony celebrating the coming of spring. She is joined to by two men wearing black robes. The ritual will take about half an hour and will involve the conjuration of multiple elemental forces. First, the three begin a multi-tonal chant and an invocation of benevolent spirits in Hebrew. They turn and face each of the four cardinal directions and make various hand gestures. Each direction is affiliated with a specific alchemical element and is called upon for blessings.

I am about to take part in the Sunstave Circle at the Odd Fellows lodge in Sandy, and the purpose of tonight's ritual is to seek balance between the spiritual and physical form and celebrate the spring equinox. The event is a unique Utah tradition that has been taken place in Utah since 1996 and happens about every six weeks, corresponding with various solar calendar events.

Read the whole article here

SunStave Circle Beltane / Mayday Celebration!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Join SunStave Circle in a celebration of the great MayDay Holiday - Beltane!
Bring a potluck dish to share for lunch and your own utensils, plates and a blanket or chair for sitting. We will dance the Maypole and bless the land with abundance and joy!

Saturday May 2nd
1 pm

Fairmont Park
1049 E. Sugarmont Dr


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Hosted by the Church of the Sacred Circle

SunStave Ostara / Spring Equinox

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Come and join Sunstave in the celebration of the Spring Equinox presented by:

Luman Sagus
March 21st 2009 at 6:00p.m.
Odd Fellows Lodge Hall Murray 33
8698 South Center Street
Sandy, UT



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Two blocks north of Historic Sandy Traxx station. All faiths are welcome. This ritual is intended for a mature audience, quiet and mature children are welcome. Wearing ritual attire is encouraged but street clothes are ok. Come early and bring a dish to share in the Potluck. Blessed Be!***

Grantchester Meadows
By: Roger Waters

Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain.
In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
Belied the deathly silence that lay all around.

Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer
Making for the sea.

In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.

Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees.

In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.

Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.

SunStave Imbolc / Candlemas

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Friday, Jan. 30th
Starting at 7 pm
Odd Fellows Hall
8698 Center St. Sandy Utah

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I am Clove, this is the pagan that took the staff for the 2nd
Midwinter Sabbat that is usual held around January 31 to Feb 6. I have
rented the Odd Fellows Hall in Sandy, for Friday January 30th at 7pm.
We will be giving honor to Winter & the weather god/desses, at the
end of ritual acknowledge the coming of spring. Volunteers and the
loan of decorations would be very welcomed and needed. For decorations
colors of winter not Yule~~ think dark blues, the colors and symbols
of snow and ice, bare trees, animals of the season, rain, thunder and
lighting, finally caves, shadows and the occasional star filled sky of
late winter. Or what I like to call Deep Winter.

I am a solitary Hedge Witch (with Druid leanings) that celebrates the
seasons I am in, not the ones coming up. In my path I give thanks and
Honor to the current cycle of seasons. The pagans of old were Turning
the Wheel ~ which is wonderful. I know that many pagans still Turn the
Wheel which is great. However many in the world not, just pagans, are
so focused on what is next that I feel moments and energies are rushed
through, dealt with or ignored like Dark Winter. The season of cold
and storms, death, transformation, rest, candlelit rooms, fire warming
our homes, slowing down and introspection, incubation…
I will share more soon about the ritual, volunteer activities and
would love input. So please if you can help or would like to volunteer
reply here or email me clove@hipplanet.com
Peaceful Deep Winter,
Clove

The Staff has been passed for Imbolc!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Information regarding the Imbolc festivities will be posted here when available!