YOUR BARDIC CRONE TAKES HER KEYBOARD IN HAND TO CHRONICLE ON THE PARCHMENT OF THE MONITER THE EVENTS OF OUR SAMHAIN CELEBRATION.
IF THERE IS A DRUIDIC MURPHY’S LAW, IT WAS DEFINITELY FLAPPING AROUND IN FULL FORCE. OUR HARDY TROUPE GATHERED AT TAYLORSVILLE ONLY TO FIND THE SITE SOLIDLY PADLOCKED. WE HAD ARRANGED TO HAVE THE SITE ALMOST A MONTH BEFORE. CONSULTATION AMONGST US YIELDED SEVERAL IDEAS:
PICK THE LOCKS
[NO ONE WAS HANDY WITH A LOCKPICK]
USE THE HEAVIEST CAR TO BATTER DOWN THE GATES
[NOT HEALTHY FOR JIMI’S TRUCK]
CHANT “LET THE GATE BE OPENED”
[ DIDN’T WORK]
HOLD RITE IN THE DRIVEWAY
[ UH…NOT A GOOD THING ]
CALL THE RANGERS FOR HELP
[ BINGO !!!]
BY THE TIME THE RANGER ARRIVED AND GRILLED US L.IKE AX MURDERERS, IT WAS GETTING DARK AND A MITE CHILLY. MURPHY LAUGHED AGAIN…….THIS RANGER DIDN’T HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND HAD TO CONSULT ANOTHER. IT GOT DARKER AND COLDER. FINALLY ALL WAS RESOLVED, THE GATE WAS OPENED, AND OUR VEHICLES BOUNCED DOWN A TRAIL THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD NOT BEEN USED SINCE HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS. BY NOW THE DARK WAS ENVELOPING US COMPLETELY.
WE INCHED OUR WAY INTO THE CAMP CIRCLE, AND THE WORKER ELVES EMERGED WITH ELVEN LAMPS aka FLASHLIGHTS AND IN A SHORT WHILE WE HAD PREPARED SPACE-- BOTH SECULAR [FOOD] AND SACRED [ALTARS AND FIRE, WELL AND GRANDFATHER TREE ]
WE DREW NEAR THE FIRE, DRAWN AS OUR ANCESTORS HAD BEEN BEFORE US BY ITS LIGHT AND WARMTH . THE FLICKERING TIKI LIGHTS [ THANK YOU, KAREN AND JIMI ] ENLARGED THE FIRE CIRCLE WITH THEIR LIGHT.
SAMHAIN IS THE TIME WHEN THE VEILS BETWEEN THE WORLDS ARE THINNEST. THE MAGICK OF THE RITUAL TOOK US INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE GODS AND GODDESSES AS WELL AS OUR BELOVED ANCESTORS-THOSE WE LOVE WHO ARE NO LONGER ON THIS EARTH. WE FELT-KNEW THEIR LOVING PRESENCE. THE DARK AND CHILLY NIGHT…..THE FRUSTRATION OF WAITING……THE UNEASINESS OF STUMBLING OVER UNEVEN GROUND AND DEADFALL BRANCHES………………EACH AND ALL FADED INTO FORGETFULNESS IN THE EMBRACING WARMTH OF OUR ”UNITED AND SACRED GROVE.”
THE OMENS STIMULATED SPIRITED DISCUSSION AND IT WAS AGREED THAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER. THE SACRIFICES WERE ACCEPTED THE SACRIFICES WITH LOVE AND JOY. THE GODS IMPARTED TO US THEIR POWER AND HELP EVEN IN TIMES OF STRESS AND NEGATIVITY. FOR THIS WE PRAISE AND THANK THEM. THE RITUAL CONTINUED JOYFULLY THROUGH THE CONCLUDING “SO BE IT” AND THE ROUND OF HUGS AND GREETINGS. TASKS AND FOOD WERE SHARED IN THE FLICKERING LIGHT OF CANDLES, TIKI FLARES AND FIRE. THE CAMARADERIE OF THE GROVE WARMED US EVEN AS THE FIRE DIMINISHED TO EMBERS. TOO SOON THE NIGHT ENDED AND LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED, BUT AS THE GROVE MEMBERS WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS THE FIRES EMBERS GLOWED IN EVERY HEART, CARRYING THE PEACE, LOVE AND UNITY THAT DECENDED ON US THAT BLESSED NIGHT.
BRIGHT BLESSINGS FROM THE BARDIC CRONE.