Transformations with Tara – Tara Sutphen CHt and Jason D. McKean CHt will discuss “Friday the 13th”
Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia and friggatriskaidekaphobi, they are phobias that describe fear of 13. Whether the superstition be walking under a ladder, a black cat crossing your path, cracking a mirror, or walking blindly through a dark place. These unfounded beliefs have swirled around for centuries and it’s uncertain where these peculiar apprehensions began.
It may have begun due to the 12 days of Christmas and 12 months, and there are 12 zodiac signs. 12 is known as an end. So 13 might be the oddball or strangler. something creepy…
We are lucky or unlucky every single day…we create our great days or our fears…what are you afraid of?
Tara Sutphen CHt and Jason D. McKean CHt will discuss “Winds of Change”
What happens when we have to change on a whim. We had plans, but those plans change. The meal is changed, the restaurant is gone, the relationship has fizzled, the kids grew up, the death of friends or family, moving to other places. How do you stay in gratitude as you manage all the details.
1. How do I receive, remember there are big surprises and gifts around every corner if we’re willing to use our life like a treasure hunt 2. appreciate smallness 3. If its hard, look it in the eye and know you’re changing to make your life better 4. Be mindful and thoughtful, express civility 5. Find gratitude in your challenges 6. Be helpful, no matter the gesture 7. Spend time with loved ones, friends or family 8. How to improve happiness is to give and give more 9. Meditation 10. Exercise 11. No procrastination, begin again and again
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Beltaine is the “Celebration of the Light”,the light time of the year. The dark time being remembered by Samhain. May 1 is the day in the middle of the spring and the summer equinox’ (15*Taurus). May Day is the time for love and the happiness of summer on it’s way.
Beltane | Beltaine is a celebration of the union of souls, The union of minds, and the union of bodies. The earth mother calls her progeny to replenish the earth. Flowers decorate hair and everywhere. Maypole ribbon dances, with two circles interweaving around a decorated tree or pole, clockwise dance circles. Bonfires or candles to spark the sacred fire of union and fertility.
Druids and Pagans raised the Beltaine fires on hilltops on May Eve, the fires were lit in order to bring the sun’s light down to earth. Earth awakening from it’s long winter nap and the flowers are in bloom and frolicking abounds. Joy alights your body, mind, and spirit, the colors become brighter, you see the best in everyone, casting away all worries and doubts you collected over the winter time.All nightmares become daydreams of love, hope and harmony.
Beltaine or Beltane is an anglicization of the Irish “Bealtaine” or the Scottish “Bealtuinn.” — “bel,”brilliant”, “tene” “fire”
Things to do on Beltaine alone or with a group
Create a Beltaine circle or group
Buy or Pick flowers
potluck
maywine (alcoholic or non alcoholic)
Candles, Fireplace, Bonfire — Lighting a fire with a blessing
May pole (you can use a tree if you don’t have a pole) garnish w. greenery and flowers – tie long ribbon
If you create a May pole, make lots of wishes while you walk clockwise into your future, and at the end of wrapping the ribbon say a blessing for yourself and end with “to love and be loved, So it is”. If the tree/pole ribbons pretty and sturdy enough you could leave until Samhain.
Some of the questions that you can ask your friends or family are:
What were the highlights in your winter? Everyone must come up with at least one if not several highlights. What are the dreams to enliven your spring and summer? Every one should convey their intentions for the summer.
Making Maywine
Ingredients
• 2 bottles of dry white wine
• 2 cups strawberry liqueor
• 5 thin orange slices
• and/or
• 1 cup sliced strawberries
• 12 sprigs of woodruff
• 1 teaspoon sugar (more or less, as preferred)
• Edible flowers (to be added after all ingredients have been mixed together)
Directions
Soak the dried woodruff overnight in the wine.
Add the rest of the ingredients, stir with a wooden spoon, and let it steep for an hour or so.
Serve very cold, with edible flowers floating atop in the punch bowl.
The taste is both sweet and fruity.
Non-Alcoholic version: Substitute sparkling water and grape juice, sparkling water and apple juice
1. A fragrant perennial herb (Galium odoratum) native to Eurasia and North Africa and widely cultivated as a shade ground cover, having small white flowers and narrow leaves used for flavoring wine and in sachets. Also called sweet woodruff.
2. Any of various plants of the genus Asperula, having whorled leaves and small funnel-shaped flowers.
Woodruff is sold in the herb section at markets and nurserys..
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Spring Equinox, Ostara, Eostre, Easter, Vernal Equinox By Tara Sutphen
Spring Equinox is March 20, 2022 and marks the mid-point of the Waxing Year, the nights and days are balanced once again; the time when Kore, (Persephone) was believed to have returned from the Underworld where she had ruled throughout the Winter. The spark of light, born at Winter Solstice has reached maturity, and from here onwards, the days progressively grow longer than the nights.
Western culture proclaims this the first day of Spring. Older traditions called the Spring Equinox, Ostara; the time of the festivals of the Grecian Goddess, Eostre, and the Germanic Ostara, both fertility Goddesses of Dawn. These influenced the naming of the modern-day Easter Holiday. New greenery bursts forth from sleeping seeds in the countryside, as metaphorically, pagans also plant their own seeds for future goals, future projects and growth at this time. Decorated eggs, being symbols of fertility are symbolic of Ostara.
In days gone, Europeans gave gifts of decorated eggs to new brides, in the hope that they would bear many children. Similarly, bowls filled with eggs were given to farm workers by the farmer’s wife, to ensure a rich harvest. Most all cultures see the egg as a symbol of Life; the actual home of the Soul. In Russia, decorated eggs are still given as gifts to loved ones and buried in graves to ensure rebirth. The women gathered the eggs only from hens which were around a rooster and decorated them, allowing no one to watch them work as they transferred the goodness of the household to the designs on the eggs, thus keeping evil away. Dyes were mixed to secret family recipes and special blessings placed on each egg. Colors of Ostara Eggs: White: Purity Yellow: Wisdom, a successful Harvest, or Spirituality Green: Spring, rebirth, wealth, youth, growth, happiness Blue: Good health, clear skies Orange: Power endurance, ambition, courage Red: Happiness, hope, passion, nobility, bravery, enthusiasm, love Brown: Enrichment, good harvest, happiness Purple: Faith, trust, power Pink: Success, friendship, love Black: Remembrance
Lore: The custom of eating Hot Cross Buns also has pagan origins. The Saxons ate buns that were marked with a cross in honor of Eostre; Ancient Greeks consumed these types of buns in their celebrations of Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, and the Egyptians ate a similar cake in their worship of the Goddess Isis. There are conflicting ideas as to what the cross symbol represents. One suggestion is that it is a Christianisation of horn symbols that were stamped on cakes to represent an ox, which used to be sacrificed at the time of the Spring Equinox. Another theory relates to Moon worship; the bun representing the full Moon, and the cross, its four quarters. Christianity gave new meanings to the symbolism of the buns, saying the cross represented the Crucifixion Cross. Thus, superstitions arose crediting these buns as being charms against evil, so after Good Friday, people would save one or two of them to hang in their homes as amulets. During the festival season and indeed, for a long time afterwards, fishermen would carry these Easter buns in their boats, for protection. The Spring Equinox defines the season where Spring reaches it’s peak, with the powers of light increasing. The God of Light, (Llew), now gains victory over his twin, the God of Darkness. Llew was reborn at the Winter Solstice and is now old and strong enough to vanquish his rival twin and mate with his Mother Goddess. The great Mother Goddess, who returned to her Virgin aspect at Imbolc, welcomes the young Sun God’s attentions and conceives a child. The child will be born nine months from now, at the next Winter Solstice, when the cycle closes, only to begin anew. The Easter Bunny is another symbol which has obvious links to fertility, rebirth, and the abundance of life which is evident in Spring. Eostre was a playful Goddess whose reign over the earth began in Spring when the Sun King journeyed across the sky in his chariot, bringing the end of Winter. Eostre came down to Earth then, appearing as a beautiful maiden with a basket of bright colorful eggs. Eostre’s magical companion was a rabbit who accompanied her as she brought new life to dying plants and flowers by hiding the eggs in the fields. Traditional Foods
Dairy foods Leafy Green Vegetables Nuts such as Pumpkin Sunflower Pine Hot Cross Buns Flower Dishes Sprouts
Herbs and Flowers Jonquils daffodils Woodruff Violet Gorse Olive Peony Iris, Narcissus spring flowers.Incense Jasmine Rose Strawberry FloralsSacred Gemstone Jasper Recipes:
Hot Cross Buns 1/4 cup apple juice, beer or rum 1 cup raisins, dried currants, or dried cranberries 1 1/4 cups milk 3 large eggs, 1 separated 6 tablespoons soft butter 2 teaspoons instant yeast 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves or allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 3/4 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 4 1/2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour Glaze: 1 large egg white 1 tablespoon milk Frosting: 1 cup & 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract pinch of salt 4 teaspoons milk oven 375* 20 mins
Beer Bread Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups flour 4 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 package active dry yeast 1 cup beer or apple juice 1 tablespoon butter 2 1/2 tablespoon honey 1 egg 9×5 Bread Pan Dry Ingredients Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast Beer or Apple juice and other ingredients warm the beer/ingredients on the stove. Add egg last – cover & let raise 30 mins. Kneed on flour surface, cover & let raise another 20 mins Grease pan: place in pan, cover & let “another” 20 mins Oven 375* 30-35 mins
Lavender Goat Cheese Figs 6-10 figs 2 tablespoons cream cheese 1/4 cup goat cheese 1/4 teaspoon dried lavender 1/2 tablespoons honey cut figs in half, spoon in cheese/lavender mixture
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