RCGI Priestess Gathering
Gather with other Goddess women to celebrate by
creating ritual, singing, drumming and sharing. Join women from around
the world for a weekend of stimulating discussion, workshops,
self-discovery and sacred celebration. Help manifest the magic.
Classes, discussions and activities will be held on divination,
drumming, goddesses, magic, community, crafts and other topics of
interest.
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RCGI Circle News:
San Antonio, Texas
Bright Blessings and Imbolc Greetings from San Antonio! Here we are planting Imbolc seeds with three new programs - our mentorship program for new members, our leadership program, and the first of our Paths for this year, on the theme of the Chakras.
Our mentorship program is designed to pair a woman who has been in the group for two or more years with a woman newer to the group. The program came out of our understanding that, as we do deeper work, newer women would step into the work more easily if they had a better understanding of our agreements and our approach to healthy group processes.
Our leadership program is open to everyone in the group, but primarily intended to give the women who are leading Path and ritual some tools, and a better understanding of themselves as leaders. We'll meet for three Saturdays to discuss such topics as pacing and leading, group energy and inclusivity.
Just this last week we determined our Path theme for the year, on the Chakras - it's generating much excitement. Women will meet one Saturday a month for meditations, crafts, ritual and other activities that help us open to the Chakras as a gateway to mind, body and spirit.
And we still meet on the Third Thursday of every month. Eight times each year we do ritual; on the other four Third Thursdays, we have a potluck dinner and program. If you are ever in San Antonio, contact us - there's almost always something going on, and we'd love to have you join us!
sisalfish, on behalf of RCG-SA
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Daily Celebrations
 February 2-Feast of Brigid, Imbolc/Candlemas. Light a
candle in each window and have the youngest female in the household go
outside with a lit candle and circle the house inviting Brigid
(pronounced "Breed") in. Leave one candle lit for Her all night to
invite the further return of the light/season and/or fertility into the
house and to the land. Bless all the candles in your house and consider
buying all you will need for the coming year and blessing them also.
February 3-Feast of Mary of the Bears. Leave
offerings to the bears in the woods on your altar. Do something to
encourage the protection of Grizzly bears that are an endangered
species in a majority of the United States. Wear bear jewelry. Put bear
pictures or statues on your altar.
February 4-Setsubunm, Japanese Bean Throwing and
Lantern Festival-Some ancient cultures believed that departed souls
lived in beans. We could symbolically say that the spirit of winter
lived in
some dried beans and to throw them away brings and end to the
season. The lighting of lanterns can be seen as encouraging the light
and warmth of the season to return.
February 5-Feast of Unveiling. Use your imagination
here. Unveiling could mean unveiling your essential self through
meditation and then trying to act from that true self. Expose a lie.
Bring forth something that has been hidden.
February 6-Festival of Aphrodite. Do what you love. Share love with a partner or yourself.
February 7-Day Dedicated to Moon Goddesses. Honor your
favorite Goddesses of the Moon at your altar today. Give them an
offering of food-Moon cakes and honey would be good, or burn a white, a
red, and a black candle for the Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
February 8-Day Dedicated to Kwan Yin, Goddess of
Compassion. Where do you need to be more compassionate in your life?
Demonstrate this today in some way in Her honor. Put a flower on your
altar for Her and offer Her plum wine or herbal tea of your choosing.
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