Date: Saturday, 19 March 2011

Time: 3pm

Cost: $10 donation is requested, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds

Location: Crone's Hollow, 2470 S. Main St Salt Lake City, UT

The Full Moon of Ash in the Celtic Tree Calendar takes place on Saturday, March 19th, at 12:10 PM. The Pagan Festival of Oestare, the Spring Equinox, takes place on Sunday, March 20th, at 5:21 PM MST. Aspen Grove Sabbats invites you to celebrate both these auspicious events in a "solilune", a combined solar Sabbat and lunar Full Moon rite. The event will take place at Crone's Hollow, in Roy's Room, beginning promptly at 3:00 PM, on Saturday afternoon, March 19th.  This rite will be done in the style of Irish Traditional Witchcraft and will honor both the Three Realms spanned by the World Tree and the renewal and rebirth of the Spring Equinox. Features of this ritual will include:

1) We will be making offerings to Land, Sea, and Sky. Please bring either a small stone, a feather, or a small bottle of water from Nature to add to the cauldron.

2) We will be blessing "Air Tools" in circle with the energy of the Sun Goddess and the Moon God. Please feel free to bring a wand, staff, talking stick or other air tool to carry into circle with you and have blessed by the energy of the Ash Moon and the Spring Equinox.

3) We will be doing divination in circle, by means of the Gifts of the Spring Basket. You will receive an egg and what is in it is going to be pertinent to you.

This rite is child-friendly. Children who attend must be able to remain in circle space for at least an hour without becoming restless.

There is a $10.00 per person requested donation to cover space rental and ritual supplies. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Payment should be made directly to Crone's Hollow either before ritual begins or during orientation, when the Money Maid will make an appearance.

Donations of food will be collected for the Utah AIDS Foundation.

Please bring a substantial dish for feasting after ritual, that will serve 8-10 people.

Some assistance in creating sacred space and in performing the Work of the rite will be asked of participants. Please come prepared to be asked to participate. Street clothing or ritual wear are appropriate. If you do not have the items requested to bring, you can purchase them at Crone's Hollow before the rite.