Ostara 2007

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This was our first High Day outside of Summerlands, and the first public High Day not performed in a Celtic pantheon.

This year, Ostara used the Germanic pantheon, as a special celebration of the Germanic Dawn Goddess, Ostara
(similar to the Anglo-Saxon Eostre) and to the Germanic Earth Mother, Nerthus. To this end, a special Nerthus
cart was built by our Ben for the ritual, and a procesion of a draped, Nerthus statue was made before the people, just as in ancient times. We know that this happened from the testimory of the Roman historian, Tacitus.

Dennis Ford was the Orator, Monica Lake was the Sacrificer, Nora Ford was the Seer, Arlene Davis was the Bard,
and Gannd was the Warrior. Cassie Sparrold and Kirk Thomas pulled the Nerthus cart.

A special thanks goes to Leahlani Thornhill for opening up her home for our public ritual to take place. We had 31
folks in attendence this year.

Click on any photo below to see a larger version.
Photos by Kirk Thomas and David Foster

The Ritual Site	The Main Altar	Dennis and Monica santify the space	Dennis offers to the Earth Mother	Gannd lights the Fire
Purpose and Precedent	Nora leads the Two Powers Meditation	Kirk invokes the Deities	Kirk and Cassie pull the Nerthus Cart	The Nerthus Cart
Dennis, as Priest of Nerthus, follows the cart	The Potluck Desserts!	Our hostess, Leahlani	Perry proved he can paint murals!

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