Weekly Discussions

I was going to wait until the next site update (which should be ready in a couple of weeks) to announce this formally, but because this particular update has been pushed back so much, I felt it would be better to announce it now to give all of our readers something to distract them during the wait.

Each week, Roots of Ritual will be hosting a new discussion topic on our web boards that relates in some form to ritual or magic. So far, we have discussed:

* Poetry in Ritual on February 10, 2012
* Dream Rituals on February 17, 2012
* What Makes a Ritual Great on February 24, 2012
* Ostara Recipes on March 9, 2012
* Your Ostara Ritual on March 16, 2012
* Children on March 23, 2012
* Sabbats and Esbats on March 30, 2012
* Your First Time on April 6, 2012
* Balance on April 13, 2012
* Beltane Recipes on April 20, 2012
* Ritual Style on April 27, 2012
* Your Beltane Ritual on May 4, 2012
* Dedication on May 11, 2012
* Energy Exercises on May 18, 2012
* Rites of Passage on June 1, 2012
* Litha Recipes on June 8, 2012
* Ritual Stories on June 15, 2012
* Your Litha Ritual on June 22, 2012
* Secular Holidays on June 29, 2012
* Esbats on August 17, 2012
* Sabbats on August 24, 2012
* Daily Practice on August 31, 2012
* Your Mabon Ritual on September 7, 2012

Feel free to join into our previous discussions and jump into the new ones as they're posted. If you have an idea for a topic, please post a comment on this post and I'll add it to the list, which is already quite long and should last us quite a while!

I'll update this post regularly to serve as an archive for all our discussion topics.

Blessings,

Aislynn

About Sabbats

ABOUT THE SABBATSMAJOR SABBATS......CANDLEMAS: also known as Imbolc, Oimelc and Lady Day. Celebrated on February 2.BELTANE: also known as May Day, Round Day, Rudemas and Walpurgisnacht. Celebrated on May Eve and May 1.LAMMAS: also known as Lughnasadh, August Eve, and the First Festival of Harvest. Celebrated on August 1.SAMHAIN: also known as Halloween, Hallowmas, All Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Eve, Festival of the Dead, and the Third Festival of the Harvest. Celebrated on October 31.MINOR SABBATS.....SPRING EQUINOX: also known as Vernal Equinox Sabbat, Festival of the Trees, Alban Eilir, Ostara, and Rite of Eostre. Celebrated on the first day of Spring.SUMMER SOLSTICE: also known as Midsummer, Alban Hefin, and Litha. Celebrated on the first day of Summer.LAMMAS: also known as the Fall Sabbat, Alben Elfed, and the Second Festival of Harvest. Celebrated on the first day of fall.WINTER SOLSTICE: also known as Yule, Winter Rite, Midwinter, and Alban Arthan. Celebrated on the first day of Winter.

Reference: wiccalessons.blogspot.com