The Witches of The Blackberry Field, Autumnal Equinox Celebration

Name: The Witches of The Blackberry Field, Autumnal Equinox Celebration
Start: 2025-09-28T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-28T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada

Schedule

Sun Sep 28 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Victoria, British Columbia Canada | Victoria, BC

Welcome, fáiltie to the WBBF Autumnal Equinox Celebration. We'll be meeting at 1pm to set-up for the potluck, and at 2pm our seasonal ceremony will begin. We are not posting the address publicly incase we get any party crashers. That has happened before in the past, so please DM Krystalynne O'Hagan on FB, our main event organizer, and she'll be happy to fill you in on the details and address.
The event is appropriate for people of all ages. So feel free to bring the kids, and/ or your dog. There will be a Croning ceremony as well for our lovely resident Crone who is turning 70 this week! So congratulations, and we look forward to her upcoming honour as our community Crone.
If you would like to donate please consider contributing $10 to our donation jar, so we can put that towards our upcoming Samhain celebration. It goes towards renting the space, and sound equipment costs, as well as supplies for our rituals. Thank you. Still come out though, even if you can't contribute a few bucks, because we don't want anyone to be excluded.
You will want to bring an item for the potluck. A mess kit of plates, utensils, cups, and napkins. You'll probably want to bring a bowl as well, because there will be pumpkin soup! We don't want to leave garbage in the park as we believe it would be disrespectful to the space. You will also want to bring a chalice or drinking horn for a toast of blackberry juice, as part of the ritual. Irish soda bread, made of brown flower will be served as part of the cakes and ale portion of the ceremony. You may also want to bring a fold out chair, and if you have kids feel free to bring outside toys. Suggested toys are bubbles, balls, hola-hoops, skipping ropes, or ribbons (Please no Nerf items that shoot, as it can shoot people during the ceremony. Bubble items are fine, and kids are welcome to blow bubbles during the ceremony). Lastly if you like drumming please do bring your drum and play along. There will be plenty of opportunity for drumming.
Our community is a great way for parents to raise Pagan families. Children get to experience the culture of Irish, Scottish, and Manx Paganism through music, dance, seasonal observances, and crafts at our ceremonies. Likewise adults find a great way to explore their Pagan path through the participation in rituals, music, and dance, much like tribes did in the old days, but now in our modern world. Come be part of a vibrant tribe of earth oriented spiritual celebrations, and meet other Pagans and Witches of like minds. We are always glad to welcome volunteers, who want to support in the outer circle, and put on community events, and new Witches who want to learn more about the Bramble path.
The Witches of The Blackberry Field, is primarily comprised of mystics, artists, writers, bohemians, and talented folks of all kinds. We come together in the spirit of community, and good will to provide open circle events that are welcoming, safe, inclusive, and educational experiences for all alternative spiritual seekers. Often we are conflated with Wiccan traditions, however we are a new and evolving tradition founded in 2009, that is a living tradition. We don't preform, Drawing Down The Moon, The Great Rite, The Five Fold Kiss, nor do we use ritual flogging, or preform Skyclad. Our tradition was originally founded by a group of women, who wanted to provide women's healing circles in our community. We still maintain that tradition at the heart of our practice, and continue to celebrate both Full Moons, and Fire Festivals with men and women, who prefer alternative earth based, spiritual cultures. Our Bramble Mother, Máthair SCO, has been a practicing mystic, and Witch for 27 years, but like most she has been a Witch all her life for 41 years. Her formal training began at the age of 15, when she was mentored by a family friend. She continued her studies with various groups, and covens over the years before finally in 2009, founding the WBBF with other Witches who were looking for an alternative non-Wiccan path. She continues to teach classes, and mentor Witches, and share her passion for art, history, and magic with the magical community.
If you would like to stay in touch feel free to follow along in our Facebook group or Instagram page @witchesoftheblackberryfield , and check out our Ning site, at www.blackberrywitches.ning.com The WBBF, is an international Witchcraft tradition that has existed since 2009. We teach a variety of magical disciplines from pan-Gaelic, Slavic, Norse, and Greco-Egyptian Witchcraft. We support and include LGBTQ and non-binary members, and do not discriminate against ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or culture. We include all well intentioned people in our tradition, and promote a community that is respectful and kind. Thank you.
May this season bring auspicious blessings, and healing, to all of your families regardless of where you're from, or what heritage you have, all people are welcome here. Blackberry Blessings, beannachtaí Sméar dubh.