Yule Celebration
Schedule
Sun Dec 22 2024 at 05:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Singing Blue Lotus Temple | Reading, PA
Our ritual will commence promptly at 5:45 pm, at that time the doors will be closed to entry, so please be on time. There will be feasting after the ritual where we can relax and get to know each other. You can sign up to bring something for the Feast https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4EA9AF28A2FE3-53024402-yule
Please register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/m3f2pa8
If you have never attended a group ritual feel free to request via PM or email a document that goes over Circle Etiquette. We encourage the use of ritual clothing for the event.
Yule is often confused with the winter solstice, but the former is a season while the latter is a precise moment in time. The Yuletide begins with the Arra Geola moon, which grows full in late November or the first few weeks of December, and the season then continues for two lunar months.
For Saxon Pagans (as well as Pagans from many other paths), the celebration of the Yuletide usually does not actually begin until Mothers’ Night (the solstice) and continues for a week or two after this. Scholars have connected the celebration to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht.
Terms with an etymological equivalent to Yule are used in the Nordic countries for Christmas with its religious rites, but also for the holidays of this season. Yule is also used to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries to refer to Christmas. Present day Christmas customs such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others stem from the original pagan Yule. A number of Neopagans have introduced their own rites.
Where is it happening?
Singing Blue Lotus Temple, 91 Linkside Ct, Reading, PA 19606-8808, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: