In the wake of three devastating hurricanes (in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico) and with the Farmers Almanac warning of an especially cold and snowy winter, we turn are attention again to the Celtic Goddess, Calleach. Also known in the…
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Autumn Equinox – Inviting Peace
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For Autumn Equinox, we will invite the great Norse god of the Vanir, Freyr, to join us. One of Freyr’s attributes is that wherever he is present, there will also be peace and a cessation of strife. We will therefore…
Inis Ull Midsummer Night’s Dream – Summer Solstice
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We will be celebrating the Summer Solstice with the Fairies as our beings of occasion. Inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we’ll be calling on Puck (Robin Goodfellow) to be our gatekeeper and guide in order to commune with…
An Introduction to Indo-European Languages
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For those of us interested in all things Indo-European, let’s learn something about the language of our ancestors. We’ll talk about the discovery of the Indo-European language family and some of its characteristics. We’ll…
Inis Ull Beltane: Union of the God and Goddess
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Inis Ull invites you to join us for our Beltane Celebration, the Union of the God and Goddess. This past year we’ve been honoring the sacred feminine and sacred masculine separately, but now is the time they come together, and…
Vernal Equinox: Awakening with the God
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Inis Ull invites you to join our Spring Rite. This is the time of the year when the day and night are equal lengths. The sun is getting stronger, and soon life will be restored to the land as we move…
Imbolg High Day: Brigid and Her Sacred Well
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Inis Ull Apple Isle Grove of ADF invites you to join us for our Imbolg Celebration working with the healing aspect of the Irish Celtic Goddess Brigid. Two years ago, our grove asked Brigid to be our patron. We bought…
Celebrate the rebirth of the Sun Goddess on the solstice
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Inis Ull Apple Isle Grove invites you to join us for our Yule Celebration: Rebirth of the Sun Goddess. We often celebrate the rebirth of the Sun God on the solstice, but there are many traditions where the Sun is…
INIS ÚLL – APPLE ISLE GROVE, ADF RITUAL OUTLINE
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Here is the outline for the Samhain Ritual next Saturday Nov. 5th 2pm. Please note that we will try to do this outside, unless the weather turns rainy or too cold. Keep an eye out for updates. And prepare to…
Samhain Celebration: Honoring the Ancestors
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Inis Ull Apple Isle Grove invites you to join our Samhain Celebration: Honoring the Ancestors. On Beltane, we opened a door to the Fairy Realms and went through to work with the Faires, Now, while the veil is thin, the Ancestors are coming though to work with us.
We gathering on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 2:00pm at the Great Hill in Central Park. Bring offerings to your ancestors of blood, friendship, or vocation (anyone you would like to honor who has passed). If you like, bring picture of loved ones as well.
We’ll be calling in the Irish Celtic Gods to help us in this work: The Dagda (sky father), the Morgan (earth Mother), Brigid (Inspiration) and Manannon McLyr (Opening the gates).
Since weather kept us inside for much of the summer, we will try to do this outside. Please keep watch for any changes. If it’s rainy or too cold, we will change the venue to an inside location.
Also please remember to conceal any alcoholic beverage.
We meet on the north east side of the Great Hill in Central Park. From the bathrooms on the west side, walk across the hill and bare to the left till you see the Oak Tree and rock close to the edge of the woods.