Yesterday marked the annual summer solstice. The longest day of the year. The Earth holiday, directly between the equinoxes.
I took the day off, as a vacation day, so that I could have the whole day to relax, and meditate, and not worry about anything at all....
The evening brought forth a counterculture Stagette, a themed Goddess party. Of course, I was game. I revel the goddess within. I joined the party planners, and we had a amazing evening of crafting, drumming, delicious food and a really connecting ceremony as well. We all took a goddess name, and learned of the story behind the name. Around the fire, we each took a turn to share the story of our goddesses, as well as the meaning, and wisdom each one had. The stories were intriguing and powerful, with eloquent lessons of relevence.
I chose Atalanta, goddess of travel, adventure, non-conformity and hunting. My goddess persona is unfortunately not the vegan of my reality. Har har..
Atalanta was abadoned by her father because she was born female. The goddess Artemis sent a pack of wild She-Bears to save and raise Atalanta, which they did until her teenage years. At that point, she returned to society where she then became well known as a hunter, and a very fast runner.
Atalanta was very very picky about her men. She finally decided to hold a challenge, wherein any man whom could beat her in a race, may wed her.
Unfortunatly, if they failed, they were executed. Many executions later,
a man name Hemeclites entered the race. He called upon the goddess Aphrodite to assist his plight. Surely enough, Aphrodite gave him the three golden apples, to catch her attention, and help him win the race.
The race began. Initially stride for stride, Atalanta burst forward, and began to run faster then the contenders. Soon Hemeclites caught nearly up, tossing an apple in front of her, to distract her. Success! She slowed, grabbing falling apples as he tossed them. He sped ahead, and won the race.
Later on, after hooking up, and forgetting to thank Aphrodite for her help, the couple crossed the final straw by making love in her temple. Aphrodite, enraged turned them into a pair of lions, which Zeus flung into the sky as a constallation for all time. THE END!
After the story-telling, we shared a group Ohm, which in the right crowds, is an incredibly powerful thing. It was amazing. Then we had a bonfire and a kickin' drum jam. I gave out iridescent blue and purple medicine bags with organic lavender as the party gift. I like making random things for random events like that. But I`ll probably never make one like it again.
Next time... recycled and recontoured record chip bowls. Hmmm...
I made this really great set of fairy wings, for the upcoming wedding of a close friend of mine, a fairy theme, in which the bridesmaids dress up as fairies. Full on. The groomens and groom? They`re dressing up as The Band, in full formal cowman gear. Cowman. That`s right.
I think this goddess party idea is a really great thing....starts the wheels turning....Well, thats enoughing rambling for one afternoon.
Happy Summer Solstice!
I took the day off, as a vacation day, so that I could have the whole day to relax, and meditate, and not worry about anything at all....
The evening brought forth a counterculture Stagette, a themed Goddess party. Of course, I was game. I revel the goddess within. I joined the party planners, and we had a amazing evening of crafting, drumming, delicious food and a really connecting ceremony as well. We all took a goddess name, and learned of the story behind the name. Around the fire, we each took a turn to share the story of our goddesses, as well as the meaning, and wisdom each one had. The stories were intriguing and powerful, with eloquent lessons of relevence.
I chose Atalanta, goddess of travel, adventure, non-conformity and hunting. My goddess persona is unfortunately not the vegan of my reality. Har har..
Atalanta was abadoned by her father because she was born female. The goddess Artemis sent a pack of wild She-Bears to save and raise Atalanta, which they did until her teenage years. At that point, she returned to society where she then became well known as a hunter, and a very fast runner.
Atalanta was very very picky about her men. She finally decided to hold a challenge, wherein any man whom could beat her in a race, may wed her.
Unfortunatly, if they failed, they were executed. Many executions later,
a man name Hemeclites entered the race. He called upon the goddess Aphrodite to assist his plight. Surely enough, Aphrodite gave him the three golden apples, to catch her attention, and help him win the race.
The race began. Initially stride for stride, Atalanta burst forward, and began to run faster then the contenders. Soon Hemeclites caught nearly up, tossing an apple in front of her, to distract her. Success! She slowed, grabbing falling apples as he tossed them. He sped ahead, and won the race.
Later on, after hooking up, and forgetting to thank Aphrodite for her help, the couple crossed the final straw by making love in her temple. Aphrodite, enraged turned them into a pair of lions, which Zeus flung into the sky as a constallation for all time. THE END!
After the story-telling, we shared a group Ohm, which in the right crowds, is an incredibly powerful thing. It was amazing. Then we had a bonfire and a kickin' drum jam. I gave out iridescent blue and purple medicine bags with organic lavender as the party gift. I like making random things for random events like that. But I`ll probably never make one like it again.
Next time... recycled and recontoured record chip bowls. Hmmm...
I made this really great set of fairy wings, for the upcoming wedding of a close friend of mine, a fairy theme, in which the bridesmaids dress up as fairies. Full on. The groomens and groom? They`re dressing up as The Band, in full formal cowman gear. Cowman. That`s right.
I think this goddess party idea is a really great thing....starts the wheels turning....Well, thats enoughing rambling for one afternoon.
Happy Summer Solstice!