Candlemas: the Ritual
Here is the next section of Chalky White’s New Pagans’ Handbook, describing part of the Candlemas ritual. On Sunday I shall post a further account of Candlemas, written by two female members of the Regency, describing the women’s rites.
The Ritual
The ritual takes place indoors.
The room of the rite is initially lit by one red candle, and the altar and statuette of the Goddess is draped in red, the colour of the Mother. At this ceremony the altar originally is placed to the North of the room. Later, after the women’s ceremony, it will be found to have been moved to a central position so that the celebrants may process and dance around it.
The significance of the ceremony is explained by the senior female present, somewhat in the terms of the preamble, and for a short period the group is enjoined to a silent and still meditation centred on the image of the Mother.
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