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attended our 2006 spring ritual, which was led by Patty. We honored
Manannan Mac Lir, our Grove Gatekeeper, Son of the Sea, Celtic God of
liminal spaces, honoring the Spring and consecrating our grove well
water, and the ritual was performed in groups of 3 around a triskele
of shells and stones. It was chilly and a bit windy, but we kept the
sacred fire going. We each added local water and special water to our
grove well and blessed the well, and as the magickal working, Patty
and Manannan blessed tools that people brought. Our omens were from
3 different tarot decks. From the pomo (postmodern) deck we got the
"evil" card, their version of the devil (we did invoke Manannan
in his trickster guise), from the "Celtic" tarot we got the
ace of cups, and from the "Herbal" tarot, Lady Sue drew the
instruction booklet. After the ritual, we roasted Peeps on the fire,
ate lots of food, frolicked in Sue's enchanted backyard, and then attended
Portal of the Porcupine's Wiccan ritual that evening.