Sabbats

Text Box: Introduction: By attuning our lives to nature, we catch a glimpse of the divine, as nature around us is a manifestation of deity. That is why the Pagan Wheel of the Year is one of the major keys to understanding our Spirituality. We also begin to understand the concepts of regeneration and reincarnation, which is the main theme in the Pagan Wheel of the Year. There is a profound and important relationship, between humankind and nature. The Sabbats as we know them are the eternal life cycle of the Goddess and God. Many Pagans see time as one eternal whole; as forever turning, returning always to beginning and starting anew. The Wheel turns continuously as we consciously become involved in the mystery of the seasons, where as Pagans we receive our inspiration and teachings. We therefore celebrate the changing face of nature, as the many folds and changing faces of our Gods.

Text Box: Between the Worlds “Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn – birth, growth, fading, death – the Wheel turns, on and on. Ideas are born; projects are consummated; plans prove impractical and die. We fall in love; we suffer loss; we consummate relationships; we give birth; we grow old; we decay. The Sabbats are the eight points at which we connect the inner and the outer cycles: the interstices where the seasonal, the celestial, the communal, the creative and the personal all meet. As we enact each drama in its time, we transform ourselves. We are renewed; we are reborn even as we decay and die. We are not separate from each, from the boarder world around us; we are one with the Goddess, with the God. As the Cone of Power rises, as the season changes, we arouse the power from within, the power to heal, the power to change our society, the power to renew the earth.’ The Spiral Dance – A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess by Starhawk