Circle Sanctuary
Celebrating the Seasons
Lore and Rituals
by Selena Fox

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice also known as
Yule, Christmas, and Saturnalia,
occurs in mid December.

It celebrates the birth of the new
Solar year and the beginning
of Winter.

The Goddess manifests
as the Great Mother
and the God as the Sun Child.

The God also appears as
Santa Claus and Old Man Winter.

Colors are Red,
Green, and White.
This is a festival
of inner renewal.

Strengthen bonds
with family and friends
by visiting and/or exchanging
gifts and greetings.

Decorate your home
with lights, greens,
and holiday colors.

Bless your home
with a Yule wreath
on your front door and sprigs
of mistletoe inside.

If you are part of a group,
take up a collection
of food and/or clothing
at your Yule gathering
and give what you collected
to a social service agency
to distribute to the needy.

Place sunflower seeds outside
for wild birds to feast upon.

Greet the Sun at dawn
on Solstice morning
by ringing bells.

Do magic for a more peaceful planet.

Learn Wicca / Wicca 101 / Faerie Tradition
The Sabbats of Wicca
Because witches honor nature,
they have eight festivals, or Sabbats,
that mark the year as it turns
through its seasons.

The following is basic information
about these Sabbats and includes
both standard Wiccan information
as well as my personal Sabbat
lore and experiences, in other words,
what I perceive the Sabbats to be.

Copyright Francesca De Grandis, 1986 through 1996.
The wide range of copyright dates are because much
of this material is excerpted from lectures, articles, books,
and Sabbat rituals I have written over a ten year period.

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The 3rd Road is Francesca's School and Wiccan Tradition
Francesca De Grandis's Wiccan & Faerie Grimoire

Candles and Lights
Correspondences
Feasting
Holly King/Oak King
Wassailing and Apples
Yule or Christmas Trees
YULE INCENSE
Yule Logs