{"id":235,"date":"2015-01-15T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withywindledev.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-07-18T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:50:21","slug":"imbolg-2015-rite-of-lupercalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/imbolg-2015-rite-of-lupercalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Imbolg 1\/31\/2015 &#8211; Rite of Lupercalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday January 31, Doors open 6 PM:<\/strong>\u00a0 Public Imbolg Circle &#8211; Rite of Lupercalia<br \/>\n<strong>At:<\/strong> Hopkinton YMCA, 45 East Street, Hopkinton MA<br \/>\n<strong>Fee:<\/strong>\u00a0 (Suggested donation) SEF Members $5 \/ Nonmembers $10<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Our name \u201cFebruary\u201d (for the second month of the civic year) comes from the Latin \u201cFebrua\u201d, meaning \u201cpurification\u201d. The Purification Rites of Februa were held in February by the early Romans, and involved cleansing and purification with water. This festival coincided with the Roman season of heavy spring rains.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There will be a simple potluck supper after the Ritual. Please note that we will not be able to heat food onsite, but we will be able to set up some crockpots. If you wish to bring a potluck dish, please bring items that will not need to be heated OR bring something in a crockpot, fully prepared and cooked, along with any necessary serving utensils. We&#8217;ll supply cups, plates, eating utensils, and some hot beverages. (Alcohol is not allowed at the YMCA.) Soups, breads, and desserts will make for a hearty winter feast!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.withywindledev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ymca.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for directions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday January 31, Doors open 6 PM:\u00a0 Public Imbolg Circle &#8211; Rite of Lupercalia At: Hopkinton YMCA, 45 East Street, Hopkinton MA Fee:\u00a0 (Suggested donation) SEF Members $5 \/ Nonmembers $10 Our name \u201cFebruary\u201d (for the second month of the civic year) comes from the Latin \u201cFebrua\u201d, meaning \u201cpurification\u201d. The Purification Rites of Februa were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/imbolg-2015-rite-of-lupercalia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Imbolg 1\/31\/2015 &#8211; Rite of Lupercalia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sabbats","category-sef-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}