{"id":3351,"date":"2023-03-21T18:13:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2023-03-21T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:18:43","slug":"beltane-need-fire-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/beltane-need-fire-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltane Need Fire Ritual &#8211; April 23, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><br>When:&nbsp; <\/strong>April 23, 2023&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time:&nbsp; <\/strong>Gather at 1 pm, ritual pre-talk and ritual begin at 1:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bhcf.org\/\">Grafton Barn<\/a> (Community Harvest Project), 37 Wheeler Rd, Grafton, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who:&nbsp; <\/strong>All ages welcome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ritual: \u201cNeed Fire\u201d<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Practiced until at least the mid-nineteenth century, from the Scottish Highlands to Russia, the Need Fire was considered a panacea in times of trouble and, more specifically, a remedy for disease in humans and livestock.&nbsp; While details vary greatly, the basic rite consisted of the extinguishing of all fires, the igniting of a new fire by friction, the building of one of two bonfires fed by specific woods, and the passing of participants\/animals through the fires\u2019 smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The Society of Elder Faiths invites you to join us as we build a Need Fire to purify ourselves for the coming seasons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost:&nbsp; Free<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bring:&nbsp; <\/strong>Your own picnic lunch and beverages (no alcohol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each participant will add wood to the fire and are encouraged to bring their own.&nbsp; (Please note:&nbsp; The piece of wood should be non-toxic, dry, no thicker than one inch, and no longer than one foot.&nbsp; Contact us if you have questions.&nbsp; We will be bringing extra wood.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When:&nbsp; April 23, 2023&nbsp; Time:&nbsp; Gather at 1 pm, ritual pre-talk and ritual begin at 1:30pm Where:&nbsp; Grafton Barn (Community Harvest Project), 37 Wheeler Rd, Grafton, MA Who:&nbsp; All ages welcome Ritual: \u201cNeed Fire\u201d Practiced until at least the mid-nineteenth century, from the Scottish Highlands to Russia, the Need Fire was considered a panacea in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/beltane-need-fire-ritual\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beltane Need Fire Ritual &#8211; April 23, 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sabbats","category-sef-events","tag-featured","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3353,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elderfaiths.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}