Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Sauna Sunday ~ Lupercalia !


LUPERCALIA ~ ONCE AGAIN !



The Coven will gather at 6.30 for the beginning of Lupercalia. Check our Coven Website for updates


Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, a possibly earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February its name.


The Lupercalia was believed in antiquity to have some connection with the Ancient Greek festival of the Arcadian Lykaia (from Ancient Greek: λύκος — lykos, "wolf", Latin lupus) and the worship of Lycaean Pan, the Greek equivalent to Faunus.


THE COVEN: Samir, Mirri, Sam, Kali, Baggage, Mac nan Alba, Bec..


THE FEAST: Sam says" I will make a variety of salads for mains (1. chicken coleslaw, 2. tomato, bean & avocado and 3. balsamic Mediterranean green salad). If there are a large number of people and this doesn’t look like enough then I will conspire with someone (any volunteers most welcome) and BBQ some meats as well. The salads are all gluten, mayo and onion free."


THE SIDES: Lamb korma kebab bits


THE PUDDING: Pudding Queen Kali makes a welcome return


THE DRINKS: mac nan alba


THE SLAVES: Samir....


THOSE ABSENT: Saint John, Sister Nic, Zany, sophie, Dr Dee....
















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