Upcoming Events

We will be celebrating Calan Haf at Trout Lake Abbey on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 5:30 pm. We are starting early so that we may dance the Maypole in the light. This will be a Welsh pantheon rite. Bydded Felly! This is the rite of the beginnings of summer, of fertility, and of green and growing things.  It is said that in medieval days, folks would go out into the woods and lay with whomever they came across. Welcome to the lusty month of May!

We will be celebrating the Feast of the Summer Solstice in the Stone Circle here at the White Mountain Druid Sanctuary at Trout Lake Abbey on Saturday, June 24, 2023 beginning with our potluck at 6:30 pm with the ritual beginning at 8pm. Sunset isn't until 9pm so this will let us burn the Wicker Man in twilight.

We will be celebrating Lughnasadh at the White Mountain Druid Sanctary at Trout Lake Abbey on Saturday, July 29, 2023. This will be an Irish pantheon rite. Bíodh sé amhlaidh! This is the rite of the Sovereignty of Lugh Samildanach. He manages this through the good offices of the Goddess of Sovereignty here in Trout Lake, the Lady of the White Salmon. This is also a rite of the harvest as our crops begin to ripen and the fruits of our labors are available to us all.

We will celebrate Autumn Equinox at the White Mountain Druid Sanctuary at Trout Lake Abbey. This will be a Hellenic Celebration of the Goddess Kore and Her Mother, Demeter. This is a rite of balance and the second harvest as Autumn gets into full swing with the Earth growing colder.

We will celebrate Samhain (pronounced SOW-en), the Feast of our Sacred Dead, at the White Mountain Druid Sanctuary at Trout Lake Abbey. This will be an Irish Celebration of the Goddess Morrigan and the Gods An Dagda and Donn. Samhain is called the Hinge of the Year and may have been the ancient Irish New Year. At this liminal time, the 'veils' between the Worlds are thinner than usual, and Spirits are more easily contacted. We hold our rites around sunset, which is a liminal time of day, making our connections even stronger.

We will celebrate the Winter Solstice, the Feast of the Return of the Sun, at the White Mountain Druid Sanctuary at Trout Lake Abbey. This will be a Welsh Celebration of the God Lleu Llaw Gyffes and the God Gwydion. Bydded felly! The Winter Solstice is the time of the shortest day and longest night of the year. The sun is at its weakest and darkness pervades the world. But it is also the time that the sun begins its return to strength, growing brighter and more powerful until it reaches its apex at the Summer Solstice in June.

We will be celebrating the Feast of Imbolc at Trout Lake Abbey on Saturday, February 3, 2023 at 4:30 pm. This will be an Irish pantheon rite. Bíodh sé amhlaidh! This is the rite of the first glimmers of spring, and the hope of warmer days ahead. In Ireland, this is a time when the ewes begin to show signs of lactation, and candles are no longer needed to see when milking the cows.