Lustration of the Ancestors
23 April, Year 6 Aquarius
Prince William Forest, Virginia

Video from this Lustration may be seen HERE

       

Above: Rev. Holly from Mystic Ancient Circle Formal Shrine of Florida leads the belly dancing workshop

      
  Below left are video clips and photos from the Lustration of the Ancestors, Spring of Year 6 Aquarius. This is the first Lustration to uploaded in this way.

Video:

The ceremony of gathering Lustral water from the Vermilion river in Danville, Illinois, conducted by Enchanted Realm Temple.

0 Gathering the Lustral Water

The actual Lustration ceremony, rendered in 13 parts of ten minutes each or less.

1 Procession

2 Cleansing and Casting
     
3 Higher Self

4 The 70 Gods

5 Quarter Dance

6 Joint Charge

7 Blessing the Book

8 Oracle

9 Lustration and Toast

10 Mark's Thanks

11 Deeming Results
12 Awards

13 Thanksgiving

 		This Lustration was hosted by Sacred Arts Temple, of the Washington, DC, area, who did a marvelous job with it. Temple Head Rev. Mark Crewson and Co-Head Rev. Sapphire, and all the members of Sacred Arts, worked very hard to ensure a wonderful event for everyone. Their many months of planning and organization came to fruition in one of the most beautiful Lustrations ever.

The inspiring natural beauty of Prince William Forest, Virginia, formed a splendid backdrop to the pageantry of the Lustration and reminded us throughout of the importance of our connection to the Earth. 



Above: Rev. Ing Witch of Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple came from Texas

People came from far and wide to attend the event -though certainly Rev. Yoko, Head of the Correllian Order of Translators, came farthest, having traveled all the way from Uruguay to be there. 

Rev. Tatum Salem also journeyed far to join us from Mexicalli, Mexico, while Rev. Terry Power came to us from Barbados.
Many others also traveled great distances to attend including the highly respected Mentor Rev. Ing Witch who came all the way from New Boston, Texas, and Rev. Holly Winterberry from Florida.

Left: Rev. Yoko, Joint-Head of the Order of Translators, Co-Head of the Temple of the Honorable Southern Constellation, came all the way from Uruguay to attend the Lustration.

The kitchen staff under Rev. Mykol produced prodigious quantities of amazing food, generally agreed to be the best ever served at Lustration -including delectable filet mignon and other delights.



Above: Rev. Mykol of host Temple Sacred Arts

 



Above: Rev. Kai Aidan of Mystical Enchantment Proto-Temple, her assistant, and Rev. Dalia Anaita from Standing Stones Witan Shrine.

And as always there were many initiations throughout the weekend. A special cabin was set aside for initiation ceremonies, reached through a woodland trail. It was set apart from the main campsite, making the initiations very private.

  


Above: Rev. Davron doing a video interview with Rev. Don
and Lady Ruthann before Saturday night's initiations



Above: The initiatory altar



Above: Group photo of initiates with Rev. Don and Lady Ruthann

 The Lustration ceremony itself, held in the main hall, was lent a great sense of majesty by the surroundings. It was also the first Lustration to be uploaded in video to correllian.com and may be seen above.

It was a wonderful weekend that will long be remembered by all. Thank you Sacred Arts Temple for all your hard work!



Above: Rev. Kai Aidan, Rev. Casey Carraher,
Rev. Tatum Salem

Above: Lady Ruthann, Rev. Gypsy, 
and Rev. Terry Power



Above: Rev. Tatum Salem who came from Mexicalli, Mexico, with Rev. Wic of host Temple, Sacred Arts



Above: Rev. Pixy of host Temple Sacred Arts



Above: Rev. Holly from Mystic Ancient Circle Formal Shrine reads up on the upcoming Correllian "Fun-raising cruise"



Above: Rev. Terry Power of Celtic Cross Temple came up from Barbados





Above: L to R, Rev. Yoko, Lady Ruthann, Rev. Terry Power,
and Rev. Tatum Salem in the Main Hall