Inner Circle Sanctuary had a wonderful 2018! 
12+ amazing gatherings including:
New & Full Moon Public Esbats
A working the Ouija Board session
How to work with Magical Stones
How to Approach the Gods of Egypt event
and so much more!

We have had initiations & amazing new additions to our corps;
Eight fantastic sabbat rituals while helping the local community.
We are constantly in awe of our people.

Inner Circle Sanctuary is proud to have donated time and money to the Las Vegas and the US community for 2018. 
Donations totaling $4015.00 were given to:

Temple of Sekhmet 
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
Las Vegas Natural History Museum 
Three Square 
Project 150 
Wounded Warrior Project
Meadview Public Library
ASPCA
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Foundation
Spiral Scouts Las Vegas
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
Dinners for At-Risk Families Kingman
Cornerstone Mission Project, Inc

Inner Circle Sanctuary also donated time to
​Pagan Pride Las Vegas

We look forward to see what we can do in 2019!

Our policy is that whenever we collect any money for an event, it is donated to the house in which we had the event in.
We were honored to have partnered with both
Sekhmet Temple and UUCLV
for the majority of our events this year. 

Our students are never required to "pay" for classes,
however, we ask for non-compulsory dues from a members.
At the first year level, these dues total $15 for classes monthly and an additional $30 for each sabbat. 
The student can give cash to their instructors, who in turn puts it in the next sabbat envelope (which is given to either Sekhmet Temple or to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum)
or the student is free to donate monthly to an organization they believe in and want to help.
All we ask for is the receipt of that donation.
This is why there is so much diversity in our donations.

Thank you to everyone who attended and burned their fingers with hot glue along with the rest of us.

Approaching the Gods of Egypt
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 6 PM

How does one approach the Gods of Egypt?

With this lecture, we will show you different methods to add Egyptian deities and ritual to your religious practices. Some methods we will discuss are Wiccan, Hermetic, and Kemetic reconstructionism. 
Our instructor will reenact invocations and prayers found on papyrus and the walls of Egyptian temples. We will also demonstrate how to meditate with the Egyptian Gods. 

We ask for a donation of $10 or whatever you can afford.
If you can't donate, please join us anyway. 
100% of the donations collected will go to CHARITY!
Our events are always potluck,
so please bring a dish if you would like to. 

If you plan on attending, please mark yourself as "Going"
on our Facebook event invite.

Visit our event invite on Facebook for location information
or send us a private message.

We hope to see you.

The Mystical Ouija Board 
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 6pm
Please RSVP

The Ouija Board:
​It's not just for slumber parties. 

Are you curious about the Ouija board?
Have you always wanted to try it,
but Hollywood made you too terrified to touch it?
Well, let us dispel AND corroborate
some of the myths associated
with this very interesting divination tool. 

We ask for a $10 donation or whatever you can afford.
100% of the donations collected will go to charity. 

Our events are potluck, so please bring a dish if you would like to. 

If you plan on attending, please mark yourself as "Going"
on our Facebook event invite.

Visit our event invite on Facebook for location information
or send us a private message.

We hope to see you.

Inner Circle Sanctuary
at Las Vegas Pagan Pride 2018
September 29, 2018
​10am-6pm

ICS will be presenting
Wicca With Inner Circle Sanctuary
as part of LVPPD's Lecture Series.
We will discuss what it takes to be a member of our group,
how we practice the Craft, 
what our community is like, 
what we teach, and how we celebrate the Gods.

ICS will have a vendor booth 
where Craft related items will be on sale;
100% of the proceeds from our vendor booth
will be donated to charity.

ICS will also have a Community Booth
where inquiries can be made,
questions can be answered,
and throughout the day we will have demonstrations
of some of our rituals, including:
Invoking the Elementals
Drawing Down the Moon
& The Great Rite.

Stay tuned for a schedule of all of our events and
for previews of what you will be able to purchase!

The event will be held at one of our favorite places:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
3616 East Lake Mead Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89115

The Magic of the Tarot 
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 6 pm
Please RSVP
​
Your tarot deck has many uses.
Spend an evening with us
and we can show you
how to use your cards not just for divination,
but also how to use them in your spell work,
during mediation, and many other ways.
We will also briefly discuss the history of the tarot
and how it evolved from playing cards
into the divination tool we all know and love. 

We ask for a $10 donation or bring what you can afford.
100% of the money collected will go to charity.

Our events are always full of delicious food,
so please bring a dish if you would like. 

If you plan on attending, please mark yourself as "Going"
on our Facebook event invite.

Visit our event invite on Facebook for location information
or send us a private message.

Hope to see you there.

1. Bread Magic and Lore

hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 6 pm
Please RSVP

Come one, come all to our most popular event of the year:
Bread Magic and Lore.
AKA An Excuse to Eat a Ton of Carbs
but it’s for a Good Cause Event.

We will discuss the history of bread making,
how to infuse your baking with magical intent,
and bread’s role in rituals.
More importantly, though,
we will have homemade bread for tasting and for sale. 

Our events are RSVP only,
so if you would like to join us,
please mark yourself as “Going” on our Facebook event invite
or message Inner Circle Sanctuary directly.
Location information is on our Facebook event invite. 

Aside from bread, we will have a potluck.
Feel free to bring something if you’d like...
especially something that will be GREAT with bread!

We ask for a $10 donation or whatever you can afford.
100% of the donations and bread sales will go to a local charity.

New Moon Ritual 
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 6 pm
Please RSVP

The new moon is the beginning of the lunar cycle,
and as such, it symbolizes new beginnings.
This is the start of the waxing phase of the moon.
It is a time for growth and drawing things to you.
You can use the energy of the new moon
to plant the seeds of change and begin new endeavors. 

Please join Inner Circle Sanctuary
for a new moon ritual.
We will work together to create a sacred space
and raise the energy to help our magic come to fruition.

We ask for a $10 donation or whatever you can afford.
100% of the donations collected will go to charity.

Our events are always potluck,
so please bring a dish if you would like. 

So that we know how many to expect in the circle, please mark yourself as “Going” on our Facebook event invite
or RSVP here by sending us an email.

Hope to see you there.

Location details are on our Facebook event invite
or RSVP for a private message.

​Everyday Witchery
hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 6 pm
Please RSVP for location

The best way to make your life more magical
is to practice a little bit of magic every day. 

Join Inner Circle Sanctuary for our Everyday Witchery event,
and let our students and elders show you exactly
how to bring that extra bit of magic into your life. 

Some topics to be discussed are:
Easy meditations and rituals,
everyday divination,
magic for the home and work place,
family and social magic,
and whatever fun things we can come up with.
Bring a pen and notebook,
because lots of wonderful ideas will be shared. 

As always, our events are potluck,
so please bring a dish if you would like. 

$10 suggested donation or bring what you can afford.
100% of the donations collected will go towards a local charity. 

If you plan on attending, please mark yourself as "Going"
on our Facebook event invite.

Visit our event invite on Facebook for location information
or send us a private message.

Hope to see you there!

​Join us for a 
THE MAGIC OF RUNES
with Lord Tanys
hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 6 pm
Please RSVP for location.

Learn the history, traditions, and magic associated with the runes.

$10 donation 
or bring what you can afford.
All our events are POTLUCK, so please contribute if you can.

RSVP on our Facebook event page
​
On Thursday, April 19, 
all who have marked "GOING" 
will be sent a message 
with the location of the event. 
​Thank you for joining us.

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If you are interested in learning more about us,
​please don't hesitate to Contact Us.
​
If you are interested in Joining our classes,
please start with our questionnaire here.

For those who like to search out "obscure" holidays, today would be considered one. Unless you're a Wiccan, of course. March is the beginning of the fertility season; it makes sense! So even though we cannot find the "origin": of who made March 18th the day of the Goddess of Fertility, we are glad we found it.

Click on any photo for a larger version.
​Click on the description for the link to the source.

Ga: Lady Anwyn
Gi: Lord Tanys
Jf: Lady Byathynne
V: Lord Gwendolen

2018 Update
Friday, March 16 is the day of the EQUILUX here in Las Vegas (As close as it can be, at least). Day and Night are mere seconds away from being equal! Midday is at 12:49 p.m.

The Vernal EQUINOX will occur on Mar. 20, 2018 at exactly 9:15 am.

​2017 Update
In Las Vegas the EQUINOX is at September 22 Sat 6:54 PM PT
The EQUILUX occurs on Sep 26 - Wednesday ALL DAY with midday at 12:31 PM PT

2016 UPDATE
In Las Vegas the EQUINOX is at Sep 22 7:21 AM PDT
The Equilux occurs on Sep 25 - ALL DAY with midday at 12:32 PM

The equinox is not really when the day and night are equal. We know that "equinox" derives from the Latin: aequinoctium - "aequi" or "equi" + noct (nox) or night or "equal night"... but No, not equal by a few minutes of the day

At the precise moment of the equinox there are three things happening: 

1.) the sun is at zenith over the equator
2.) where the sun rises, it does so exactly in the east and where it sets it does so exactly in the west and
3.) both northern & southern hemispheres are EQUALLY illuminated on the side of the planet that the sun is shining on.

For us, here in Las Vegas, the EXACT moment of the equinox happened at 1:22 AM, earlier today. That's it. That one precise moment in time at 1:22 AM was the equinox.

Here in Las Vegas, dawn was at 6:29 AM and sunset was at 6:36 PM; giving us 12 hours and 6 minutes of daylight. Not equal. (But it's only six minutes... you can't forgive 6 minutes?!) No.

There are two reasons for this inequality: First, the sun is not a point in the sky. It is a disk. The apparent size of the sun (it's BIG & CLOSE) matters. Second, the atmospheric refraction of the sunlight in relation to the latitude of your location. The earth's atmosphere bends the light adding or subtracting how much actual daylight you have. Check this site for a more thorough explanation: Day and night exactly equal at equinoxes? By Bruce McClure)

Somewhere in the early 2000's, someone (probably my soul twin), usurped the word "Equilux" to mean 'equal day and night'... taken from a lighting term meaning 'equal illumination' or 'equal light'. 

But despite that most don't exactly know the astronomical details, the Autumnal Equinox is a time to give "Thanks" for the success of our harvests, whether literal or metaphorically, and to prepare and look to the future return of that bounty. 

We pay respects to the coming forces of night and Winter and learn from them as we ourselves prepare for the dark season ahead. The night starts waxing and the day begins waning and we are reminded that nothing ever remains without change. 

The Inner Circle Sanctuary celebrates all these aspects of the Autumn Equinox in it's ritual. We honor the Old Ones and pay respects to our ancestors by doing as they did in this season; by giving offerings from the harvest back to Mother Earth and to mark the season.  

We hope your Autumnal Equinox was filled with love, laughter, family, and friendship... and a deep and loving connection with all that envelops us.

~Lady Atheona

ICS had such a wonderful time at our first ever "public" esbat that we decided whenever a New or Full Moon happens to land on the Saturday we are choosing for our "public" event, they will be esbats!

​"Haste! Haste! No time to waste! It's off to the esbat, so don't be late!"