 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!  Stone Magic
with Lady Bhen Rudha hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 6 pm Please RSVP for location Please join Inner Circle Sanctuary and our special guest lecturer, Lady Bhen Rudha, as we learn the magical use of stones. Lady Bhen Rudha is a fifth generation hereditary witch from an Irish tradition. She is also an initiated priestess of Sekhmet and council priestess of Desert Moon Circle. Our discussion will cover the general use of stones, their magical attributes, and how to create an all-purpose starter set. The event is potluck so bring a dish if you’d like. $10 suggested donation or bring what you can afford. 100% of the donations collected will be given to a local charity. This event is RSVP only. Please email innercirclesanctuary@gmail.com or visit our Facebook event and mark going there. 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. Follow Inner Circle Sanctuary on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. 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.  Fertility GoddessesClick on any photo for a larger version. Click on the description for the link to the source.    
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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. 2019 Update Sunday, March 17 is the day of the Equilux here in Las Vegas The Vernal Equinox is on Wednesday, March 20 at 2:58 PM. The Autumnal Equinox is on Monday, September 23 at 12:50 AM. The Equilux is on Thursday, September 26. 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    Sun and Moon 1493 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'. The equilux for Las Vegas will occur on September 26.... and guess what? It's the whole day!  Screenshot from http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/las-vegas  Happy Thanksgiving by Faith Goble https://www.flickr.com/photos/grafixer/5189263412 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  Click on the photo for more pictures from the ICS Mabon 2015 Sabbat Follow Inner Circle Sanctuary on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. 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. Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox http://www.weather.com/science/nature/news/fall-autumnal-september-equinox http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150922-equinox-autumn-seasons-sun-moon-space-science/ >> Great movie here 2:44 min http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/equinox Why aren't there exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness on the fall equinox? http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox Day and night exactly equal at equinoxes? By Bruce McClure http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-arent-day-and-night-equal-on-the-day-of-the-equinox The Witches Bible by Janet and Stewart Farrar ICS Sabbat packet 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!"  Join us for a FULL MOON Esbat and Mordredmas hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 6 pm Please RSVP for location. The Full Moon marks the center of the moons cycle. It is the perfect time to work magic for personal growth, spiritual development, healing magic, and connecting with diety. The Full Moon also marks the beginning of the waning phase. It is the perfect time to get rid of negativity, bad habits, debt, illness, etc. The Full Moon is the brightest night of the moons cycle. It is the perfect time to see what is truly happening around you. This event is RSVP only. Please email us at innercirclesanctuary @ gmail.com or message us here for location details. Inner Circle Sanctuary practices a traditional form of Wicca. $10 donation or bring what you can afford. All our events are POTLUCK, so please contribute if you can. We will also be celebrating Mordredmas in honor of our original High Priest. We will tell stories and regale in his antics because "What is remembered, lives." RSVP on our Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/888824354652730/
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Hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 at 6pm Please RSVP for location. Bring in your old magical books and trade them in for new old ones. If you don't have books to trade, that's okay, too! We'll be selling the books for just $3 for paperbacks and $5 for hard covers. Please bring books that are magical, Wiccan, pagan, historical, mythological, herbal, or gardening in nature. If you cannot attend but would like to donate some books, please message us and we will arrange for a pick-up! Our event is potluck, so feel free to bring a dish! RSVP on our Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/1755568614737196/ Results from the night Come and learn a new craft!
IMBOLG CORN DOLLY CRAFTING Presented by Inner Circle Sanctuary SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2018 at 6pm Please RSVP for location $10 donation or bring what you can afford. Supplies: -A package of corn husks that have been soaked overnight -Raffia -An old towel Our craft nights are potluck so feel free to bring a dish! Consider soaking your corn husks in: -Holy water -Protection bath salts -Water infused with protection oil -Tea made with your favorite protection herb RSVP on our Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/160662934533250/ Click here to see last years Corn Dollies!  Inner Circle Sanctuary had a wonderful 2017! 12 wonderful gatherings including: Pagan Bread Making - A New Moon Esbat Taror & Runes - An Amazing Book Faire and so much more. We have had initiations and a handfasting. Spectacular new members and the sad loss of others. 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 2017. Donations totaling $5039 were given to: Temple of Sekhmet Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas Las Vegas Natural History Museum Three Square The American Civil Liberties Union Big Brothers & Big Sisters Nevada Public Radio - KNPR Alaska Humane Society The Wiccan Read-Along Podcast The Feeding America network Project 150 Wounded Warrior Project  We ask for $15 a month in your first year and a day and $30 for every sabbat. In lieu of cash as your monthly donation, you can donate to an area charity we approve of and turn in a receipt.
100% of all monies collected from monthly dues, group events, and sabbats are donated to charity. Donations are tracked collectively for members' review. Any and all donations are non-compulsory. If you're interested in joining our group, please read about our First Degree Classes. So. Much. Fun. Join us for a Public Crafting Night! Bring friends and family. We will be making YULE LOGS Presented by Inner Circle Sanctuary SAT DEC 2 from 6 PM - 9 PM Please RSVP for location $10 donation or bring what you can afford Supply List: Wooden Log 1 foot long with 3 holes drilled in the top (1 foot long or thereabouts it doesn't have to be exact; we should have plenty) Taper Candles (At least 3 - Red, Green, White, Black, Silver, Gold) (Combos: Red, White, Green OR Red, White, Black OR Silver, White, Gold) Decorations (garland, ornaments, tinsel, figurines, pine cones, fir branches, pine, etc. The more natural the better.) Glue Gun(s) Extension Cords You should bring one log for every person who is going to make one, feel free to bring more to share! There should be plenty of extra supplies for everyone. This is also a Potluck as well, so please bring your favorite easy dish to share with everyone. You can send us an email at innercirclesanctuary (at) gmail.com or send us a message via Facebook or Twitter if you have any questions. RSVP on our Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/1165576973574422/ Click here to see last years Yule Log Crafting Night POSTS IN OUR EVENT
Read the text story here: http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/36883300/las-vegas-witches-inside-local-covens
 Lady Sisterwolf from Inner Circle Sanctuary
We are extremely proud of all of our members for making our style of Wicca so beautiful and wonderful. We are supremely proud and indebted to
Lady Sisterwolf for stepping out of the broom closet to be featured in the piece, despite most of her family not knowing she practices the Craft. Her courage is unfathomable. We are grateful for Kathleen Jacob and KVVU Fox 5 Television for wanting to create a news piece that wasn't a Halloween / Samhain trope. For the seven minutes they were allowed, the video turned out wonderfully! The ritual being performed is our Samhain festival with Lady Nashoba as High Priestess and Lord Tanys as High Priest. Lady Sisterwolf was the only person mic'd for the ritual and the camera stayed outside the circle for their video pieces. The interviews with Lady Sisterwolf and Lady Walking Turtle from the Coven of the Red Dragonfly were filmed a few days later during the daytime. Kathleen had put out a call in the pagan community to everyone she could contact via Witchvox and met with a few people in person to pitch her story. Our Lady Sisterwolf introduced and invited her to the Las Vegas Pagan Pride Day event where they also interviewed and filmed extensively. It is our understanding that the footage from Pagan Pride Day will be used for another news video piece at a later time. We were grateful that Kathleen offered us a preview of the clip before airing so we could correct anything if needed and if possible. Lad y Sisterwolf enjoyed her time contributing to this story and is extremely proud of its result; as are we. Huzzah!
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in the Wiccan Mythos Presented by Inner Circle Sanctuary SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2018 at 2pm at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North Las Vegas, NV 89101 $12.00 Adults $10.00 Seniors, Military and Students $6.00 Children (3-11) FREE Children (2 and younger), Las Vegas Natural History Museum Members ASTC Travel Passport Program (Two Adults & Two Children FREE) https://www.facebook.com/LasVegasNaturalHistoryMuseum/  Join us for a
NEW MOON Open Circle hosted by Inner Circle Sanctuary Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 Starting at 6pm The New Moon marks the beginning of the moons cycle. It is the perfect time to set your intentions in motion. The New Moon marks the beginning of the waxing phase. It is the perfect time to grow the abundance you deserve. The New Moon is the darkest night of the moons cycle. It is the perfect time to draw into you that which you desire. This event is RSVP only. Please email us at innercirclesanctuary@gmail.com or message us here for location details. $10 donation or bring what you can afford.  Although there are folks that live areas of the country where a definite change in season is visible, even if you live in a desert, just about any leaf bearing tree will start to turn yellow and fall to the ground. As little trees as we have here in the southwestern desert, whenever I see that little golden carpet along the driveway, it takes me back to my childhood in Pennsylvania. Autumn was always my favorite time of year. The air gets crisper, the nights get chilly. We have made it through the blazing heat of summer; it’s perfect hoodie weather without the freezing temperatures, or the gray hued days of winter. Autumn Equinox is the time of the second harvest and the colors of the season burst on the scene. This is the time that crops are being stored for winter, and it is a time of giving thanks for your abundance. Some things to do to celebrate the Equinox: Fall Aspens in the Late Afternoon (2012) Location: Mount Charleston, Echo Canyon (CC BY 2.0)
This is the time that we celebrate the light, and welcome the dark. There are so many things to do to celebrate, acknowledging, meditating, and thankfulness are just the beginning. Wishing you all a wonderful harvest season. Blessed Be. by Lady Nashoba for our Autumn Equinox 2017 newsletter Sources: Thoughtco.com
 Inner Circle Sanctuary, in addition to being a school of Wicca, is a religious institution which celebrates all the eight Sabbats, and honors ancient but living Deities of nature, fertility, and benevolence. In this piece we will discuss some of our practices, and those of other groups, particularly for the Autumn Equinox. We consider Sabbats to be times of communion with the Gods, and harmonization with Nature, at the turning points of the “Wheel of the Years.” Our late High Priest, Lord Mordred, always said “Sabbats are the Gods’ time,” and so we never do spell work or initiations on Sabbat days. We do however, make offerings of food and drink, and ask boons of the Gods, in the form of a wish written on parchment, wrapped around a candle, and burnt in our sacred center fire.  Inner Circle Sanctuary wish candle fire - Lughnasadh 2017 As our theme for the Autumn Equinox is “Thanksgiving” we write what we are thankful for on our parchment, and wrap it around a silver candle. Silver candles are used as “Thank You Candles” in our Tradition. For what are you thankful this year? You are thankful for something, yes? If nothing else, you are still alive. Chances are, if you are reading an article about Wicca, you are doing relatively well. Feeling fortunate, and giving thanks, are well known qualities of successful people. So burn a silver candle! Safely, of course. Or maybe you’re one of those people who believe you got here on your own, with no help from anyone, not luck or good fortune. You can burn a silver candle too; just make it a Penis shaped candle to reflect your personality…  We also play the “Candle Game” at Autumn Equinox, as described in “A Witches Bible Compleat” by Janet and Stewart Farrar. It is a very entertaining game for a group of adults to play- as long as you have a good sense of humor, and enjoy a lot of kissing, and being (lightly) scourged! If you don’t, by the way, we are definitely not the coven for you…  Inner Circle Sanctuary The Charge of the Goddess While we use the proper term for the time, Autumn Equinox, we also refer to the Sabbat as Mabon. A well known pagan author, Aidan Kelly, began referring to the Sabbat as Mabon around 1970, according to Wikipedia. We love the modernity of Wicca and Neo-Paganism! Especially when they are culled from ancient roots, as the name Mabon is. Mabon, a character from Welsh mythology, was son of Modron, whose name probably means “Great Mother.” Her name is one of the names we add to the Introduction to the Charge of the Goddess for this Sabbat. Here in Southern Nevada, the Fire of Summer is hopefully cooled by the Water of Autumn by the time we head outdoors to perform our Sabbat. Our Sabbats are grand events, and the set up can be quite taxing, especially when the temperature is in the triple digits. Although Sol enters the sign of Libra around this time, an Air sign, we relate Fall to the element of Water, as it is the Dusk of the year.  As we are a Nature based religion, we relate most to the Harvest aspects of this time of year, Mabon being the middle of three Harvest Sabbats; the first being Lughnassadh, and the last, Samhain. Other groups and traditions mark this Solar tide in their own way, with their own focus. Note that Inner Circle Sanctuary rarely uses the terms “Greater” and “Lesser” when referring to Sabbats. We consider each spoke of the Wheel of the Years to be equal, and necessary, as they indicate varying levels or aspects of fertility.  Wheel of the Year by Lady Nashoba The eight divisions of the year can all be considered marked by the Sun, as the Equinoxes and Solstices are real, objective events that easily divide the year, and the Cross Quarter Days, the more Terrestrial Sabbats, are approximately midway between the Solar Sabbats. It is this relationship of Sol to Terra that gives us obvious occasions to celebrate Nature! Why are Equinoxes so powerful to those of us who believe such things? I liken it to a two cylinder engine, preferably a V-Twin. At the Solstices, one cylinder is diminished- Day overtaking Night at the Summer Solstice, and Night absorbing Day at the Winter Solstice. At the Equinoxes, both cylinders are firing equally- that’s a lot of magical torque!  Let’s examine how some other magical groups observe the Equinox. The Ordo Aurum Solis (Order of the Gold of the Sun) performs Affirmation Rituals in its Houses of Initiates. These rituals theugically reinforce (affirm) cohesion within the Houses, their attachment to the Order, and to the Egregore of the Order as a whole.  The Sacred Order of Sophisians, a Napoleonic Era rite of Egyptian Free Masonry, holds a simple celebration for the Autumn Equinox, probably as a foreshadow of celebrating the Resurrection of the God Osiris at the Spring Equinox. The Sacred Order of Sophisians is open to women as well as men, which makes it of particular interest to Pagans, Polytheists, and lovers of Ancient Egypt.  The Golden Dawn observes this potent time with grand ceremonies as found in “The Golden Dawn” by Israel Regardie, and “The Equinox and Solstice Ceremonies of the Golden Dawn” by Pat and Chris Zalewski. The latter book contains a version of the ritual for use by a lone practitioner, so anyone can tap in to the magick of the Equinox. These Equinox ceremonies (Autumn and Spring) include installation of Lodge Officers, and the use of a new password.  Aleister Crowley published a very usable, stripped down version of the Golden Dawn Equinox ceremony in his 1936 work 'The Equinox of the Gods.' Tarostar, a famous author of many great books of Magick and Witchcraft (several of which are used in ICS curricula), refers to Equinoxes  and Solstices as “the Times,” and their celebrations as Celestial Sabbats in his book “The Sacred Pentagraph.” There are introspective questions asked and meditated on during the Autumn Equinox ritual, and annual dues are collected. How will you celebrate Mabon? Whether you are a Solitary Practitioner, or part of a group or coven, observing this powerful time of the year with joy and reverence will join you to a large community of magical people, and harmonize you with Nature, and energize your Spirit. May Frith and good seasons go with you! Happy Mabon! by Lord Tanys
for our Autumn Equinox 2017 newsletter  Demeter-Ceres, Greco-Roman marble statue, State Hermitage Museum Demeter is the daughter of the titans Kronos and Rhea, and sister to the Olympian deities. The name Demeter comes from de, which is a derivative of the Cretan word dêai, meaning barley, and the word meter which means mother. De could also come from the Greek word da which means earth. Whichever etymology you choose to believe, it means the same thing. Demeter is the earth mother. In the Roman pantheon, she is called Ceres, which gives us the word cereal. She is the goddess of grain and barley. Demeter’s influence was not limited to just grain, but extended to vegetation and fruits in general, and thus fertility. Women, especially, revere Demeter for her attributes of health, birth, and marriage. Demeter taught mankind about agriculture. Through agriculture, cities were created. With cities came law and order. Because of this, she was also thought to be a goddess of justice.  Demeter in Neustrelitz by Ruchhöft-Plau As a mother goddess, Demeter is usually depicted as a mature woman with a chaplet of corn bearing a cornucopia and a torch. Her festivals take place during the harvest season and the first corn was always given to her as an offering. Her symbol is the bright red poppy, which commonly grows among the wheat fields. To ensure the fertility of the crops, pigs were often sacrificed to the goddess. Animals that are sacred to Demeter are pigs, serpents or geckos, and bees. .jpg) Frederic Leighton - The Return of Perspephone (1891) Perhaps the most well-known story surrounding Demeter is the abduction of Persephone by Hades. In short, Hades, the God of the Underworld, fell in love with Persephone, Demeter’s daughter. Demeter was so heartbroken with grief that she would not allow the earth to bear fruit until she was reunited with her daughter. Fearing that mankind would starve to death, Zeus intervened and told Hades to return Persephone to her mother. However, while in the Underworld, Persephone ate some pomegranate seeds and was bound to spend a third of the year below the earth as Queen of the Underworld and wife to Hades. This myth corresponds to the cycle of the seasons and helps to explain why the earth is barren during the winter months while Persephone resides in the underworld. When Persephone returns to the world and to her mother, she brings the spring and fruitfulness of the earth with her. Persephone and Demeter are often referred to as one in the same goddess. Persephone would be the maiden form of the earth goddess, Demeter herself would be the mother aspect, and often, Hecate is considered to be the crone aspect of this triple goddess form. This idea of the goddess undergoing a change in herself to correlate with the seasons is one of the Eleusinian Mysteries so often associated with Demeter. The Eleusinian Mysteries are some of the oldest and most famous of the secret rites of ancient Greece. Initiates into the Mysteries would reenact the loss of Persephone to the Underworld, Demeter’s search for her daughter, and finally the ascent of Persephone back to the world. Through this reenactment of symbolic death and rebirth, the initiates would learn that all life springs forth from the generations that came before.  Fryne i Eleusis, maleri av Henryk Siemiradzki (1889) During these modern times, we certainly aren’t going to sacrifice a pig to honor the goddess. Most of us probably don’t have a corn harvest either. If you would like to make an offering to Demeter during her harvest season, you could make corn muffins and share them with the goddess. You could also bake cookies in the shape of any of her sacred animals and share them with friends and family, and of course, the goddess. You could gather some of the best looking fall vegetables you can find and make a nice barley and vegetable stew. Have some friends over and share your stew with the goddess. Leave a seat at the head of the table for her to enjoy the stew with you. The best ways to commune with the gods and to make offerings is just to share your time and effort with them. After all, Demeter is the mother goddess. Don’t you want to spend time with your mother? by Lady Anwyn for our Autumn Equinox 2017 newsletter Sources: The Witches’ Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan http://www.hellenicgods.org http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Demeter.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Demeter https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/demeter/  Throughout high school I volunteered on a regular basis at our local senior center. I will always distinctly remember two people; a woman who would tell me the same stories over and over as we looked through her albums, and a sharp-witted man who was a retired fire fighter and proud Freemason. For a while I aspired to be a geriatric nurse, until I experienced the heartache that comes when they pass on. Seeing lonely seniors whose children never visited them was a hard lesson to learn about how our Western culture commonly discards parents. After my own Mother passed, my Father remarried a Chinese woman and she educated me about how Eastern culture puts so much emphasis on caring for parents it is now the law in China!  Beyond the daily care of our aging parents, how can we do better as a culture to celebrate our elderly? Here are a few ideas: As the saying goes, “Age before beauty,” proper etiquette dictates that the eldest female is given priority in these circumstances:
(I cite no sources for this as I was a “Manners Instructor” at a finishing school for girls. I also graduated from one as a child. These are American rules. Every country & culture differs.) These are more ways to celebrate our elders:
 Consider this, if you believe in the concept of reincarnation, then we are possibly the older souls who came after them and we are caring for them now as our spiritual children from past lives. Even if you extend compassion and kindness to an unrelated elder, you never know when your souls may cross paths again in future lifetimes. by Lady Adalynne
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