Sylvan Wood Temple

 

 

The Clergy of Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple are available to all and offer a wide range of services to local area Wiccans / Pagans, as well as to other interested people.

 

Our Clergy offer Wedding / Handfasting Planning and Pre-Marital Counseling, Spiritual Counseling, both Home or In-Hospital visitation for the sick and elderly, New Business Blessing, New Home Blessing and House Cleansing, and many other Spiritual services and rituals – and are willing to travel as and where needed.

Our Temple Clergy offer the following rituals:

 

-- Naming Rituals / Wiccaning / Child Blessing

 

-- Coming of Age Rituals, for boys and girls entering adulthood

 

-- Legal Weddings and Spiritual Handfastings, including Same Sex Commitment Ceremonies, Wedding Vow Renewals

 

-- Wiccan Dedication and Re-Dedication Rituals for adults and children

 

-- Coming of Age Rituals for Elders, both Saging and Croning

 

-- Memorial Services / Funeral Rituals, including, Death Bed Rites, “Full” Funeral Rites, or “Simple” Grave Side Rites

 

-- Shrine and Temple Dedication and Blessings or Re-Dedication Rites, Altar Dedication and Blessing, Property Blessings, Correllian Nativist Tradition or Generic

 

-- Outer Court Dedications into the Correllian Nativist Tradition and / or Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple

 

-- Inner Court Initiations and Ordinations (First, Second, and Third Degree of Clergy) within the Correllian Nativist Tradition and / or Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple

 

 

All our rituals may be tailored or specifically recreated for the occasion** in cooperation with the involved parties, so that the ritual will be as desired.

 

 

** The only exception to this are the Outer Court Dedication and Inner Court Initiation and Ordinations -- as these have specifically written rituals written by and for the Correllian Nativist Tradition and may not be altered.

 

 

Temple Esbat Schedule

 

All Esbats are held on the actual night of the correct moon phase -- Ritual starting time is 8 p.m. unless noted otherwise.

 

See Our Ritual Calendar page for dates.

 

Dark Moon Esbats

 

During the Dark Moon Esbats the Temple’s Clergy meet to perform any needed special workings for the removal of things that have been found to be hindering the Temple and its member’s Spiritual growth and prosperity, so that the Temple and its individual members’ might be ready for new growth and new experiences during the next lunar cycle.

 

New Moon Esbats

 

All New Moon Esbats for the Temple rituals are Closed Court, meaning only Inner Court members and any special guests are in attendance – three (3) days prior notice should be given if guest will be coming who have not attended before.

 

Distance members are excused for attendance if the travel distances would cause a problem.

 

Full Moon Esbats

All Full Moon Esbats are held Open Court which means all Temple members, Inner and Outer Court, should be in attendance, along with any guests they may invite – three (3) days prior notice should be given if guest will be coming who have not attended before.

Distance members are excused for attendance if the travel distances would cause a problem.

 

 

Temple Sabbat Schedule

 

All Sabbats are held on the actual night of the Sabbat -- Ritual starting time is 8 p.m. unless noted otherwise.

 

See Our Ritual Calendar page for dates.

 

At Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple all Sabbat Rituals are held Open Court -- which means all Temple members should be in attendance, if possible, along with any guests they may wish to invite – three (3) days prior notice should be given if guest will be coming who have not attended before.

All Distance members are excused for attendance if the travel distances would cause a problem.