The Cotswold Pagan Society:

The Cotswold Pagan Society is a cross-Tradition group - affiliated to the Pagan Federation, and made up of members from various Pagan Paths in the Cotswold area. The group is led by Veronica (local PF coordinator for Gloucestershire, and Arch Druid of the Cotswold Order of Druids).

The CPS aims to provide simple, yet meaningful pan-pagan celebrations of the Wheel of the Year - suitable for all who genuinely wish to celebrate the Season and honour Earth, Sky, Gods and Ancestors - regardless of age, gender or religious background.

Upcoming Sabbat Dates 2005

Listed here are the dates we currently have for the CPS celebrations and festivals within the area.

Please feel free to contact Veronica via the PF for further details of any of these events.

• Imbolc - Sunday February 6th
  Clearwell Caves (near Coleford, Forest of Dean) - a celebration of the first stirrings of the year, held deep within the womb of the Earth Herself.
  Meet at the entrance for 2:30pm for a 3pm start.

  (a brief review of the 2004 celebration is available).

• Spring Equinox - Sunday March 20st
  Crickley Hill, Glos - a celebration of the point of balance between the dark and light halves of the year.
  Meet for 2:30 by the Information point.

  (a brief review of the 2004 celebration is available).

• Earth Healing Day - Sunday April 17th
  A celebration of the Earth as part of the International Earth Healing Day.
  Meeting in the Roman amphitheater, Cirencester for 3pm.

  (a brief review of the 2004 celebration is available).

• Beltane - Sunday May 1st
  Beltane Celebration at Crickley Hill, Glos - meet 2:30 for 3pm by the Information point

  (a brief review of the 2004 celebrations is available).

• Summer Solstice - Sunday June 19th
  Rollright Stones, Oxon - marking the high-point of the year, and the Sun King at the Zenith of His reign.
  Meet at the Stones at 2:30 for 3pm - and bring a post-celebration picnic to share! (there is a small entrance fee for the stones, and limited parking)

  (a brief review of the 2004 celebration is available).

• Lammas - Sunday August 1st
  Crickley Hill, Glos - celebration of the first ripening of the corn and the beginning of harvest.
  Meet at 2:30 for 3pm by the Information point.

• Autumn Equinox - Sunday September 25th
  Crickley Hill, Glos - the second point of balance in the Year - and a celebration of the end of the harvest.
  Meet for 2:30pm by the Information point.

• Samhein - Sunday October 30th
  Rollright Stones, Oxon - The Traditional Festival of the Dead and remembrance - and preparation for the Winter's reign to come.
  Meet at the Stones for 2:30pm - and bring something warm for afterwards! (there is a small entrance fee for the stones, and limited parking)

  A review of our Samhein 2003 Celebration at the Stones is available here.

• Winter Solstice - Sunday 18th December
  Crickley Hill, Glos - Yule: the Mid-Winter festival celebrating darkness - and the birth of the Light.
  Meet for 2:30pm by the Information point.

Most of the CPS events are followed by a more informal "meet and greet" - and in the warmer weather, this often turns into an impromptu picnic! The following pictures are from both the "pre-ritual" preparations, and the "post-ritual" picnic at the Rollrights, Solstice 2003.

IN 2003 the Rollright Stones were also one of the sites picked for the exhibition: "Extraordinary art in extraordinary places"...