In the early morning Phoenix made us all Scottish oatmeal with maple syrup. It was quite good to have a hardy warm breakfast. We talked for a bit, then went out to close the circle. There were 6 of us there so we simply released the elements and directions one by one in the order we were standing and brought the ritual to a close.
We had a very relaxed day, chatting with two friends who stayed til mid-afternoon. We went into the hot tub, ate leftovers, talked politics, ritual, gossip, etc. I spoke of my desire for a small closed group that could do focused work with a traditional approach. Doing open ritual all the time one can't get the same kind of tight focus that one can get with a regular group of close friends. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be something that I can have right now. But I miss it.
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