About LunaCirca
As you read this, you will find that we don't have many set rules and that we are rather flexible about many things. This doesn't mean that we don't have a definite group personality, just that it is hard to express in this format.
If you want to know what we are really like, you'll have to meet with us.
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Membership
LunaCirca is an open women's circle. Any woman who is sincerely interested in exploring Goddess worship/pagan women's spirituality with a group of other women in the ways that LunaCirca does, is welcome to meet with us and see if we are a good fit. We are fairly eclectic, so to be happy with us you need to be open to there being many good ways to honor the Goddess, not just one correct way.
Because LunaCirca is an open circle, membership is mostly defined by self-identification. If you've been to a few circles, put your name on our mailing list, and feel like you are a member, you are one. Similarly to quit, you can ask to be taken off the list and/or just stop coming. This makes it hard to put exact numbers on our membership.
About 20 members are currently active, 8-12 are at the average circle. Of the active members, about a third are longtime members, a third are rather new, and a third are somewhere in-between. Some members also belong to covens or other spiritual or magical organizations of various sorts, for some LunaCirca is their only group activity.
Practices
LunaCirca is a ritual group. Every month on the second Friday after the New Moon, we gather for ritual. LunaCirca has some traditions which you will learn of if you join us, but we are not of any particular tradition.
Each month one or two members volunteer to lead the ritual and they choose the theme and ritual format. Most of our rituals follow a generic Wiccan/ Neo-Pagan format, but some don't. We tend to be very fond of drumming, chanting, dancing, and guided meditations that we draw pictures of and/or discuss afterwards. We can be focused energy raisers, but we can also enjoy a bit of humor and silliness.
About once a year we also develop and present a ritual for SBC. We design these rituals so that as many of our members as wish to be involved can be. We tend to focus heavily on group participation and personal experience in our rituals, and this carries through to our SBC rituals.
Structure
LunaCirca belongs to all the members, but for practical reasons some structure is necessary! So we elect officers to make sure that the things that need doing get done. The term of office is one year, with a limit of two terms in an office. This limit allows more people a chance to be officers and helps to minimize officer burnout.
The positions we elect are:
- Chancellor (currently Labby )
She coordinates the group, making sure that someone is scheduled to lead each ritual, leads business meetings, usually represents LunaCirca in SBC meetings. Frequently but not always, the Chancellor is responsible for coordinating (compiling/editing/directing/casting/HPSing) the rituals that LunaCirca presents to SBC.
- Treasurer (currently Sandra )
She keeps track of our money. Collects donations and reimburses expenses. We collect donations mostly for mailing costs ($10/year), but also for ritual expenses (as one feels able).
If you can not afford to donate anything, you are still welcome to attend.
- Summoner (currently Stephanie)
She keeps members informed by email or snail mail. She is a backup liaison for SBC meetings.
- Scribe/Historian (currently Ivette)
She keeps our history archive and records.