2025 Theme - The Well of Community

We are happy to announce our 2025 theme which was decided at our January community meeting:

The Well of Community!

ORW 2025

Various key words we said in our group visioning: restorative, elements, circles, cauldron, community, wheel, hub, gathering, re-wild, rejuvenate, restore, return (to center), reunion, re-source, re-store, re-flect, re-new

One of our members wrote this lovely description:

The well of community is a place of gathering, where we come together to share resources and stories, rewild and restore ourselves, and strengthen our connection to each other and the world around us. It bridges the physical and spiritual realms, offering a space for renewal and unity.

The well is anchored in the earth, drawing water from the ground and symbolizing stability and grounding. Its open structure interacts with air, allowing the movement of fresh air to represent communication and balance. The well holds water, the essence of life, symbolizing emotional depth, adaptability, and connection. And even fire is reflected in the energy and effort required to build, maintain, and utilize the well.

Finally, the well embodies spirit, serving as a unifying force that brings together the elements and the community it sustains. It stands as a symbol of harmony, resilience, and shared purpose.

Blessed Be the Well of Community! 

Our 2023 Theme: Labyrinths

 

ORW's 2023 theme is... Labyrinths!

This theme came up in discussion in November 2022, and began showing up for several of us over the next month. So when we got to our community meeting in January, it was chosen as the community's theme!

This is, admittedly, being added after the fact. This photo was not yet taken at that time. This particular labyrinth did not yet exist. The labyrinth in this photo was created by one of our community members as part of a personal labyrinth practice this year, and was shared with us later. It is being added to this post later still, and is also now on our Instagram.

In addition to walking labyrinths, either pre-existing or made in the moment like this one on the beach, finger labyrinths are a common practice. You can draw or print a labyrinth on paper (or pull an image up on a screen) to trace with your finger. Some people also make small labyrinths from clay or other materials that can be traced with a finger, as well, for a more 3-dimensional experience that can also be done while remaining physically still.

Welcome, Hekate!

 

At our first community meeting of 2022, we officially chose as our theme for the year, to work with the Goddess of Witches, Hekate!

Hekate has been showing up for us repeatedly since this group started working together, so we decided to formally welcome her in and invite her to work with us for the year (and maybe beyond that). We are not working with any specific myth about her at this time, but rather the goddess in general and anything and everything about her.

We also posted about this on our Instagram, with more lovely graphics made by Ember!