Individuals may require time away from campus for travel and observance:
- Beltane/May Eve — Celebration of the conjoining of the goddess with the energy of the god in the sacred marriage which is the basis of all creation.
- Imbolc/Candlemas — Reflection on the power of the gods from which physical and spiritual harvest will come.
- Litha/Summer Solstice — Celebration of the sacred marriage in which energy of the gods is poured into the service of life.
- Lughnasadh/Lammas — Wicca/neo pagan observance of first harvest of the year involving agricultural festivals and prosperity magic.
- Mabon/Autumn Equinox — Observance of the autumnal equinox when day and night are of equal length. A harvest festival time.
- Ostara /Spring Equinox — Welcoming of spring and the goddess-as-maiden.
- Samhain — Celebration of endings and beginnings and of remembering the dead. Revering of elders is also observed.
- Yule/Winter Solstice — A Norse pagan celebration of the winter-born king, symbolized by the rebirth of the sun. A present day Wicca event.
Credit: Alphabetical listing of major observances Descriptions taken from www.interfaith-calendar.org/