The Spring Equinox has been celebrated since prehistoric times as a sacred time of the year. This is a time when day and night come back into balance. In this episode I discuss the history behind Spring Equinox festivals all over the world, how the people before us celebrated it, how it evolved into the holiday it is now, and I discuss how people have been reconnecting and celebrating the Spring Equinox now and how we can incorporate these new and old traditions to celebrate a new way.
To make this CeLibation you need:
1 egg white
3 oz. gin
¾ oz lime juice
½ oz hibiscus simple syrup
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
¾ cup dried hibiscus flowers
Simmer the sugar and water until the sugar dissolves, add the hibiscus and simmer for 15 mins, take off the heat and let cool for 20 mins
To make the celibation; add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake really hard for 30 secs to get the egg white to create a froth.
You can omit the egg white if you are vegan or if you aren’t into egg whites in your beverages, you’re celebration just won’t have a frothy top layer.
For a mocktail CeLibation, you can make the hibiscus simple syrup and add it to ginger ale along with the lime juice, to get the pine-y gin flavors you can add some rosemary or juniper berries if you can find them with the hibiscus flowers when you’re making the simple syrup.
References:
OSTARA / SPRING EQUINOX (March 20-23) (Quarter Festival, Equinox)
https://sugarandcharm.com/easy-hibiscus-gin-sour?section-1
https://bewitchedesthetics.com/ostara/
https://thenewpagan.wordpress.com/ostara-spring-equinox/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_Equinox_Day
https://thesynergycompany.com/blogs/news/spring-equinox-celebrations-around-the-world
https://flaar-mesoamerica.org/2023/03/23/the-spring-equinox-its-importance-within-the-mayan-culture/
https://www.learnreligions.com/ostara-rites-and-rituals-2562469
https://www.learnreligions.com/ostara-rites-and-rituals-2562469
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/aidankelly/2017/05/naming-ostara-litha-mabon/
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/equinox/
https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-festivals/spring-equinox-alban-eilir
https://www.learnreligions.com/history-of-ostara-the-spring-equinox-2562485
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele
https://britishheritage.com/stonehenge-spring-equinox
https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/events/spring-equinox-sunset-tour/74579551
