Cards For Learning How to Do The Wassail! And Disclose its
Mystery!
Bring the tradition to life ! Create Events!
Songs!
Recipes!
Readings! Its a way
of passing tradition through eye of
the ear's needle in small bits so it
can cross over and be installed in the
soul of the brain!
Samuel Clemens
Linwood Wrote: I just got
my Wassail Cards... I love them!
Wassail can be many things, but at
its core it is a threshold-crossing ritual which discloses
a structure in the dark folkloric world and then
facilitates navigation around it for the common good. The
structure is the unfortunate division of cultural
groups. Through the rituals those in need could
enter in and be helped to get through tough times.
The upper classes benefited through the survival of the
workforce. The lower classes would not have to
beg--they performed roles in the rituals. As the
song goes: “we are not beggars but we are neighbor
children who you have known before.” This disclosure and
crossing is the subject of Dickens Christmas Carol.
Many rituals
have been attached to wassail’s central core over the
centuries: The Mummers Play, Twelfth Night, Blessing the
Apple Orchards, Wassailing Door to Door, Wassailing the
Animals, or House Visitation are a few. Today wassail is
also used for community development, tourism, and
fund-raising. Add to these your own-the more the merrier!
Just remember to preserve and strengthen the core
foundation--Threshold Crossing.
Try using these cards to convey the
depth and importance of the wassail mystery.It is ancient
and works on many levels.Entertainment is just one! Through reading and
action, meditation and comprehension the mysteries of
wassail can live and function for the common good as the
dark folkloric world is disclosed and the wonder is
complete!
Rearrange the cards to structure a program.
Hand them out for people to read to each
other. Discuss, search for meaning.
