ritual regalia

[EternalHearts]

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[TeaDidikai]

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[Neko_Bast]

I sometimes wear a willow circlet and my hip scarf; and I always take off my shoes, cell phone, and watch. When I'm alone or its just me and my fiance I'll go skyclade but other than that I usually don't do anything special.  

[TeaDidikai]

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[PurpleDragonsGems]

I am accually on a mission to sew my own ritual robes. For me, they just help put me in the right mindset. That and I love to sew. I bought a silver colored circlet from a con back in feb. that has flowers on it, so I like to use it as well. I'm on my way to make my own stuff, it makes it all seem just that more special.


~edit~ and barefooted, is a MUST. I hate wearing shoes as it is.  

[midara the happy banshee]

Dragon_Witch_Woman

I am accually on a mission to sew my own ritual robes. For me, they just help put me in the right mindset. That and I love to sew. I bought a silver colored circlet from a con back in feb. that has flowers on it, so I like to use it as well. I'm on my way to make my own stuff, it makes it all seem just that more special.


~edit~ and barefooted, is a MUST. I hate wearing shoes as it is.

That's awesome! I just sewed a chiton, and it's so wonderful. I love having something special to add to a ritual.  

[TeaDidikai]

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[Kahri]

phoenix shadowwolf

for every high day and festival, the members of my grove who will be performing in the ritual and/or the play traditionally wear robes. this makes sense as it creates a sort of ambiance and atmosphere for the visitors and contributes to the purpose of the ritual. that and it seems most just like dressing up. some members not directly participating, as well as some visitors, occasionally dress up themselves, either in their hearth culture's traditional wear, medieval wear, or rennaisance wear.

once, i asked one of my fellow grovies why he 'robed up' when he wasn't a celebrant, and he said 'it makes the day feel more special'. i do understand this concept, and have recently begun looking for my own robes (gotta love those tax returns). amazingly, i found a site that sells fairly inexpensive robes, as well as some other specific clothing.

my questions to the population here are;

do you set aside certain things to wear specifically for/that are limited to rituals/rites/spiritual purposes/etc? if yes, what?

how important is it to you to have robes/clothes/jewelry/accesories that you only wear for ritual or spiritual purposes?

do you donn them for solitary practices? public rituals? both? neither?

do you feel pressure (those who attend public pagan gatherings) to devote money and items to have your own ritual regalia?

*side note, here is the site, and this is what i'm actually looking at.*

I'm a solitary, but I have a nightgown I use when I'm not skyclad. Sounds lame, but it's a good nightgown. It's old-fashioned and vaguely irish looking.  

[PurpleDragonsGems]

Kahri

phoenix shadowwolf

for every high day and festival, the members of my grove who will be performing in the ritual and/or the play traditionally wear robes. this makes sense as it creates a sort of ambiance and atmosphere for the visitors and contributes to the purpose of the ritual. that and it seems most just like dressing up. some members not directly participating, as well as some visitors, occasionally dress up themselves, either in their hearth culture's traditional wear, medieval wear, or rennaisance wear.

once, i asked one of my fellow grovies why he 'robed up' when he wasn't a celebrant, and he said 'it makes the day feel more special'. i do understand this concept, and have recently begun looking for my own robes (gotta love those tax returns). amazingly, i found a site that sells fairly inexpensive robes, as well as some other specific clothing.

my questions to the population here are;

do you set aside certain things to wear specifically for/that are limited to rituals/rites/spiritual purposes/etc? if yes, what?

how important is it to you to have robes/clothes/jewelry/accesories that you only wear for ritual or spiritual purposes?

do you donn them for solitary practices? public rituals? both? neither?

do you feel pressure (those who attend public pagan gatherings) to devote money and items to have your own ritual regalia?

*side note, here is the site, and this is what i'm actually looking at.*

I'm a solitary, but I have a nightgown I use when I'm not skyclad. Sounds lame, but it's a good nightgown. It's old-fashioned and vaguely irish looking.

Its not lame, a nightgown I bought at Wal*Mart is what I'm currently useing until I complete my new robes. My mom was nice enought to hand-sew a bunch of beads around the arme holes and bottom to make prettyer for me. I even wore it to a group ritual down in Melborne (FL), a friend and I attended.