Celebrate the turning of the seasons.
Connect with community.
Participate in cultural regeneration.
Cope with climate anxiety by recharging in nature and community.
Ceremony and ritual work creatively to spiritually address the many complex environmental and social challenges facing us today.
Magnus and Circe at the Summer Solstice Ceremony in Payson Park, Portland, 2023.
Ritual Lab regularly hosts public, co-created, seasonal ceremonial celebrations, held by Eco Chaplain Circe Moss MacDonald in partnership with Druid Priest Magnus deRhuddlan.
Ritual Lab presents The Cosmic Mass ceremony to express awe, gratitude, and joy for the beauty of all creation. We hope to ease the pain of anxiety, distraction, and numbness off our souls and spirits; and give expression to the grief of our day and age. We’ll stir our creativity together, and cultivate refreshed energy to engage with the needs of our Earth and All Beings.
The Cosmic Mass has live music and movement for all ages and abilities.
Invited partners bring their content and creativity to our ceremonial container. Rev. Todd Glacy is the musical director for The Cosmic Mass.
Ritual Lab Cosmic Mass is offered for $20 suggested donation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Volunteer for free admission.
The Cosmic Mass is a ceremony created by Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox, based on the Interspiritual teachings of Creation Spirituality, which honors all paths of spiritual expression and the science that illuminates the intricate interconnectivity of the cosmos. The Great Turning, Joanna Macy’s teachings, are woven into the Mass, too.
“Mass” means a gathering, “to amass” with no religious meaning assigned. While The Cosmic Mass has spiritual content, it does not contain any dogma, scripture, or religious teachings. The intention is for the participants to come away with a sense of awe for the interconnectedness of all beings. There is a grief ritual contained in the ceremony; we hope to help metabolize our grief (personal, communal, planetary) using sound, song, and silence to find and express our sadness. We use movement and music to tap into our creativity, then we complete the ceremony with questions centering on action, justice, and transformation.
If you’d like to learn more about The Cosmic Mass, please visit these websites:
https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/creation-spirituality/
Seasonal Dates for 2024
Fall Equinox Cosmic Mass, Sunday, September 22, Portland New Church. 10am-12pmHalloween Cosmic Mass, Sunday October 27, Portland New Church. 10am-12pmThanksgiving Cosmic Mass, Sunday November 24, 10am-12pmThe Longest Night Cosmic Mass, December 22, Portland New Church. 10am-12pm—————————————————-
Past Events for 2024
Imbolc: The Quickening, Saturday, February 3, 2024. Baxter Woods, Portland Maine.Ostara: World Water Day, Friday March 22, 2024 Fort Allen Park, Eastern Prom, Portland, MEEarth Day Beauty Walk, April 21, 2024 With Pat Cannon at Woodward Point, Brunswick, MEBeltaine: Wednesday May 1, 2024The Longest Day Cosmic Mass: Sunday June 23, 2024, Portland New Church. 10am-12pm