Espiral 3

I didn't say too much about Espiral 2 as it was a funny time of year, but I feel the final installment is worth a mention as it was the culmination of the year's study I'd worked so hard for. There had been a lot of additional work building up to Espiral 3, which for me was held at the end of May, so this camp had much more of a feel of introspection and self-study to it. This one felt more akin to the Iron Pentacle of working on the self, rather than the Pearl Pentacle nature of learning the technical side of things and caring for the community.
We wrote our own vows for the initiation ceremony and Morgaine even let me do mine in English and Katrin's in German. I think it's quite important for these things to be done in your native language when it's a promise so personal between you and the Divine - I think with your own words you can connect to deity in a way unlike any other. Irantzu invoked Eguzki in Basque and it of-course wasn't a problem that no-one else understood it because everyone could feel the energy despite not being familiar with the words.
Some of my classmates later told me I'd opened up a good deal more since Espiral 1, but I attributed that to better Spanish and better familiarity with Spain and it's varying degrees of weirdness. It was good though to have my progess recognised by others if not by myself!