After meeting together for six months and hiving from the Mother Coven at the Harvest Moon, Daughters of Gaia Naos held our formal Initiation Ritual by the dark of the October New Moon. We cast circle together, and initiated each other into our new tradition one-by-one. The Founding Members are excited to walk in sisterhood along the path that the Goddess has laid before us.

Although postponed since May due to Covid-19, Daughters of Gaia Naos officially hived from the Mother Coven at the Harvest Moon, September 2, 2020. We want to thank everyone from The Coven of Sangha-Sho, Inc. for the warm hospitality and beautiful ritual, as well as for the support and fellowship over these many years.

We were finally able to hold our first "hybrid" ritual today. Coven members attended in person at a local park and, although we have been meeting online for several months, it was our first time meeting each other in person! We wore masks and socially distanced, but shared lots of laughs through the uniqueness of it all! We were also blessed to celebrate with friends and local High Clergy members who joined us online. Although we needed several accommodations to work with

We are so excited to get going! The formal hiving process from our Mother Coven is not yet complete, but we are holding our own rituals until then so every has a chance to get to know each other and our beloved Gaia. Of course we would prefer to meet in person at our Covenstead, but with the stay-at-home orders in place from Covid-19, we will be meeting online. This is also an opportunity for us to practice with the technology that we will will be using when a member must