In these times, remember to call out to your ancestors of blood, spirit, and place for support. They are there whether or not you've interacted with them before. Your ancestors of blood were born, worked, loved, lost, and tried to put themselves back together again before they died and the hardships they faced and how … Continue reading Ancestors for Support
Author: The Urban Druid
Spring Equinox Ritual for Lada
Pre-Ritual WorkGive people some garden-worthy sunflower seeds to place on an ice cube or two to use as a blessing in their own lives (if they can’t plant it) of the gift of spring and the energy it entails or plant it to help bring the beauty and light of a sunflower to the land … Continue reading Spring Equinox Ritual for Lada
Bealtaine Ritual for the Irish Pantheon
Pre-Ritual Work The Irish Pantheon--the Tuatha De Danann (the Children of the Goddess Danu) Explain about how the Tuatha De Danann means Children or People of the Goddess Danu. Explain about the importance of the number three in their Irish culture and magic (sea, land, sky). Explain about hospitality as an essential part of Irish … Continue reading Bealtaine Ritual for the Irish Pantheon
Compassionate Listening
I’ve been diving into trying to learn more about Compassionate Listening and came across a Christian monk giving a speech to deacons, priests, and others about it. In his speech, he describes how he views someone sharing their deep-seated feelings that I thought was so beautiful and gave a good way to look at listening … Continue reading Compassionate Listening
Improving Group Meditations
What Is Group Meditation People view group meditation as a possible way to energetically ground the group you are performing the meditation for, help them focus, or maybe even set the mood for a ritual the group might be doing later. There’s a lot of information crammed into this post that I could go on … Continue reading Improving Group Meditations
Update for Creating Prayers
This is blog post is an update to my previous post about Creating Prayers. This past weekend, I attended Mystic South and, as usual, had an amazing time learning about aspects of my spirituality that I needed to expand my understanding of or things I had not learned of before. One of the subjects that … Continue reading Update for Creating Prayers
Declaration 127, Folkism, and Inclusivity
(The Wild Hunt posted an edited version of this as a letter to them due to the length of this version of the letter needing to be cut roughly in half. This is the full length version.) This past month of March, I was able to be a part of Cherry Hill Seminary's conference about … Continue reading Declaration 127, Folkism, and Inclusivity
The Cauldron of Poesy
Introduction This post is about the Irish mystical teaching known as the Cauldron of Poesy. In it, I cover a few topics to best prepare the reader for exploring the cauldrons as a meditation tool to better know how you are doing health-wise, emotionally and relationship with the external world, as well as mentally and … Continue reading The Cauldron of Poesy
Creating Prayers
What and Why Everyone starts somewhere down their spiritual path. You attend a ritual or a blot or do your own personal ritual as you experiment with your spirituality. Maybe you were interested in exploring your spirituality due to reading books on myths growing up (like me) or something in an alternative spiritual path called … Continue reading Creating Prayers
Hearth, Home, and Hospitality
In Latin, there is a word which is the basis of our use of the word hospitality: "hospes." Hospes has three meanings: host; guest, visitor; stranger, foreigner. Hospitality comes from the root hospes and is one of the core concepts behind Indo-European interactions in our ancestors' times. Hospitality was ingrained into ancient societies. A visitor should … Continue reading Hearth, Home, and Hospitality