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
Category: Druidry
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
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
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
Spring Equinox Ritual for Rhiannon and the Fair Folk
Pre-Ritual Work Get people to think about their ancestors who worked with the land and potentially any ancestors who might have had psychic gifts as we reach out to them and make offerings. Also explain that we will be inviting faeries to join us. Explain the idea of walking through the trees like hedge walking … Continue reading Spring Equinox Ritual for Rhiannon and the Fair Folk
Autumn Equinox Ritual/Blót
Pre-Ritual WorkGet people to think about what they would say to thank the Norse gods and goddesses with their experiences and how it has helped or shaped them. The Norse PantheonThe idea behind this ritual is to give thanks to the Norse pantheon as a whole and the impact the Norse gods and goddesses have … Continue reading Autumn Equinox Ritual/Blót