A Winter Ritual of Protection

By Rev. Vic S. (Leona Oigheag) This ritual is designed for Morfran Afagddu, son of Cerridwen and Tegid. You can learn more about him in “The Cauldron Born” by Kristoffer Hughes. Gather the following items for the ritual: 2 candles, chimes, grain, wine for offerings, drink for the Waters, oracle, incense, milk/water for offerings, candy, … Read more

Ancestor Rite

As we move towards Samhain, many people will perform a ritual to celebrate and honor their ancestors. Each person does their own ritual and there are no specific requirements to participate other than a focus on the ancestors.  Here is a ritual that I did and shared with other ADF members online.  For this ritual, … Read more

How I pray

Recently, I’ve been working through “My Deepest Me” by Janice Lynne Lundy. The book is a workbook for 30 days that is designed to help us re-connect to the spiritual. During the pandemic, I have felt disconnected from my spirituality. But I realize that I wasn’t as disconnected as I thought — it just changed. … Read more

Finding Time for Devotion

Ossia Sylva posted On making space for the gods: a theology. In that post they included some great ideas for making space for the devotional practices in your life. This is something that I frequently struggle with. I also grew up in an environment where people would randomly drop by – so the house was … Read more

Prayer for Sleep

Hail CernunnosGuardian of the WaysYou who sit between Hunted and Hunter. Guard my dreams, may they be peacefulGuard my sleep,may I find restGuard my soul,may I stay safe. Honored Cernunnos,I thank you.

A Day of Prayer to Freya

A few months ago, I started up doing a Day for Prayer for Freya. This was originally inspired by a the World Odin Prayer Day. Unfortunately, it seems that the group who did the Odin’s Prayer Day was not one that I’d like to associate with. But, this is the internet and I can do … Read more

Offerings and gifts

As I mentioned in my last post, I make a lot of offerings in my daily practice 🙂  Five or six times a week, I make devotional offerings to various Kindreds.  Most of the time, I’m making offerings to the gods that I work with more closely, some of the times it’s to my ancestors or … Read more