Rituals for the Wheel of the Year, Sabbats, High Days and other events
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,…
My partner and I have developed a new solstice ritual four years ago. I am sharing this with you in case it is helpful. It’s simple … we go out and watch the sunrise. We go out at dawn and watch the sunrise. The goal is to head out as the light returns and watch…
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,…
As I’m working through the work for the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) I’ve found that the Sphere of Protection (SoP) very readily adapts to my personal cosmology of the ADF Cosmology with Well, Fire, and Tree. The original Sphere of Protection can be found on the AODA Website, here is my adaptation…
A Welsh Beltane Ritual Beltane is traditionally celebrated as a sexy time between men and women. This leaves folks who aren’t interested in hetero- and sexual relationships a bit left out. The focus of the festival is around new life and creation. This Beltane, this Calan Mai, I choose to call Blodeuwedd, a being created…
My first ADF ritual that I’ve created. The following rituals were used for inspiration: http://www.adf.org/rituals/norse/gleichennacht/shunity.html http://www.adf.org/rituals/norse/gleichennacht/gleichennacht.html Spring Equinox 2012 Protogrove of the Valley Oak [Initiation & Purification] Folk process to Nemeton singing “Come we Now as a People” (words & music by Ian Corrigan) as participants are purified with smoke and water. Come we…