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Sacred Water Flow in Me: A System for Using Consecrated Water in Ritual

Water- it not only covers 70% of the Earth's surface, but makes up 90% of our bodies as well. We can live for over a week without food, but without water we would die very quickly.

Sacred Work, Sacred Life

I've been thinking.

Sacrifice, the Indo-Europeans, and ADF

Many scholars have shed much ink trying to decide what the meaning of sacrifice is. Their efforts were doomed from the start. They were trying to find the one thing that lay behind all sacrifices. There simply isn't one.

Saga
Saga... all hear the ancient one come
Saga... help us see the harvest
Saga... guide us to the table
Saga... sing us tales of wonder
Remind us that we are able
To drain the cup yet drink again
Golden seer of eternal light
Samhain Lore

The Festival of Samhain marks the ending and beginning of the Celtic Year. Samhain (pronounced "Sow-in") comes from the Irish Gaelic and means "Summers End".

Samhain Rituals

Samhain, also known as "Samain", "Hallowe'en", "All Hallows Eve", "Mallowmas", "All Saints Eve", "All Soul's Eve", "Sauin" on the Isle of Man, "Samhuinn" in Scots Gaelic, "Nos Galan Gaeaf" (the Night of the Winter Calends) in Wales, and the "Witches' New Year" (contemporary),

Saturnus

The story of Saturn is older than Rome itself. Saturn reigned during the Golden Age of Latium, when all people were equal -- there was no class distinction and there were no slaves. Everyone prospered and no one -- even kings -- set themselves above others.

Roman
Seeking the Wisdom of the Ancestors: A Form of Indo-European Divination

In the Irish tale Serglige Con Culainn a ritual is described in which a white bull is killed. A man eats his fill of its meat, drinks its broth, and goes to sleep after a prayer is spoken over him by four druids.

Segen und Ehre und Preisung für die Heiligen

von  Ceisiwr Serith, Übersetzung von Ishtar vom Sternenkreis

Das Wasser stützt und umringt uns
Das Land erstreckt sich um uns
Der Himmel wölbt sich über uns
In der Mitte brennt eine lebende Flamme

Sexual Misconduct Policy

Adopted by the Mother Grove on 15 February, 2012. Last modified on July 15, 2020

ADF Inc. opposes any form of sexual misconduct by clergy, staff, employees, volunteers, and members, and this policy applies equally to all of the above.

Shaz Cairns

 

My name is Shaz Cairns. I live in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Shining Lakes Grove Ritual Outline

Since others have been sharing their ritual outlines, here's ours in Shining Lakes Grove. We have made one glaring addition, the "Allies," who are the spirits of the people and their gods who once lived on this land.

Shining Lakes Grove Samhain Rite - 1997

Written by Kami Landy of Shining Lakes Grove (SLG), with revisions by Rev. John "Fox" Adelmann and Rob Henderson.

Silver Fox Grove Founding Rite

Silver Fox Grove did a founding rite at Yule 1997. We haven't adapted it yet for bringing in new members, but I thought I'd share it anyway. So, here's what we did, in a nutshell... Each of us brought a stone to be given to the grove as a symbol of ourselves.

Simple Meal Rite

This rite is an example of how simply we can integrate our religion and life. World Tree Grove A.D.F. loves to eat together, so I wrote the following meal rite to be quick, easy, and able to be done in public restaurants.

Simple Shrine Ritual

We have a full script with meditations and a bare script without meditations for the video below.

Simple Shrine Ritual Script

This work is intended to introduce students to the Inner experience of the basic Druidic Order of Ritual.

Slavic Gods and Spirits

The following pages are about Slavic gods and spirits:

Slavic
Snow Turtles

I saw a picture of some newly-hatched sea turtles, spread-eagled and waving their tiny, green sea wings in a slow flight across the beach. Having left the relative safely of their nest, they were making their way — unerringly as turtles always seem to do — to the sea.

Solitary
Solitary
Solitary COoR Rite

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith) and Converted from PDF by Victoria S

Solitary COoR Rite

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith) and Converted from PDF by Victoria S

Solitary COoR Rite

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith) and Converted from PDF by Victoria S

Solitary COoR Rite

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith) and Converted from PDF by Victoria S


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