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Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

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Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

Iranian Anahita
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

Iranian Beaver
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

Iranian Atar
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

Iranian Zam
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters

Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.

Iranian Haoma
Summerlands Funeral Rite

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Synoikia Ritual

Opening prayer

The musical signal will be given to call the folk for the ritual.

D1: Paresmen timesonta tas theas kai tous theous.

Folk: We are here to honor the Gods.

Hellenic
Taking It All Home

Making the gods part of our everyday lives is simpler than we often think.

Taking the Waters— An Essay on the Connections Between the Nature Spirits and the Ancestors

Since our inception in 1997, the 6th Night Grove has used the waters from the Yellow Spring, a local landmark in our area, as the waters for our Sacred Well.

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My life in ADF:

My name is Rev. Amber Doty.  I grew up in rural Nebraska, and now live in Omaha with my family.  I have been a member of ADF since 2008 and Pagan for at least twenty years, but never quite felt at home until I found ADF. 

TEST Page

Testing Site

Text for the Grove Attunement

Now let us begin to open our minds to Magic, to the presence of the Gods. Begin with your body. Plant your feet firmly on the ground, balanced and upright... shake out your arms and shoulders...

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The ADF Core Order of Ritual for High Days

The following is the Core Order of Ritual (COoR) for ADF High Day rituals as approved in late 2006 by the ADF Clergy Council.

The ADF Outline of Worship: A Briefing for Newcomers

[Note: Also available in PDF format [100k], making it easy to hand out as a folded pamplet at rituals.

The Afterlife, The Heroes, and The Dead

What is known about the afterlife beliefs of the Celtic peoples is sketchy and often contradictory. The classical authors are unanimous in declaring that the Celts held an unshakable belief in a happy life after death.

The Ancient Celtic Otherworld

First Appeared in Ripples, The Quarterly Journal of Shining Lakes Grove, Yule, 1995.

The Aquarian Manifesto

All intelligent beings have the right to worship who, what, where, when, why, and how they wish; provided that they do not violate the similar rights of others.

The Armoring

Today I gird myself with triple power
Invocation of the Gods;
Attunement with the Spirits;
Reverence to the Ancestors.

Armoring
The Autumn cross quarter-Samhain en Français

The Autumn cross quarter-Samhain en Français :

Hearthkeepers
The Autumn cross quarter-Samhain en Français

The Autumn cross quarter-Samhain en Français :

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