Preparation:
INDOORS:
Begin by smudging the area, invoking the sigil at every door,
window, computer, phone, TV, and radio. Light as many candles
as possible in the room where the ritual is to occur. Some
incense may be lit as well. Turn off all electric lights,
TV's, radios, phones, etc.
OUTDOORS:
Find a tree, or perhaps a creek, or a standing stone, or other
place that feels magickal - and somewhere that you will not
be disturbed. Walk the perimeter of the area and smudge the
entire space, perhaps leaving some incense lit and safely
placed. It is also a good idea to use a large votive candle,
or a candle inside a jar works too.
Participants
may be clothed or naked as preferred.
When everyone is seated (preferably in a circle)
the scribe (or the host/ess of the property) leads the group
in guided meditation:
Grounding
Close
your eyes.
Take a deep breath, hold it for a moment, then let it go.
Repeat twice more, for a total of three deep breaths.
Visualize
a luminescent ball of energy at the center of your body. Shoot
a ray of green light down your spinal column through the floor,
through the ground, through the layers of the earth down to
the very core of the Earth. Let it ground you, making you
a part of the Earth itself.
Now,
shoot another beam of light from your center up your spinal
cord, out the top of your head through the ceiling above you,
through the roof, up, up, up, out of the atmosphere, out into
space, past the planets, out to the North Star. Grab onto
that Star, make it a part of you, feel the energy of the star
and the energy of the earth within you.
Relax.
Take another deep breath, hold it for a moment, let it go.
Join hands.
Beginning in the East, visualize the green ray shooting from
the Druid in the East, through herms right arm, into the left
arm of the next Druid, through herms right arm, into the left
of the next, and so on, forming a circle of green energy around
the room. Now, from the Druid in the East, South, North and
West, the green ray arcs over the center, and under us, from
East to West and from North and South, from each and every
Druid in the circle to the Druid directly across from them,
and we are now enveloped in a sphere of green energy.
Opening
the Grove
The
women in the group together:
Hail
Antlered One, Lord of Nature, Dalon Ap Landu.
We greet you in this place as we greet you in all places.
May your antlers envelop this sacred circle,
Their branching tines intertwining this World with the Otherworld
So that the energies of all worlds may meet and intermingle
In this ring of empowerment,
Combining your will and ours
In one diverse yet focused harmony of unified purpose.
Hail and Welcome.
The
men in the group together:
Hail
Lady in Green, Mistress of Nature, Gaia, Mother Earth.
We greet you in this place as we greet you in all places.
May the flowing tresses of your hair envelop this sacred circle,
Their weaving tendrils intertwining this World with the Otherworld
So that the energies of all worlds may meet and intermingle
In this ring of empowerment,
Combining your will and ours
In one diverse yet focused harmony of unified purpose.
Hail and Welcome.
The
Rite of The Waters-of-Life
(The
server holds the Waters-of-life while the AD asks the interrogatories.)
AD:
Of what does the Earth-mother give that we may know the continual
flow and renewal of life?
DRUIDS: THE WATERS-OF-LIFE.
AD: From where do these waters
flow?
DRUIDS: FROM THE BOSOM OF THE
EARTH-MOTHER, THE NEVER CHANGING ALL-MOTHER.
AD: And how do we honor this
gift that cause life in us?
DRUIDS: BY PARTAKING OF THE WATERS-OF-LIFE.
AD: Has the earth-mother given
forth of her abundance?
DRUIDS: SHE HAS!
AD: Then give me the Waters!
(The
AD takes the chalice from the server, who fills it if it is
not already full. The AD then consecrates its contents with
the following:)
"O
Dalon Ap Landu and Goddess Sequoia, Hallow these waters by
your seven-fold powers and by the three ways of day and one
of night.
Cleanse our hearts and join us together as we take and
drink of your secret essence!"
Optional
Ordinations, Spell Work, or Seasonal Workings
2nd
Degree initiations, or 3rd Degree ordinations may be done
at this time, any time of the year.
Sharing
the Waters
(The
AD holds up the Chalice so that all can see it and intones
the words:)
AD:
This is the Water of Life! Happy are those who are called
to Drink Deep of it. May those who do so never thirst."
The
AD drinks from the Chalice and blesses the server with the
words, "Thou
art God," and the marking
of the sigil in the air.
The preceptor returns the blessing and
receives the Chalice from the AD. The preceptor drinks, then
turns to the left and exchange blessings with the Druid to
that side, letting the Chalice be handed around the circle
by the members of the Grove. The last Druid in the circle
should not finish the contents of the Chalice. This is returned
to the AD with a last ex-change of blessings. Then the AD
takes the last sip returning the remainder on the altar or
fire, saying:
AD: To
you we return this portion of your abundance, O our Mother,
even as we must return to you.
The
Meditation
Here
follows a 30 to 45 minute period of silent meditation, sometimes
preceded by an appropriate Nature-oriented reading that the
AD may choose, read by the AD or by someone appointed for
that purpose.
(OPTIONS:
Group "om"ing; drumming, chanting, etc.)
Eventually,
the tolling of bells signals the end of the Service.
Closing
the Grove
The
Druids stand in a circle, arms around each other
AD:
"By the Earth that is Her body, and by the Sky that surrounds
Her, and by the living Sea of Her womb, from whence all life
comes, the Grove is adjourned, but never for long. Merry meet,
and merry part and merry meet again."
DRUIDS:
"KEEP COMING BACK IT WORKS!"
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