The links below will take you to the texts of rituals (or parts of rituals) and prayers actually performed by ADF solitaries and Groves in 2014. All rituals not specifically listed as Solitary Rites are for group work. Following the ritual, in parentheses, is the hearth culture of the rite (where applicable). The devotionals, meditations and invocations may be used for both group and solitary practice.
Please note that High Day ritual dates are tied into the calendar in the Northern Hemisphere. For folks in the Southern Hemisphere, dates such as the Cross Quarter – August should be read as the one at the end of summer, i.e. Cross Quarter – February instead.
We will be adding selections to this list as permission slips come in.
All the documents below are in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.
High Day Rites
Summer Solstice
- The Festival of the Sun, (Norse) by Rev. Carrion Mann
- Vestalia Rite, (Roman) by Raven’s Cry Grove
- Promethia Rite, (Greek) by Three Cranes Grove, ADF
Cross Quarter – November
- Samhain Rite, by Wayland Stafford
Winter Solstice
- Solitary Yule Rite, (Norse) by Rev. Carrion Mann
- Yule 2014. “Visit of the Stranger” (Norse). Author is Julie Desrosiers. English. Group ritual.
Blessing Rites; Other Rites
- Earth Day Ritual, by Rev. Carrion Mann
- New Moon Ritual, by Rev. Jan Avende
- Space, Positions, Motions, Gestures … and bowls, by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith)
Invocations, Meditations, and Ritual Dramas
- A Thanksgiving Prayer for Mother Earth, by Rev. Kirk Thomas
- A Proto-Indo-European Cosmological Meditation, by David Fickett-Wilbar (Ceisiwr Serith)
