Red Maple Grove Ritual Autumnal Equinox 2006 C.E.
People Speaking and Doing Things:
Ancestral Druid,
Bell Ringing Druid,
Divining Druid,
Epona’s Druid,
Gatekeeping Druid,
High One’s Druid,
Keeper of Sacred Space,
Natural Druid,
Oghma’s Druid,
Outsiders’ Dispatcher,
Tree Rooting Druid
Stuff Used:
Apple (for Epona)
Bell,
Bread (for ancestors)
Coins or raisins (for outsiders)
Drinks etc for communal sharing
Grapes (for high ones)
Keeper of Sacred Space Stuff
Ogham fews (for divination)
Peanuts (for nature spirits)
Sage (for Oghma)
1. Prebriefing
2. Bell Ringing Druid rings bell thrice
3. Procession (Chant?)
4. Purpose: As balances light and dark, hot and cold, we gather to
celebrate this balancing point of the wheel of time. Also, A season ago
we gathered and asked our deities, the nature spirits, the ancestors to
keep this city, region and land peaceful, tranquil, harmonious. We now
thank them for the harvest of their concerned affection for us and ask
their continuing care.
5. Two Powers Attunement
6. Fire, Well and Tree (??)
7. Opening Gates (Gatekeeping Druid)
8. Ancestors: O you who have journeyed ahead of us on the path of life,
we thank you for your past help and invite you to join with us in
celebrating this day. Accept this token of our esteem and be with us
today.
9. Nature Spirits: Spirits of nature, you charming ones of earth, lake,
stream and tree, we thank you for all your past help and invite you to
participate with us this day. Enjoy this token of our esteem and join us
now in our celebration.
10. High Ones: High Ones, Deities of our people, we thank you for your
aid this past season and invite you to participate in our celebration.
Accept this token of our esteem and join us in celebrating this day.
11. Outsiders: Be there any about uninterested in or inimical to our
rit and purpose, take this and go your way.
12 Oghma: Oghma, Champion, God of Wisdom, many thanks for your favouring
concern this past season. Continue to guide us safely along the way of
wisdom. Accept please this token of our esteem and join with us in this
gathering today.
13. Epona: Epona, awesome goddess, shielding us from harm, many thanks
for your favouring concern this past season. Continue to ride before us,
preserving us along the way of safety. Accept this token of our esteem
and join with us in this gathering.
14. Individual Offerings: D1 This is the time individuals who so desire
may make their individual offerings.
15. Divination The diviner does that ogham thing.
16. Communal Sharing
17. Oghma: Oghma, wise, learned, potent, patron of druids, thanks for
joining us today. Go, if you must. Stay, if you will. Continue to favour
us ever and always, as we continue to remember you.
18. Epona: Epona, protector, shield, defender, thanks for joining us
today. Go, if you must. Stay, if you will. Continue to favour us ever
and always as we continue to remember you.
19. High Ones: Deities of our people, thanks for being with us this day.
Go, if you must. Stay, if you will. Continue to favour us ever and
always, as we continue to remember you.
20. Nature Spirits: Spirits of nature, thanks for being with us this
day. Go, if you must. Stay, if you will. Continue to favour us ever and
always, as we continue to remember you.
21. Ancestors: You who travelled ahead of us on the road of life, thanks
for being with us today. Go if you must. stay, if you will. Continue to
favour us ever and always, as we continue to remember you.
22. Closing the Gates.
23 Fire, Well and Tree (??)
25. regrounding
26. D1: Thanks to all the human folk who came
27. Processing Away (chant)
28. Bell ringing druid rings bell thrice
28. D1 The ritual is ended