Shining Lakes Grove Liturgists Worksheet: Fall Equinox 2004

(Webmaster's note: This is the worksheet used by the folks running the ritual. Italics indicate an action, bold indicates the person performing the action (or a ritual prop, or a song title), and plain text is spoken during the ritual. The blanks ( _____________ ) indicate a ritual role which will be filled by a lucky volunteer chosen at the ritual. It could be you!)

Preparing ourselves for our time with the Gods and Spirits
Processional and Purification: ____________ / _____________ / _______________
We Approach the Sacred Grove

We approach the sacred grove,
With hearts and minds and flesh and bone.
Join us now in ways of old.
We have come home.

Bardic Invocation for our eloquence and inspiration: _____________________
Welcoming the Allies, the spirits of the people and their gods who lived in this land before us: __________________
Honoring our Mother Ana: ____________________
Unity chant:
One Voice

I join my voice to yours, we are one voice
Our words ring out together to call us home.
I join my heart to yours, we are one heart,
One breath, one mind, one Grove, we are one.

Statement of purpose: Rob

Declaring Center and opening the Portals
Well, Fire, and Tree: Tree: ___________ Fire: _____________ Well: _______________
Standing at the Crossroads

Come together, gather at the Center
Open we these Portals three.
Start the journey, standing at the Crossroads
The Well, the Fire, and the sacred Tree. (repeat)

Acknowledging the Outsiders - the forces of chaos and change: _______________
Invocation of Manannan mac Lir, our Lord of the Dead, to guide and protect us in the Otherworld: ____________

Acknowledging and honoring our guests
Ancestors - our beloved dead: ________________________
Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures: ________________
Deities: Lugh, Bríd, Aren, Danu, and Bel (feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods): _______________
Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us: _____________
Deity of the Occasion: Stag God (Rob)

Giving and Receiving
Passing the basket - To direct praise and energy; to build a group offering
Group praise:
Fur and Feather

Fur and feather and scale and skin
Different without but the same within
Many of body but one of soul
Through all creatures are the gods made whole.

Stag Dance ( Rob / ____________/ _______________ / _____________ )
Main sacrifice: offering the corn

Omen of return: Rod (runes)

Return blessing: cider

Cauldron Blessing: Newest mother

Welcoming new members, officers, and guild members, and bestowing other honors

Unwinding and closing
Recessional:
Now the Rite is At an End

And now the rite is at an end, again we're parting ways
May truth and honor be your friend and lucky be your days
I'll hold you dearly in my heart, I'll hold you in my mind
And though our branches grow apart, our roots shall be entwined.

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