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 2009. 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
Spring Equinox
- A Solitary PIE Spring Equinox, (Proto-Indo-European) by James Goodwin
Beltane
- Beltane 2009: “Building a Need Fire” (Celtic), inspired by world events (global economic collapse), author is Julie Desrosiers. English. Group ritual.
Summer Solstice
- “Fire, Fire, Fire” – Vedic Summer Solstice, (Vedic) by Raven and Carrion Mann
Autumn Equinox
- The Three Norns Harvest Tide, (Norse) by Raven and Carrion Mann
Cross Quarter – November
- Samhain at Trout Lake Abbey, (Irish Gaelic) by Rev. Kirk Thomas
- Nordic Winter Nights, (Norse) by Three Cranes Grove
Winter Solstice
- A Children’s Yule Rite, (Gaulish) by Katherine Pezza
Blessing Rites
- An Irish Blessing Rite for St. Patrick’s Day, (Irish) by Sassafras Grove
- Slavic Blessing Rite, (Slavic) by Sassafras Grove
- Blessing Rite – The Three Cauldrons, (Pan-Celtic) by Sassafras Grove
Other Rites
- A Solitary Rite of Uncrossing, (Irish Gaelic) by Rev. Ian Corrigan
- A Tribute to the Dawn – Summerland 2009, (Multi-Cultural) by Three Cranes Grove
- Independence Day Service, (American) by Gretchen Persbacker
- Celtic Handfasting 2009: Designed to reflect the COoR without being obviously a pagan ritual. Author is Julie Desrosiers. English. Group ritual.
Invocations, Meditations, and Ritual Dramas
- Offering Poem, (Non-Culturally Specific) by Doreen Taylor
- Invocation to Athena, (Hellenic) by Rev. Rob Henderson
- Bardic Inspiration to Bragi, (Norse) by Isaura
- Bardic Inspiration – Orpheus, (Hellenic) by Deana Swendson
- Gatekeeper Invocation – Frigga, (Norse) by Isaura
- Gateway / Gatekeeper Dis, (Roman) by Deana Swendson
- Ancestors of Blood Invocation, (Non-Culturally Specific) by Deana Swendson
- Guided Meditation for Samhain, (Non-Culturally Specific) by Gretchen Persbacker
- Ritual Drama – EveryDruid and the Nine Virtues, (Irish Gaelic) by Sassafras Grove
