Orange Juice Midsummer Ritual
A Solitary Rite by Maewyn
Procession
Walk to the circle.

Opening Prayers
Facing in each direction:

"To the East, of morning breeze and rising sun: Hail!
To the South, of summer heat and noonday blaze: Hail!
To the West, of waters cool and twilight soft: Hail!
To the North, of chill night wind and brightest star: Hail!"

Grove Attunement
I am the Grove. I did the Two Powers meditation.

Chant 3x: "Well and Fire and sacred Tree, flow and flame and grow in me."

Purpose
Happy Midsummer!

Outdweller offering
Toss handful of change in a southerly direction. "Outdwellers, accept
my offering and disturb not my rite. This will be quick."

Gates
"Hail Heimdall, watcher of Bifrost and guardian of the horn Gjallar,
carry my words to the Nine Worlds. Let the gates be open!"

Kindred invocations
"Ancestors, those who lie in this earth and who are far from it, you
who share my blood: Hail!"

"Spirits of the Earth, fur and feather, leaf and blossom, scale and
rock, fair folk: Hail!"

"Aesir and Vanir, gods of this land, gods of my heart, Allfather Odin: Hail!"

Key Offering
"As the sun is at its highest peak and the crops grow tall, I offer
this reminder of last year's grain, and say rejoice, for it is
Summer!" I sprinkled some Cap'n Crunch cereal.

Sacrifice and Omen
"Hail, keeper of the runes, he who drank from Mimir's well. Hail Odin!
Thanks for coming. Enjoy." I poured out the remainder of a bottle of
Jameson's we'd been saving (maybe 4 shots) and pull a rune for omen.

Blessing
"Blessings of the sun be upon me. I am well!" I drank orange juice.

Closing
"Gods and spirits and blessed dead, I thank you, and bid you farewell.
Bright Heimdall, Gullintani, I thank you. Let the gates be closed!"

I circled, nodded to east, south, west, and north, and walked away.