Ancestors: The Mighty Dead
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009gariû-mî senisterûs: (I call, Ancestors!) ancestors of body and spirit, out beyond the sea, may I learn my place in history.
Archive for November, 2009
On gods and cultural relevancy
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009I’m coming to a crossroads in my life. At the very least, it looks like a crossroads from here. I have the sinking suspicion that I have been wrapping my rituals in the wrong hearth culture, or at least the wrong branch of it. As most of the people who might be reading this probably [...]
Samhain
Thursday, November 12th, 2009On October 31, 2009 I celebrated Samhain in a solitary ritual (with some help from my two-year-old son). I chose to style my Samhain ritual as a feast for and with the Ancestors. I prepared a meal for my family as well as for the Kindreds. The ritual itself was an ADF-style ceremony focusing on [...]