Charter Oak Grove’s equinox ritual honoring Rosmerta and Mercury was a success. We called upon Dea Matrona as the Earth Mother, Cernnunos as the Gatekeeper, Brigindona as the patron of inspiration, and–of course–Rosmerta and Mercury as the deities of the occasion. The blessings we received were: From the Ancestors: the sow–generosity. From the Nature Spirits: [...]
Charter Oak Grove is very excited to announce our brand new ADF festival: Harvest Nights Gathering! The festival will be taking place at Camp Bonnie Brae in Otis, MA on October 14-16, 2011, and it is the only festival in New England. We will offer workshops and a wonderful opportunity to meet your fellow ADF [...]
(I found this at Walking the Hedge and at The Ditzy Druid )
The focus of tonight’s ritual was Maponos, encouraging his birthday in the morning, as well as investigating a personal relationship. Results were favorable, I believe, and the sun should rise on schedule. (I hope. We’ll have to ask Diana Abnoba wtf she’s doing with the moon later.) Omens were personally significant: From the Ancestors: Owl–an [...]
Yule with Charter Oak Grove was wonderful, as expected. We honored Aengus Mac Óg as the deity of the occasion. We also had a wonderful turnout–we had 11 people participating in the main ritual (and 17 people, including spouses and children, present). I’m very excited about how well our little grove is doing (especially comparing [...]
As I showed yesterday I am currently using a new divination system. The system consists of six categories of six tiles each. This was a deliberate paring down from my original set of 54 tiles (6 x 9), which had too much overlapping of meanings between the tiles (and which would have required a much [...]
Since about Yule of last year I have been working with a divination system for use in ritual that was specifically designed with ADF in mind. Originally, I just wrote what I had in mind on small wooden hearts (so I would have something to easily pull). The system has gone through some changes, but [...]
Last weekend I saw Agora. For those of you unfamiliar with the story, it tells the tale of Hypatia of Alexandria, a philosopher (who happens to be a woman) at the time of the Christianization of Alexandria (and the rest of the Empire). The story centers around two periods in history: the taking of the [...]
Yesterday Charter Oak Grove had a wonderful Samhain ritual. We honored Cathubodua and the Ancestors, using the Gaulish hearth culture for the ritual. In spite of the wind (which did not quite blow out our candles) and the cold, the rite went very well. We honored the Ancestors in four parts (Ancestors of Humanity, Blood, [...]
I’ve been doing daily practice rituals leading up to my role at Charter Oak Grove‘s Samhain on the 31st. Nothing really surprising about that, my knowledge of the liturgical bits and pieces that are new is improving just as I expected. After all, practice makes perfect. Also, the Kindred seem to be pretty happy with [...]