Our Druid Rituals
Our rituals are open to all who wish to attend. We celebrate the eight holidays of the Pagan wheel of the year: the solstices, the equinoxes, and the mid-points in between. In addition to rituals on weekends close to the solar holidays, we have rituals on the actual solstice and equinox days. We also hold special rites at various times of the year to celebrate events special to our Grove or Grove members. We seek to re-establish the connections between ourselves and nature, the spiritual world, and the seasons-- connections that humans have celebrated throughout history and before history.
We honor our Earth Mother and we honor our Kindreds. The Kindreds are our Ancestors, the Spirits of Nature and Place that surround us, and our Goddesses and Gods. ADF Druid ritual creates sacred space by symbolically re-creating the cosmos within the ritual-- unlike many other Pagans, we do not cast a circle, and participants are free to come and go, respectfully, during the course of the ritual. We have incorporated many concepts from archeological and anthropological research into our rituals, as well as folk customs and modern ideas.
The ritual culminates in a "praise offering" to the Kindreds, the Earth Mother, and the special Goddesses and/or Gods we may be honoring. The Druids of old offered the food they relied on to survive, as well as gold and silver. We believe that the best sacrifices we can make nowadays involve our time, and the creative efforts of our hearts. Thusly, we dance, sing, tell stories, recite poetry, make vows and promises, or offer up the special fruits of our gardens or trees. We believe that our offerings are reciprocal, and we will be blessed by our Kindreds in return. We try to keep our rituals spontaneous and light-hearted, and we try to create a space that attracts inspiration and participation. And, we always talk about the ritual beforehand, so everyone knows what they’re getting into.
Come and join us!
Click here for GOG's version of ADF's Core Order of Ritual (what we do)
Click here for ritual writeups and scripts (ways we've done it)
