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Home Shrine Ritual Changes
I’m backing away from using the chanting as a prayer while I do the kindred offerings. I’m still doing the chant but I added in individual prayers to the kindreds. That seems to work much better. I think that I … Continue reading
Posted in Home Shrine, Meditation, The Three Kindreds, Topics
Tagged ancestors, chant, druid, goddesses, gods, kindreds, sacrifice, shrine, yoga
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A thought or two on the Outdwellers
We discussed this a little last week at our coffee meeting down here in Bham, and I’ve been pondering on it ever since. Should we seek to exclude the Outdwellers from our rites? One thing I keep coming back to … Continue reading
Posted in The Three Kindreds
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The Daoine Sidhe As the ADF Land Spirits
I think I’ve finally got the land spirits figured out, which involved untangling the new-agey quasi Native American ideas that paganism seems to have taken. Ian pointed out that the ADF division of the kindreds is arbitrary and just meant … Continue reading
Posted in The Three Kindreds, Topics
Tagged adf, ancestors, Celtic, cosmology, Daoine Sidhe, Ian Corrigan, kindreds, Norse, sacrifice, spirits
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Home Shrine Ritual: Day 3
Started off badly…my mind was unfocused, and I couldn’t get the chant right. The meter of Gods & Dead & Mighty Sidhe is kind of odd and I’m no musician. I also closed my eyes when I chanted. I’m not … Continue reading
Second Ritual With the Home Shrine
Ok, this went much better. I used the Gods & Dead & Mighty Sidhe chant as the basis for my ritual. Basically, I started the rite with the chime, lit the fire (incense), silvered the well and then used the … Continue reading
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Tagged adf, altar, chant, druid, pagan, patron, sacrifice, shrine
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First Use of the Home Shrine
I’ve been doing simple sacrifices outdoors for a while. I finally built the home shrine and used it last night. I had mixed feelings about it. I thought that I could just sit down and do it off the top … Continue reading
Meditation You Cannot Fail! Part 1
If you think you can’t meditate, you’re probably a natural! Meditation demystified! It’s not what you thought and I guarantee that you cannot fail. This first part is all that you need to know. The other parts will be pieces … Continue reading
Mabon essay/ final draft– Brenda
Hi all, Here is the final version of my Mabon essay – Brenda There is a crispness in the air, and the woods are aglow with red and gold. Mid-September is the time of the autumnal equinox, the day when the … Continue reading
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Ancestors and Humility
We don’t have much in the way of ancestor worship left in our culture so it’s kind of hard to ‘get’ sometimes. In my studies of yoga (India still venerates their ancestors) I ran across an interesting idea worth sharing. … Continue reading
New Discussion Topics
I just put up a bunch more discussion topics for the website, primarily centered around work on the Dedicant Program. If you are interested in being able to publish on the blog, get in touch with me. I will give … Continue reading