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Shining Lakes Grove Liturgists Worksheet: Beltaine 2004

(Webmaster's note: This is the worksheet used by the folks running the ritual. Italics indicate an action, bold indicates the person performing the action (or a ritual prop, or a song title), and plain text is spoken during the ritual. The blanks ( _____________ ) indicate a ritual role which will be filled by a lucky volunteer chosen at the ritual. It could be you!)

Preparing ourselves for our time with the Gods and Spirits
Selecting the May King/Queen

Processional and Purification: Jude (incense)/ _____________ / ____________

Acknowledging the Outsiders-the forces of chaos and change: Matt V.
Bardic invocation for our eloquence and inspiration: ________________
Welcoming the Allies, the spirits of the people and their gods who lived in this land before us: _________________
Honoring our Mother Ana: Rod
Unity Chant: Single Threads
Single threads entwined in weaving
Are our hearts and minds and souls
As the branches weave the forest
So our joining makes us whole.

Statement of purpose: Rob

Declaring Center and opening the Portals
Well, Fire, and Tree: Tree: _______________ Fire: Jude Well: _______________
Standing at the Crossroads

Come together, gather at the Center
Open we these Portals three.
Start the journey, standing at the Crossroads
The Well, the Fire, and the sacred Tree.

Invocation of Manannan mac Lir, our Lord of the Dead, to guide and protect us in the Otherworld: ____________

Acknowledging and honoring our guests
Ancestors - our beloved dead: Anne
Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures: Anne
Deities: Lugh, Bríd, Aren, Danu, and Bel(feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods): Rod
Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us: ____________
Deity of the Occasion: Aren (Rob)

Giving and receiving
Passing the basket - To direct praise and energy; to build a group offering

Group praise: Maypole dance
Round and Round
Round, round, round we go
Weave a weaving, watch it grow.
Bring us joy today,
Dance the lusty dance of May.

Round and round and round we go,
Make our love grow.
Bring us freedom on this day
To follow our hearts way.

Main sacrifice: offer the basket, king/queen jumps

Omen of return: runes (Rod)

Return Blessing: other May Basket / jumping the fire

Cauldron blessing: Newest mother

Welcoming new members, officers, and guild members, and bestowing other honors

Unwinding and closing
Recessional:
And Now the Rite Is At an End
And now the rite is at an end, again we're parting ways
May truth and honor be your friend and lucky be your days
I'll hold you dearly in my heart, I'll hold you in my mind
And though our branches grow apart, our roots shall be entwined.

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