SLG Worksheet for Fall Equinox 2002

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Shining Lakes Grove Liturgists Worksheet: Fall Equinox 2002

(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
Processional and Purification: Michael / _________________ / ____________________
We Approach the Sacred Grove

We approach the sacred grove
With hearts and minds and flesh and bone
Join us now in ways of old;
We have come home.

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: Fred P.
Honoring our Mother Ana: _____________________
Unity chant:
One Voice

I join my voice to yours, we are one voice
Our words ring out together to call us home.
I join my heart to yours, we are one heart,
One breath, one mind, one Grove, we are one.

Statement of purpose: Rob

Declaring Center and opening the Portals
Well, Fire, and Tree: Tree: _______________ Fire: _______________ 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. (repeat)

Acknowledging the Outsiders - the forces of chaos and change: _________________
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: ________________________
Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures: Matt V.
Deities: Lugh, Bríd, Aren, Danu, and Bel (feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods): _______________
Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us: Rod
Deity of the Occasion: Stag God (Rob)

Giving and Receiving
Passing the basket - To direct praise and energy; to build a group offering
Group praise:
Fur and Feather

Fur and feather and scale and skin
Different without but the same within
Many of body but one of soul
Through all creatures are the gods made whole.

Stag Dance
Main sacrifice: tossing the corn

Omen of return: Rod (runes)

Return blessing: cider and bread / bless the hunters

Cauldron Blessing: Newest mother

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

Unwinding and closing
Recessional:
Walk With Wisdom

Walk with wisdom
From this hallowed place
Walk not in sorrow,
Our roots shall e'er embrace.

May truth be your brother
And honor be your friend
And luck be your lover
Until we meet again.