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Shining Lakes Grove Liturgists Worksheet: Imbolc 2005

(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: ____________ / _____________ / ____________
Come We Now As a People
Come we now as a people
Together, to gather at the sacred well.
Come we now as a people
To gather in the warmth and the light of the flame.

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: _____________
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: Rod

Declaring Center and opening the Portals
Well, Fire, and Tree: Tree: ______________ Fire: ____________Well: ___________________

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: ____________
Mannanan Invocation
We stand at the border and watch the mist close in.
Waves rolling, rolling,
Where shore meets the ocean, where land meets sea and sky,
We call to you, Manannan,
Manannan, Manannan,
We welcome you as you one day will welcome us.

Acknowledging and honoring our guests
Ancestors - our beloved dead: _____________
Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures: ____________
Deities: Lugh, Aren, Danu, and Bel (feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods): _____________
Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us: ____________
Deity of the Occasion: Bríd (Rod)
Note: After we welcome Bríd to be with us we will all kneel and say:
"Bríd, Bríd, come to our house, come to our house tonight!"

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

Group praise: assembly
The Way to the Well
We will, never, never lose our way
To the well of her memory
And the power of her living flame
It will rise, it will rise again.

Main Sacrifice: offer the puzzle

Omen of return: runes (Rod)

Return Blessing: Brat Bríd / milk chocolate

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 the hallowed place
Walk not in sorrow, our roots shall ere embrace
May truth be your brother,
And honor be your friend,
And luck be your lover until we meet again.

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