Opening and Establishing the Grove
- We Approach the Sacred Grove (By Sean Miller)
We approach the Sacred Grove
With hearts and minds and strength and bone
Join us now in ways of old
We have come home.
- Earth Mother (Author unknown)
Earth Mother, we honor Your body
Earth Mother, we honor Your bones
Earth Mother, we sing to Your spirit
Earth Mother, we sing to Your stones.
- Lady Brigit (Words by Peggy Kaan)
Lady Brigit of the Bards
Blessed Fire of inspiration.
Spark the flames within our hearts
Lead our creative exploration.
Lady Brigit hear our call
As we make offerings of praise.
Let Your blessings make us strong
That we may serve You all our days!
Creating the Cosmos
- Gatekeeper, Open the Portals (By Sue Parker)
Gatekeeper, open the Portals
Between the Gods and mortals;
Power freely flows
As our magic grows!
- Nature Spirits' Call (by Nora Ford)
Fur and feather and scale and skin,
All you Spirits are welcome in;
Leaf and stone and Faery, too
May we seal our pact with You!
It's the stream of life that flows through us all
The babbling brook is Nature Spirits' call
Interweaved to the web of Life are we,
Come back to the Sacred Tree!
- Mothers and Fathers of Old (Words by Sable)
From far beyond this mortal plane,
Mothers and Fathers of Old!
We pray that You return again,
Mothers and Fathers of Old!
To share with us the mysteries and secrets long untold
Of the Ancient Ways we seek to reclaim,
Mothers and Fathers of Old!
- Hail All the Gods! (by Paul Maurice, Gwen Green)
Hail all the Gods! Hail all the Goddesses!
Hail all the Holy Ones, we dwell together!
Powers of the Sky, Powers of the Sacred Earth,
Powers of the Underworld, we dwell together!
Hail all the Gods, Hail all the Goddesses!
Hail all the Gods and Goddesses!
Hail all the Gods! Hail all the Goddesses!
Hail all the Holy Ones, we dwell together!
Offerings and Blessings
- Sacrifice Song (Ian Corrigan, Anthony Thompson, etc.)
Let our voices arise on the Fire
Let our voices resound in the Deep
Let the Kindreds accept what we offer
As we honor the Old Ways we keep
We give to You! We give to You.
We give to You! We give to You.
- Ancient Symbols (by Nora Ford)
Ancient symbols speaking to me
Ancient symbols speaking through me
It's your wisdom we're receiving
Words unspoken, whispered now.
- Pour the Waters (by Ian Corrigan)
Pour the Waters, raise the cup,
Drink your share of wisdom deep,
Strength and joy now fill us up,
As the Elder Ways we keep!
Thanks and Closing
- Walk With Wisdom (By Sable)
Walk with wisdom, from this hallowed place,
Walk not in sorrw, our roots shall ere embrace.
May strength be your brother, and honor be your friend,
And luck be your lover, until we meet again.
- Now the Rite Has Ended (by Arlene Davis)
Now the rite has ended, may the Kindreds bless us,
From this Grove protected, out into the wide world.
Guided by Their wisdom, guarded by Their love,
From this Grove protected, out into the wide world.
- Celtic Blessing (Author unknown)
May the road rise with you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rain fall softly on your fields,
And until we meet again,
May They hold you in the hollow of Their hands.
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