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Hebt den Becher
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.

(optional extra verses)
When in ancient pagan days,
Fire was lit in sacred groves,
Hellenic Gods and Spirits

The following pages are about Hellenic (aka "Greek") gods and spirits:

Hellenic
Hellenic Rituals

The following are ADF rituals inspired by the Hellenic (ancient Greek) culture.

Hellenic
Historical Ritual Documents and Explainations

The following articles are historical documents: most of them no longer reflect exactly how we do ritual today, but can provide a deeper, more full understanding of how our ritual style and structure have developed.

Hittite call to Hasamelis

Hasamelis, god of travelers:
with this biscuit cast into the fire I call you to me
with this pita bread cast into the fire I call you to me
with this loaf of bread, split open and cast into the fire, I call you to me.

Home Blessing Ritual

As part of our work to develop our own cosmology, we continue our regular An Bruane meetings.

Honoring the Environment Through Religion

Thoughts from the Ecology SIG

Hoof and Horn
Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn
All that dies shall be reborn.
Corn and Grain, Corn and Grain
All that falls shall raise again.

(Words and music by Ian Corrigan)

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House Warding Ritual

The musical signal will be given to call the folk for the ritual.

D1: Wir sind hier um die Goetter zu Ehren.
Folk: We are here to honor the Gods.

How Cormac macAirt went to Tir na nOg

When Cormac mac Airt was king of Ireland, he was a good king and wise, his people prospered and he was greatly loved. And if he was well loved, his children is wife was adored. And if his wife was adored, his children were cherished even moreso.

Irish
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by Wayne Keysor on 6 August 2020

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Hymn to the Morrigan

© Isaac Bonewits
Originally published in Druid's Progress #3

Words by Isaac Bonewits, music traditional (Lagan Lad/Quiet Joys)

-- for Sally --

Hymn to Xáryomēn

“Hymn to Xáryomēn”

Lyrics:

Xáryomēn Dhétipotei,
Sumenesṇs priɂons dōtor
Suwéstēr zdhi.
Wedhe nōs som
Xṛneu nōs sḗm.
Tebhyo zṃgénse spendemes.
Tod ɂéstu!

I invoke Agni (Vedic)

I invoke Agni, priest of the gods:
bear my words on your tongue.
Through this first offering, bring prayers to the deities,
and through this their blessings to us,
Lord in the lightning

Imbas Liturgy

This page has been removed at the request of the author.

Imbolc 2017

Imbolc 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by Ashley Price for Prairie Sky Protogrove and Converted from PDF by Willow Birch

Irish Brigid
Imbolc 2017

Imbolc 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by Ashley Price for Prairie Sky Protogrove and Converted from PDF by Willow Birch

Irish LitYearBook2017
Imbolc 2017

Imbolc 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook. Written by Ashley Price for Prairie Sky Protogrove and Converted from PDF by Willow Birch

Irish Manannan
Imbolc Ritual 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook.  Written by Columbia Grove

Call to ritual

Arin:

Ancestors! (tap staff) Nature Spirits!

Shining Ones!

Irish Brigid
Imbolc Ritual 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook.  Written by Columbia Grove

Call to ritual

Arin:

Ancestors! (tap staff) Nature Spirits!

Shining Ones!

Irish Manannan Mac Lir
Imbolc Ritual 2017

Submitted for the 2017 Liturgist Guild Yearbook.  Written by Columbia Grove

Call to ritual

Arin:

Ancestors! (tap staff) Nature Spirits!

Shining Ones!

Irish LitYearBook2017
Imbolc Rituals

Imbolc means 'in the belly', im - within, bolc - belly, but has many variant names. Another possible source for the name is from the Irish 'imb fholc', washing oneself. This could result from the purification aspects of the holiday.

Imbolc Traditions

Explore some of the ways you can add folk practices into your Imbolc celebration.


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