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Stone Creed Grove Yule - 1999
Stone Creed Samhain Rite	A: The Statement of Purpose and Precedent We gather here on the Feast of Samhain, the End and Beginning of the Sacred Year, the Time of Turning when the Dark Time begins. This is the Last Harvest.
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Study Program FAQs	ADF has always been committed to comprehensive training of its members.
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	LitYearBook2016
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	Anahita
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	Beaver
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	Atar
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	Zam
Summer Solstice: Honoring Anahita, the Mother of Waters	Ritual performed by Three Cranes Grove, ADF for a Grove-only Summer Solstice in 2016. All parts written by Rev. Jan Avende unless otherwise noted.	Iranian	Haoma
Summerlands Funeral Rite	This page has been removed at the request of the author.
Susan Burns
Synoikia Ritual	Opening prayer The musical signal will be given to call the folk for the ritual. D1: Paresmen timesonta tas theas kai tous theous. Folk: We are here to honor the Gods.	Hellenic
Taking It All Home	Making the gods part of our everyday lives is simpler than we often think.
Taking the Waters— An Essay on the Connections Between the Nature Spirits and the Ancestors	Since our inception in 1997, the 6th Night Grove has used the waters from the Yellow Spring, a local landmark in our area, as the waters for our Sacred Well.
TEST Page	Testing Site
Text for the Grove Attunement	Now let us begin to open our minds to Magic, to the presence of the Gods. Begin with your body. Plant your feet firmly on the ground, balanced and upright... shake out your arms and shoulders...
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The ADF Core Order of Ritual for High Days	The following is the Core Order of Ritual (COoR) for ADF High Day rituals as approved in late 2006 by the ADF Clergy Council.
The ADF Outline of Worship: A Briefing for Newcomers	[Note: Also available in PDF format [100k], making it easy to hand out as a folded pamplet at rituals.
The Afterlife, The Heroes, and The Dead	What is known about the afterlife beliefs of the Celtic peoples is sketchy and often contradictory. The classical authors are unanimous in declaring that the Celts held an unshakable belief in a happy life after death.
The Ancient Celtic Otherworld	First Appeared in Ripples, The Quarterly Journal of Shining Lakes Grove, Yule, 1995.
The Aquarian Manifesto	All intelligent beings have the right to worship who, what, where, when, why, and how they wish; provided that they do not violate the similar rights of others.

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A: The Statement of Purpose and Precedent

Opening prayer