EFFORTS TO FIND MY PATRONS In meditations over the last year, as mentioned in my Journal, the same Gods tended to come up or appear to me, primarily Rhiannon and Cernunnos. While I refused to commit to them until after doing the trance to discover my Patrons, I had a feeling all along that they [...]
DEDICANT'S OATH RITE EVALUATION Taken from my Journal entry of October 2, 2001 Tonight I did my ADF Dedicant's Oath Rite! I performed it naked outside and had a nice fire. The ritual went well, as did most of the meditations and visualizations. I did the “Counting the Breaths” meditation to start and then did [...]
My Dedicant's Oath Rite The Nemeton is arranged. Items needed are the Well, Fire and Tree, Incense burner, charcoal and incense, branch for aspersing, drinking horn or chalice, offering bowl, Celtic oracle cards and dedication ring. Also needed are offerings of ale, oil, herbs and flowers, honey, wine and the three offering stones. Also, a [...]
RITUALS ATTENDED AND PERFORMED Taken from my Journal. The Entries on my Dedication Rite and Patronage Rite are listed separately in other documents. March 20, 2001 – OSTARA …at the moment I'm leaning towards Druidry – and I guess I'll be joining ADF and taking their study course…..Last night, to mark Ostara, I attended TAWN's [...]
I keep my shrine currently on a small table in the bedroom. It faces east at a sliding glass door, so the sun rises over it. There is a black silk cloth on the table with a pattern of gold crescent moons and stars woven into it. In the center at the back of the [...]
The Two Powers (or Two Currents) are the powers of the earth and the sky. From the earth we get the dark waters of chaos and potential and from the skies we get the light of inspiration and order and completion. When these two powers are mixed, as in the Two Currents meditation, power happens. [...]
Meditation Record Taken From My Journal March 20 – November 25, 2001 Note: I wish I could say that I managed to meditate every week, but this was not the case. I might miss a week or get three meditations in one week. But I have been meditating a lot, and it has become quite [...]
Extra Book Report (was IE Studies) THE PAGAN RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH ISLES By Ronald Hutton This book is a complex and thorough overview of what is known about the indigenous religions of the ancient British Isles and is at once both thrilling and depressing. While giving lots of information and a feeling of [...]
Modern Paganism Book Report DRAWING DOWN THE MOON By Margot Adler It is a daunting task to write a concise book report on a book as long and complex as this one. Ms. Adler covers so much here that this could be a major pagan textbook about our recent past. The book's only drawback is [...]
Ethnic Studies Book Report, no. 2 THE DRUIDS By Peter Berresford Ellis This is a very comprehensive survey of current knowledge on the ancient Druids as well as a critical look at the ancient sources normally used as the basis of books of this nature. The main point Mr. Ellis makes about the Roman and [...]