Thursday 1 July 2010

Rituals

I am planning a series of posts with rituals in it. As I complete these, I will add the links to this post for easy reference. Please note that I am planning on working through the rituals to add more correspondences (e.g., incense, candles, food for feasts, runes [where I don't already have them], Qabbalistic work, maybe Egyptian Deities, etc, etc, etc). If you wish to modify or adapt what I've offered to suit your own personal use, please feel free to do so - but, as always, remember that whatever you do will come back to you (karma, or the "Law of Threefold Return", or "Cause and Effect" [e.g. Principle 6 here], or whatever label you wish to put on it), so don't modify it into something that will do harm: the Wiccan Rede is summarised to "An it harm none, do as ye will".

Sabbats
  • Southern Samhain and Northern Beltane - here
  • Southern Yule and Northern Litha - here
  •   (others yet to be done) 
  • September equinox (Southern Ostara, Northern Mabon) - here;
  • Southern Beltane and Northern Samhain - here
  • Southern Litha and Northern Yule - here
  •   (others yet to be done) 
  • March equinox (Southern Mabon, Northern Ostara) - here.
Esbats - full moons
  • Full Moon in Aries - here;
  • Full Moon in Taurus - here;
  • Full Moon in Gemini - here;
  • Full Moon in Cancer - here
  • Full Moon in Leo - here
  • Full Moon in Virgo - here;
  • Full Moon in Libra - here
  • Full Moon in Scorpio - here
  • Full Moon in Sagittarius - here;  
  • Full Moon in Capricorn - here;
  • Full Moon in Aquarius - here;
  • Full Moon in Pisces - here;
Esbats - new moons
  •  (others yet to be done)  
  • New Moon in Virgo - here;
  • New Moon in Libra - here;
  • New Moon in Scorpio - here;
  • New Moon in Sagittarius - here
  •  (others yet to be done) 
Other
  • Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity spell for the 11th of each month - here;
  • basic (Qaballistic) protection and invoking ritual - here
  • Containment / putting out / management / prevention of bushfires and bushfire related damage, loss and injury - here
  • a service to guide the souls of the dead - here;
  • an invocation/devocation inspired by Druidry - here;
  • personal safety and security at work - here
  • coming of age - here;
Rituals based on the Kulin seasons
NOTE: these are NOT indigenous rituals - I am not indigenous, and have had no training on rituals of the Kulin or any other indigenous peoples - and I know, from my brother, who has worked with indigenous people in NSW most of his life, and one of my sisters, who was married to an indigenous bloke in WA, that there are rich and effective indigenous rituals - but I do NOT know the details, OK? :) . This is my attempt at an adaptation of Wiccan rituals to Australia - specifically, that part around Melbourne which is the Kulin people's lands, based on what little I know of about their system of seasons. If you want to know more about indigenous rituals, find an indigenous person and PROVE yourself worthy of their trust and HOPE you may be then also found worthy of being allowed to know a little - and do not patronise, nor presume you have any right to such knowledge, along the way.
  • template (older version) and ritual for personal safety and security at work - here
  • new generic template - here
  • for Poorneet - here
  • for Buath Gurru - here
  • for Kangaroo-apple - here
  • for Biderap - here
  •    (others yet to be done)  

(See also here and here for someone else's thoughts on this)