Prayer a Day 2020- November 2

Zephyr, weaving your caress into hair,trailing across dampened cheeks and trembling eyelids,Your gentleness an undoing, untangling the silencing snarl of grief and rage and hopeweighing breath and body and heart.Your invitation to presence a playful exchange, tension turned effervescent in my bones and I awaken to safety and to choice.Empyrean one, gratitude flows through me, … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 2 →

Prayer a Day 2020- November 1

On an image of bread in a basket lined with linen and salt in a small ochre dish, an invitation to the Ancestors is written:Ancestors, I call you!Mighty and Beloved Ones,Heroes and Allies of my many lineages,Of blood and bone,Of heart and mind and spirit,I call to you!Ancient Ones, whose names have been lost but … Continue reading Prayer a Day 2020- November 1 →

Oath Rite

11. The text of the Dedicant's Oath Rite and a self-evaluation of the Dedicant's performance of the rite. (500 word min.) My Dedicant Oath ritual was completed with Nine Waves Grove on March 29th, 2019, exactly 358 days after attending my first Grove meeting and immediately joining ADF national, so strong was my internal yes … Continue reading Oath Rite →

Personal Religion Essay

10. A brief account of the efforts of the Dedicant to develop and explore a personal (or Grove-centered) spiritual practice, drawn from a specific culture or combination of cultures. (600 words min.) PERSONAL RELIGION ESSAY My personal Druidry is animistic, oracular, ancestral, devotional, and polytheistic. I would say that primary among these things is devotional … Continue reading Personal Religion Essay →

Three Kindreds Essay

9. ONE essay describing the Dedicants understanding of and relationship to EACH of the Three Kindred (300 words min. for each Kindred and 1000 words total) THREE KINDREDS ESSAY The three Kindreds fit for me within the tripartite patterns that repeat throughout ADF’s Indo-European practices. There are three worlds- Underworld, Midworld, and Upperworld-, three realms- … Continue reading Three Kindreds Essay →

High Day Write-ups

8. A year of High Day rituals. (100 words min. each) BELTANE WRITE UP Beltane 2018 was celebrated solitary on May 1st on land between the lake and bayou at the University where I go to connect with the nature spirits. Manannan mac Lir, psychopomp, god of the Otherworld and the sea, was gatekeeper and … Continue reading High Day Write-ups →

Nature Awareness Essay

7. Efforts to work with nature, honor the Earth, and understand the impacts and effects on a local level. (500 word min) NATURE AWARENESS ESSAY/PROJECT I am not quite through one year of Dedicant practice and I have found the Nature Awareness aspect of the path deeply engaging. I have always had a connection to … Continue reading Nature Awareness Essay →

Meditation Essay

6. Mental discipline, through the use of meditation project.The experiences in the essay or journal should cover at least a five months period. (800 words min.) MEDITATION ESSAY I began my meditation practice on May 18th, 2018 and continued through November 16th, 2018, a total of 27 weeks of regular meditation practice. It is now … Continue reading Meditation Essay →

Two Powers Essay

5. An essay focusing the "Two Powers" meditation or other form of 'grounding and centering', as used in meditation and ritual. (300 word min) TWO POWERS ESSAY The Two Powers or Two Currents are the twin forces of sky (light, order, inspiration, completion) and earth (dark, chaos, primeval stuff of creation, potential). These forces encompass … Continue reading Two Powers Essay →

Home Shrine Essay

4. The Dedicant's home shrine/plans for future improvements. (150 words min.) I LOVE having a home shrine; it is always set up in the corner of my bedroom on a small side table. I had an eclectic Wccan-ish altar before I started ADF spiritual practice. The transition was uncomfortable at first, especially the removal of … Continue reading Home Shrine Essay →