Category Archives: Rituals

My Portable Altar Kit

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

Like many Pagans, I just don’t feel right if I don’t have have my altars around. Paganism is a religion that requires a minimum of a few tools, and often its adherents can go a little overboard acquiring more and … Continue reading →

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January celebrations from “365 Goddess”

Posted on December 23, 2016 by

  The following is a selection of the daily Goddess-centered exercises and rituals from Patricia Telesco’s “365 Goddess: a Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess”. My festival calendar is already quite crowded, so I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Io Saturnalia! A ritual

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

Originally posted on Temple of Athena the Savior:
Yesterday was the first day of the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the holiday from which most Christmas traditions are taken. It was the most popular Roman holiday, and all business was suspended…

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Appeal to the Gate-keeper Gods

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

I wrote last month about how I was thinking about adopting P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’s idea of using prayers to Wepwawet, Hekate, and Janus at the beginning of rituals to open the way for the other Deities being honored and … Continue reading →

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A Hymn for the Vertumnalia

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

I told you I tend to write these a little bit late. Anyway. ——— Lady of the Apple, Protector of Orchards and Gardens Fair ruddy-cheeked Pomona, I pray to You now She Who carries the pruning shears And Whose skirts … Continue reading →

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Prayers for the fourth of the Lunar Month

Posted on June 14, 2016 by

I wrote this prayer for the fourth of the lunar month, if anyone if interested. In the Athenian reckoning, it is sacred to Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros, and Herakles. —- On this most sacred day of the month, the fourth day … Continue reading →

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GMC: Festival of Seshat re-post

Posted on March 26, 2016 by

I have not had as much time to research this month as I would like (something tells me that’s going to be more or less constant, especially in the summer months when there is so much to do on the … Continue reading →

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