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| 1998 Midsummer Ritual Log |
This is the log of our online Midsummer ritual of June 21, 1998. This log has been edited to remove extraneous comments.
.Randall> I think we'll go ahead and start now. It's 10 after. .Randall> I want to welcome everyone to the Grove's Midsummer Ritual. .Randall> For the sake of any who may have never attended one of our online .Randall> rituals, I will mention a few things: .Randall> This is not a particularly Wiccan Ritual, although like most .Randall> modern Pagan rituals, there are many common elements. This ritual .Randall> has many elements taken from my "Eclectic Druid" ritual. We will .Randall> be grounding and centering, casting a circle, calling the quarters .Randall> and deities, celebrating the solstice and charging the Waters of Life. .Randall> .Randall> If you don't have something I call for, then imagine yourself .Randall> having the item and doing the action called for. .Randall> .Randall> Any questions or comments before the ritual starts? .Ann> None here. :) .D&P> none here .Randall> .Randall> I want all of you to relax.... leaving your fingers lightly on the .Randall> keyboard. .Randall> Take a deep breath... Hold it... Let it out slowly.... .Randall> Do it again, taking in a calm, peaceful feeling.... letting out the .Randall> cares and distractions of mundane life. .Randall> Another breath and you feel the everyday world drawing away... .Randall> Another breath and you feel the warmth and glow of the summer sun... .Randall> Continue to breath and relax... until you feel yourself enter that .Randall> place that exists between the worlds, not in this world and not in .Randall> the next. .Randall> This is the Place between Worlds.... Be welcome here. .Randall> Type <> when you are grounded and centered, and ready to go on. .Ann> <> .Starcharge> <> .D&P> <> .Randall> I draw this circle to contain and protect out ritual. From Keyboard .Randall> to Keyboard, I connect us. We come here in friendship and desire to .Randall> reach beyond ourselves. By our will, the circle is now cast. .Randall> .Randall> Spirits of the East, South, West, and North, .Randall> Slyphs of Air, Salamanders of Fire, Undines of Water, and Gnomes of .Randall> Earth, .Randall> I ask you to be present to witness and aid our rite. .Randall> .Randall> This is the appointed place, now is the appointed time. .Randall> We come to worship the Gods. .Randall> The Gods are everywhere.... but we worship Them here. .Randall> The Gods are without form.... but worship them in these forms. .Randall> We offer them our prayers, sacrifices, and worship. .Randall> Each of us in our own way. .Randall> .Randall> I call upon the Lady, the Earth Mother, the spirit of all that lives .Randall> upon the Earth, swims beneath the waters, and flies through the air. .Randall> With joy in our hearts and a song on our lips, .Randall> We ask thee to attend our rite. .Randall> .Randall> I call upon the Lord, the Shining One, the spirit of truth and light, .Randall> the spark of the sun, and the flame within the heart of the sun. .Randall> On this longest day of the year, .Randall> We ask thee to attend our rite. .Randall> .Randall> If you wish to invite another into our circle, please do so. .Randall> Type <> when you are finished. .Randall> .Ann> My Prince, join us and be welcome! :) <> .Starcharge> <> .D&P> We invite Pele, Lono, Dianna, Isis and Herne <> .Nepthele> <> .Randall> Athena, Freya, Frigga, and other who watch over me, be welcome here. <> .Randall> .Randall> Join with me as welcome the Summer Sun. (Just type the words I do) .Randall> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Ann> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Starcharge> Hail the Sun of Summer! .D&P> Hail the Sun of Summer! ** .Crone just joined "Midsummer Ritual" (6 members now) ** .Randall> Golden One, Brightest, Warmth of the Green Earth .D&P> Golden One, Brightest, Warmth of the Green Earth .Starcharge> Golden One, Brightest, Warmth of the Green Earth .Ann> Golden One, Brightest, Warmth of the Green Earth .Randall> Hail the Sun of Summer! .D&P> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Starcharge> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Ann> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Randall> Crown of Striving, Gem of the Heavens, First among Daylights ** SILVERLILITH just joined "Midsummer Ritual" (7 members now) ** .D&P> Crown of Striving, Gem of the Heavens, First among Daylights .Ann> Crown of Striving, Gem of the Heavens, First among Daylights .Starcharge> Crown of Striving, Gem of the Heavens, First among Daylights SILVERLILITH> - signed off - .Randall> Hail the Sun of Summer! .D&P> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Starcharge> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Ann> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Randall> Eye of Burning, Fire of Noontide, Heat of the Forge .D&P> Eye of Burning, Fire of Noontide, Heat of the Forge .Starcharge> Eye of Burning, Fire of Noontide, Heat of the Forge .Ann> Eye of Burning, Fire of Noontide, Heat of the Forge .Randall> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Starcharge> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Ann> Hail the Sun of Summer! .D&P> Hail the Sun of Summer! .Randall> .Randall> .Randall> .Randall> If you have a candle, light it now. See the light of Sun in the .Randall> flame of your candle. Feel the light of the Summer Sun flow into .Randall> your body and spirit, giving you the energy to face the darkening .Randall> half of the year before us with a light heart. .Randall> .Randall> Type <> when you are ready to continue. .D&P> <> .Ann> <> .Starcharge> <> .Randall> [Long explanation, please wait for the entire paragraph ;)] .Randall> We are about to create the Waters of Life. Hold your open power hand .Randall> (probably the one you write with), palm down, over your glass of .Randall> fruit juice or water. As I speak and type the words that follow this .Randall> description, imagine the light and power of the Sun shining on the .Randall> crown of your head and flowing throughout your body to radiate from .Randall> the palm of your open hand into your glass of juice or water. See .Randall> the brilliant light charging the water with bright solar energy, the .Randall> bounty of the Summer to come. If you have a specific need (e.g. .Randall> health, knowledge, etc.) you may ask the Gods for their aid as you do .Randall> this. Please type <> when you are ready to begin. ** CSTLOUIS just joined "Midsummer Ritual" (7 members now) ** .Randall> .Crone> - signed off - .Ann> <> .D&P> <> .Starcharge> <> .Randall> [If you have questions about this part of the ritual, now is a good time to ask. .Randall> Very well. We begin. .Randall> .Randall> O Earth Mother, .Randall> We thank thee that seed springeth, .Randall> that flower openeth, .Randall> that grass waveth. .Randall> .Randall> We thank thee for winds that whisper .Randall> through the graceful elm, .Randall> through the shapely maple, .Randall> through the lively pine, .Randall> through the shining birch, .Randall> through the mighty oak. .Randall> .Randall> We thank thee for all things .Randall> O Earth Mother, .Randall> who giveth life. .Randall> .Randall> Lord and Lady, .Randall> hallow these waters by they sevenfold powers, .Randall> and by the three ways of day .Randall> and one of night. .Randall> Let thy power flow through us and into .Randall> the Waters of Life. .Randall> .Randall> Feel the power finish flowing through you. When it has and you are .Randall> ready to continue, type <>. .Randall> ** JACKNEILSON just joined "Midsummer Ritual" (7 members now) ** .D&P> <> CSTLOUIS> <> .Ann> <> Whoof! .Starcharge> <> .Randall> :) JACKNEILSON> - signed off - .Randall> Take a small sip of the Waters of Life. Feel the warmth of the .Randall> Summer Sun flow into your body with that sip. Take another and feel .Randall> the love of the Gods empower you. Take a third small sip and feel .Randall> the light of truth and knowledge shining within you. .Randall> When you are ready to continue, type <> .D&P> <> .Ann> <> .Plato> <> .Starcharge> <> .Randall> Now drink all but a small portion of the Waters and feel that which .Randall> your need most flow into you. After the ritual is concluded, pour .Randall> the remainder of the Waters onto the earth as a libation to the Gods. .Randall> .Randall> When you are ready to continue, type <> .Ann> <> .Starcharge> <> .D&P> <> .Plato> <> .Randall> If anyone has any comments or words they'd like to add before we close the circle, now is the time. ;) .D&P> Be one with the Universe... be one with Mother Earth.... be one with Self! .Randall> Thanks, Dianne! Anyone Else? .Ann> [Not here. :)] .Plato> no .Starcharge> :) .Randall> Okay, In that case, we'll close things down. .Randall> .Randall> Spirits of the East, South, West, and North, .Randall> Slyphs of Air, Salamanders of Fire, Undines of Water, and Gnomes of .Randall> Earth, .Randall> We thank you for your presence and your aid at our ritual. .Randall> Go if you must, stay if you will. .Randall> .Randall> Lord and Lady, Honored Guests gathered here with us.... We are .Randall> grateful for the support and wisdom You have shared with us at this .Randall> time. Go if you must, but know that You are always welcome to .Randall> remain. .Randall> .Randall> This Circle is now ended. .Randall> But what we have shared here will never end... only grow. .Randall> Go in peace and fellowship. .Randall> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .Ann> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .D&P> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .D&P> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .Starcharge> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .Randall> .Plato> Marry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .Randall> Thank you all for attending and participating! .Nepthele> MM,MP,MMA!