Our Fools Rite and after ritual dinner was a great deal of fun, thank you all who came (especially Grey who came an hour and a half, foolish indeed!). I had been feeling really, really distracted since the end of the rite and then I realized I did not close the gates and I am pretty sure I have been traveling to "worlds unknown, different than our ( Read more... )

You know ... I have been involved with magical stuff for many years. Long, long before calling myself a Pagan I grew up in a church where we laid hands upon the sick and hurting and as a Unitarian Universalist we were often called to "hold" people metaphysically when they needed help. Though neither of those churches would call that magic, in many ( Read more... )

Silver Falls Grove celebrated our Rites of Spring today focusing on the story of Persephone and Demeter (with those two as our key offerings ( Read more... )

Do you feel it is culturally, well misappropriation isn't the right word to me, irresponsible to associate a song with my own feelings as a Pagan if I never knew it had an older reflection ( Read more... )

Many people have found value in holding vigil though the night around the winter solstice. Some people prefer to greet the rising sun on the actual solstice day but for myself I have for the past several years preferred to stay up on the longest night, the night of the Winter Solstice, and greet the sun on the next day when the light begins to ( Read more... )

Just a short write-up of the Silver Falls Grove, ADF Yule Rite while it is fresh in my mind ( Read more... )

Once again this year I have, in honor of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, grayed out my Journal for the day (changed the theme to the colors of Gray and Black ( Read more... )

I had thought that I had already posted this but I can't find it now. A friend was asking what I do for my "daily" devotionals so I thought I would re/post it.

Assure there is water in well and matches to light fire

Begin with grounding and centering meditation,
Attempt to hold throughout devotionals.

Once center is achieved touch the ( Read more... )

Earlier Today (I am still counting this as Sunday) Silver Falls Proto/Grove celebrated Samhain. It was a good rite, for me anyways. We ended up with about 21 attendees, three of whom were a friend of mine from the UU Church, his daughter and another youth from the church who had meetings to attend so could not stay the entire rite but wanted to see ( Read more... )

So ... what are doing in ADF rituals ( Read more... )