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Ritual: Weddings and Betrothals

Sabrina and Victor's wedding (2006)


Contemporary Pagan and Eclectic

Liturgy for Prayer Beads -- Inspired by Donald Engstrom after Midwest Camp 2004.

Spring Equinox Ritual -- Presented privately, 2004 and 2005.

Beltane Directions -- Written for Beltane 2002.

Midsummer Directions -- Written for Midsummer 2002.

Lammas Directions -- Written for Lammas 2002.

Samhain Ritual -- Presented for the Heathen Union of Boston, October 2003.

Fire ritual -- A brief ecstatic ritual celebrating fire.

Mealtime Directions -- A pre-meal directional invocation.

Kali Grace -- A mealtime prayer to Kali.

Charge of the Spider Goddess -- A first-person invocation of S/he Who Is.

The Four Sisters -- Directional invocation adapted from a poem by Nancy Wood.

Prayer Retreat Directions -- Calling of the directions specially written for a church retreat on prayer and meditation in different religious traditions.

Many of the earth-centered Christian liturgies below can also be easily adapted to a neopagan context. See particularly 777 Directions, Women's Spirituality Directions, and the invocations contained in Ground of Being.


Earth-centered Christian

Ground of Being -- Invocations, communion liturgy, and ritual activities for eight seasonal festivals. Introduced by a short academic paper explaining the context of the project.

777 Directions -- A set of invocations using a 7-element system.

777 Directions -- The same set of invocations adapted for use by a church congregation or large group.

Women's Spirituality Directions -- A simple calling of the directions that I wrote for my women's group.

Thanksgiving directions -- Thanksgiving calling of the directions.

World Communion Directions -- Calling of the directions for World Communion Sunday.

Civil Rights Directions -- Calling of the directions for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

9/11 Directions -- Calling of the directions for the first Sunday after 9/11.

St. Patrick Directions -- A calling of the directions adapted from the famous prayer attributed to St. Patrick.

Journey Directions -- Playful directions with a journeying theme.

Palm Sunday Directions -- Written for Palm Sunday 2002.

Unity Directions -- Written for Pride Sunday 2002.

Four Fold Way Directions -- Inspired by the book of the same title.

Four Fold Advent Candle Lighting -- Companion advent liturgies for the Four Fold Way Directions.