Growing Circles and Ceremonies is the buildup of a long time of circles, ceremonies, rituals, secret performs, initiations, rites of passage, and different magickal workings co-created by way of the Zell-Ravenhearts, today’s premier Wizard/Witch couple. For greater than 30 years, Oberon and Morning Glory have traveled broadly during the world wide magickal community—participating in gatherings, accomplishing workshops, and developing rituals for teams huge and small. they've got met and made Magick with the leaders of many traditions: Celtic Shamanism, British Dianic, Italian Strega, Welsh Witchcraft, Faerie Trad, Ceremonial Magick, Ozark Druidry, the recent Reformed Order of the Golden sunrise (NROOGD), Hinduism, local American tribes, Greek and Egyptian mythology, and the futuristic Church of All Worlds. the following, in a single easy-to-read quantity, is their number of chants, invocations, circle-castings, quarter-callings, spells, and ceremonies. it's also a "kit" to take advantage of to gather your personal rituals, for any season or cause: publication I offers a easy ritual define. every one point is by means of various examples that may be "plugged in" to customise your individual rite. booklet II offers a number of examples of exact ceremonies: Esbats (full Moons) and distinct events; Rites of Passage; Mysteries and Initiations; spells and consecrations. those should be tailored and changed as wanted for any dimension group—from small kinfolk gatherings on your front room, to large outdoors celebrations related to hundreds of thousands of individuals. booklet III presents an collection of complete rituals and formality parts for celebrations of the 8 nice seasonal gala's referred to as the Wheel of the 12 months. models of those were honored for millennia in most standard cultures of the Northern Hemisphere; and this day are common through the around the world Pagan neighborhood.
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