Principles of Our Rites

 

 

Ritual: The outer form of our worship, like all ceremonies, is made up of spoken prayers, invocations and statements combined with formalized actions designed to create sacred space and time.

Sacrifice: A central action of our rites is the giving of gifts to the Powers. Sacrifice strengthens the Gods and the Spirits to which they are made. We offer flowers, incense, food and drink, precious metals and gems, poetry and song to our Deities, but never blood.

Trance: The skills that bring the celebrants together at our rites are the techniques of meditation and trance. By concentrating our minds on the symbols, words and actions of our ritual, we relax the barriers between the Otherworlds and the World of the Living.