PAGAN PRIDE DAY (MABON) 2025

Home Again music playing as a prelude and quiet time

• Summoner

Stands in front of entry facing out, staff resting at an angle in contact with the ground on one end

• Hand Maiden

Starting in the East sweep the space high and low, moving clockwise one time. Place the broom, bristles up, leaning against main altar and return to the group.

Sweep:

Sweep out the old, make room for the new

Let joy and contentment be all that is due

Sweep out the stagnant, sweep out the gray

                Let blessings and beauty reside here today

Repeat as needed to get round the space once.

• Hand Maiden

Starting in the East using Florida water in a small misting bottle, mist high and low moving clockwise through the space one time. Place the mister on the main altar and return to the group.

Asperge:

Clean Water and strong Earth

                Bring blessings to our Hearth

Gentle Wind and Fire’s spark

                Let blessings shine and leave their mark

Repeat as needed to get round the space once.

• Priestess

Says to all waiting:

Please join us at our hearth. As you come in, please find a space where you are comfortable. If you are not able to stand comfortably for about 30 minutes, please be seated in one of the chairs.

Summoner to stand and place staff at his side, invite everyone to enter. Grove members form a “foyer” and greet everyone with “Welcome Home”, “ Welcome to our Hearth”, “Merry Meet”, “Happy to see you” or other phrases as appropriate.

After the last person enters, Summoner places the staff at an angle across the entry with the end on the ground and joins the group.

Quarter callers should stand opposite their Quarter so they are speaking into the circle and not moving around.

• Priestess

Today we gather as Chosen Family and friends in celebration of community and to welcome each other home. We come from many paths and hold differing beliefs, but we all follow a Path of Kindness.

Let’s begin by taking three deep breaths to clear our minds and center our focus on the here and now.

In…Out…In…Out…In…Out…

Crone, will you please take this ball of cord and mark our circle boundary? With this cord, we will build our sacred place, our safe place, where all are welcome.

Everyone please turn and face outwards.

As you receive the ball of cord, please unravel enough to pass to the person on your right while holding a piece of it in your hand. Introduce yourself and welcome your neighbor home.

Ball of cord passes hand to hand, each person welcoming the one to their right. When the ball returns to Crone, she ties a knot of Hercules and declares the circle sealed.

• Priestess

Let us call in our quarters, beginning in the East:

Everyone stays where they are and speaks across the circle to be heard. Grove members please help lead by facing the quarter being called.

East:

Spirits and creatures of the East - You are remembered!

Mighty Eagles on strong wings, Soft Doves on whispering breezes

Gentle morning light as the Sun rises anew and bathes our hearth stones with clarity

We welcome you to our rite!

Hail & Welcome!

South:

Spirits and creatures of the South – You are remembered!

Fierce Dragons glowing brightly, Bright Salamanders dancing in flames

Strong beams of the Sun kindling our hearth fires and protecting our homes

We welcome you to our rite!

Hail & Welcome!

West:

Spirits and creatures of the West – You are remembered!

Cunning Orcas traveling ocean waves, Wise Salmon circling in deep wells

Waning beams of the Sun coloring our hearth with warmth and contentment

We welcome you to our rite!

Hail & Welcome!

North:

Spirits and creatures of the North – You are remembered!

Stalwart giants standing tall, Quiet Gnomes shoring up walls

Darkness settling like a warm blanket covering our hearth as we rest and renew

We welcome you to our rite!

Hail & Welcome!

• Priestess

Thank you. We will now welcome in Lady Brigid and The Dagda

Brigid:

Bright Lady, Keeper of the Hearth, Mistress of Healing, Lady Brigid! We honor you and ask for you to join us today and bless us with your wisdom and healing prayers as we celebrate family, community and hearth. Welcome and Blessed Be!

The Dagda:

Great Father, Protector, Lord of Plenty, Dagda! We honor you and ask for you to join us today and bless us with your strength and legendary prowess as we celebrate family, community and hearth. Welcome and Blessed Be!

• Priestess

We stand together as family in sacred space created by our own hands. We all traveled different paths to reach this place. Each one of us bringing a different perspective, different views, different beliefs, and different life stories; but today we stand together to celebrate the unity in those differences that make us strong together. By being here now, we are all choosing a Path of Kindness through the difficult times around us. Together we will create a small well that we can all share and cherish to remind us of Community and that Kindness is not a weakness or the turning of a blind eye, but a source of strength to create change and foster understanding.

Please focus yourselves on this cauldron as Mother leads us through a meditation

• Mother

Insert appropriate healing spell here.

• Priestess

Thank you, Mother. Each person is invited to come forward and select a token from the cauldron to take with you. These tokens are now charged with the Kindness and Love we have generated here today. May they serve as a reminder to the connections we all have, regardless of where our individual paths take us.

Wait a short time until it seems everyone has chosen.

These tokens will be available throughout the remainder of our time together.

Let us close our circle now so we can enjoy Cake and Coffee together!

• Priestess

Brigid:

Beautiful Mistress, Loving Lady. We are grateful for your blessings of light and warmth. Although we must bid you farewell in this place, we carry you with us in our hearts. Hail and farewell!

The Dagda:

Bountiful Provider, Clear-sighted Protector. We are grateful for your blessings of plenty and comfort. Although we must bid you farewell in this place, we carry you with us in our hearts. Hail and farewell!

Let us now dismiss the quarters, starting in the North.

Everyone stays where they are and speaks across the circle to be heard. Grove members please help lead by facing the quarter being called.

North:

Spirits and creatures of the North – We are grateful!

Thank you for joining us and bringing your blessings of security and peace.

We bid you farewell and safe journey as you return home.

Hail & Farewell!

West:

Spirits and creatures of the West – We are grateful!

Thank you for joining us and bringing your blessings of wisdom and community.

We bid you farewell and safe journey as you return home.

Hail & Farewell!

South:

Spirits and creatures of the South – We are grateful!

Thank you for joining us and bringing your blessings of passion and drive.

We bid you farewell and safe journey as you return home.

Hail & Farewell!

East:

Spirits and creatures of the East – We are grateful!

Thank you for joining us and bringing your blessings of playfulness and caring.

We bid you farewell and safe journey as you return home.

Hail & Farewell!

• Priestess

Now as we prepare to open our circle, would everyone please turn and pick up the cord we laid at the beginning.

After Crone unbinds the knot of Hercules, please remain in place and holding the cord until it has been cut, leaving you a reminder of the sacred space we created today.

Crone unties knot and quarters step forward to cut the cord between each person in their “section” moving counterclockwise. Once the last cut is made, Crone announces the circle open.

Summoner removes staff from entrance.

• All

Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet again!

Please join for Cakes and Coffee/Ale!