Creating Circles & Ceremonies is the accumulation of decades of circles, ceremonies, rituals, Mystery plays, initiations, rites of passage, and other magickal workings co-created by the Zell-Ravenhearts, today's foremost Wizard/Witch couple.
For more than 30 years, Oberon and Morning Glory have traveled widely throughout the worldwide magickal community-participating in gatherings, conducting workshops, and creating rituals for groups large and small. They have 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 New Reformed Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD), Hinduism, Native American tribes, Greek and Egyptian mythology, and the futuristic Church of All Worlds.
Here, in one easy-to-read volume, is their collection of chants, invocations, circle-castings, quarter-callings, spells, and ceremonies. It is also a "kit" to use to assemble your own rituals, for any season or reason:
Book I presents a basic ritual outline. Each element is followed by numerous examples which may be "plugged in" to customize your own ceremony.
Book II gives numerous examples of actual ceremonies: Esbats (full Moons) and special occasions; Rites of Passage; Mysteries and Initiations; spells and consecrations. These can be adapted and modified as needed for any size group-from small family gatherings in your living room, to huge outdoor celebrations involving thousands of people.
Book III provides an assortment of full rituals and ritual elements for celebrations of the eight great seasonal festivals called the Wheel of the Year. Versions of these have been commemorated for millennia in most traditional cultures of the Northern Hemisphere; and today are universal throughout the worldwide Pagan community.
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is a renowned wizard and elder in the worldwide magickal community. In 1962, he co-founded a Pagan church with a futuristic vision, and has been involved in the founding of several other major groups. Living in Northern California, Oberon is Headmaster of the online Grey School of Wizardry (www.GreySchool.com), and lifemate to Morning Glory, his beloved wife of 32 years.
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart is a Witch, Priestess, Loremistress and Goddess historian-famous for her rituals, songs, and poetry. For more than 30 years she has traveled, lectured, and taught college courses with her husband and soulmate, Oberon, on Neo-Paganism, the Gaia Thesis and Goddess re-emergence. She is Headmistress of the Grey School of Wizardry.
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Posted November 9, 2006
Creating Circles & Ceremonies By Oberon & Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart New Page Books, 2006 Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and his wife, Morning Glory, have done it at last. Compiling decades of experience in creating rituals and ceremonies for all occasions, from the celebrations of the seasons to blessing your dinner or a new home, this book will provide ideas, information, theory, and practice to bring a sense of the sacred into everyday life. Author of the acclaimed Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Oberon has written a Pagan bible that every practitioner of magic and ritual will want to have on a shelf within easy reach. With spells, chants, invocations, herbal recipes, and more, you won¿t want to go through a moon cycle without using this book. The wealth of information herein is divided into three smaller sections. Book I, ¿The Magic Circle¿ outlines the basic theory and practice of creating ceremonies, such as creating sacred space, calling the quarters, invoking spirits, deities, or helpers, and basic ritual etiquette. Book II, ¿Rites and Rituals¿ describes ceremonies for all occasions, including rites of passage, marriages, and initiations. Book III: ¿Wheel of the Year¿ then applies these principles to the eight seasonal holidays that mark the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days of the year. The final Appendices contain information you will use as a reference for years to come. Lavishly illustrated with Oberon¿s unique artwork, this book is destined to be as classic a book for ritual recipes as ¿The Joy of Cooking¿ was to the culinary world. Anodea Judith, author of Wheels of Life, and Waking the Global Heart
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Creating Circles & Ceremonies is the accumulation of decades of circles, ceremonies, rituals, Mystery plays, initiations, rites of passage, and other magickal workings co-created by the Zell-Ravenhearts, today's foremost Wizard/Witch couple.
For more than 30 years, Oberon and Morning Glory have traveled widely throughout the worldwide magickal community-participating in gatherings, conducting workshops, and creating rituals for groups large and small. They have met and made ...