“I've never been to one of those kinds of rituals before!” the little girl enthused.
What she meant was a ritual with offerings and prayers. Clearly, the experience had come as something of a revelation.
We'd just completed our annual Offering to Minnehaha Falls. The priestess stands at the head of the Falls and makes the traditional threefold offering of water, meal, and flowers, while praying for life, sustenance, and inspiration for the People, for the year to come.
I don't know about where you live, but around here pagan ritual tends to involve casting circles, calling quarters, and raising cones. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's more to pagan ritual than summoning, stirring, and pointing knives at.
A lot more.
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Thanks for your lovely and well said column. As I learned long ago, it's not just about "church on Sundays" so to seak, it's havin