As our ancestors once did, so we do today and so may our children do in the future...
The wheel of the years turns and once again it is time to gather in the growing darkness. Won't you join us as we share a meal with our Ancestors of the blood, heart, and hearth. If you've a loved one in particular you'd like to honor at our feast, bring an offering for them as well as a memento by which to recall them (mementos are not offerings and will be returned/can be collected at the end of the rite).
This year we will once again be featuring a full Thanksgiving style dinner spread as an integral part of our rite (both meat & vegetarian options). While no one will ever be turned away, please consider making a $10-$15 donation to help cover the cost of the meal.
Please arrive on time so that we may provide a pre-ritual briefing to everyone and still start ritual no later than 3:30pm. As always, our ritual will be held outdoors. Please dress accordingly!
Purchase a raffle ticket or 7, and after the ritual, stay to see if you've won anything from the many hand made items on display. (Raffle items TBA, keep an eye on this event.)
Information about our ritual style can be found at: About Our Ritual Style (https://www.meetup.com/Druids-in-Las-Vegas/pages/About_Our_Ritual_Style/)
More information about our grove can be found at: Larrea Tridentata Protogrove, ADF (http://www.larrea-adf.org)
** This is a public ritual and all are welcome. ** Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult who assumes responsibility for their charge's actions. We are currently unable to provide childcare, so if your child is unable or uninterested in being part of the service, it may be better to leave them home for the sake of your own experience as well as those around you.
While attendance is free and open to everyone, rituals do cost money to perform. All donations are gratefully accepted and are tax deductible through the charter from our parent organization, Ár nDraíocht Féin (ADF) [a 501(c)3 charitable religious org]. All attendees are welcome to participate in the ritual as much or as little as they like; incense, oil and other items are provided to use for offerings. If you'd like to bring something of your own to offer, the Deities and Ancestors, in general, appreciate the sweet smells of incense as well as alcohol and silver objects. The nature spirits love edible seeds. All of our Kindred appreciate handmade goods and heartfelt poems and songs.
All offerings are given to the Kindreds, taking them permanently out of human use (burned or otherwise eliminated/destroyed).
