FallFling 2004 Ritual

Dragon Hills
by Mattie
Norse Blot

Items needed:

Freddie
Candles, sand and bags for the lining of the circle
Bottles of Mead Drinking horn
Bowl
Twig of Evergreen
Hammer
4 torches
Scripts
Flashlights (at least 3)

Participants:
Rite Leader - Craig
Valkrye - Mattie
Hammer Rite leader - Gil


FallFling 2004 Ritual

Dragon Hills
by Mattie
Norse Blot

(Setting up:
Pour the libation/mead into the drinking horn.
Dispose of excess packaging.
Assemble folk in a diamond-like shape facing one another.
Have Blot Bowl, Twig, & Hammer handy in center of formation.
Have everyone make a diamond shape facing each other.)

(Hammer Rite Leader starting with facing north begin:)

(Face north) "Hammer to the north, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site." (Make hammer sign)

(Face east) "Hammer to the east, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site." (Make hammer sign)

(Face west) "Hammer to the west, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site." (Make hammer sign)

(Face south) "Hammer to the south, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site." (Make hammer sign)

(Stand in the middle) "Hammer in Asgard, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site."
"Hammer in Midgard, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site.
Hammer in Helheim, I call to thee, hold and hallow this holy site."

(The RL holding the horn then gestures to the Valkrye, the Valkrye comes to the center and picks up the bowl and drinking twig and walks to the RL.)

RL:
"Those who should come, come
Those who should fare, fare
Those who should stay, stay
Harmless to me & mine."

(RL then pours some of the mead into the bowl. The Valkyrie then dips the blessing twig into the bowl and sprinkles each person present, him/herself last with the libation, pouring the remainder of the libation into the earth as a gift to the landvaetter. The Blot bowl is then set down.)

RL:
"Many of us here , if not all of us have been effected or know someone that has been, by the recent hurricanes and storms that have come to our shores. So many of our brothers and sisters have been left without homes, jobs and their lives will be changed forever. Tonight as we gather here in this connecting circle under the Hawthorne moon, let us take a moment of silence for those that have felt loss and suffered and send out a collective thought of healing toward them."

(Moment of Silence)

RL:
"The days are growing shorter and the nights longer, Sunna taking an early leave, and Mani is beginning to take over the sky. Rind is not far behind. We thank Thor and Aegir for fighting back the Jotnar. Thor for keeping us safe and protecting our homes, and we thank Aegir for holding back the storms in his seas. For this purpose we congregate and hold this blot tonight."

(Invocation of Thor)

RL:
"Hail to Thor, Donar
Son of Odin
God of thunder
Protector of our hearths and home
Beloved of the Aesir
Wielder of the mighty Mjolnir
Join us and embrace our tribute."

(The Rite Leader then sips the libation and hands the drinking vessel to the Valkyrie, who then passes the vessel for all to sip.After all including the Valkyrie have sipped from the vessel, the Rite Leader pours a share for Thor into the Blot Bowl, and returns the libation to the Earth; i.e. spills it into the ground.)

(Invocation of Aegir)

RL:
"Hail to Aegir, Gymir
Ship - Bane
God of the sea

Loved by the Vanir
Brewer of Ale
Brother to the Wind Giant
Join us and embrace our tribute."

(The Rite Leader then sips the libation and hands the drinking vessel to the Valkyrie, who then passes the vessel for all to sip.After all including the Valkyrie have sipped from the vessel, the Rite Leader pours a share for Aegir into the Blot Bowl, and returns the libation to the Earth; i.e. spills it into the ground.)

(Individual toasts)

(The RL then has the Valkyrie pour more mead into the horn and holds it up saying:)

"HAIL THOR, HAIL AEGIR"

(RL takes a sip and then hands the horn to the Valkyrie. The Valkrie then takes the horn and takes it around to each individual where they take a sip and make a toast to Thor and Aegir the individual then passes the horn back to the Valkyrie after a moment of silent prayer, or hails an element of nature. After the individual finishes his or her toast, s/he takes a sip from the horn, and offers a small amount to the toasted God by pouring it into the ground. All present shout:)

"HAIL THOR, HAIL AEGIR!"

(When all have spoken and made their toast, the Valkryie makes her toast and takes her sip and offering, the Valkyrie returns the horn to the Rite leader.)

(FINAL TOASTS)

RL:
"Hail To the Aesir
Hail To The Vanir
Hail to the Alfar, light and dark
Hail to The Dises
And Wights among us
Hail to our Jorth and her gentle struggle
Hail to the spirits of our ancestors, animals, and trees
All creatures great & small, we hail you all."

(The Closing)

(The RL pours the remainder of the mead from the horn into the blot bowl. lifts the bowl above his head and says:)

"We offer this to you, and return it to our earth."

(The Rite Leader Pours the contents of the Blot Bowl into the Earth.)

RL:
"The rite has ended, and so it is wrought."