Celebrate Beyond Ritual: NeoPagan High Day Traditions

In the last year, and for much of my time as a Pagan, I have celebrated the High Days, or Neopagan holidays, through ritual. While a lot of what Pagans *do* is ritual, it should by no means be *all* that we do. On the internet, you can find very generic articles about how to

Druid Moon: Antaranos (Intercalary)

To all the deities

Hearth Keeper’s Ritual: December

To Frigg and Vor

Winter Solstice Ritual

To Odin, and to Sunna and Sinthgunt

Remembered Ancestors Ritual

To the Beloved Dead

The Year of Aun, 2023

[First written for Oak Leaves, ADF’s quarterly publication. To be published Spring 2023.] Dr. Rune Rasmussen, The Nordic Animist on YouTube and elsewhere online, has spent several years recreating animist calendars that reflect pre-Christian Nordic cultures and thinking. He had surmised that these groups added an additional year into their calendars, much like we have

Druid Moon: Dumannios

To the Matronae

Ancestor Ritual: Ancestors of Bone

To the ancestors of the land on which I live

Hearth Keeper’s Ritual: November

To Frigg and Sjofin

Druid Moon: Samonois

To Frau Holle, or Holda