A complete guide to the practice of prayer and ritual for Pagans of all traditions. Here is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of payers and rituals for contemporary Pagans from a variety of traditions to turn to again and again. The Big Book of Pagan Prayer and Ritual includes the following: The role of prayer—yesterday and today The various hidden structures of prayers How to pray both with and without words Rituals for purification, creating sacred space, protection, prosperity, good health, and more Prayers for specific times of day and special days of the month and year Prayers for life—from pregnancy to birth, childhood, first days of school, weddings, aging, and death Lists of offerings, a glossary of deities from many traditions, and an index of prayers by first line Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781578636921 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Publication Date: 11-01-2020 Pages: 336 Product Dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d) Series: Weiser Big Book SeriesAbout the Author Ceisiwr Serith (David Fickett-Wilbar) is a writer and teacher in the Pagan community. His interest in prayers and rituals grew naturally as a result of working in the Wiccan and Druidic traditions, as well as writing books such as A Book of Pagan Prayer and Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. He is a member of Ár nDraíocht Féin, a Druid fellowship, and is priest and liturgist for Nemos Ognios grove in Durham NH. He has been published in the Journal of Indo-European Studies and Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments v Introduction vii Part 1 Why and How We Pray Chapter 1 The Role of Prayer-Yesterday and Today 3 Chapter 2 Prayer Structure 11 Chapter 3 Praying with Words 21 Chapter 4 Praying without Words 29 Part 2 Ritual Prayers Chapter 5 Preparing for Prayer 37 Chapter 6 Purification 39 Chapter 7 Beginnings 45 Chapter 8 Sacred Space 49 Chapter 9 The Home 61 Chapter 10 Callings 75 Chapter 11 Praise 93 Chapter 12 Litanies and Mantras 117 Chapter 13 Thanksgivings and Graces 123 Chapter 14 Consecrations and Blessings 131 Chapter 15 Times of the Day 137 Chapter 16 Times of the Moon 151 Chapter 17 Times of the Year 157 Chapter 18 Times of Life 191 Chapter 19 Endings 209 Chapter 20 Farewells 211 Chapter 21 Dissolving the Space 215 Part 3 Petitionary Prayers Chapter 22 Petitioning through Prayer 219 Chapter 23 General Requests and Offerings 221 Chapter 24 Abundance 239 Chapter 25 Mind and Soul 247 Chapter 26 Weil-Being 261 Chapter 27 Civic Prayers 285 Chapter 28 Miscellaneous Petitions 299 Appendix 1 Offerings 309 Appendix 2 Glossary of Deities 311 Annotated Bibliography 323 Show More