Solstice Ritual
With the Welsh text and translations
ADO Triskelion Ritual
Circle Up: Welcome the participants, teach vowels, any chants, explain the Welsh and what is expected of the participants.
Intention: At the apex of the year, we look for clear ways to heal our planet and ourselves
Ask Permission of Land
RITUALISTS STEP TO CENTER, FACE OUT
Ground. This can be as simple as a moment of silence to be with the Land.
Call for Peace
Three Breaths for Land, Sky, and Sea
RITUALISTS STEP TO TRISKEL POINTS
Call the Realms:
Land:
Wand down
Invocation of invoker’s choice
End with “Be here now”, as a signal to the others that your invocation is complete
All present sing Don’s name 3,6 or 9 times
Sea:
Wand to horizon
Invocation of invoker’s choice
End with “Be here now”, as a signal to the others that your invocation is complete
All present sing Llyr’s name 3,6 or 9 times
Sky:
Wand up
Invocation of invoker’s choice
End with “Be here now”, as a signal to the others that your invocation is complete
All present sing Beli Mawr’s name 3,6 or 9 times
RITUALISTS STEP TO CENTER, POWER HANDS OVER CAULDRON
Invoke Awen 9 times: Visualize Awen filling cauldron as you chant.
RITUALISTS STEP TO TRISKEL POINTS
OIW chant—Ritualists visualize Awen beams shooting up to sky from points while chanting.
WORK: We hope to co-create and charge a small labyrinth in the concrete area where the benches are in chalk that can serve as a concrete act of cooperation to build something that others can briefly enjoy, and perhaps be inspired by it to something more.
OIW Chant
Thank the Realms in the same order they were invoked.
Thank the Land
End Ritual
Welsh
CALL FOR PEACE
Y gwir yn erbyn y byd, a oes heddwch - Heddwch!
(Uh gweer un uhr bin uh bin, ah oys hethoch – hethoch)
The truth against the world, do you bring peace? We bring peace!
Galon wrth galon, a oes heddwch? Heddwch!
(gall-on urth gall-on, ah oys hethoch – hethoch)
Your heart with our heart, do you bring peace? We bring peace!
Gwaedd uwch adwaedd, a oes heddwch? Heddwch!
(g-why-th oowch ad-why-th (like the English word “why, but all one word) ah oys hethoch)
Shout above resounding shout, do you bring peace? We bring peace!
INVOKING THE AWEN
Yr Awen a ganaf—or dwfn y dygaf
(Urr ah-wen a GAN-av—oh-rr DOO-vun uh DUG-av)
The Awen I sing—from the deep I bring it.
GORSEDD PRAYER
Dyro o Dduw/Ysbryd dy nawdd, Ag yn nawdd, nerth,
Duro usbrid duh naowth ag un naow -uth neth
Grant o God/Spirit thy protection, and in protection, strength
Ag yn nerth, deall, ag yn neall, gwybod,
Ag un neth dey-uth ag un ney-eth gwih-bod
And in strength, understanding, and in understanding, knowledge,
Ag yn ngwybod, gwybod y cyfiawn, ag yn ngwybod y cyfiawn, ei garu,
Ag un gwih-bod gwih-bod uh cah-vi-ow-n, ag un nwi-bod un cah-vi-ow-ney gah-reee
And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice, and in the knowledge of justice, the love of it.
Ag yn ei garu, caru pob hanfod, ag o caru pob hanfod caru Duw/Ysbryd,
Ag un ey gah-ree, cah-ree pob han-vod, ag uh cah-ree pob han-vod cah-ree usbrid
And in the love of it, the love of all existence, and in the love of all existence, the love of god/spirit
Duw/Ysbryd a phob daioni
Usbrid ah fohb die-oh-nee
God and all goodness
Source: Celtic Magic by Kristoffer Hughes. Also drawing heavily on the direct teaching of Kristoffer Hughes