Dedication Ritual for Folkvang Formal Shrine
This is the first purely Heathen ritual I have performed on line. Some of the elements included will be familiar to those of you who attended the Lughnassadh ritual at Sedna Temple. Other elements familiar to Wicca will be missing.
Gothi: Waes Hael all who are here, and hale met! Be welcome in the hearth of Folkvang the home of My Lady Vanadis. We gather here to dedicate this shrine. As this is a place where traditions can talk and exchange ideas it is to be a place of peace. I would ask any who have brought weapons with them (except those to be used in ritual ) to leave them outside the Hearth or remain outside themselves.
From a small stone harrow I take a Viking broadsword and I say: ’ sprits of this place, Lords and Ladies of Aesir and Vanir I mark this place as sacred and beyond this world.’ Then I make the sign of the rune Thurisaz at the quarters saying: “ With Thurisaz to the North, Thurisaz to the East, Thurisaz to the South and Thurisaz to the West, do I mark this space; with Thurisaz above and below. Let these runes prevail as a protection for all here in this holy place until our ritual is done! So Mote It Be!”
All :
So Mote it Be!Gothi: So I bid you Welcome here, gathered in Troth together with each other and with The Aesir and Vanir.
Freya
Firstly I call on Vanadis,
Falcon Cloaked, we call to you!
Who slept with four Dwarves, we call to you!
Brisingamen’s keeper, we call to you!
Who chooses the battle slain, we call to you!
Sister of Frey, we call to you!
Noirdsdottir, we call to you!
Freya be with us in this rite as we dedicate this hearth to you.
We bid you hail and welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Odin:
I call the ancient Sacrifice,
The all seeing, We call to you!
High one, We call to you!
Allfather, We call to you!
Rune Master, We call to you!
Sliepnir’s rider, We call to you!
Who talks with the long dead, We call to you!
Odin be with us in this rite.
We bid you, Hail and welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Frigg:
Beloved of Odin, We call to you!
Seer of untold Orlog, We call to you!
Spinner of the thread of wyrd, We call to you!
Mother of The Shining Ase, We call to you!
Goddess of the hearth, We call to you!
Distaff wielder, We call to you!
Frigg be with us in this rite. We bid you Hail and Welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Thor:
Son of Fiorgyn, We call to you!
Wielder of Mjolnir, We call to you!
Protector of crops, We call to you!
Jormungand’s bane, We call to you!
Father of Magni, We call to you!
Slayer of Hrungnir, We call to you!
Goat charioteer, We call to you!
Thor be with us in this rite. We bid you Hail and Welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Idunn:
Bragi’s wife, We call to you!
Apple bearer, We call to you!
Bringer of youth to the Aesir, We call to you!
Thjazi’s captive, We call to you!
Idunn be with us in this rite. We bid you Hail and Welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Braegl:
He who sits by the fire, We call to you!
He who refused Loki a seat in Aegir’s hall, We call to you!
Whose tongue is rist with runes, We call to you!
Beloved of Idunn, We call to you!
High seated God, We call to you!
Braegl be with us in this rite. We bid you Hail and Welcome!
All Hail and Welcome!
Gothi: I here and now dedicate this place as The Formal Shrine of Folkvang. Sacred to the worship of Freya and to the study of Heathenry. To serve as a place where Heathens and Correllians can honour ‘The Old gods’ in troth with one another. I make an oath to serve as Gothi to all who visit to keep troth with the Aesir and Vanir. I make this oath upon my Battleaxe!
So mote it be!
Gothi:
Let us now take it in turns to toast our personal deities with Suttung’s brew!All:
Hail ( personal deity) !Gothi:
Hail to our Ancestors who live on in tales of greatness; and to those whose passing went unrecorded. You who have made us what we are and in who’s spirit we continue our lives.All:
Hail!Gothi: The next round is of oaths. Any oaths taken here are considered sacred. Those present are troth bound to help in enabling the person making the oath to keep it. Remember that Var dislikes and oath breaker. Say your name if there are there any here who wish to make such an oath tonight. I will direct who takes a turn next.
Oaths
After each Oath : This I swear in front of The Aesir ,Vanir and Those here present .
All: Heard and witnessed!
Gothi:
And one last toast for ourselves:‘ Flags! Flax! Fodder! Frig!All :
Flags! Flax! Fodder! Frig!Gothi :
pours the remaining mead on the ground , and says:“Gods and goddesses of Aesir and Vanir, Be with us in our lives, or go as you will. Accept this as a mark of thanks and sign of our troth. So mote it be!”
“Let the Hearth be open, any spirits elves or dwarves trapped by it be released, and all here be free to go with no bonds except those of troth and friendship.”
“Hale met! And Hale Part! Waes Hael!”
All:
Hale met! And Hale Part! Waes Hael!
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