The Big Book of Pagan Prayer and Ritual (Weiser Big Book Series)

Product Description

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

About 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.