Druid rituals [Druid study] Druidic rituals usually involve a blessing to the place, a request for peace, offerings to the local spirits - so that there is mutual acceptance in the place -, offerings to the deities, healing actions, divination with ogham, physical actions (like going through the fires of beltane or perform ritual dances), prayers - circular movement to mark a sacred area around a central point -, evocations / offerings to ancestors and deities, honor to the beings of the three kingdoms (sea, land and sky) and a banquet ritual where drink - usually beer and mead - and food - breads, cakes, grains, fruits - are shared among all participants. Ritual "Ritual is poetry in the world of actions" This phrase by Ross Nichols describes the nature of the ritual well: in poetry, words are arranged in a specific way in order to evoke a specific emotional response in the audience; in the ritual, the actions and symbolism expressed in them take the place of word...
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