In witchcraft traditions, ritual (as far as I can tell from the outside) is what you do in order that a group of people can do magic together. There’s also an aspect of celebrating the seasons and honouring deity and the natural world.
Ritual for Druids is often more about the celebration, and less about deliberate intent to perform magic. There are groups and individuals who approach Druid ritual for magical purposes, but my experience has been that the majority gather to celebrate, above and beyond all else. It’s one of the reasons Druid rituals are more family friendly, because there isn’t the same demand for deep focus and intensity that collective spellwork requires.
Having said that, Druid ritual has the capacity for magic. It is more likely to be an emergent property rather than something intentioned. I’ve seen that magic take many forms, here are a few examples.
A growing sense of connection and community that changes how people relate to each other.
Empowering participants such that they find their own voices and creativity and are able to stand in their own power.
Connecting people with the land and seasons in a way that radically impacts on who they are and what they do.
Giving power to vows, dedications, offerings and intentions such that a person is more inspired to see it through, more invested and more able. Bringing the sacred to our commitments.
Feeling witnessed, heard, seen and held in the context of ritual space can be an incredible and transformative experience for a person.
Inspiration / awen, shared or individual, arising within the ritual can lead to wild creativity and improvisation, and again can change people in all kinds of ways.
A sense of the numinous can be a consequence of ritual.
If you’ve got any other examples you’d like to add, do please pile into the comments section.
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And What i learn to your post is wide variety of long, elaborate, and complex rituals of magic.
I don’t really fit into the role of druid or wiccan, or maybe I would if I didn’t hate the idea of trying to fit to a single label lol but for me, rituals are not so much about achieving something external but more a way of mentally putting myself in the right place to do what I want to do, prime example is sitting here at my desk, today I am checking emails etc and messing about but writing days I have rituals I perform before I start to clear my mind of everyday things and focus on the story I am crafting, to others they may seem silly but like an athletes superstitions or lucky socks on some level they work for me.
Sounds good to me.
I’m not big on ritual, but having just come back from an Ovate Gorsedd I can say I experienced all of your examples this weekend Nimue.
Ditto to everything you’ve indicated Nimue. I think I would want to emphasise that ritual allows for someone who is relatively solitary to feel part of a wider group in a way which, rather than diminishing their uniqueness, allows their gift to flourish and be shared. I was at the same gorsedd as Linda above and was struck by the way in which the rituals we “celebrated” brought people with very different life situations and experiences to a place where it was safe and fun to share each other’s company….John /l\
Yes, that can be really powerful, and I like ritual spaces that allow people to just show up without having to be committed to group work.
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