Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Pagan

Prayer

Select a Category ADF at Festivals Autumn Equinox CMA Devotional Polytheism Druid Druid Magic Druid Mysticism Festival Folklore Groups and Organizing Ideology Imbolc Indo-European Interfaith Magic Midsummer Pagan Pagan Practice Pagan Worldview Parapsychology Prayer PriestCraft Ritual Samhain Uncategorized Wicca Winter Solstice Witchcraft Yule

Select a Month June 2026 February 2026 January 2026 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 May 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 September 2024 August 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 October 2023 August 2023 July 2023 January 2023 June 2022 May 2022 January 2022 August 2021 June 2021 January 2021 October 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Welcome, Ancestors, Always

Welcome, Ancestors, Always There are more ancestors than you can imagine. There are a LOT...

February 2025

February 08, 2025

Persevere, An Imbolc Prayer

Persevere The Goddess of the Forge All things that come into being, Anvil and hammer...

February 01, 2025

Distant Fires

Distant Fires Two fires, Distant flames, Across a country, Across the world. One is the...

January 2025

January 09, 2025

Let the Waters Fall

Let the Waters Fall A Prayer for California Rise from the ocean, Rise from the...

August 2024

August 31, 2024

A Change of Place

A Change of Place When my mother passed away on February 29, I had to...

October 2023

October 29, 2023

Three Prayers for Samhain

Three Prayers for Samhain Samhain is the Season’s End, and we naturally think about other...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

A Coincidence of Cycles: Blue Moon

A Coincidence of Cycles: Blue Moon I am not sure about others, but dates and...

January 2023

January 01, 2023

10 Days of Silence

Solstice Solstice comes almost unexpectedly. In a part of the world where the seasons change,...

June 2022

June 25, 2022

A Prayer to Macha

Prayer to Macha We call to you today, Macha, Goddess of sovereignty As we stand...

January 2022

January 17, 2022

Getting to Know the Ancestors (I Never Knew)

Getting to Know the Ancestors (I Never Knew) I never knew my maternal grandparents. My...

January 01, 2022

Finding Cernunnos

Finding Cernunnos Finding Cernunnos is one of those classic Celtic undertakings. The destination is uncertain...

August 2021

August 01, 2021

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones

Building a Devotional Practice with the Shining Ones As Pagans, we can merely observe the...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Right in Liminal Space

Right in Liminal Space Earlier this week, I was thinking about liminal space. What is...

January 2021

January 24, 2021

Let the Realms Surround Me

Let the Realms Surround Me In the days and times of uncertainty, one occasionally needs...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Devotions in 8 10ths of a Mile

Devotions can be accomplished in front of an altar, a shrine, the rising sun, or...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Irish, Celtic, and Indo-European Midsummer Lore

Timing While the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21st, Midsummer occurs around June 24th. The...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Right in Liminal Space

Many of us are self-isolating due to the COVID-19 crisis. This has given us a...

March 2020

March 23, 2020

A Call to Miach, Part 1

A Call to Miach, Part 1 In my daily devotionals, I call to four healing...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

The Year of the Earth Mother

A new year and a new decade make this the Year of the Earth Mother.

November 2019

November 06, 2019

A River Bathing Rite for Pilgrimaging Irish Polytheists

Milky rill river running, Pouring downward supernal rain, Blessings falling upon my rite, Cleansing only...

September 2019

September 29, 2019

Four Salutations of the Day, Reformed

Once upon a time, among the Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), there was a practice...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Ancestors

What can the Ancestors bring to our lives and our practice? How do we build...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Urban Earth Mother

Urban Earth Mother I discovered the Urban Earth Mother. She wasn't hiding. Heraclitus said "Nature...

February 16, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sky Working with High Days is a wonderful thing,...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sea

Building a Devotional Practice with the Sea, complete with description and an example devotional prayer....

November 2018

November 21, 2018

Building a Devotional Practice with the Land

When approaching the land as the object of a devotional practice, one should not focus...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

Considering the Ancestors

Considering my Ancestors I have been thinking about the Ancestors lately and how exactly they...

August 09, 2018

5 Charms to the Morrigan

A Prayer of Thanks for Victory In the presence of the finnóg, A calm comes...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

Celtic Solitary Devotional Practice and How Aengus Took the Brugh

Noble Spirits, Honored Dead, Shining Gods, we call to you as our Kin, meet us...

November 2017

November 04, 2017

A Personal Devotional Ritual to the Good God Dagda

How to Read This This is an instruction. This is something you say. What you’ll...