Schedule
Midsummer Rite will be 27 June 2026 at CedarLight Center and on Zoom.
4 PM: Guests may begin arriving at CLG
6 PM: Pre-Brief
- 6 PM: Zoom Open
- 7 PM: Ritual Begins
- 10 PM: Doors close
- Cost: $20.00 suggested donation
Times are subject to change, please check our website blog, our Event Calendar or our Midsummer Facebook event for the most up-to-date information on the ritual. All High Rites are open to the public, so feel free to bring a friend 🙂
Times are subject to change, please check before you leave.
NOTE: If you think you’ve been exposed or are feeling ill, please stay home. All are welcome to join us via Zoom.
Zoom Info
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 468 067 1478
Lore of the Season & Ritual Information
Theme: Heal the Earth and the rest will follow
Deities: Airmid and Miach
Gatekeeper: Brigid, Goddess of healing and transformation
Inspiration: An Dagda
Mother of Water: Danu
Miach healed the missing arm of King Nuada which caused jealousy from his father the physician. His father killed Miach and from his grave grave all the healing plants. His sister Airmid collected all of them on her cloak but again, her father shook her cloak scattering all the plants. But Airmid remembers them all.
Children and Pets
Children are welcome to all CedarLight events, but small children must be attended at all times because our center is not child proof, there are stairs, fires, candles and small items that could be swallowed. We do not yet have children activities planned for this event however that can change if we know they are coming.
Pets however, are not allowed because we have learned from past mistakes that not everyone knows how to approach an animal and not every animal will behave predictably with many strangers around. Thank you for understanding. Service animals are always welcome.
Charity for this rite:
Cedarlight is supporting Trees Water People… (https://treeswaterpeople.org/
Suggested Offerings
- Donations/Charity: Cedarlight is supporting Trees Water People… (https://treeswaterpeople.org/
) for this rite. We have envelopes next to Dagda’s Cauldron to tag your money, or you can make a note on your PayPal donation).
Incense, Flowers, & Herbs Please take plants home to plant afterwards. We will be bringing medicinal herbs to offer for the healing of Earth. These can be in pots or dried.
Please limit the amount of incense you place in the sacred fire to no more than three sticks, a small handful of resin, or a small bundle of cut plants.- Libations, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, especially beverages you have made. All alcohol either goes into the offering bowl (low-proof) or into the fire (high-proof).
- Bardic works you have created or simply want to sing or read (please let the ritual team know ahead of time) or dances.
- Food you have created for the rite. All food was offered to the gods first in ancient times, once they took what they wanted, the folk consumed the rest.
- Hand-crafted items, especially items in honor of the season or our deities that will be taken home and used (not all offerings need to be burned.)
PLEASE NOTE: We take oaths very seriously. Any oaths given as an offering MUST be cleared with the Chief Liturgist, Senior Druid, or an ADF Priest prior to the High Rite.
The High Rite will take place outdoors in the sanctuary, weather permitting. Please dress for the weather (it may be hot or rainy) and PLEASE bring mosquito spray (or use the ones available at the Grove). If you have a chair you’d like to sit in during the High Rite, we suggest bringing that too.
Ritual Etiquette
- Do not honor deities of different pantheons than those being honored at this rite, except during the period after receiving the Waters of Life that is tagged for personal magical workings. Then you may make such offerings quietly/silently.
- PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF MUTED ON ZOOM. Group call and responses should remain muted unless otherwise requested by the Chief Liturgist. Attendees who continually disrupt the ritual with background noise because they are unmuted will be removed from the Zoom room.
- Offerings will be mainly given in silence as a group, but if you have something you wish to say or perform, let the Chief Liturgist know ahead of time so they can make time for your offering
- Do not declare any oaths during the rite without expressed permission from the Chief Liturgist well before the rite
- PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONES. It is acceptable to use personal devices for reading praise offerings, not so much for playing Candy Crush.
- If you need to leave the ritual space for any reason, please do so quietly and discreetly. There is no need to have anyone “cut you a gate”.
After Ritual
The Zoom room may remain open for a bit if folks online want to socialize. At Cedarlight Center, we will move to Revels and have desserts/leftovers. Food will be kept inside, attendees are free to eat indoors or out. PLEASE WASH YOUR OWN DISHES! Doors will close to the public at 10:30 PM (and we mean it!)
Cost/Donations
All CedarLight events have a suggested donation of $20 per person. This can be contributed to Dagda’s Cauldron either at the Grove, or online via paypal to cedarlightgrove@gmail.com. All donations go towards CedarLight Center bills and upkeep.
