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Special Occasion Rituals
This course was designed to expand a student's knowledge and experiences for liturgical development beyond high day liturgy and specifically targets the development of liturgy for use in everyday life for a variety of different purposes.
Exit Standards
- Describe how it is different to write and perform a special occasion ritual instead of a High Day ritual. (100 words minimum)
- Define "rite of passage" in your own words. (no min. word count)
- Describe how the following elements of the Core Order of Ritual can be used in a special occasion ritual in a way that takes into consideration religiously diverse audiences that may not be accepting of ADF traditions and practices (minimum 50 words per element):
- Calling for the Blessings and Hallowing the Waters
- Honoring the Earth Mother
- Inviting the Three Kindreds
- Recreating the Cosmos
- Opening/Closing the Gates
- Write a full ritual for one of the following rites of passage (or other with written approval from the CC Preceptor):
- Birth or adoption of a child
- Wedding/handfasting
- Funeral
- Manmaking or womanmaking
- Naming a child
- Making an elder
- Ordination or consecration
- Divorce or separation
- Retirement
- Troop deployment and return
- Write three full rituals, one for three of the following options (or other with written approval from the CC Preceptor):
- Giving a child a driver's license
- House blessing or cleansing
- A child's first day of school or college
- Empty nest
- Graduation
- First home
- Purchasing a prom or wedding dress
- Baby shower
- Job promotion or change
- Write a healing ritual different from other rituals written for this course.
- Write a protection ritual different from other rituals written for this course.
- Optional: If any of the rituals submitted for questions 4-7 have been performed, provide a brief description and analysis of the ritual performance. (no minimum word count)
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