General Feast Outline and Roles
Preparatory Rites (before setup)


Libations of water or drink to the land wights/genii loci, 
to acknowledge and appease them before the rite.

Set Up and Decoration of Space and Altars.

Priestess Huddle.

Ant Offering - Some cornmeal and sugar mixture, perhaps with some honey, away off to the side of the ritual area with prayers to ants to please accept this offering [bribe] and leave us all in peace. [It works! Really!]


The Rite Itself

GRACES to welcome and purify arrivals.
DRAGONS to watch for hazards.

Procession/Gathering [SONG]
Mundane Introduction/Orientation to facilities.
Ritual Introduction.
Teach Songs and Chants.
Grounding/Transitional exercises.
Circle Casting.
Directions - E, S, W, N, Center. [SONGS?]
Ancestors. [SONG? "blood of the ancients..."]
Any Deities called in to witness and assist the work,
or to celebrate the Mysteries of.
THE TOFU OF THE RITUAL. [SONGS?]
meditation or trance
sacred drama or theatre
storytelling
crafting items
etc.
Raising Cone of Power. [SONG]
Post Cone Grounding.
Blessing Feast.
Distributing Feast and Singing. [SONG]
Devocations in Reverse Order. [SONG? "earth, water, fire, air return..."]
Sing: When We Are Gone. [SONG]
Open Circle.
Announcements.
Clean Up.

Other Roles

WATER SPRITE (Spritzer Sprite?) to mist the circle in hot weather.
SALAMANDER to tend a bonfire.
LEVIATHAN (Deep Witness) to keep an intense ritual focused.
DRUMMERS to keep da beat!
CHORUS