Cascadia Grove, ADF

Cascadia Grove Imbolc Ritual at Edge of The Circle Books on Sunday January 25th @ 5pm PST
2026-01-25 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Edge of the Circle Books, 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Greetings,

Cascadia Grove will be holding our Imbolc Ritual at Edge of The Circle Books on Sunday January 25th @ 5pm PST. All folk of good will are invited!
We will stream the ritual via zoom for those who are unable to attend in person. This will depend on available bandwidth, but we will do our best.
Parking and building info are at the end of this email.

Shane will be leading our rite. We will honor Brighid, Lady of poets, of the hearth, of metal workers, and of healing. .

There will be time in the middle of the ritual for personal offerings. Offerings for Brighid, milk and butter, bread, small worked metal items, and poetry., are appreciated, but you may make an offering to any deity or spirit you wish.
Offerings are optional.

After the ritual, we will have time for questions and discussion. Cascadia Grove is committed to the inclusion of folks of good will. With this in mind, we ask everyone on this call to practice awareness and sensitivity in regards to conversations about sex, race, gender, sexuality and other protected and marginalized groups. We ask that this time be focused on subjects of Pagan interest. Politics are filling people’s minds a lot these days but we ask that folks keep the conversation apolitical to encourage a purposeful space for matters Pagan.

We will do our best to make zoom streaming work, but tech can be a fickle friend. Streaming has worked so far, so I expect it to be fine
We will be closing admittance to the Zoom ritual at 5:10. Please make sure you are on Zoom with us by then.
Here is the link to download Zoom to your device: https://zoom.us/support/download
And here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82469575433?pwd=[REDACTED]

Check out our Meetup group
Lastly, Shane holds a bimonthly Pagan meeting over Zoom on the second and fourth Sundays. You can receive updates about this through Meetup. Email us and we can give you more details.
Parking and location info:

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the ritual area.

Location and parking info:
Edge of The Circle Books on Google Maps

Street parking is free on Sundays in this area. Free parking is also available on the ground floor of the white-ish parking structure at the corner of 15th Ave NE and NE 45th St — about 2 blocks away from EoTC Books.
Here is a shot of the locations.

If you would like to donate to help us pay for the Zoom account and sundries, please go to adfcascadia.org
May you be healthy and well until we meet again by the hearth’s fire,
Lee Morey, Pursewarden
Shane Coineandubh, Senior Druid
Cascadia Grove, ADF 501(c)(3)
cascadiaadf@gmail.com
*Cascadia Grove supports White Mountain Druid Sanctuary, a modern day interpretation of ancient Indo-European rituals and practices located in Trout Lake, WA. If you are curious, check out patreon.com/wmds. Also, we send out semi-regular emails updating folks on our progress. If you would like to be on that list just reply to this email.

Shane

Here are some suggestions for attending via zoom:
Making a Sacred space:
If you are able to do so, prepare space for yourself to take part in the ritual. Here are some ideas:

Be present to an altar or shrine you already have, or prepare one.
Set out a candle (fire or battery).
Burn a bit of incense.
Meditate or center yourself in your space.
Read something relevant to your path.
Listen to some calming music and do a bit of dance, or movement of your body.

The actual thing you do is not the most important part here. Preparing your mind to do the practice of ritual, with intention and focus, is the underlying goal. Engaging as many of your senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, tasting) as possible can help with this.
Singing:
Everyone will be muted during the ritual. Sadly, Zoom does not allow us to all sing together so we’ll each need to sing muted. I’ve attached the song sheet to this email.
Offerings:
During the personal offering time, we will pause for about 3 minutes so that each of us can make our offerings in our own bit of the sacred space that we create. If you have a thing you wish to offer, be prepared to put it out of use by human hands after the ritual.

For food items, this could be placing it out for the nature spirits to consume.
If you wish to burn a thing and have means to have a fire, you could do that.
If it is not a thing to be burned, like a stone, a bit of metal etc., you could place it outside your home in a space you make sacred for the Kindred and/or we can take it to White Mountain Druid Sanctuary* which has dedicated spaces for these types of offerings.
Liquid offerings can be given into the hands of Cloacina, Roman goddess of drains and sewers.

Waters of life:
Come to ritual with a glass of something to use for the Waters of Life. During the ritual, we will imbue these waters with magic, bless them and then drink them. Waters of life are typically water, cider (hard or not), meade etc. Have a glass of something available as we drink together of these waters that we make sacred.

Mythology Book Club
2026-01-20 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105

This Week: Alan Moore’s Promethea
Due to popular request, we’re taking a short break from Indo-European myth and reading the comic series Promethea by self-described magician Alan Moore. Promethea combines comic staples like superheroes with Hermetic Qabalah, psychedelics, and ceremonial magic. It’s a wild ride.
We’ll read the second volume this week (issues #13-23).
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite magical practices with likeminded friends.
Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2026-01-13 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105

This Week: Alan Moore’s Promethea
Due to popular request, we’re taking a short break from Indo-European myth and reading the comic series Promethea by self-described magician Alan Moore. Promethea combines comic staples like superheroes with Hermetic Qabalah, psychedelics, and ceremonial magic. It’s a wild ride.
We’ll read the first volume this week (issues #1-12).
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite magical practices with likeminded friends.
Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2026-01-06 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105

This Week: Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology
We’re taking a short break from heroes and epics and reading some more excerpts from scholar Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology, which traces similarities across Indo-European mythologies.
We’ll read the sections on Greek and Roman Myth (pp 126-165). The book can be found in most university libraries. Some scholars have also shared versions of it online.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Greek and Roman gods with likeminded friends.
Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-12-30 18:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105

This Week: Apuleius’ The Golden Ass
The Roman Apuleius wrote the Golden Ass (also known as The Metamorphosis) in the 2nd century. It follows the fantastical story of a man who accidentally transforms himself into a donkey. Witches, bandits, love stories both romantic and bawdy, gods and goddesses abound.
We’ll be reading the P. G. Walsh translation (Oxford World Classics edition), though any version will do, including online free versions such as this one. For this week we’ll read books 1-4.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Roman gods with likeminded friends.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-12-23 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105

This Week: Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology
We’re taking a short break from heroes and epics and reading some more excerpts from scholar Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology, which traces similarities across Indo-European mythologies.
We’ll read the sections on Vedic and Epic Indian Myth (pp 45-93). The book can be found in most university libraries. Some scholars have also shared versions of it online.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Indic gods with likeminded friends.
Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Cascadia Winter Solstice Ritual, Sunday December 21st @ 5pm PST
2025-12-21 17:00 - 18:30
Greetings,

Cascadia Grove will hold our Winter Solstice Ritual at Edge of The Circle Books on Sunday December 21st @ 5pm PST. All folk of good will are invited!
We will stream the ritual via zoom for those who are unable to attend in person. This will depend on available bandwidth, but we will do our best.
Parking and building info are at the end of this email.

Shane will be leading our rite. We will honor Lleu Llaw Gyffes who was mortally wounded and then transformed into an eagle, and eventually found by Gwydion, and healed.
There will be time in the middle of the ritual for personal offerings. Offerings to Lleu, pork or other food, beer, whiskey, are appreciated, but you may make an offering to any deity or spirit you wish.

Offerings are optional.

After the ritual, we will have time for questions and discussion. Cascadia Grove is committed to the inclusion of folks of good will. With this in mind, we ask everyone on this call to practice awareness and sensitivity in regards to conversations about sex, race, gender, sexuality and other protected and marginalized groups. We ask that this time be focused on subjects of Pagan interest. Politics are filling people’s minds a lot these days but we ask that folks keep the conversation apolitical to encourage a purposeful space for matters Pagan.

We will do our best to make zoom streaming work, but tech can be a fickle friend. Streaming has worked so far, so I expect it to be fine
We will be closing admittance to the Zoom ritual at 5:10. Please make sure you are on Zoom with us by then.
Here is the link to download Zoom to your device: https://zoom.us/support/download
And here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82164823231?pwd=[REDACTED]

Check out our Meetup group
Lastly, Shane holds a bimonthly Pagan meeting over Zoom on the second and fourth Sundays. You can receive updates about this through Meetup. Email us and we can give you more details.
Parking and location info:

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the ritual area.

Location and parking info:
Edge of The Circle Books on Google Maps

Street parking is free on Sundays in this area. Free parking is also available on the ground floor of the white-ish parking structure at the corner of 15th Ave NE and NE 45th St — about 2 blocks away from EoTC Books.
Here is a shot of the locations.

If you would like to donate to help us pay for the Zoom account and sundries, please go to adfcascadia.org
May you be healthy and well until we meet again by the hearth’s fire,
Lee Morey, Pursewarden
Shane Coineandubh, Senior Druid
Cascadia Grove, ADF 501(c)(3)
cascadiaadf@gmail.com
*Cascadia Grove supports White Mountain Druid Sanctuary, a modern day interpretation of ancient Indo-European rituals and practices located in Trout Lake, WA. If you are curious, check out patreon.com/wmds. Also, we send out semi-regular emails updating folks on our progress. If you would like to be on that list just reply to this email.

Shane

Here are some suggestions for attending via zoom:
Making a Sacred space:
If you are able to do so, prepare space for yourself to take part in the ritual. Here are some ideas:

Be present to an altar or shrine you already have, or prepare one.
Set out a candle (fire or battery).
Burn a bit of incense.
Meditate or center yourself in your space.
Read something relevant to your path.
Listen to some calming music and do a bit of dance, or movement of your body.

The actual thing you do is not the most important part here. Preparing your mind to do the practice of ritual, with intention and focus, is the underlying goal. Engaging as many of your senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, tasting) as possible can help with this.
Singing:
Everyone will be muted during the ritual. Sadly, Zoom does not allow us to all sing together so we’ll each need to sing muted. I’ve attached the song sheet to this email.
Offerings:
During the personal offering time, we will pause for about 3 minutes so that each of us can make our offerings in our own bit of the sacred space that we create. If you have a thing you wish to offer, be prepared to put it out of use by human hands after the ritual.

For food items, this could be placing it out for the nature spirits to consume.
If you wish to burn a thing and have means to have a fire, you could do that.
If it is not a thing to be burned, like a stone, a bit of metal etc., you could place it outside your home in a space you make sacred for the Kindred and/or we can take it to White Mountain Druid Sanctuary* which has dedicated spaces for these types of offerings.
Liquid offerings can be given into the hands of Cloacina, Roman goddess of drains and sewers.

Waters of life:
Come to ritual with a glass of something to use for the Waters of Life. During the ritual, we will imbue these waters with magic, bless them and then drink them. Waters of life are typically water, cider (hard or not), meade etc. Have a glass of something available as we drink together of these waters that we make sacred.

Shane Coineandubh (he/they)
Senior Druid, Cascadia Grove, ADF
I acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral lands of the Duwamish people. A people that are still here, continuing to honor and bring to light their ancient heritage.

Our deities are visitors here and we call on them knowing that we are guests and act accordingly.

Mythology Book Club
2025-12-16 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English poem set in the 5th or 6th century that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior.
We’ll be reading the second half of the poem this week (line 1677 to the end) which picks up after the fight with Grendel’s mother. We’ll be using the Seamus Heaney translation, though any version will do, including online free versions such as this one.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Anglo-Saxon hero with likeminded friends.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English poem set in the 5th or 6th century that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior.
We’ll be reading the first half of the poem this week (up to line 1677) which concludes the epic fight with the monster Grendel. We’ll be using the Seamus Heaney translation, though any version will do, including online free versions such as this one.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Anglo-Saxon hero with likeminded friends.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology
We’re taking a short break from heroes and epics and reading some experts from scholar Jaan Puhvel’s Comparative Mythology, which traces similarities across Indo-European mythologies.
We’ll read the sections on Germanic and Baltic and Slavic Myth (pp 189-240). The book can be found in most university libraries. Some scholars have also shared versions of it online.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Germanic or Slavic gods with likeminded friends.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-11-26 08:00 - 17:00
When: Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English poem set in the 5th or 6th century that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior.
We’ll be reading the second half of the poem this week (line 1678 to the end) which concludes the epic fights with the monster Grendel’s mother and the dragon. We’ll be using the Seamus Heaney translation, though any version will do, including online free versions such as this one.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Anglo-Saxon hero with likeminded friends.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:30
When: Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Táin Bó Cúailnge
The Táin is an ancient Irish epic, taking place in the 1st century and surviving in manuscripts from the 12th century. It details the heroic feats of the hero Cú Chulainn and the Irish gods (the Tuatha Dé Danann).
We’ll read the second half of the epic this week (start at the Meeting of Cuchulainn and Findabair). An online version can be found HERE.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Greek gods with likeminded friends. Light refreshments will be served.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-11-18 18:00 - 19:00
When: Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: Táin Bó Cúailnge
The Táin is an ancient Irish epic, taking place in the 1st century and surviving in manuscripts from the 12th century. It details the heroic feats of the hero Cú Chulainn and the Irish gods (the Tuatha Dé Danann).
We’ll read the first half of the epic this week (read up to The Death of Redg). An online version can be found HERE.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Greek gods with likeminded friends. Light refreshments will be served.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-11-11 18:00 - 19:30
When: Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: The Theogony
The Theogony is an 8th cent. BCE text attributed to the poet Hesiod. It details the birth of the universe and the gods, as well as how Zeus came to power and established his rule.
Because it is both short and dense, we’ll read the entire poem and discuss it together this week. A free online version is available HERE. There are also many fine translations you can find elsewhere (in print and online).
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Greek gods with likeminded friends. Light refreshments will be served.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.

Mythology Book Club
2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:30
When: Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 6pm
Where: Edge of the Circle Books – 1307 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
This Week: The Homeric Hymns
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of songs written in ancient Greece between the 7th and 6th cent. BCE. They were performed at festivals to honor the gods and often recount important deeds the gods accomplished.
We’ll be reading the four “major” hymns (2-5) to Demeter, Hermes, Apollo, and Aphrodite, as well as the brief hymn to Dionysus. There are many possible translations to choose from if you want to buy a physical copy. Alternately, the links above offer free online versions.
Come prepared with questions, favorite passages, or just to discuss your favorite Greek gods with likeminded friends. Light refreshments will be served.

Please be advised that there is a flight of stairs leading down to the meeting area.
