Join us on the Fall Equinox to celebrate a Telluric Waterway Blessing via Zoom with the AODA community! Within the space of a Druid Grove and the Sphere of Protection, all participants will have the opportunity to imbue a stone with a modified SOP. These stones will be used after the ritual to bless a waterway local to each Druid.
The AODA offers Rituals for the Earth at the Solstices and Equinoxes as an order-wide opportunity to provide physical and spiritual support for the land and all who live upon her and to our waterways that support all life.
Details:
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time: 8pm EDT
What to bring: One or more small stones that can be taken with you afterwards to a local waterway.
Led by AODA Companion and GCC Priestess Heather Westenhofer
Thank you, Heather, for organizing and leading this. The Waterway Blessing feels especially fitting for the equinox—honoring balance while also carrying the work back into our own local landscapes.
For anyone planning to attend, please do have your stone or stones ready before the ritual begins, and choose something you can safely and respectfully place near or in a local waterway afterward, where appropriate. Looking forward to sharing this work together in community.
Thank you for organizing! I’m really looking forward to this.
For anyone else in an urban setting or who may not live especially near their intended waterway and is looking to plan ahead, I’ll leave an idea to retrieve some water from my waterway along with a stone in advance to use in the ritual and then return afterwards.