1. Order of Paladins Lesson 6: The Armoring copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

2. Hint:  Check out the notes pages for this Power Point presentation. There’s a lot of additional information cached there. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

3. Warrior’s Admonition Your body is your temple: Care for it! Do not engage in useless activity. Listen to the Goddess. Help thyself. You create your own reality. The Warrior’s path is creativity. A serene path to enlightenment. Know thyself. Master thyself. Create your own reality. Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters. Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. Learn from your mistakes. Teach thyself. Create your own reality. Do not be negligent, even in trifling matters Grace and guilt do not exist: Strive for responsibility. Honor thyself. Create your own reality. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

4. 13 Precepts: 1.Know thyself. 2.Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters. 3.You create your own reality. 4.Develop a sense of Right Action. 5.Do not be negligent, even in trifling matters. 6.Your body is your temple: Care for it! 7.Minimal appearance, maximum content. 8.Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. 9.Power with. 10. Who dares wins. 11.The Gods cannot help those who will not help themselves. 12. Be creative! 13. Do not engage in useless activity. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

5. Code of Chivalry:  All members of the Order of Paladins must live according to the principles of chivalry, which include:  Sincerity.  Courtesy.  Compassion.  Perseverance.  Industriousness.  Justice.  Loyalty.  Courage.  Self-Discipline.  Humility.  Largesse.  Truth.  Honor copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

6. The Armoring  Chapter 10 Wiccan Warrior  Chapter 19 Full Contact Magick copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

7. The Armoring  This dedication, called the Armoring, marks the end of the first cycle of training, which was about:  Doing a fearless inventory of your characteristics  Experiencing energy and psychic abilities and learning how to use them  Learning about duty and service. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

8. The Armoring  The Armoring is a dedication to the Warrior Path. For this initiatory experience we are NOT casting a circle. The field of action for the Warrior is the mundane world, so that’s where this ritual is going to take place  The Armoring is also used as a public ritual to introduce people to the Warrior path copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

9. Quarter Calls However you will be calling the quarters as you would in a typical Wiccan Circle copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

10. Lesser Magickal Weapons  Mind  Athame (dagger)  Wand  Chalice/Grail  Pentacle or Stone copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

11. Correspondences  East/Air/To Will/Sword/Athame  South/Fire/To Imagine/Spear/Wand  West/Water/To Dare/Cauldron/Chalice  North/Earth/To Keep Silent/Shield/Pentacle  Center/Spirit/To Know/Spirit/Mind copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

12. “Haa!” You’ll recall this Kiai technique from the last lesson. We’re going to use it in the Armoring to charge our Magical Weapons. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

13. “Kiai”  Here’s the participants in the Armoring at Convocation in Detroit 2006 using this technique to charge their weapons. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

14. Warrior Aspects of Divinity  Choose a Warrior aspect (or aspects) of the divine to work with in this ritual.  Remember: The divine isn’t out there, it is inside you  We don’t worship:  We connect to the divine  We immerse ourselves in divinity  We entrain with divinity copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

15. Warrior Divinity  The Gods that I’m using for the Armoring are Celtic. The slides that follow will tell you something about them. For example: The aspects of Warrior divinity that I typically work with include… copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

16. The Morrighan copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

17. Lugh Lamfhada copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

18. Nuada Argetlahm copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

19. Daghda Eochaid copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

20. Ogma

21. Celtic Gods Other deities appearing in this ritual include: copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

22. Brigid

23. Grian

24. Danu

25. Boann

26. Armoring: The Challenge Florida Pagan Gathering Samhain 2005 copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

27. The Armoring  The solitary version of the Armoring Ritual is sent to students separately as a text file. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

28. Participants entering the Armoring Circle copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

29. The Armoring Armoring Cast, FPG 2005: Authors Kristin Madden and Kerr Cuhulain in the middle copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

30. The Armoring Armoring Cast, Convocation 2006: copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

31. Lesson 6 homework reminder Find a time and place to do the Armoring ritual. Anyone who has the opportunity to do this ritual with their own coven or group can ask for the group ritual version that the Order of Paladins uses. copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain

32. Order of Paladins Be Glorious copyright 2013 Kerr Cuhulain