A complete guide to the practice of prayer and ritual for Pagans of all traditions.Here is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of payers and rituals for contemporary Pagans from a variety of traditions to turn to again and again. The Big Book of Pagan Prayer and Ritual includes the following: The role of prayer--yesterday and todayThe various hidden structures of prayersHow to pray both with and without wordsRituals for purification, creating sacred space, protection, prosperity, good health, and morePrayers for specific times of day and special days of the month and yearPrayers for life--from pregnancy to birth, childhood, first days of school, weddings, aging, and deathLists of offerings, a glossary of deities from many traditions, and an index of prayers by first line