Mike Bierschenk, Author at Three Cranes Grove, ADF

Summer Solstice ritual, honoring Perun

Posted on June 14, 2021June 27, 2021 by Mike Bierschenk

In a bas-relief stone carving, Perun reaches forth from his chariot to spear Veles, represented as a stylized bear.

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of the Summer Solstice! At this rite we will honor Perun, the red-headed, ax-wielding god of storms and chief […]

Beltane ritual, honoring Belenos

Posted on April 18, 2021May 1, 2021 by Mike Bierschenk

$A fantasy image of stars and sun, glowing in mystic fractals.$

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of the Spring Equinox! We will be honoring Belenos, the “bright one” of Gaul, associated with the sun, the […]

Spring Equinox Ritual, honoring Indra

Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Mike Bierschenk

A briskly frothing river winds between verdant, plant-covered rocks

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of the Spring Equinox! We will be honoring Indra, Storm-God of the Vedas, celebrating this winning of the waters […]

Imbolc ritual, honoring Brigando

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Mike Bierschenk

A ring of glowing candles surrounds a silver bowl, an offering to Brigando.

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of the winter solstice, honoring the returning sun and all the many gods and spirits associated with it. 3:00 […]

What does it mean to be an Indo-European Religion?

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Mike Bierschenk

A multicolored map showing the ranges of the Indo-European languages stretching from the British Isles to eastern Eurasia, Iceland and Scandinavia to the Indian subcontinent.

Three Cranes Grove is a chartered grove of Ár nDraíocht Féin, “a Pagan church based on ancient Indo-European traditions expressed through public worship, study, and fellowship.” This is often a […]

Winter Solstice Ritual, celebrating the returning sun

Posted on December 13, 2020December 20, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

The morning sun flares bright over a snowy hillside, radiating beams of light past and through a frost-covered branch in the foreground.

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of the winter solstice, honoring the returning sun and all the many gods and spirits associated with it. 3:00 […]

Virtual Samhain Rite, honoring Donn

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

In a long-exposure shot, the stars make circling, concentric trails in the night sky.

Three Cranes Grove invites you to join us for a celebration of Samhain, honoring Donn. Donn is the Irish god of the dead/first ancestor, and his house is a waystation, […]

Virtual Autumn Equinox Rite, honoring Teutates

Posted on September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

A altar covered in an orange and black tapestry sits before a merry fire

Autumn Equinox is 3CG’s anniversary rite — this year marks our eighteenth anniversary as a grove! At this rite we swear in new officers, we recite our grove’s epic poem […]

Panathenaea Ritual (Summer Cross-Quarter/Lughnasa)

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

In a detail of the Cavalcade in the Parthenon Frieze, a bareheaded rider, on horseback, gallops amid a clump of other horses and riders.

Three Cranes Grove, ADF, invites you to celebrate the Panathenaea with us! In Ancient Greece, the Panathenaea was a celebration held every four years, in the same years as the […]

ADF Unity Ritual @ Summerland Festival

Posted on July 22, 2020July 23, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

Ripples on the surface of the water glow orange against the blue, as if a fire burns in the depths.

It is common at ADF Festivals to hold a Unity Ritual, wherein we ask the blessing of the Kindreds — the Ancestors, the Spirits of Nature, and the Shining Godden […]

The Summerland Festival

Posted on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

The sun breaks through a leafy canopy, overlaying a six-pointed lens flare on golden-green leaves and blue sky

Three Cranes Grove, ADF, is excited to invite you to the Summerland Festival 2020: New Beginnings! We’d looked forward to welcoming everyone to Camp Clifton, but due to the ongoing […]

Virtual Midsummer Ritual: the Land and the Sovereign

Posted on June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

In a rich, dream-like, sun-drenched painting, a dirt road leads through a field, passing heavy-laden fruit trees as it approaches a wood beneath a rainbow.

Three Cranes Grove, ADF, invites you to celebrate Midsummer, the time of the Summer Solstice, with us. This being an election year, we will honor two archetypal deities found throughout […]

Bind Yourself to Action: Solidarity with Anti-Racist Action

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, we have seen ever more clearly the racism and police brutality that is woven through our society. Three Cranes Grove, ADF, […]

Virtual Beltane Ritual, honoring Gobnait and the Bees

Posted on May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 by Mike Bierschenk

An abstract swirl of colors, fading from blue to yellow to red and green as you scan from left to right.

Three Cranes Grove, ADF, would like to invite you to celebrate the festival of Beltane with us. During this time of continued social distance, we will be honoring Gobnait, the […]

Polymer Clay Icon Workshop

Posted on October 14, 2019October 17, 2019 by Mike Bierschenk

Two hand hold up small clay figureines: a fire, a leaf, a standing crane, and others.

Description On altars and shrines, it’s common to have images of the deities and other spirits we worship. They can be valuable focuses for devotion, and even become imbued with […]

Calan Mai (Beltane) Ritual: Honoring Taliesin

Posted on February 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Mike Bierschenk

Brightly colored ribbons stream from a small pine tree against a clear blue sky. The words "Calan Mai: Honoring Taliesin" are superimposed.

Join Three Cranes Grove as we celebrate the Calan Mai (ie. Beltane) at the Hickory Grove shelter in Blendon Woods Metropark! This ritual is public, and open to all. This […]

Spring Equinox Ritual 2019: Honoring the Kore (Persephone)

Posted on February 10, 2019February 12, 2019 by Mike Bierschenk

Set against a field of flowers, an earthenware head of a woman with intricately braided hair in a crown hovers next to the text "3CG Spring Equinox: Honoring the Kore"

Join Three Cranes Grove as we celebrate the Spring Equinox at the Spring Hollow Lodge Sharon Wood Woods Metro Park! This ritual is public, and open to all. This ritual […]

An update to our video practices

Posted on October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 by Mike Bierschenk

Over the past few years, Three Cranes Grove has done a great deal of video work, recording rituals and offering them up for the folk, sometimes even livestreaming them (not to […]

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