Using the simple ritual text for the First Oath found in the Dedicant Path Through the Wheel of the Year, I completed my First Oath. Though I wrote this First Oath text (a rewriting of the one in Our Own Druidry) a while back, I never actually did it in ritual. It was a little electrifying to actually formally make the oath, though maybe a bit of that is due to it being after drinking the blessings, and I used beer for said Waters of Life? :)
In the ritual, I also honored Brighid (the goddess I connect most with) and Áine for the Summer Solstice.
I come before the Ancestors, the Land Spirits, and the Gods
To declare myself a Druid
I am a seeker of the Old Ways,
A follower of the Old Ways made New,
A worshipper of the Elder Gods and the Three Kindreds
With this sacred oath, I set my foot upon the Druid’s Path
For I seek a relationship with the Kindred
And I am cultivating the practice of living well
I vow to seek virtue in my life
To strive to do right by my kin, my friends, my community, and myself
I vow to make my spirituality real
By learning to keep the rites of nature’s cycles
I vow to deepen my understanding of the Old Ways made New
Through study and practice
To fill myself of the truth of the Druid’s Path
These things I vow to myself to the Three Kindreds
And to Brighid, fire in my heart of hearts