Druid High Priestess meditating
we wait for her to begin
to invoke our gods
and start the feast of celebration...
My mother's voice rings clear and inspired...
Ta muid anseo na dheithe adhragh.
“We are met to honour the Gods.
Oh Gods, you who give
life and breath and movement
to everything that
lives and breathes and moves
upon the Earth.
We greet you,
we honour you,
we invite you to this feast.”
So it goes...
She says:
“What does the Earth Mother
give that we may know
of the continual flow
and renewal of life?”
We say:
“The waters of life.”
She says:
“Whence do these waters flow?”
We say:
“From the bosom of the Earth Mother,
the ever-changing all-Mother.”
She says:
“And has she given forth of her bounty?”
Alas, the autumn has passed
the winter snow has fallen
and the Earth has gone to sleep
We say:
“She has not,
but thanks to the wisdom of the Ancestors
we have stored up against need.”
And so the circle continues
land, sea, and sky
Earthly and Divine
we live and thrive
in balance
in unity
I'm truly inspired sometimes
by my religion
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