| Ritual for the Dead |
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| Ritual Soap: Borage Alter Decorations: Willows, Violets, Lilies, and the departed's Favourite Flowers. Incense: Basil, Lotus, and Lily. Invocation: Brother, hearth of burning might Torch the fires, fill the night, Warm all homes across the land While midst the ancient stones We stand. Father, wind of dancing rites Waltz the flames, grant them flight. Carry safe the hearth's first spark Throughout the land Ignite the dark. Sister, sea of welling souls Cleanse the Grail, complete this bowl, Caress you shores with golden dawn Till magick flows Upon the lawn. Mother, Earth of singing ken, Chant the wards, protect this glen, Hum low you song with drum and fife Bring the White Hart back To life. Cousin, time of healing power Calm the moment, shape peace this hour. Wrap all that lives in soothing balm, While shining ones take heed Our psalm. Family, heirs of binding ties Join your hands as fires die, Let your love breath from out this cairn As spirit, whose light keeps all From harm. Prayer: Goddess, to you I open a door, and bring the spirit of (deceased's name). Let him/her join with the Lion! Join with the Druids! Know the Grail and the Loom. Teach him/her the magick of being by the light of the harvest moon. Teach him/her the music of the bards. We draw now the sacred runes. Goddess, to you comes this chld of light walking in the path of ancients. Join him/her with Taliesin. Join him/her with the Old Ones; teach of teh Piep and Braid. Show the magic of unicorns, the dance of lord with maid. Give us a star to wish on that our hearts might be stayed... Activies: - If the deceased practiced magick, now is the time to dispose of their tools in whatever manner they requested. Some of them may be given away, others buried with them, etc. - At some point their spirit should be welcomed to the circle for the last time to take part before moving on. *invocation and paryer by Patricia Telesco. |