invocation to the Shining Ones

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I wrote this just before Winter Solstice. I wasn't actually writing somethign that could so easily be tweaked for other rituals, but it worked out that way I've used it at least one other time, but I just used it in the base form that time. (Oh, and yes...I know that the solstice is actually Thursday...but we're celebrating on Saturday.)



The original:

From the center of all worlds,
I call out
to the gods of all times,
to the gods of all places
to the names we know,
to the names that are lost to time immemorial
to the faces carved in stone
rendered in clay
shrouded in history
or hidden from sight
we remember the familiar
we honor the foreign, the unseen and the forsaken
To the thousand names remembered
and ten thousand names forgotten
we welcome you.

As used for Winter Solstice 2006:

From the center of all worlds,
I call out in the darkness
To the Vanir and the Aesir and
to the gods of all times,
to the gods of all places
to the names we know,
to the names that are lost to time immemorial
to the faces carved in stone
rendered in clay
shrouded in history
or hidden from sight
we remember the familiar
we honor the foreign, the unseen and the forsaken
Help us to find our worth through our faith.
To the thousand names remembered
and ten thousand names forgotten
we welcome you.

To be used for Summer Solstice 2007:

From the center of all worlds,
From this sanctuary where the light
still shines on the longest day
As the evening falls, I call out
to the gods of all times,
to the gods of all places
to the names we know,
to the names that are lost to time immemorial
to the faces carved in stone
rendered in clay
shrouded in history
or hidden from sight
we remember the familiar
we honor the foreign, the unseen and the forsaken
Help us to see with the subtle vision
that twilight brings
to the thousand names remembered
and ten thousand names forgotten
we welcome you.

Comments

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

beautiful!

Brightest Blessings of the Season to you and yours.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

thank you, the same to you

[faren-maddox.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely in no way a response to your post, which is sad, but I just wanted to tell you that after seeing you in the classical myth community, I hopped over to your journal and find you an exceptionally interesting person. I love interesting people, especially the exceptional ones. So I added you. :)

[fuego.livejournal.com]

hello...i added you back

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

To my eye, the last is a great improvement (as written/spoken word. I'm not qualified to comment on its quality as an invocation, but the editor in me is pleased.)

[fuego.livejournal.com]

that's ok, thank you. It's good to know that it's aesthetically pleasing to someone other than myself