Posts Tagged With: Seed

Calendar of the Sun for April 4th

Posted on April 4, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Sun

 
Aequinoctium Vernum

Colors: Yellow and light green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of yellow and light green set a pitcher of rainwater, small dishes of seeds (as many as there are people), a vase of budding branches, and a single green candle.
Offerings: Seeds to be planted in the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian

Aequinoctium Vernum Invocation

Earth, you begin your awakening
To the touch of the life-giving Sun
Whose rays stroke you like a lover.
Earth, your joy in awakening
Springs forth first golden
And then the green of life.
We awaken to your new life
And your new season,
And you help us to believe
That no matter how long the winter,
Spring will always come again.
We stand in the time of the year’s morning
And, like all living things,
We reach upwards for the sky.

Chant:
We open Earth and
Earth receives you
She gives you life and
We believe in you

(Each takes a pot of seeds and goes to the garden, and hoes or otherwise prepares a space for planting, and then plants their seeds, chanting while doing so. The pitcher of rainwater is carried out and ritually poured onto the seeds.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for March 29th

Posted on March 29, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Sun

Aequinoctium Vernum

Colors: Yellow and light green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of yellow and light green set a pitcher of rainwater, small dishes of seeds (as many as there are people), a vase of budding branches, and a single green candle.
Offerings: Seeds to be planted in the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian

Aequinoctium Vernum Invocation

Earth, you begin your awakening
To the touch of the life-giving Sun
Whose rays stroke you like a lover.
Earth, your joy in awakening
Springs forth first golden
And then the green of life.
We awaken to your new life
And your new season,
And you help us to believe
That no matter how long the winter,
Spring will always come again.
We stand in the time of the year’s morning
And, like all living things,
We reach upwards for the sky.

Chant:
We open Earth and
Earth receives you
She gives you life and
We believe in you

(Each takes a pot of seeds and goes to the garden, and hoes or otherwise prepares a space for planting, and then plants their seeds, chanting while doing so. The pitcher of rainwater is carried out and ritually poured onto the seeds.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for March 18th

Posted on March 18, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Sun

 
Media Hiems

Color: White and grey
Element: Earth
Altar: Set out a cloth of white and grey, a vase of bare branches, a single grey candle, a pitcher of melted snow or rainwater, pots of earth, and seeds to be sown and nurtured in the greenhouse.
Offering: Seeds, preferably saved from the year before.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian.

Media Hiems Invocation

Earth that lies asleep
Waiting for the touch of the Sun
To grow in strength and light
And awaken thee to life,
We warm thee with our breath,
We prepare thee with our hands,
We plant thee with our hopes,
We await thy awakening
With faith in the coming of Spring.

Chant:
Breath warms thee
Hands prepare thee
Hope sows thee
Sun awaken thee.

(All take seeds and plant them in the pots of earth, water them, and breathe onto them, visualizing the seeds awakening and growing. The remainder of the water is poured out as a libation to the Earth. The pots are then taken to the greenhouse in procession to be nurtured until planting time.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Sowing Seeds for a New Spring

Posted on March 10, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Sowing Seeds for a New Spring

A Celtic ritual for helping your life’s garden grow.

BY: Mara Freeman
The spring equinox in March marked the New Year in earlier days, and the best time to sow seeds for the new harvest. In Ireland, the seeds were offered up for blessing of Saint Brigit, who was once a goddess associated with the earth, the sun and fertility. In Wales, families went out into the fields to call on the Corn Spirit for a good harvest. They poured a libation of cider on the ground and buried a piece of plum cake as a libation to the Earth. After the feast, they joined hands and danced across the field. A West Country Spring blessing captures this spirit:

Good luck to the hoof and horn    

Good luck to the flock and fleece    

Good luck to the growers of corn    

With blessings of plenty and peace!

Sowing our Seeds

  • Light a candle at your altar, center yourself, and ponder on what seeds you would like to sow in your life this year. Write down  everything which comes to you in a list, then choose three of them that you can really focus on: one for yourself, one for your family or community, and one  for the planet.
  • Seed will remain forever dormant unless it is planted in earth that has been well prepared for it. What groundwork do you need to  do before your seed-ideas can germinate?
  • In the modern world, we are continually bombarded with distracting stimuli. The straight, orderly furrows of a plowed field remind  us of the need to focus on our own projects. Look at ways in which you can clear space and time in your week for cultivating the delicate new shoots that will appear.
  • As the plow may encounter hard, stones in the soil, we may allow all sorts of things to get in the way of our growth. Take a look  at any obstacles, within or without, that may prevent you from working towards your most important goals. How do you plan to deal with them?
  • Visualize your seed-ideas growing and becoming strong, healthy “plants.” What will each idea look, sound, smell, taste, and feel like when it comes to  fruition? Paint a picture in words or in colors, making them as real as possible, and place on your altar.
  • Ask Brigit to bless these projects with her life-giving sun and warmth.
  • Now re-enter your daily life and be sure to nurture your seed-ideas with the four elements:

Air = inspiration    

Fire = enthusiasm    

Water = imagination    

Earth = practical application

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Calendar of the Sun for March 8th

Posted on March 8, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Sun

Media Hiems
Color: White and grey
Element: Earth
Altar: Set out a cloth of white and grey, a vase of bare branches, a single grey candle, a pitcher of melted snow or rainwater, pots of earth, and seeds to be sown and nurtured in the greenhouse.
Offering: Seeds, preferably saved from the year before.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian.

Media Hiems Invocation

Earth that lies asleep
Waiting for the touch of the Sun
To grow in strength and light
And awaken thee to life,
We warm thee with our breath,
We prepare thee with our hands,
We plant thee with our hopes,
We await thy awakening
With faith in the coming of Spring.

Chant:
Breath warms thee
Hands prepare thee
Hope sows thee
Sun awaken thee.

(All take seeds and plant them in the pots of earth, water them, and breathe onto them, visualizing the seeds awakening and growing. The remainder of the water is poured out as a libation to the Earth. The pots are then taken to the greenhouse in procession to be nurtured until planting time.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Moon for March 2

Posted on March 2, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Moon

 

 

1 Fearn/Elaphebolion
Day of the Alder Tree

Color: Crimson
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a crimson cloth set a vase of alder twigs collected earlier and forced to bud, a single crimson candle, a pot of soil, seeds, a bowl of water, and a bell.
Offerings: Plant seeds. Stoke fires.
Daily Meal: Vegan

Invocation to the Green Man of the Alder Tree

Hail, Green Man of the Spring!
Alder tree of the charcoal-burners,
Battle-witch of all woods,
Tree that is hottest in the fight,
Wood that surrounds and sweetens
All the quiet-eyed cow gives forth,
Wood no water can corrupt,
Blessed of Bran and his bridge,
Whistle-pipe that summons winds,
Triple of colors, many of trunks,
Whose grove is the largest living
Creature in the entire world.
Your seagulls wheel and mew
Over the salt sea and its inland shores,
Yet you are the tree of Fire
And the place where Fire touches Water.
We hail you, sacred alder tree,
Green Man of the Spring,
On this the time of your warming.

Chant:
Crimson is the blood of trees
Crimson is the dawn we seize
Crimson are the sunset seas.

(Each comes forward and plants a seed in the pot of soil, saying, “Hail Green Man of the Earth!” Water is poured onto the pot, and then the rest is poured out as a libation. Ring bell and dismiss.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for February 25th

Posted on February 25, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Sun

 

Media Hiems

Color: White and grey
Element: Earth
Altar: Set out a cloth of white and grey, a vase of bare branches, a single grey candle, a pitcher of melted snow or rainwater, pots of earth, and seeds to be sown and nurtured in the greenhouse.
Offering: Seeds, preferably saved from the year before.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian.

Media Hiems Invocation

Earth that lies asleep
Waiting for the touch of the Sun
To grow in strength and light
And awaken thee to life,
We warm thee with our breath,
We prepare thee with our hands,
We plant thee with our hopes,
We await thy awakening
With faith in the coming of Spring.

Chant:
Breath warms thee
Hands prepare thee
Hope sows thee
Sun awaken thee.

(All take seeds and plant them in the pots of earth, water them, and breathe onto them, visualizing the seeds awakening and growing. The remainder of the water is poured out as a libation to the Earth. The pots are then taken to the greenhouse in procession to be nurtured until planting time.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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To Bring Certain Influences Into Your Life

Posted on February 24, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

To Bring Certain Influences Into Your Life

In a plot of prepared land, or in a medium sized flowerpot, sow the seeds of an appropriate plant in the form of a symbol or rune representative of your need. Tend to the plants. After they sprout, draw a circle around them in the earth or soil with your power hand. Stand in quiet contemplation of the growing, living symbol. As it has sprung into existence, so shall your need. You may want to look in a magical herbal book for the magical influences of certain herbs.

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