Hearth of Web Working: August 2012

To the Hearth

Your path winds between great trees as you step upon twigs and leaves of seasons past. The air is cool, smelling of pine and warm earth. Thin fog waits ahead, a veil of air and water hovering between earth and sky. You enter the mist and the forest silence is broken by a single chime, a bell far away. With a careful pace, you follow the path as it flows down a gentle grade to a sunken shore and wide marsh. Your path forks in opposite directions along the banks and you pause. Suddenly, weeds rustle as a bird takes flight. A great blue heron spreads his wide wings and climbs to the sky. He flies along the water's edge, leaving behind its fading cry, a beckoning. So summoned, you choose to follow and your path becomes narrow, but the way is clearly marked by stepping stones bordered by greenery. On the land side, flax plants grow. Their slim stems are bedecked with five petaled flowers, pale blue blossoms that shine from the foliage. On the other side, cattails and water lilies flank your way. An arrow of geese honk overhead and your eyes follow their flight above your path. The birds disappear over a stone building, a hall, in the distance. A line of smoke rises from the chimney. There is a hearth within...

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Kindred Invocations

Ancestors’ Invocation

From the rock-firm coastline of All That Was

Legacies reach across the ancient sea of Time
To our shifting shore of All That Is:
Ancestors of the Ages! We, your inheritors, call you!
Join us as we honor the Old Ways
As we raise our voices in song and vibrant verses,
As we renew our bonds of kinship.
With right reverence we call you!

Ancestors of our past, be with us!

Worldly Spirits’ Invocation

Linked upon this Middle Earth, our worlds weave.
From wide waters and tall trees,
To sunny skies and dark caverns:
Spirits of Nature! We, your friends, call you!
Join us as we honor Nature’s Ways
As we raise our voices in song and vibrant verses,
As we renew our bonds of kinship.
With right reverence we call you!

Worldly Spirits, be with us!

Deities’ Invocation

From the warm Hall of Valhalla

Divinities reach throughout the Nine Worlds
Even to the white well of Wyrd:
Gods of our Grandfathers! We, your people, call you!
Join us as we honor the Sacred Ways
As we raise our voices in song and vibrant verses,
As we renew our bonds of kinship.
With right reverence we call you!

Deities of our faith, be with us!