Category: Carmina Gadelica

Thanks be to thee, my Lady, forBringing me from the beauty of nightTo the joyous light of this day,Courage, generosity, and beautyTo earn for my spiritWith good intent.And for every gift of faeryThou bestowest on me,My thoughts, my words,My deeds, my desiresI consecrate to Thee.I honour Thee,I ask of TheeTo…

[the one who chants the blessing is called the ‘soul-friend’, and isheld is special affection by the friends of the dying person ever after] Goddess, initiate this woman (man) into thy Grand Coven,Remember the many blessings which she (he) in the body cast,That we cannot this night enumerate.     The…

Within the Circle of Circles,The peace of Pwyll and Llew,Of Manawyddan and Math the Ancient,And of the two perfect words,     The two perfect words. The peace of the Mother of Love,The peace of the Maiden of Beauty,The peace of the Crone of Wisdom,To ourselves and to our children,   …

I am lying down tonight,With Mother, with Maiden,With the Crone of Wisdom,Who shield me from harm. I will not lie down with Cythraul,Nor shall Cythraul lie down with me,But I will lie down with the Goddess,And the Goddess will lie down with me. Lady and Maiden and Sacred Crone,Within the…

I lie down tonightWith fair Modron and with her Son,With pure-white Mabon,And with Branwen beneath her mantle. I lie down with Magic,And Magic will lie down with me,I will not lie down with Cythraul,Nor shall Cythraul lie down with me. O God of the Mound,Shield me this night,Open the secret…

Thanks be to thee, silver Lady of the Sky,Mother kind, ever-renewing, ever-fulfilling,For thy fertility, abundance and blessingThat thou bestows upon us continually.Whatever good fortune befalls us as thy children,In our portion, in our lot, in our path,Give to us with it the rich gifts of thy guidance,And the joyous blessing…

Thou Queen of the moon,Thou Queen of the waters,Thou Queen of the flowers,Thou Queen of the stars,Thou Queen of the earth,Thou Queen of the night,Oh! lovely Thy countenance,Thou silvery Radiance. Two loops of silkDown by thy limbs,Smooth-skinned;Yellow jewelsAnd a handfulOut of every stock of them.

In the name of the Lady,And of the Awen of Inspiration,In the name of the Lord of the Wildwood,     I lay me down to rest. If there be evil threat or quirk,Or covert act intent on me,Then free me and encircle me,     And drive from me mine enemy.…

Thanks be to thee, my Lady, forBringing me from the beauty of nightTo the gladsome light of this day,To win love and knowledge and power,Through understanding your deepest secrets. Praise be to thee, gracious Goddess,For the blessings thou didst bestow on me–My thoughts, my speech, my works, my desires And…