Category: Carmina Gadelica

Goddess, Bless the house,From site to stay,From beam to wall,From end to end,From ridge to basement,From balk to roof-tree,From found to summit,     Found and summit.

Bless, O Mistress of Magic,Myself and everything anear me,Bless me in all my makings,And keep me safe for ever,     Keep me safe forever. From every unclean spirit and sending,From every evil wish and cursing,From every wicked spell and glamour,From every star that frowns upon me,Save me till the end…

My Lord Manawyddan, thou whom theTriads name one of the Three Tribe-Herdsmen,Tend Thou us to the cot and the fold,Sain us beneath Thine own glorious mantle,     Thou Shield of Dyved, guard us for ever. Be thou a hard triumphant glaveTo shield us securely from every wicked spell,From unclean spirits…

Math, guide me with thy wisdom,Pwyll, guide me with thy strength,Lleu, guide me with thy inspiration,Manawyddan, guide me with thy justice. Rhiannon, fill me with thy fullness,Govannon, shield me with thy shade,Gwydion, fill me with thy grace,For the sake of the Three Worlds and their kings. For the One who…

I am bowing my headIn the eye of the Mother who gave me birth,In the eye of the Maiden who loves me,In the eye of the Crone who guides me in wisdom,     In love and desire. Shower down upon us in Abred,The rich blessings of Thy abundance;Thou Queen of…

I am placing my spirit and my bodyIn thy circle this night, O Mother,In thy circle, O blessed Maiden,In thy circle, O Crone of perfect wisdom,     The Three who would defend my cause,     Nor turn their backs upon me. Thou, Mother, who art bountiful and generous,Thou, Maiden, who…

O Arawn of the Hunt,Lord of Annwn,Who wert sorely oppressed,Under ban of the ardent,Shield Thou me this night     From Hafgan. My spirit in Thine own realm, O Lord,Thou King of the Country of Youth,And Thine in my own realm,To guard my body as it lies sleeping in Abred.Thou it…

Be thy soft breast, O Branwen, under my head,Be thy light, O Arianrhod, over me shining.And be the pentagram of the five elements over me down,From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet,     From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet.…

O Goddess, In my deeds, In my words, In my wishes, In my reason, And in the fulfilling of my desires, In my sleep, In my dreams, In my repose, In my thoughts, In my heart and spirit always, May the blessed Maiden And the Silver Bough of Faerie dwell,…