This ritual is to seek to minimise damage from bushfires, by
- seeking to minimise the chance of bushfires occurring, including
by asking wind and rain to help, and by trying to get arsonists to grow to an
awareness which leads to them not lighting fires
- making sure those who have the duty of looking after the bush to
prevent bushfires or of fighting bushfires do so properly, and
- helping all people to appreciate ALL the various forms of life
in the wild places.
The core of the ritual is five
chants, one to each quarter, and one for the centre (repeat each as many times
as feels comfortable):
(Southern
hemisphere - north; Northern hemisphere - south)
“Artemis[4], Baba Yaga[5], Pachamama[6] and Cernunnos[7],
help us connect to the wild places
- show us all the beauty of all the life there,
human, animal, plant or mineral,
help all who touch these places,
to truly know and care for them,
for their own innate worth.”
“Artemis[4], Baba Yaga[5], Pachamama[6] and Cernunnos[7],
help us connect to the wild places
- show us all the beauty of all the life there,
human, animal, plant or mineral,
help all who touch these places,
to truly know and care for them,
for their own innate worth.”
(east)
“Brigid[8], Maeve[9] and Isis,
inspire and help all those who care for the bush or fight bushfires,
let them fulfil their duties with passion and inspiration;
and inspire and heal those tempted to do harm
to such responsibility and caring
that they can NOT commit such sacrilege,
but may Ma’at[10] bring swiftly to justice all who do.”
“Brigid[8], Maeve[9] and Isis,
inspire and help all those who care for the bush or fight bushfires,
let them fulfil their duties with passion and inspiration;
and inspire and heal those tempted to do harm
to such responsibility and caring
that they can NOT commit such sacrilege,
but may Ma’at[10] bring swiftly to justice all who do.”
(Southern
hemisphere - south; Northern hemisphere - north)
“Nu Kua[11], bringer of order to chaos,
bring your ordered way to the wild places;
let the rains fall and the winds blow when and where they are needed;
Durga[12], protector against demons,
set boundaries on any fires which may occur,
and protect the wild places from the demon “bushfire”;
Cerridwen[13], transform all harm and damage done into growth: death into rebirth.”
“Nu Kua[11], bringer of order to chaos,
bring your ordered way to the wild places;
let the rains fall and the winds blow when and where they are needed;
Durga[12], protector against demons,
set boundaries on any fires which may occur,
and protect the wild places from the demon “bushfire”;
Cerridwen[13], transform all harm and damage done into growth: death into rebirth.”
(west)
“Gyhldeptis[14],
we call on you to help synthesise all these threads,
love, responsibility, inspiration, justice;
ordered rain and wind, protective boundaries, transformation;
help these many ways become one great whole,
for the good of all the wild places, and all the wild life.
throughout this coming bushfire season and beyond.”
“Gyhldeptis[14],
we call on you to help synthesise all these threads,
love, responsibility, inspiration, justice;
ordered rain and wind, protective boundaries, transformation;
help these many ways become one great whole,
for the good of all the wild places, and all the wild life.
throughout this coming bushfire season and beyond.”
[15]
(centre)
”Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama, Cernunnos,
Let us love the wild places;
”Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama, Cernunnos,
Let us love the wild places;
Brigid, Maeve, Isis
and Ma’at,
Heal and inspire responsibility and justice;
Heal and inspire responsibility and justice;
Nu Kua, Durga and Cerridwen,
Tame, bound and transform the demon bushfire;
Tame, bound and transform the demon bushfire;
Gyhldeptis,
Bring all this together.”
Bring all this together.”
Proposed Order of Service:
Most rituals consists of 5 major
parts, which you will notice below are segmented into the five elements. Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit, but not
in that order. Each Elemental
correspondence has its own unique role within the ritual.
In most cases they are broken
down as follows:
·
East – Air – Athame – Opening – This is the
basis of preparation, introduction of the ceremony.
·
South – Fire – Wand - Invocations – This is the basis of
invocations, prayers of the ceremony.
·
West – Water – Chalice - Offerings – This is the time of offerings,
libations, and honour
·
North – Earth – Pentacle – Closing – This is
the time of devocation and opening of the circle.
THE RITUAL
AIR - EAST OPENING
Clear and Release.
Cleanse salt, water,
incense and fire.
Charge salt, water,
incense and fire.
Cast
Circle
FIRE - SOUTH Invocations
Invoke
the Four Quarters (optional / depending
on type of ritual)
Invoke the Goddess
(optional / depending on type of ritual)
Invoke the God (optional /
depending on type of ritual)
Invoke your Patron Deity (optional / depending on type of ritual)
Invoke the Ancestors
(optional / depending on type of ritual)
SPIRIT - CENTRE Ritual
This is the main body of the ritual. The actual purpose of the
ceremony is presented here. This can be for initiation, healing, dedication, or
any other purpose. The statement of intents, and the act of powers are also
performed at this time, depending greatly on the ceremony.
(Southern
hemisphere - north; Northern hemisphere - south)
“Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama and Cernunnos,
help us connect to the wild places
- show us all the beauty of all the life there,
human, animal, plant or mineral,
help all who touch these places,
to truly know and care for them,
for their own innate worth.”
“Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama and Cernunnos,
help us connect to the wild places
- show us all the beauty of all the life there,
human, animal, plant or mineral,
help all who touch these places,
to truly know and care for them,
for their own innate worth.”
(east)
“Brigid, Maeve and Isis,,
inspire and help all those who care for the bush or fight bushfires,
let them fulfil their duties with passion and inspiration;
and inspire and heal those tempted to do harm
to such responsibility and caring
that they can NOT commit such sacrilege,
but may Ma’at bring swiftly to justice all who do.”
“Brigid, Maeve and Isis,,
inspire and help all those who care for the bush or fight bushfires,
let them fulfil their duties with passion and inspiration;
and inspire and heal those tempted to do harm
to such responsibility and caring
that they can NOT commit such sacrilege,
but may Ma’at bring swiftly to justice all who do.”
(Southern
hemisphere - south; Northern hemisphere - north)
“Nu Kua, bringer of order to chaos,
bring your ordered way to the wild places;
let the rains fall and the winds blow when and where they are needed;
Durga, protector against demons,
set boundaries on any fires which may occur,
and protect the wild places from the demon “bushfire”;
Cerridwen, transform all harm and damage done into growth: death into rebirth.”
“Nu Kua, bringer of order to chaos,
bring your ordered way to the wild places;
let the rains fall and the winds blow when and where they are needed;
Durga, protector against demons,
set boundaries on any fires which may occur,
and protect the wild places from the demon “bushfire”;
Cerridwen, transform all harm and damage done into growth: death into rebirth.”
(west)
“Gyhldeptis,
we call on you to help synthesise all these threads,
love, responsibility, inspiration, justice;
ordered rain and wind, protective boundaries, transformation;
help these many ways become one great whole,
for the good of all the wild places, and all the wild life.
throughout this coming bushfire season and beyond.”
“Gyhldeptis,
we call on you to help synthesise all these threads,
love, responsibility, inspiration, justice;
ordered rain and wind, protective boundaries, transformation;
help these many ways become one great whole,
for the good of all the wild places, and all the wild life.
throughout this coming bushfire season and beyond.”
(centre)
”Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama, Cernunnos,
Let us love the wild places;
”Artemis, Baba Yaga, Pachamama, Cernunnos,
Let us love the wild places;
Brigid, Maeve, Isis
and Ma’at,
Heal and inspire responsibility and justice;
Heal and inspire responsibility and justice;
Nu Kua, Durga and Cerridwen,
Tame and bound the demon bushfire;
Tame and bound the demon bushfire;
Gyhldeptis,
Bring all this together.”
Bring all this together.”
WATER - WEST Offering
This is traditionally done with a
chalice of juice, wine or water passed around the company within the circle
AFTER the dedicationary offering has been completed.
Then it is common practice to
pour out a small libation, and dedicate that to your Ancestors, physical and
spiritual, and to all your friends in Nature, seen and unseen.
Dedicate what remains in the
Chalice to the Goddess and the God.
(After the ritual, the libations
may be emptied outside, or otherwise respectfully disposed of.)
NORTH - PENTACLE Closing
It is now time to give thanks,
and close the ritual.
Devoke the Ancestors (optional, depending on type of ritual)
Devoke your Patron Deity (optional, depending
on type of ritual)
Devoke
the God (optional, depending on type of
ritual)
Devoke
the Goddess (optional, depending on type
of ritual)
Devoke
the Four Quarters (optional, depending
on type of ritual)
Take down the Circle itself. You
might say something like the Traditional;
“As Above, So
Below. As the Universe, so the Soul. As within, so without. Merry meet. Merry
part. And merry meet again.”
And as always - clear and
release all excess energy.
[4] Greek Goddess of
animals and wild places
[5] Slavic Goddess: the “wild
woman”
[6] Peruvian and Bolivian
Goddess of healing and wholeness with ability to connect to natural world
[7] Celtic God – the
Horned One, often portrayed as a stag
[8] Celtic Goddess of
Inspiration
[9] Irish Goddess of
Responsibility
[10] Egyptian Goddess of
Justice
[11] Chinese Goddess who
brought Order to Chaos
[12] Goddess from India who helps
set boundaries, and took the name Durga in honour of the demon Durga, who she
slew
[13] Welsh Goddess of the
Cauldron, associated with Death and rebirth
[14] Tlingit and Haida
Goddess of the Forest, who held a feast to get
powers together which transformed a dangerous whirlpool into a calm river
[15] Most of these
interpretations are from “The Goddess Oracle” by Amy Sophia Marashinsky
[1] BPF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Forces. See here and here for more on this.
[2] Please see my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia.
[3] See "State risks worst fires since Black Saturday", 26th November, 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear")
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Tags: bushfires, energy work, harm minimisation, justice, prevention, rituals, society,
First published: Manadagr, 26th November, 2012
Last edited: Monday, 26th November, 2012
