Call and Response
Yesterday at the libation, since we had more people than just the three of us usual suspects, we talked about incorporating a Call and Response portion to the libation rituals.
I told radiantbaby and justben that we used that often for ritual with brigidswell and that I had even written one. It is based on the Celtic poem "Song of Amergin" part of which is:
"I am a wind of the sea,
I am a wave of the sea,
I am a sound of the sea,
I am an ox of seven fights,
I am a stag of seven tines,
I am a wild flood on a plain,
I am a wind on deep waters."
but my version was specifically for Brigid to honor her at our rituals.
The Song of Brigid
I am the smoke on the pyre
I am the bubble in the brook
I am the cat asleep on the hearth
I am the wren on the breeze
I am the heat of the blaze
I am the herb of healing
I am a red-eared cow
I am the playful otter
I am a well on the land
I am the inspiration
I am the anvil and the hammer
I am the goddess who burns the inner fire
…Who stokes the fire of the home
…Who fans the fire of the forge.
…Who is the fire of the heart
by Laura LaVoie (c) 2004
I wonder if we should create call and response poems for each of the gods - I would be pleased and happy to do such a thing. OR, I wonder if it would be better to create something standard that we could use to maybe open a ritual.
Just some ideas to toss around. We have exactly a month to plan for the libation to Dionysos. Yay Dionysos.
I told radiantbaby and justben that we used that often for ritual with brigidswell and that I had even written one. It is based on the Celtic poem "Song of Amergin" part of which is:
"I am a wind of the sea,
I am a wave of the sea,
I am a sound of the sea,
I am an ox of seven fights,
I am a stag of seven tines,
I am a wild flood on a plain,
I am a wind on deep waters."
but my version was specifically for Brigid to honor her at our rituals.
The Song of Brigid
I am the smoke on the pyre
I am the bubble in the brook
I am the cat asleep on the hearth
I am the wren on the breeze
I am the heat of the blaze
I am the herb of healing
I am a red-eared cow
I am the playful otter
I am a well on the land
I am the inspiration
I am the anvil and the hammer
I am the goddess who burns the inner fire
…Who stokes the fire of the home
…Who fans the fire of the forge.
…Who is the fire of the heart
by Laura LaVoie (c) 2004
I wonder if we should create call and response poems for each of the gods - I would be pleased and happy to do such a thing. OR, I wonder if it would be better to create something standard that we could use to maybe open a ritual.
Just some ideas to toss around. We have exactly a month to plan for the libation to Dionysos. Yay Dionysos.