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World Frames (by Fred McLaren Adams) Adelphos: "…May the Guardians of the Fixed Cross bless the landscape lines that surround this great Temple of Love - The Ley Lines, Dragon Paths, Undergrounds and Overgrounds – Biomes, Ecotones and Seres. May their subtle lips open upon the Azimuths of our Ring between Worlds and drink Celestial Streams from the Cosmic Regions quartered in these corridors of our Hypersphere – whose Radius of Imaginary Numbers is Finitely Infinite. May these landscape Lines sluice the Celestial Urge into every Vesicle of the Terrestrial Matrix…" (Sing Charm of Beltane again)  A Psyche Reading (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "Remember Lovers the mellifluous feeling of falling in Love – the ecstatic surge from the Heart-Desire awakening slowly and streaming from the loins, full of Passion yet soulful and demure. Eyes sparkling, nostrils quivering, lips moist with anticipation. The eyes of each enraptured with the vision of the Beloved – encroaching constantly on Foreverness…. “You are mine always” … Then a sudden rush of timidity when the veil falls revealing depths of soul and roseate flesh. A blush brushes the cheeks and the eyes momentarily divert the gaze downward – to one side. Hands touch as feathers then fly away. Graspingly the Lovers kiss in the greying light fluttering through apricot and peach clouds. For a moment a loving eternity is revealed to them – a world of dulcet Psyche and sweetly rousing Eros. Their whole beings radiate rapturously and pulsate with ardour as Helios furtively disappears into the Western Underworld of His Brother, Adis. Daphnis serenades His lovely Chloe and She responds with Bell Canto Vocalisation. Their love duet soars into the skies above. Let Aphrodite shine brilliantly in the Hesperian Sky. The Lovers pledge their betrothal to each other and to the Blessed Aromas and Fragrances of Psyche and Eros. Then hand in hand, they walk slowly through the darkening woods and disappear from sight… In the murky twilight…. in the distance – the eerie yet jocular flute of Pan is heard with sheepish innuendoes anticipating the bliss of consummation. Let us join ‘Daphnis and Chloe’ in the musical enfoldment of all amorous Ethers. Listen – lovers – listen not only with your ears and hearts, but with your fingertips as well." Begin music: ‘Daphnis and Chloe’ by Maurice Ravčl. "Meditate upon increasing loverliness amongst all species who shall be free again. The humans in small groups shall live around palaces, plazas and gardens in temperate climates only, and feed upon ambrosia and other paradisal delicacies." Evocation of Hermes (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "Hermes, Eros, Picus Pan quicken our life with Your fleet footed presence. Appear with sudden precision and darting grace. Oh, Hermes of Shore and Everglade. Come vibrantly. Come quickly. Come with surprise. Clarify our intellect. Sharpen our wits. Ameliorate our communication with the Gods, all beings living or dead, with Nature. Come forth, Great Pan of marsh, swamp and jungle floor. You, oh Mighty One! Who pivots on the balance between childhood and budding pubescence, between full flowering and withering decline, between murky decay and joyous rebirth… Whose lustful mirth and ribald stunts engender fear in those on the threshold of new worlds – Mercurius, Master Enchanter volatilise Yourself before our very eyes like a breath of wind… Divine Journeyer, guide us through ever-varying paths of Cosmic Space and Time so we may always remain open and free to new experiences, necessary for metamorphosis. Pan, Horned God Whose eerie flute reverberates through the whistling reeds swayed by Your mischievous blowing of airs. Come forth!! Come, in all Your paradoxicalness, Goat-Footed One, Angelos of Silver-Winged Feet. Come!!! Eros, in this Season of Beltane, awaken with loving passion the Holy Phallic Stamen." Evocation of Psyche (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "Psyche, Salmakis, Phereia, Apheia…. Sensitise our souls to Your delicate essence. Appear furtively in the twilight haze and dawning mist. Psyche! of magical gardens and enchanted palaces. Come gently, come sweetly, come with dancing grace. Draw forth our empathy for all creatures – plants and animals alike. Open our hearts to the singing of the Gods. Appear – Magical Lady of Sculptured Landscapes, Sacred Temples and Mystic Mazes. You, most Tender One, Who balances the Scales of Libra between Dream and Reality, Surreal Fancy and Worldly Realisation, between Inspiration and Creation, Longing and Fulfilment… Whose wistful yearning engenders romantic love in Maiden and Youth alike and elicits hope of Eternal Enchantment. EVOE! Aphaia, Blessed Nymph, Whose soulful dulcimer and ringing bells are heard in the quiet of a moonlit night above the Lake of the Two Silver Swans. Materialise ghostly Lady…. Appear…. Psychia, in this Season of Beltane unfold the Holy Vulval Pistil with quivering anticipation." Music stops. BELTANE: The Love Mysteries of Hide and Seek Bravissima Little One (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: (still in Hearthroom with celebrants) "And now commences the Sacred Game of Hide and Seek between Lovers Divine. The Sweet Damozel shall disappear, so, let us join in the game with the Divine Couple. Psycheitreia shall wear the Floral Crown of Betrothal of the Pubescent-Blooming Goddess. The crown is put on by ladies who have come into the Betrothal Chamber. All you good feminine Adelphai, please accompany me into the Secret Hiding Place of the Princess where only Prince Charming may find Her. Allez Allez.” Ladies proceed to ‘Salon de Rendezvous'. First Adelpha impersonating Psyche covers face with fan. Priest of Hermes-Eros is blindfolded and sings in Hearthroom. Priest: (as Eros) "Psyche, Psyche – Eros is calling to Thee – He wanders through mists of the morning – seeking they Blossom Divine…. A-O-U; A-O-U; Psyche, Oh where are You –" Repeat A-O-U etc, in search. Priestess: Second Adelpha carries image of Hermes, third Adelpha carries flowers. They carry these objects from Hearthroom into hiding place (another room). First Adelpha is in hiding place with other ladies. Priest: Look in small Temple (another adjacent room). Priestess: Search further and you shall find Her." Priest: (as Eros) Eros is lost in the corridors of time. Are You there? A – O – U; A – O – U!" First Adelpha: (as Psyche) Adelphai twirl Eros (they have blindfolded Him) around till He faces ladies hovering over Psyche. Priest: (as Eros) First Adelpha: (as Psyche, sings) I am here for You." The ladies step aside to reveal Her with face shielded by coquettish fan. Eros’ blindfold is removed. Priest: (as Eros) "I have found You My Dearly Beloved…. Will You reveal Your nature so all may know the power of seduction to goodness and the Kore Way?" Psyche removes fan. First Adelpha: (as Psyche) They kiss sweetly. The Hermes Image is placed between Them, together with flowers. Priestess: (announces) Gentlemen: Ladies: Sense of smell. Priestess anoints everyone with perfumes. Everyone to little Temple (another room in house). Hermes Hymn (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "Hermes, God of Transition – God of Mentation – God of Surprise–Hermes – Pan of Marshes, Ponds and Swamps – We call to You on this day, Eros come forth. Hermes, Who guides the souls of the Dead – of Transformation, of Communication, help metamorphose Planet Earth. Hermes is the God of Linkage; Psyche represents the dulcet connection between souls. Since this is the Season of Air and the Sense of Smell, I have anointed you with sensuous oils so you may be blessed with Love both soulful and sensual." Priest: Priestess: Let the Holy Pair lead us back to the Festival Hall for celebration and communion." All return to Hearthroom where all has been placed in correct corner. Celebrants sit while Pair (First Adelpha as Psyche and Priest/Adelphos as Eros) stand regally. Priestess: (sings) Enchanted Palaces and Gardens, Her Domain. Oh – Gentle Psyche – We bestow our souls to Your care." Women place flowers in May Day basket before Psyche Statue. Adelphai bring image of Hermes in and put it in the right place beside image of Psyche in Hearthroom. Priestess: God of Love, we salute You!" The Charm of Beltane is sung again with mime. Psyche Speaks of Courtship and Enchantment (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "Psyche speaks of seduction and enchantment. Shall the delicate throb of the fluttering heart be subdued? Shall life’s effervescent vintage go flat? Must the intensity of passion be toned down to a whimper? What will happen to the yearnings of eyes searching for love in the ocular brilliance of another’s’ rays? I am Psyche and I ponder these questions when the souls of men forget for a moment the storms and stresses, sturm und drang, of daily struggles and allow the misty languor of renewing mist or the blessed freshness of mornings’ dew to overwhelm them – just for a second – only for a minute – A dip into My world of meandering paths, of languor, of tenderness, of life for a world where lovers of all species may linger in their absorption of one another’s rays of enchantment - free from fears and free from need. Ah – so many souls – yet each one imprints an indelible mark in the elastic cocoon of space and time…. So I have decreed together with My Sister Goddesses. There are many spinning globules of intensified energy throughout space. And most of them pulsate harmoniously to the Music of the Spheres. But a few have chosen to deviate from wonder and graciousness into ugly and evil realms. The Queendom of Divinities allows free reign to the imagination and sometimes the masculine will to subdue, to control, to reign supreme overtakes a planet and distorts the processes of spiralling evolution into a hard-jerky inorganic mechanistic impulse of cruelty, rapine and murder. These forays into the depths of depravity make Me ponder… Should I have given no options? Should I have guided every step of the way to abodes winged and gossamised? My Beloved Hermes Who is the Supreme Guide of Souls in transformation advises against such gentle existence. In general male Gods are more likely to understand the ‘going off on a limb’ of some of our creations, but Hermes relishes with tongue-in-cheek such pleasure, these diversions. Perhaps such negative propensities can contribute ultimately to even greater reaches of sumptuous awareness. But then these humans are working along a precipice. Perhaps, the entire world will be catapulted into nothingness. In certain extreme cases such existential annihilation is possible but only for the truly monstrous of gigantic proportions… I have bestowed soulfulness upon all living beings – land rovers and ocean swimmers, hoofed beings and winged ones, flora and fauna. Yet you of special endowments and refinements abrogate My Gift when you mistreat your animal and plant siblings. The suffering you cause pains Me greatly and so I entreat you to open your maiden soul to your fellow species and tender each one with empathy and respect. Curtail propagation of your kind and encourage fertility of all creatures especially endangered ones. If you tread the gentle path through hill and dale you will increase the chance of transforming Earth into a Garden of Eternal Delight. Now is the time of courtship. It is My Time. Pollination in the vegetable Queendom is accomplished in a conciliatory manner without violence and upheaval – in windswept ways or perambulations of insects. Throughout most of the animal queendom, the male proceeds cautiously. Sometimes in dancing fashion to win the favour of his lady. With humans, masculine abuse has taken a high toll in tortuous ways, encouraged by the double credo of paternalistic aggression and filial sexual repression. So I urge you to foster the art of courting in ways tender and sublime. My Realm of Psyche, Phereia, Aphaia – of Romance, Reverie, Nostalgia, Empathy, Receptivity and Fertility of Soul combined with the Realm of Hermes, Eros, Pan - Who bestows the qualities of Balance, Adaptability, Discernment, Communication and Metamorphosis should encourage you toward romantic seduction and sentimental seductiveness in the Hide and Seek World of Lovers. Let each other seek the other with longing, wistfulness and wonder. I speak from the nebulous depths where dreams are made…. Which then take flight into the vast reaches of space. I am the Winged One. I hover over the pellucid diaphanous circumambience of all Earth’s, and I soar into the vaporous and murky regions of the Heavens. Eros darts after Me in poetic pursuit, where you may not follow save in spirit. I disappear so He may search. Cherchez la femme. Favour these romantic prayers." Music: ‘Daphnis and Chloe’ by Maurice Ravčl. Weekly Prayers to Hermes and Psyche To Hermes (by Fred McLaren Adams) Priestess: Midst Lily Pad pools flooded with fruit juices – In love play, may we resonate with all beautiful Goddesses and Gods When together They celebrate the bounteous convergence And overflow of their Syzygies." To Psyche (by Lady Svetlana) Priest: Midst evocative symbols of Worlds beyond Worlds May we wander in transfixed rapture with Psyche and Eros As They fullfill the wish of all Great Lovers for Eternal Enchantment…. And so 'He finds Her and carries Her off to the Holy Chambers of Love above the Cumulus Clouds, soft ethereal chaise-lounges of Everlastingness in Dreamland'.” Priestess: "Let us partake of the magic of the Love Swans." The May Pole in the Ring of Stones (by Lady Svetlana) Priestess: "…We dedicate again this day and season to Psyche-Aphaia, and to Her Landscape Love Bodies of Gardens, Fairie Palaces, Plazas, Temples, Mazes and Sculptured Landscapes… … We also dedicate this day and season to Her Paramour Hermes-Eros, and to His Landscape Body of shores, marshes, everglades, all ecotones, all micro-organisms and decomposers and assimilators to the raw elements… Let us skippingly dance outside – follow me- Adelphai, Mystai!" Celebrants to henge and make a circle around the Maypole or romantic Rotunda. Let there be formed two circles – one female in inner one, and one male in outer one. They hold hands. Priestess: (carries flower basket from Psyche Statue) "Close your eyes while being aware of the polar energies before and behind you. We are going to raise the spirits for the benefit of all creatures of the wilderness – for the return of all poor enslaved domestic animals to wildness, for stopping the slaughter of all creatures for food, for those manipulated inhumanely in laboratories, and especially for species threatened with extinction because of man’s abusive blindness. We shall address Hermes, God of Transitions to encourage Psyche’s Loving Rapport amongst all beings on Orchard Island Earth. Currently, the Orchard is being chopped down. Men dance to the right; women to the left. Please keep eyes closed." All: (dance and sing) Flitting through the marshes dancing with a faun Hermes Kokapili, Hermes playful imp; Flitting through the marshes, dancing with a nymph. Round and round we go – Where to stop we do not know." (*) Priestess: People, now together in circle, dance round and round." Priestess: All say: “Wilder beings – thrive, grow and overflow”." Priestess: And yell: 'Hurrah for all Creation'." Each one then takes a flower and places it near a small tree or small bush and says: Celebrant: Priest: Priestess: Celebrants all return to Hearthroom for Aval Communion. Priestess: All sing in unison. Now all kiss to the left (heart-side) and then clap softly in unison. |
