OSTARA
Birthing & Rejuvenation
(by Lady Svetlana)
(Flute call to gather)
Priestess: (brief Temple opening)
"Oh, Antheides, Eastern Fays of the Dawn, we invoke Your presence for this Vernal Ceremony of hallowed inceptions. Bless Planeta Earthona and let
Your magical spirit from the far reaches of space waft through our atmosphere to clear the airs for the commencement of Age Aquaria of the Magic Maiden,
Dainty Daughter, Elfin Princess…."
The Charm of Ostara
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
Priestess: (The charm is to be sung)
“This is the Charge and Charm of Ostara the Festival of Rising Sap
Plunging roots, and bare buds heralds the natural beginning of the Sacred Year.
The days grow longer than the nights.
In torrents of Spring the Moon Maid unfolds to buds unsheathing
In torrents of Spring the Sun Babe is born to sap arising
The Goddess of Nature gives birth to the God of the Year.
Delivery changes the Goddess into a Maiden.
She and the God exchange the dainties of childhood.”
Opening of the Temple
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
Priestess:
She crosses her arms over her breast, right arm over left, her hands open and palms down. She intones the following recitation:
"Sun Door, Sun Door!
Thorn and Oak crossed with Holly! Open!
Revealing azure golden Day and archetypal Light."
She may cast a point-upward pentagram.
Her right arm and open palm swing out to the right to open the great Sun Door. With powerful radiance of kinaesthetic energy she intones:
"Moon Door, Moon Door!
Ash and Alder crossed with Willow! Open!
Revealing silver celestial seas in the Mystery Night!"
She may cast a point-upward pentagram.
Her left arm and palm swing out to the left to open the great astral Moon Door with the same windy blast of etheric force.
During the proceedings, the instructed should entertain inner ‘telesmatic’ imagery of humming spheres, trilling stars and the resounding road of the Galaxy:
the so called ‘Music of the Spheres’.
Priestess:
"The inner pneumatic precincts of this great Temple of Love,
Koreion (* name of your own Temple),
have been opened and hermetically unsealed.
May all great and harmonious Spirit Beings
who attend these Sacred Rites
assist us in our devotions of Love!"
She enters the Ring.
Invocation of the Quarters
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
One of the celebrants, preferably an Initiate, evokes the Quarters upon the four Quarter Points (points due East, South, West, North).
In accord with ancient Greek tradition, from Anaxagoras and Empedocles to the School of Hippocrates,
Feraferia assigns the four Elements to the four
Quarters in the following arrangement:
Air – Wands - East; Fire – Staves or Swords - South;
Earth – Pentacles -West; Water – Cups -North.
Priestess:
Facing East she intones:
"Antheides, great Fays of the East, Dawn and Spring
Join us here and now in the Fairy Ring between worlds,
Through the Portal twixt moon and sun.
Re-enter your earth abodes from the far, far, Faerie land of stars."
(Go around with the wand).
Facing South she intones:
"Ariadnes, great Fays of the South, Noon and Summer
Join us here and now in the Fairy Ring between worlds,
Through the Portal twixt moon and sun.
Re-enter your earth abodes from the far, far, Faerie land of stars."
(Go around with the sword).
Facing West she intones:
"Hesperides, great Fays of the West, Evening and Autumn
Join us here and now in the Fairy Ring between worlds,
Through the Portal twixt moon and sun.
Re-enter your earth abodes from the far, far, Faerie land of stars."
(Go around with the pentacle)
Facing North she intones:
"Hyades, great Fays of the North, Midnight and Winter
Join us here and now in the Fairy Ring between worlds,
Through the Portal twixt moon and sun.
Re-enter your earth abodes from the far, far, Faerie land of stars."
(Go around with the cup or cauldron).
Revelation of Centre
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
Priestess:
"Zenithides Kai Nadirides
Join hands and lips, bellies and hips
Here upon the white weddingstone of Dione and Dion;
Around the Living Fount of Love,
From which the four rivers of Faerie into all worlds flow!
Evoe Kore Kai Kauros
Evoe Potnia; Kai Potnos
Evoe Arretos Koura!
AWEEIYA!"
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