The Aval Communion
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
Priest(ess):
Anoints foreheads of the Celebrants with drops of essential oil first. Rose oil is a good choice.
Priest:
"This scent represents the Breath of the Maiden -
Essence of Intelligence and Empathy."
Priestess: Lifts incense.
Priest:
"This flame represents the Blood of the Maiden -
Essence of Passion and Compassion."
Priestess: Lifts candle.
Priest:
"This fruit represents the gift of the Maiden's Flesh -
Essence of Proportion and Beauty."
Priestess: Lifts tiny fruit.
Priest:
"This spring water represents the Milk of the Maiden -
Essence of Mercy and Tenderness."
Priestess: Lifts cup of spring water.
Priest:
"And what is the Quintessence of the Maiden Soul?
'The Holy Fascination of the Supremely Alive and Beautiful'."
Priestess: Lifts up flower.
Priest:
"And what is the Penultimate of the Maiden Spirit?
Innocent, childlike Love."
Priestess: Throws kiss to everyone with both hands.
Priest:
"I show you this Korythalia
Which represents the Will of the Maiden;
Ever lasting Life, Delicacy and Joy
For the Unique as well as the Universal
I dip this Korythalia
Into the well-springs of living water for timeless renewal."
Priestess: Dips branch in water and lifts it up.
Priest and Priestess kiss. Celebrants share a kiss all around their circle. Male and female alternation, if possible.
Avala
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
Priestess:
On a tray she has a small bowl with tiny cut-up fruits of the season and a big, beautiful glass full of virgin spring water spiced with ginger.
The spring water should be obtained when the New Moon is visible. The flask in which spring water is kept must be blessed in the name
of Kore. Commercially bottled spring water may be substituted.
Priestess: Lifts up the sacred Tray.
"Ambrosia of trees – Quintessence of Fire and Earth –
Eonic Body of the Maiden.
By Her Love freely given and with harm to none
thine own body become."
She presents the Tray to each celebrant in the circle and delicately places a piece of the tiny fruit of season in each mouth.
Priestess: Lifts up the crystal Bowl of spring water.
"Nectar of springs, Quintessence of Air and water –
Eonic fountainhead of the Maiden.
By Her Love freely given and with harm to none,
Thine own fountainhead become."
She presents the grail-bowl to each Celebrant, who takes it and swallows a sip.
Closing of Temple, Four Quarters and Centre
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
In the open air stone ring, with only Initiates remaining, the Priestess or Priest extends her or his arms outward to the right
and left. She/ he intones the following enchantment:
Priest or Priestess:
"Moon Door, Moon Door!
Ash and Alder crossed with Willow! Close!
Covering demiurgic dark of the Mystery Night!."
Slowly, weightily, the Priestess or Priest swings her or his left hand inward and across her/his breast, tips of fingers touching right shoulder,
thus closing the Moon Door.
"Sun Door, Sun Door!
Thorn and Oak crossed with Holly! Close!
Covering azure golden Day and archetypal Light."
Slowly, deliberately, Priestess or Priest swings her or his right hand inward and across her/his breast, tips of fingers touching left shoulder,
thus closing the Sun Door.
"The Panethereal Precincts of this great temple of Love,
Koreion (* name of your own Temple),
Are closed and hermetically resealed.
The four Fairies of Taste disappear to the realms beyond.
May the distillate of our blessings
ripen within the close of these old stones,
And may the altar irradiate the whole region, Earth and Sky,
With Love, beauty, Kindness, Vitality, truth and Wisdom
.
Ho! So be it!
We offer thanks to all great Spirit Beings,
who have attended our Telete, our Sacred Rite.
May They bear the Blessings and Love of our devotions
into all worlds, realms, zones and planes!
KONX OM PAX!
CONSUMMATUM EST!
She is Complete and Perfect!"
Kore Prayer
(by Fred McLaren Adams)
(Recited by all celebrants together, while holding hands in the circle).
Priestess: (guides)
Part I
"Oh Nameless Maiden!
Everything that is, IS,
And everything that is not, still is,
Because of Thy Certain Something
Always strangely elsewhere,
In windy resonance of vast Virgin Distances
Whispering infinitely Thy Intimate Nearness Here."
Part II
"Oh Holy Maiden!
Of the Kindling Quick,
Of merging mist and mazing echo,
The innocent bounty of the trees
Bears Thy Faerie Flesh of Wildness,
Wonder, Magic, Mirth and Love
.
They Beauty seals our Bridal with all Life.
The dance of Thy Green Pulse unfolds all Souls,
all Bodies and all Blessings
From Earth’s fragrant Form.
Grant us therefore the Blessings of Life Everlasting
Altogether in rapture of Love ever revealing Mysteries of Paradise
Everywhere surrounding and open to All!"
Priestess: (twirls alone and sings)
"Evoe Kore kai Kouros!
Evoe Potnia kai Potnios!
Arretos Koura!
Ev-a-ee-yo!
A-wee-ya!"
Priestess or Priest returns to the Hearthroom and rouses the celebrants, the Convivium, to a festive pitch. All return to the Hearthroom.
Music: ‘Les Enfants et Le Sortilège’ by Maurice Ravèl.
Priestess:
"The Aval Communion is completed, the Temple is sealed –
the Bacchanalia begins. Listen with joy to this music
while the Libation is concocted."
Priestess and Priest:
They prepare the Libation; sloe gin-lemon crème; frothy mixture of Aerial Delight for the essential fluffiness of Girlhood with a touch of tanginess for the
Boy God.
Everyone offers toasts to the Gods of Ostara. When the toast is given each celebrant raises glass and shouts in unison.
All: (First Toast)
"Evoe Hebe!"
All: (Second Toast)
"Evoe Ganymede! "
A feast follows with colour-coded table setting and the same code for the foods; this means pink and blue for Ostara. E.g. raspberry mouse;
strawberries in yoghurt for the Little Lady; blue dyed and coloured baby macaroni salad; blue cheese spread etc. One can also prepare white foods
and colour them pink and blue, it’s easy.
And now the fun begins!!!
A few celebrants who are instructed, preferably Initiates, remain in the Ring to complete an esoteric sealing. This sealing is not intended to block
off the flow of Sacred Energies, but to insulate, condense and channel them, so their flow is grounded and pooling. The Ethers and the numinous
afterglow must be conserved for slow continual circulation at a gentle level of intensity, assimilable by everyday consciousness. Some current and
radiance must be guided into the home and the whole surrounding landscape to benefit all beings.
FINIS
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