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Beltaine Fire Invocation Bhride Firedancer In the many hued arms of flame Daggers of light contained in the chalice of the sky, Overflowing with stars Bright with the song of a thousand souls. Dance with us, our lives would in a glistening threads Above the spokes of the universe, Braided into the umbilical cord of the navel of the Earth. Teach us to kindle our inner fire, And dance our lives in the weavings of flame, The fire that enkindles the heart into spiraling song. Bhride Firesinger, Voice leaping with the strength of many deer Into the gates of starlight Where the ancient flames soar. Sing with us, our lives as the weavings of song On the loom of the many stringed sky Reflected in the inner sky of the spirit. Teach us to light our inward flame, And sing our lives into rising smoke The fire that burns behind the eyes of all souls And laughs in the cosmic dance of the universes’ music. May 1989 by Blue Moon Eagle. Emmon the Filidh With Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett’s Husband Go crazy along with me! The best is yet to see. The outer reaches of the mind, For which the mundane brain was made To work and keep us fed. Who saith: “A whole I planned.” A Sea of Holes, to other realms Sanity is but a closet. Trust in your Gods: see all, Nor be afraid. -Samhain 1989 Druid Missal-any Give Me a Hidden Rill Give me a hidden rill A house free of noise and distraction Birds help me to sing Overhead white clouds for neighbors Nobody asking the fate of this or that noble family Just this Hazel tree, now-a-days Starting up from beside its spring For how many years?” -Circa 10 th Century Samhain 1989 364 To Display Our Own Magic Druidical druthers, they cave be so clean Your wizard works hard to not ever be seen Moving the novels to remove their dust And wiping the shelves more free of their lust We cudgel our brain Till his answers lie bare In the drolleries chapter That describes why we care. Fletch Dewly Yule 1989 Druid Missal-any Dearest Vivian Lady of the Lake she walks before me Controlling each image I happen to see Vibrant her wish that the magic may spring Our minds further out and deep within Her veil and her dress both flow to command That the book that she holds All must understand Pages with spells and others with prayers Or so they’re defined By our mind’s many layers. Fletch Dewly Yule 1989 Druid Missal-any The Boot Legged Concert Some time in the first or second or such centuries C.E., Rorey Mor, a filidh, had become a woods-hermit in the tradition of Mad Sweeney or Finn the Elder, and he no longer played the harp or sang in the great courts. He had been reputed to be the best harper in the provinces of Connaught and Munster, and the local chieftain of the area to which he had retired determined to get him to play for his court. No entreaties or bribes availed, so the chief and some of his Druids hatched a plan. They sent an invitation to Rorey saying that Conal, the then most acclaimed harper in Erin, was coming to play for the chieftain, and asking Rorey, since he no longer played, to join them in listening to the great bard. The chieftain’s Druids knew that Rorey did not attend feasts any more, but they also surmised that he would be curious about what his old rival was composing and would not refuse to come and listen. They were right. Rorey was shown into the hall where a fine fire was lazing and on the table was a harp of willow wood of the finest crafting, which Rorey assumed to be Conal’s. Beside it stood a silver flagon of wine and the benches all around were covered with white fleeces. Rorey was left alone. He waited and waited, but no harper or festive crowd arrived. Meanwhile, the chieftain and his court had hidden themselves behind a wicker partition that curtained off the far end of the hall. “I’ll just see what sort of harp strings the great bard has gotten himself now.” Thought Rorey, and picked up the harp and brushed his fingers over the strings. What he heard was wonderful. He dipped a finger into the wine and tasted a drop. It was marvelous. (Wine in those days was an import from Roman traders, exotic and used only rarely.) He sipped the wine and his old songs came flooding back to him. He began to play and was soon lost in the calling of his art. The chieftain and his court had never heard such wonderful sounds. All listened on and on, entranced, until, at an interval in his playing, Rorey tipped the flagon to his lips and –nothing--! No more wine came out.
“Aye me! What a mischief I have done! I have drunk up all of the bard’s wine!” They heard him put down the harp. They heard the window shutter open. Before the chief or any of his men could leap up and push aside the partition, Rorey had bounded out of the window and across the court yard and off toward his favored woods. “Take my two best horses and fetch him back at once!” the chieftain shouted. But it was too late. The retainer searched and searched but he couldn’t find the hermit and had to return alone, we with the morning dew. -Oimelc 1990 Druid Missal-any Author unknown. Dawning into darkness Oldest of nights Chorus: ‘S Tu mo leannan Leannan og ‘S Tu mo leannan Leannan og Samhain Vigil Song I came to love you I came to grieve Chorus Strong chains Won’t bind this love Chorus For I am a climber And I am a thief Chorus Strong chains Won’t bind me Chorus What bird sings in darkness? Longest of nights Chorus Stone walls Can’t hold this love Chorus Dancing through darkness Waiting the light Chorus Sunset over Marsco Cuchullain in sheets Chorus These shades of McLean’s words ‘Round us like spirits, released Chorus Strong Chains Can’t bind this love Chorus This ode for the Samhain night vigil was written by Rorey MacDonald of South Uist, Scotland. He performs with the popular Scots’ folk-rock group, RunRig, whose tapes are available through Ridge Records, Ganton House, 14-22 Ganton St. , London W1V 1LB. None of the tapes, however, include this song which may be a bit too controversial for High Presbyterian Scotland. This is from a “broadside” and the editor has heard a private recording made at a concert. 365 Gaidhlig Vocabulary ‘S tu It is you (familiar) mo my leannan Love, beloved og young McLean Scotland’s greatest modern poet, Rorey McLean (It’s taken four plus years to get permission to print this. Transatlantic communication at the speed of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.) The New Moon In Cornwall the people nod to the new moon and turn silver in their pockets. In Edinburgh cultured men and women turn the rings on their fingers and make their wishes. A young English lady told the writer that she had always been in the habit of bowing to the new moon, till she had been bribed out of it by her father, a clergyman, putting money in her pocket lest her lunar worship should compromise him with his bishop. She naively confessed, however, that among the free mountains of Loch Etive she reverted to the good customs of her fathers, from which she derived great satisfaction! Ma’s math a fhuair thu sinn an nochd, Seach fearr gum fag thus sinn gun lochd, A Ghealach gheal nan trath, A Ghealach gheal nan trath. If well thou hast found us to-night, Seven times better mayest thou leave us without harm, Thou bright white Moon of the seasons, Bright white Moon of the seasons. -Carmena Gadelica. Oimelc 1991 Druid Missal-Any A Ghealach Ur This little prayer is said by old men and women in the islands of Barra. When they first see the new moon they make their obeisance to it as to a great chief. The women curtsey gracefully and the men bow low, raising their bonnets reverently. The bow of the men is peculiar, partaking somewhat of the curtsey of the women, the left knee being bent and the right drawn forward towards the middle of the left leg in a curious but not inelegant manner. The fragment of moon-worship is now a matter of custom rather than of belief, although it exists over the whole British Isles. May thy laving luster leave us Seven times still more blest. O moon so fair May it be so, As seasons come, And seasons go. -Carmina Gadelica. Oimelc 1991 Druid Missal-Any
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