2011 - Talk Birth

1.12 December
Midwife’s Invocation (2011-12-05 15:04)
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Seated mountain pose
I’m currently taking a class based on Karen Armstrong’s book Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.
One assignment was to find a reading articulating a spiritual perspective/teaching on compassion. I turned
to one of my new books, Sisters Singing, in which I had immediately marked a prayer called A Midwife’s
Invocation. As a birth educator and activist, I have been devoted to birthwork as a cause for many years,
something that for me is [2]rooted in social justice as well as women’s empowerment.
Midwife’s Invocation, by Cathy Moore
I call on Artemis, huntress, protector of animals and birthing.
Help me to trust birth.
I call upon Diana, keeper of the moon, and the cycles of women’s lives.
Help me to listen to women.
I call on Hecate, wise crone who stands at the crossroads.
Make me a guardian of the passage.
Great goddesses, fill this vessel with your wisdom.
Guide my hands. May they be gentle and strong.
Guide my heart. May I be open to giving and receiving love.
Guide my words. May they be kind and true.
Guide my thoughts. May they be compassionate and free of judgment.
Guide my spirit. May I be connected with the higher beings.
I put my roots deep into Mother Earth.
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