Excerpts from Our Lady of the Priarie's Book of Shadows

Excerpts from Our Lady of the Prairie's Book of Shadows

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NROOGD Invocations of Goddess and God
The Ripe and Bearded Barley (Song)
Hymn to Herne (Song)
Hymn to Artemis (Song)
Triple Goddess Invocation

New Reformed Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD)

Not written by OLP

Invocations of the Goddess and God

Goddess Invocation

(Three Priestesses in white, red and black stand in the center of the circle, facing outwards. Three Priests circle them, facing inwards.)

She is white. She is red. She is black. She is Dawn. She is Daylight. She is Darkness. She is Joy. She is Fullness. She is Sorrow. This is Her circle. This is Her fire.

(The Priestesses hold left hands, facing widdershins -moonwise- and circle while the three Priests holding both hands circle round them deosil.)

This is Her fruit. This is Her cup. This is Her wand and Her scourge. This is Her sword and Her branch.

(Priestesses stop circling and raise their hands up in the drawing down position, facing outwards.)

Come down Lady. Come in Lady. Come through Lady.
Join us Lady. Enjoy us Lady. Destroy us Lady.
She is coming. She is here. She is all.

God Invocation

(Three Priests in gold, green and black stand in the center of the circle, facing outwards. Three Priestesses circle them, facing inwards.)

He is gold. He is green. He is dark. He is heat. He is light. He is spark. He is leaf. He is branch. He is bark. This is His circle. This is His fire.

(The Priests hold right hands, facing deosil -sunwise- and circle while the three Priestesses holding both hands circle round them widdershins.)

These are His horns and His wheel. This is His sword and His staff. This is His grain and His loaf.

(Priests stop circling and raise their hands up in the drawing down position, facing outwards.)

Come down Lord. Come in Lord. Come through Lord.
Join us Lord. Enjoy us Lord. Destroy us Lord.
He is coming. He is here. He is all.

The Ripe and Bearded Barley

So come out 'tis now September
and the Hunter's Moon begun
and thru the wheat and stubble
is heard the frequent gun
The leaves are pale and yellow
kindling into red
and the ripe and bearded barley
is hanging down his head

Chorus 2x

All among the barley
who would not be blithe
when the ripe and bearded barley
is smiling on the scythe

Oh the wheat is like a rich man
fat and well-to-do
and the oats are like a pack of girls
laughing and dancing too
The rye is like a miser
silky, lean and small
but the ripe and bearded barley
is monarch of them all

(chorus)

Oh the Spring is like a young girl
who does not know her mind
the Summer is a tyrant
of a most ungracious kind
but the Autumn is an old friend
that loves you all she can
and brings the bearded barley
to glad the heart and hand

(chorus)

Hymn to Herne

Herne, the Horned One Hunter 'neath the northern sun Watcher at the gates of winter Flame on the wind

Hymn to Artemis

Holy Maiden Huntress Artemis, Artemis Goddess come to us

Triple Goddess Chant

Neith, Metis, Anath

Neith, Medusa, Athene by Coyote Bridge, HPS
World Body Snake Mother Wise Warrior
We face our fears reflected back to us in the Mirrors of Your eyes and We grow in Wisdom
Neith, Medusa, Athene World Body Snake Mother Wise Warrior
Ancient Goddess, Three in one We ask You See us, Touch us, Heal us Thank you for Your Blessings.