Stillness & Movement

Fed all my peeps today - Ellegua, Ariadne, Medusa. Danced around my house to the tune of Colossus by the Afro-Celts. Great band, great music. I don't know how I lived w/out knowing about them all that time. Pulled all the music off all the tapes in house & put my stereo back in its accustomed spot. I've got to stop buying albums for one, maybe two songs. I heated up the living room a good 10 degrees w/my work-out. Went from 70 or so to 80.4. The rest of the house is relatively cool, but I fired it up some. Took Bob on a grand, jingly tour w/all his beads falling off. Burned Nag Champa in every room, even Rob's. Anything to lighten the atmosphere & stay occupied.

Tomorrow (well, today, it being 3:30am & all), being the traditional guilt-trip known as Mother's Day, I offer prayers to the Great Mother:

Divine are Your honors, O Mother of the Gods and nurturer of us all. Your swift chariot drawn by bull-slaying lions, O mighty Goddess Who brings things to pass, join our prayers. Many-named and reverend, You are Queen of the Sky, for in the cosmos Yours is the throne in the middle because the Earth is Yours, and You give gentle nourishment to all mortals. Gods & men were born of You & You hold sway over the rivers & all the sea. Hestia is one of Your names & they call You Giver of Prosperity because You bestow on man all manner of gifts. Come to this rite, Queen Whom the drum delights, all-taming Savior of Phrygia, Consort of Kronos, Ouranous’ Child, honored & frenzy-loving nurturer of life. Joyously & graciously visit our deeds of piety.
- Orphic Hymn #27, To the Mother of the Gods

O Earth-Mother, Thou of uncounted names & faces, Thou of the many-faceted Nature in & above All, Nature Incarnate, Love & Life fulfilled; look favorably upon this place, grace us with Your Presence, inspire us & infuse us with Your Powers; by all the names by which You have been known, O Earth-Mother
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Druids call Danu.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Erde of the Germans.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Slavs call Ziva.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Nerthus of the Vanir.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Poles call Marzyana.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Frigga of the Aesir.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Romans call Terra.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Diana to the Etruscans.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Persians call Kybele.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Iphimedia, Mighty Queen of the Greeks
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Egyptians call Nuit, Star Mother.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Ninmah of Sumeria.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Hittites call Kubala.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Mami-Aruru of Babylon
Come unto us.
Thou Whom Canaanites call Arsai.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Our Lady of Biblos in far Phoenicia.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the children of Crete call Mountain Mother.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Yemanja of the Umbanda.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Dahomeans call Erzulie.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Shakti & Parvati of India.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Tibetans call Green Tara.
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Kwanyin of China.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom Nipponese call Izanami
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Sedna & Nerivik of the Eskimos.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Pawnee call Uti-Hiata
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Cornmother of the Plains
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Navaho call Estanatlehi
Come unto us.
Thou Who art Ometeotl & Guadalupe in Mexico.
Come unto us.
Thou Whom the Islanders call Hina-Alu-Oka-Moana
Come unto us.
Thou Who art the Great Mother, the Star Goddess, the All-Creating One
Mother of All, we call upon You
Terra Mater, Mater Sotier, Earth Mother
Come unto us!
- Litany of the Earth Mother, From the Hasidic Druids of N. America, published in the Druid Chronicles (Evolved) courtesy of Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler.