Dwellers and muggles alike,
those who walk the path into the forest.
Tend to go through dark and drafty areas.
Where the grass is thick and the trees have grown to the sky.
The Oak tree is in the mist of a transformation.
He sheds his leaves every year as do we all here in the forest.
It is a time of rebirth.
A time that we need to see things differently.
Sometimes through a seedlings eyes.
A strange mist as rolled into the forest.
I can feel a change.
Even the sparrow that once sung her beautiful songs,
stopped to watch the mist roll upon the forest floor.
As the Great Oak changes, so do we.
We must prepare as the Great Oak did.


Ritual of Transformation
by Caelainn

Vestment: don special clothing, jewelry, or otherwise prepare the body for rite. Have on the altar a candle in a votive glass, set into a bowl full of water. This is Brighid's Candle, set in Her Well. Have also ritual bell, incense, matches, a small fireproof container, a piece of paper with pencil, a filled goblet and an offering.
Travel around the Sacred Grove three times deosil. Lightly ring the Ritual Bell. Light the incense. Smudge self with incense and say:

I am cleansed and purified.

Light the Brighid Candle and say:

I light the Sacred Fire,
As Beloved Brighid would kindle,
As Foster Mother would kindle,
As Lady of the Hearth would kindle,
In love, and in peace.
I light the Sacred Fire,
As the beacon unto the Holy,
As the ward against the unholy,
As the flame of holiness within my heart.
In kinship and affection.
Beloved Brighid, I ask you to bless this Rite.
So be it.

Raise the offering up in the direction of the Brighid Candle, saying:

Beloved Brighid,
Hear the words of this,
Thy child and Thy sister.
Fiery Arrow, Lady of Wisdom,
Healer of ills,
Bless me with Thy presence and Thy guidance,
And accept this offering as a token of my love
And reverence for Thee.

Spend a moment in silent meditation.

Prayer:

Brighid my Smith (by Cedar, 15th Aspen, Ord Brighideach)

Brighid my smith, I dedicate myself to you.
I will make all the work of my hands in your honor
and in hope of your blessing.
Mold me gently when you can
and sharply when you must.
Temper and shape me in the fire of your forge.

Brighid my healer, I dedicate myself to you.
I will work to heal those I encounter in your honor
and in hope of your blessing.
Teach me with your warming fire when you can
and your burning fire when you must
Mold me in the cleansing and healing fire of your cauldron.

Brighid my inspiration, I dedicate myself to you.
I will give the words of my heart, the music of my soul, in your honor
and in hope of your blessing.
Kindle bonfires in me when you can
and forest fires when you must.
Incite and inspire me with the fire that falls from your harp.

To the protection of your mantle, I yield me.
To the well of your wisdom I bath me.
To your transforming fire I yield me.
To the keeping of your sacred flame I commit me.
Brighid I am your child. Guide me waking.
Guard me sleeping.
Teach me always.
Grieve and rejoice with me.
Dancer in the flame.
So be it.

Write on the piece of paper that with you want to get rid of; that which is holding you back from being the person you feel you are meant to be. Light the paper in the Brighid's Candle, and set it in the fireproof container. Say:

Brighid my smith,
into your transforming fire
I release that which I no longer need.
I ask you to safely and completely remove it from my life.

Dip fingers in Brighid's well, and touch forehead with it. Say:

Brighid my healer, through your cleansing water I bring to myself your healing warmth. I ask you to replace that which I just released, with that which I will need to heal and move forward.

Raise hands up. Say:

Brighid my inspiration,
I have dedicated myself to you as a keeper of your sacred flame.
And as such, I ask that you inspire me; mold me, change me.
Bless me with your transforming fire and your healing water.
That I might always know your wisdom and love.
That I might not stumble.
That I might not be lost.
That I might always know my rightful place is as your flame keeper.
These things I ask of you in your name.
So be it.

Spend a moment in silent meditation, or `walking' a finger labyrinth. Say:
Blessed, Brighid, grant me thy blessing, now and forever more.

Stand in silence for a time, then drink from the goblet.

Snuff the Brighid candle. Say:

Blessed Brighid,
I thank Thee for Thy presence and Thy blessings
- now and always.

Ring the ritual bell. Say:

May I always remember the Sacred place within myself,
and to make of myself a light.

Give libations to the Earth.


It is here that our Transformation will begin.
As the Great Oak Tree as made his full circle,
and so shall we.


Written: 11/30/2004
by MsPhenom (c)
Ritual by Caelainn (c)

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