Full Moon
The Full Moon is a time to honor the Goddess, some say in her Mother aspect. This is when She is at the height of Her power, and we strive to connect with Her, communicate and receive Her wisdom. This is also usually when Magick (such as for healing or prosperity) is to be performed. The Meditation included here is adapted from one by Michelle Sky in her book Goddess, Alive!
FULL MOON MEDITATION
Set the altar and cast the Circle as usual. Ignore the "P/S" speaking distinctions if this is done as a Solitary rite.
P: QUEEN AND MOTHER, BEAUTIFUL AND FAIR
NOW THE SUN IS LAID TO SLEEP
SEATED IN YOUR SILVER CHAIR
YOUR EYES LIKE POOLS OF WATERS DEEP
BLESS US NOW WITH DIVINE SIGHT
GODDESS EXCELLENTLY BRIGHT
PS: IN SUCH A NIGHT WHEN EVERY WIND
IS TO ITS DISTANT REALM CONFINED
IN SUCH DARKNESS CLOUDS GIVE WAY
TO REVEAL THE SKY’S MYSTERIOUS FACE
SHE DIRECTS WE TRAVELERS RIGHT
BETWEEN THE LEAVES LIKE OWL’S SIGHT
SILENT MUSINGS URGE THE MIND TO SPEAK
SOMETHING TOO COMPLEX FOR WORDS TO REACH
TILL THE SOUL TO FLIGHT IS CHARMED
RENDERING THE INTELLECT DISARMED
OVER ALL BELOW A SOLEMN QUIET GROWN
AND LADY’S SACRED VISIONS SHOWN
IN SUCH A NIGHT LET US REMAIN
TILL MORNING SPLITS THE DARK AGAIN
ALL: ISIS, ASTARTE, DIANA, HECATE, DEMETER, KALI, INANNA!
If you are not familiar with this chant, listen here.
Chant goes on for as long as PS deems necessary. Dancing may be included as well.
All get comfortable, read meditation. If this is a Solitary Rite, either record this meditation beforehand, remember as best you can, or meditate in some other fashion.
P/S: CLOSE YOUR EYES. MAKE YOURSELF AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU CAN AND RELAX AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE. BREATHE DEEPLY, AND LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY VOICE, ATTEND CLOSELY TO MY WORDS. LISTEN AND RELAX, PAYING NO HEED TO ANY SOUND BUT MY VOICE. LET ALL OTHER SOUNDS FLOW AROUND AND AWAY FROM YOUR AWARENESS, LISTENING ONLY TO MY VOICE. BREATHE DEEPLY, SLOWLY, INHALING FULLY, EXHALING FULLY, DEEP RELAXING BREATHS, IN AND OUT. CONCENTRATE ON THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. LISTEN CLOSELY AS YOU BREATHE, AWARE OF MY VOICE EVEN AS YOU RELAX… BREATHING SLOWLY, BREATHING DEEPLY, RELAXING… LISTENING… RELAXING… USING WHATEVER TECHNIQUES WILL BRING YOU DEEP AND FULL RELAXATION WHILE LISTENING CLOSELY TO MY WORDS.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR IMAGINATION, SEEING WITH YOUR MIND’S EYE. RELAX… RELAX… BREATHE DEEPLY… YOU ARE GOING TO LET AN IMAGE FORM IN YOUR MIND. IT MAY BE VISUAL, OR SIMPLY A FEELING, OR YOU MAY <u>IMAGINE<u> THAT YOU ARE FORMING THAT IMAGE, IMAGINING HOW YOU WOULD FEEL WERE THAT IMAGE TO TRULY FORM IN YOUR MIND.
SEE OR FEEL OR IMAGINE YOURSELF AT THE TOP OF LONG, WINDING STONE STAIRCASE, AS OLD AS THE EARTH, AS OLD AS TIME. SEE OR FEEL OR IMAGINE THIS STAIRCASE, KNOW ITS REALITY WITHIN YOU. TOUCH IT, OR IMAGINE TOUCHING IT, AND KNOW ITS STRUCTURE AND FORM. IT IS DARK ALL AROUND YOU; NOT AN UNPLEASANT DARKNESS, BUT COMFORTING AND VELVETY. TAKE A STEP FORWARD, OR IMAGINE THAT YOU DO SO, AND BEGIN TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS.
YOU ARE CONFIDENT AND UNAFRAID AS YOU GO DOWN ONE STEP AT A TIME… DOWN AND AROUND… DOWN AND AROUND.. NOT AFRAID BUT EAGER TO DESCEND… DOWN AND AROUND… DOWN AND AROUND… STEP AFTER STEP… THE DARKNESS ENVELOPING YOU, MAKING YOU FEEL WARM AND WELCOME. A HEADY FEELING OF ANTICIPATION FILLS THE AIR AROUND YOU, GROWING WITH EACH STEP. DOWN AND AROUND, DOWN AND AROUND, WITH EACH STEP YOU FEEL INCREASINGLY SERENE AND PEACEFUL AS YOU CONTINUE DOWN. AS YOU CONTINUE DOWN, A SILVERY GLOW BEGINS TO WAX AROUND YOU, A BEAUTIFUL AND BECKONING GLOW, AND SOON YOU SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS BENEATH YOU.
AS YOU REACH THE BOTTOM, YOUR FEET STEP ONTO EARTH STILL WARM FROM THE DAY, THOUGHT NIGHT SURROUNDS YOU. LOOKING UP, YOU SEE THE FULL MOON HANGING IN THE SKY, BRIGHT AND GLOWING. AHEAD OF YOU A RIVER RACES PAST, ITS CHURNING ECHOING IN THE NIGHT AIR. LUSH BUSHES RISE UP FROM THE BANKS, AND A YOUNG HARE APPEARS FROM BENEATH THEM. SHE TWITCHES HER NOSE AT THE SCENTS OF THE DARKNESS, THEN TURNS TO MEET YOUR EYES BEFORE SUDDENLY DARTING AWAY. YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO FOLLOW HER, AND BEGIN RUNNING TO KEEP UP. SOON THE HARE LEADS YOU TO THE MOUTH OF A CAVE AND DISAPPEARS INSIDE.. YOU PAUSE AT THE THRESHOLD, BUT THE WIND PICKS UP BEHIND YOU AND URGES YOU THROUGH.
IT IS DIM INSIDE, AND VERY WARM. THE CAVE IS SPACIOUS, THE ROOF ARCHING OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE THE DOME OF THE SKY, WITH A PILE OF SMOLDERING EMBERS IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR. YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH, FINDING YOUR COURAGE. IN THE LOW LIGHT, YOU MAKE OUT A FORM MOVING TOWARD YOU.
A HAND GRASPS YOUR ARM, HOLDING YOU STEADY. THEN YOU ARE GUIDED FROM THE CAVE OPENING INTO ITS INNER SPACE, AND ARE GENTLY BUT URGENTLY PUSHED TOWARD THE GROUND INTO A SOFT PATCH OF PACKED EARTH.
YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE OUT THAT THAT FORM HAS SEATED ITSELF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STONES. YOU SEE NOW THAT IT IS A WOMAN, SEEMINGLY CLAD IN ONLY SHADOWS AND WISPS OF SMOKE SO THAT HER VOLUPTUOUS FORM, THE FULL BOSOM AND AMPLE HIPS, ARE NOT HIDDEN, BUT RATHER HIGHLIGHTED AND ACCENTUATED. CONTENT WITH HERSELF, SHE IS THE EPITOME OF SENSUAL CONFIDENCE. SHE IS ABUNDANT AND THRIVING, SECURE AND SOOTHING. SHE IS THE ESSENCE OF WOMANHOOD, QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. SHE SHIFTS FORWARD, PRODDING AT THE EMBERS WITHOUT STIRRING THEM TO A BLAZE. AS SHE MOVES, DIFFERENT PARTS OF HER BODY PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH YOUR VISION. YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO PINPOINT HER FEATURES AND COMMIT THEM TO MEMORY.
Brief pause.
P/S: SHE LOOKS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYES, HER GAZE HOLDING SUCH POWER YOU FEEL NO DISCOMFORT OR DESIRE TO LOOK AWAY. IN A FLASH SHE IS SUDDENLY KNEELING BEFORE YOU, HER HAND GRASPING YOURS, HER EYES STILL LOCKED WITH YOUR OWN. YOU FEEL THE POWER OF YOUR QUEEN AND GODDESS SURROUNDING YOU AS SHE PLACES ONE HAND ON YOUR HEART, YOUR OTHER ON HER OWN. A SURGE OF ELECTRIC VITALITY FLOWS THROUGH YOU AS YOUR HEAD SWIMS FROM THE RAW POWER. AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK DEEP WITHIN HER EYES, YOU BEGIN TO FULLY RELAX. GIVE IN TO THAT INSTINCT NOW, AND RECEIVE THE MESSAGE OF THE NIGHT.
Long pause.
P/S: YOU FEEL THE GODDESS’ HAND ONCE MORE ON YOUR CHEST. IT IS COOL AND FILLS YOU WITH JOY, CONFIDENCE, AND LOVE. YOU REALIZE YOU MUST REMEMBER WHAT SHE HAS SHOWN YOU THIS NIGHT, AND KEEP IT SACRED WITHIN YOUR HEART. AND THEN, THE CAVE AND THE GODDESS, YOUR QUEEN, ARE GONE, AND YOU ARE LEFT AGAIN AT THE EDGE OF THE RIVER, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. YOU BEND DOWN TO SPLASH SOME OF THE COOL, CLEAR WATER ON YOUR FACE, AND CUP MORE IN YOUR HANDS FOR A BRIEF DRINK.
THE GODDESS HAS FILLED THE WIDE SPACE OF THE NIGHT, TO ITS DEPTHS AND ITS HEIGHTS. HER RADIANCE HAS DRIVEN OUT THE DARK, AND THE FIRST GLOW OF SUNLIGHT GROWS ON THE HORIZON. GIVE YOUR THANKS TO THE LADY AND TURN TO FACE THE STAIRCASE.
IT IS TIME TO RETURN. HONOR THE LORD OF THE SUN WITH A BRIEF GREETING, AND THEN APPROACH THE STAIRCASE AND BEGIN CLIMBING UP. WITH EACH STEP YOU WILL FEEL MORE AND MORE ALIVE, MORE HEALTHY. YOU CAN FEEL ENERGY RISING UP THROUGH THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET AS YOU CLIMB UP THE STAIRS. IT BECOMES EASIER AND EASIER TO CLIMB, AND YOU BEGIN TO FEEL HAPPY AND PEACEFUL, PERHAPS TAKING THE STEPS TWO AT A TIME. YOU CAN FEEL YOUR BODY FULL OF ENERGY, FULL OF JOY AS YOU REMEMBER THE MESSAGE OF THE LADY. YOU ARE TEN STEPS FROM THE TOP NOW, AND NINE… FEELING HEALTHY AND HAPPY… EIGHT AND SEVEN… INCREASINGLY ALIVE AND WELL… SIX AND FIVE… REAL AND SOLID… FOUR STEPS AND THREE… BECOMING AWAKE AND AWARE AND TWO AND BACK HERE WITH US AND ONE AND WAKE UP!!!
The P/S should clap hir hands to complete the wakening, and all will remain silent for a moment.
Now to Magickal working, or Cakes and Wine.
FULL MOON MEDITATION
Set the altar and cast the Circle as usual. Ignore the "P/S" speaking distinctions if this is done as a Solitary rite.
P: QUEEN AND MOTHER, BEAUTIFUL AND FAIR
NOW THE SUN IS LAID TO SLEEP
SEATED IN YOUR SILVER CHAIR
YOUR EYES LIKE POOLS OF WATERS DEEP
BLESS US NOW WITH DIVINE SIGHT
GODDESS EXCELLENTLY BRIGHT
PS: IN SUCH A NIGHT WHEN EVERY WIND
IS TO ITS DISTANT REALM CONFINED
IN SUCH DARKNESS CLOUDS GIVE WAY
TO REVEAL THE SKY’S MYSTERIOUS FACE
SHE DIRECTS WE TRAVELERS RIGHT
BETWEEN THE LEAVES LIKE OWL’S SIGHT
SILENT MUSINGS URGE THE MIND TO SPEAK
SOMETHING TOO COMPLEX FOR WORDS TO REACH
TILL THE SOUL TO FLIGHT IS CHARMED
RENDERING THE INTELLECT DISARMED
OVER ALL BELOW A SOLEMN QUIET GROWN
AND LADY’S SACRED VISIONS SHOWN
IN SUCH A NIGHT LET US REMAIN
TILL MORNING SPLITS THE DARK AGAIN
ALL: ISIS, ASTARTE, DIANA, HECATE, DEMETER, KALI, INANNA!
If you are not familiar with this chant, listen here.
Chant goes on for as long as PS deems necessary. Dancing may be included as well.
All get comfortable, read meditation. If this is a Solitary Rite, either record this meditation beforehand, remember as best you can, or meditate in some other fashion.
P/S: CLOSE YOUR EYES. MAKE YOURSELF AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU CAN AND RELAX AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE. BREATHE DEEPLY, AND LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY VOICE, ATTEND CLOSELY TO MY WORDS. LISTEN AND RELAX, PAYING NO HEED TO ANY SOUND BUT MY VOICE. LET ALL OTHER SOUNDS FLOW AROUND AND AWAY FROM YOUR AWARENESS, LISTENING ONLY TO MY VOICE. BREATHE DEEPLY, SLOWLY, INHALING FULLY, EXHALING FULLY, DEEP RELAXING BREATHS, IN AND OUT. CONCENTRATE ON THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. LISTEN CLOSELY AS YOU BREATHE, AWARE OF MY VOICE EVEN AS YOU RELAX… BREATHING SLOWLY, BREATHING DEEPLY, RELAXING… LISTENING… RELAXING… USING WHATEVER TECHNIQUES WILL BRING YOU DEEP AND FULL RELAXATION WHILE LISTENING CLOSELY TO MY WORDS.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR IMAGINATION, SEEING WITH YOUR MIND’S EYE. RELAX… RELAX… BREATHE DEEPLY… YOU ARE GOING TO LET AN IMAGE FORM IN YOUR MIND. IT MAY BE VISUAL, OR SIMPLY A FEELING, OR YOU MAY <u>IMAGINE<u> THAT YOU ARE FORMING THAT IMAGE, IMAGINING HOW YOU WOULD FEEL WERE THAT IMAGE TO TRULY FORM IN YOUR MIND.
SEE OR FEEL OR IMAGINE YOURSELF AT THE TOP OF LONG, WINDING STONE STAIRCASE, AS OLD AS THE EARTH, AS OLD AS TIME. SEE OR FEEL OR IMAGINE THIS STAIRCASE, KNOW ITS REALITY WITHIN YOU. TOUCH IT, OR IMAGINE TOUCHING IT, AND KNOW ITS STRUCTURE AND FORM. IT IS DARK ALL AROUND YOU; NOT AN UNPLEASANT DARKNESS, BUT COMFORTING AND VELVETY. TAKE A STEP FORWARD, OR IMAGINE THAT YOU DO SO, AND BEGIN TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS.
YOU ARE CONFIDENT AND UNAFRAID AS YOU GO DOWN ONE STEP AT A TIME… DOWN AND AROUND… DOWN AND AROUND.. NOT AFRAID BUT EAGER TO DESCEND… DOWN AND AROUND… DOWN AND AROUND… STEP AFTER STEP… THE DARKNESS ENVELOPING YOU, MAKING YOU FEEL WARM AND WELCOME. A HEADY FEELING OF ANTICIPATION FILLS THE AIR AROUND YOU, GROWING WITH EACH STEP. DOWN AND AROUND, DOWN AND AROUND, WITH EACH STEP YOU FEEL INCREASINGLY SERENE AND PEACEFUL AS YOU CONTINUE DOWN. AS YOU CONTINUE DOWN, A SILVERY GLOW BEGINS TO WAX AROUND YOU, A BEAUTIFUL AND BECKONING GLOW, AND SOON YOU SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS BENEATH YOU.
AS YOU REACH THE BOTTOM, YOUR FEET STEP ONTO EARTH STILL WARM FROM THE DAY, THOUGHT NIGHT SURROUNDS YOU. LOOKING UP, YOU SEE THE FULL MOON HANGING IN THE SKY, BRIGHT AND GLOWING. AHEAD OF YOU A RIVER RACES PAST, ITS CHURNING ECHOING IN THE NIGHT AIR. LUSH BUSHES RISE UP FROM THE BANKS, AND A YOUNG HARE APPEARS FROM BENEATH THEM. SHE TWITCHES HER NOSE AT THE SCENTS OF THE DARKNESS, THEN TURNS TO MEET YOUR EYES BEFORE SUDDENLY DARTING AWAY. YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO FOLLOW HER, AND BEGIN RUNNING TO KEEP UP. SOON THE HARE LEADS YOU TO THE MOUTH OF A CAVE AND DISAPPEARS INSIDE.. YOU PAUSE AT THE THRESHOLD, BUT THE WIND PICKS UP BEHIND YOU AND URGES YOU THROUGH.
IT IS DIM INSIDE, AND VERY WARM. THE CAVE IS SPACIOUS, THE ROOF ARCHING OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE THE DOME OF THE SKY, WITH A PILE OF SMOLDERING EMBERS IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR. YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH, FINDING YOUR COURAGE. IN THE LOW LIGHT, YOU MAKE OUT A FORM MOVING TOWARD YOU.
A HAND GRASPS YOUR ARM, HOLDING YOU STEADY. THEN YOU ARE GUIDED FROM THE CAVE OPENING INTO ITS INNER SPACE, AND ARE GENTLY BUT URGENTLY PUSHED TOWARD THE GROUND INTO A SOFT PATCH OF PACKED EARTH.
YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE OUT THAT THAT FORM HAS SEATED ITSELF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STONES. YOU SEE NOW THAT IT IS A WOMAN, SEEMINGLY CLAD IN ONLY SHADOWS AND WISPS OF SMOKE SO THAT HER VOLUPTUOUS FORM, THE FULL BOSOM AND AMPLE HIPS, ARE NOT HIDDEN, BUT RATHER HIGHLIGHTED AND ACCENTUATED. CONTENT WITH HERSELF, SHE IS THE EPITOME OF SENSUAL CONFIDENCE. SHE IS ABUNDANT AND THRIVING, SECURE AND SOOTHING. SHE IS THE ESSENCE OF WOMANHOOD, QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. SHE SHIFTS FORWARD, PRODDING AT THE EMBERS WITHOUT STIRRING THEM TO A BLAZE. AS SHE MOVES, DIFFERENT PARTS OF HER BODY PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH YOUR VISION. YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO PINPOINT HER FEATURES AND COMMIT THEM TO MEMORY.
Brief pause.
P/S: SHE LOOKS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYES, HER GAZE HOLDING SUCH POWER YOU FEEL NO DISCOMFORT OR DESIRE TO LOOK AWAY. IN A FLASH SHE IS SUDDENLY KNEELING BEFORE YOU, HER HAND GRASPING YOURS, HER EYES STILL LOCKED WITH YOUR OWN. YOU FEEL THE POWER OF YOUR QUEEN AND GODDESS SURROUNDING YOU AS SHE PLACES ONE HAND ON YOUR HEART, YOUR OTHER ON HER OWN. A SURGE OF ELECTRIC VITALITY FLOWS THROUGH YOU AS YOUR HEAD SWIMS FROM THE RAW POWER. AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK DEEP WITHIN HER EYES, YOU BEGIN TO FULLY RELAX. GIVE IN TO THAT INSTINCT NOW, AND RECEIVE THE MESSAGE OF THE NIGHT.
Long pause.
P/S: YOU FEEL THE GODDESS’ HAND ONCE MORE ON YOUR CHEST. IT IS COOL AND FILLS YOU WITH JOY, CONFIDENCE, AND LOVE. YOU REALIZE YOU MUST REMEMBER WHAT SHE HAS SHOWN YOU THIS NIGHT, AND KEEP IT SACRED WITHIN YOUR HEART. AND THEN, THE CAVE AND THE GODDESS, YOUR QUEEN, ARE GONE, AND YOU ARE LEFT AGAIN AT THE EDGE OF THE RIVER, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. YOU BEND DOWN TO SPLASH SOME OF THE COOL, CLEAR WATER ON YOUR FACE, AND CUP MORE IN YOUR HANDS FOR A BRIEF DRINK.
THE GODDESS HAS FILLED THE WIDE SPACE OF THE NIGHT, TO ITS DEPTHS AND ITS HEIGHTS. HER RADIANCE HAS DRIVEN OUT THE DARK, AND THE FIRST GLOW OF SUNLIGHT GROWS ON THE HORIZON. GIVE YOUR THANKS TO THE LADY AND TURN TO FACE THE STAIRCASE.
IT IS TIME TO RETURN. HONOR THE LORD OF THE SUN WITH A BRIEF GREETING, AND THEN APPROACH THE STAIRCASE AND BEGIN CLIMBING UP. WITH EACH STEP YOU WILL FEEL MORE AND MORE ALIVE, MORE HEALTHY. YOU CAN FEEL ENERGY RISING UP THROUGH THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET AS YOU CLIMB UP THE STAIRS. IT BECOMES EASIER AND EASIER TO CLIMB, AND YOU BEGIN TO FEEL HAPPY AND PEACEFUL, PERHAPS TAKING THE STEPS TWO AT A TIME. YOU CAN FEEL YOUR BODY FULL OF ENERGY, FULL OF JOY AS YOU REMEMBER THE MESSAGE OF THE LADY. YOU ARE TEN STEPS FROM THE TOP NOW, AND NINE… FEELING HEALTHY AND HAPPY… EIGHT AND SEVEN… INCREASINGLY ALIVE AND WELL… SIX AND FIVE… REAL AND SOLID… FOUR STEPS AND THREE… BECOMING AWAKE AND AWARE AND TWO AND BACK HERE WITH US AND ONE AND WAKE UP!!!
The P/S should clap hir hands to complete the wakening, and all will remain silent for a moment.
Now to Magickal working, or Cakes and Wine.