Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky

Traveling Prayers

Prayer for Travel

Wodan, wandering God
May my way be clear before me
Donar, God of might and main
May your hammer ward my way
Zui, great God and guiding star,
May I travel(…)

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Prayers for Patience

Prayer for Patience

Gods above, Gods below,
Give me patience
As I come and go
As I strive and work
As I rest and play
From morning to night
All through my day
Give me patience

Prayer(…)

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Prayers for Inspiration

I thought I’d move into my month of blog prayers by posting some prayers for inspiration. The opening prayer uses the Old Irish word “Imbas”(…)

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Prayers for Lughnasa

Prayers for Lughnasa based on the Carmina Gadelica

Reaping Blessing 90
On Tuesday at(…)

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Prayers to Badb

Invocation to Badb
Badb, daughter of Ernmas
Hooded Crow of Battle
Sister of Macha and the Morrigan
I call to you
Wife of Net, God of Warfare
Bringer of Madness
Washer at the Ford
I call to you
Badb of(…)

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Cursing in the Celtic Tradition

Although sometimes seen as a controversial topic, there is ample evidence of cursing in Irish folklore and mythology. Cursing might be used as a form of justice, such as we see in the use of satire, or as a punishment and often could(…)

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Prayers to Nuada Airgetlam

Prayer to be a Wise Leader
Nuada of the Silver Hand
Twice-King of the Tuatha De
Help me find the wisdom
To be a wise leader in my life
May I see the greater pattern
May I know the greater good
May I act decisively(…)

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A Swan Omen Charm

This omen deals with swans, birds that are seen as omens of…

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When Your Ritual Goes Up In Flames…Literally

I conducted my first ritual when I was 12 years old. My friend had introduced me to neopaganism through Scott Cunningham’s Book Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner and I had gone on to read Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft and Sybil Leek’s Diary of a Witch. Now, months later, we had decided the time was right to …

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Prayers to the Morrigan

So for the last several weeks I have been engaged in an effort to learn more about and honor Morrigu. As part of this effort I have made a small shrine to her and have been making regular offerings; I have also been meditating regularly on her.(…)

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