Theme “Autumn”
Let us give thanks – a Harvest prayer
Spirit of Life, Ground of Our Being,
at this harvest-time, we give thanks for the gifts of nature, freely given.
For the abundance and beauty of this earth, we give thanks.
For fertile soils, ripening crops and fruiting hedgerows, we give thanks.
For bracing breezes and misty mornings, we give thanks.
For cool evenings and
Samhain blessings for All Souls
The leaf colours endeavour to flavour the taste of the shadows before us.
The thinned veil delivers a shiver to embrace the lives of those who came before us.
All souls held and have held.
All souls held and let go .
May we be willing in holding to release too.
May our awareness of all that is shower a justice
Blessing for the Equinoxes
As light and dark are poised in equilibrium for a brief pause in the cosmic dance,
May you pause today to breathe deeply the air of inspiration,
feel the warmth of the fiery sun of passion on your skin,
drink deeply from the waters of the well of belonging,
and touch the sacred grounding earth
Catching equinox
Listen to the darkness approaching
Experience her bounty before us
Equinox catching.
Shower in changing colours of the real
Leave behind exactly as she shows you how to
Equinox catching.
Breathe in preparation of reflection of pause
Open your arms to pollinate all our future imaginations and hopes
Equinox catching.
This preparation is for a
Autumn Equinox can you help me?
Before me is this darkness
Before me is this light
And after me too
Autumn Equinox can you help me
decide what to do?
I can be beside myself in darkness
And beside myself in light
Yet somehow joyful too
Autumn Equinox can you help me
decide which is right?
This breath tastes a day of equal
Lammas, Lughnasadh
Here’s a harvest hope
That this thankful thing
For food and Earth and life;
Becomes a gratitude thing
Not for now, or for us
But for everybody and everything.
May Lammas Blessings be the wish
May Lughnasadh be truly fresh
In gratitude for what we are given
And attitude of what we can give
Of loving
As leaves flame
As leaves flame yellow, red, and gold,
then fall,
and flames and sweet aromas
rise from autumn bonfires,
so too we kindle our chalice-flame
in thanks for the season’s beauty
and the love that makes us one.
Late autumn meditation
Autumn falls into winter,
its beauty drifting down
to be a carpet for the drowsy earth.
It is a time of remembrance –
for all saints and all souls,
for all the dead of war,
and for all the dead of peace.
It is a time to remember those once close to us
who have lived their