Chanting the Whistling Winds
Amongst the Groves and the Elven Wood a Haunted,the Bowers and Breezes of the Airts,the Four Winds that Blow from the Regents and the Pillars of the Elements,here where the Druid Roams in this Realm and the Next.Deep and Long Years of Training and Unfoldment is the Task of the Druid,Memorizing the Triads of the Touta,Listening to the Muse and Playing the Music amongst the Hillock and Mountain.
The Ritual and Dreaming Arts are to many to Teach here,so online classes are being formed.
The Druid or Druidess prepares Oneself for the Ritual and Dreaming at Hand.The Body is Cleansed in the Streams or Fresh Running Water,(or in a tub of Water with Salt,Thistle,Oak,and Mistletoe)and covers the Body and the Head seeing the "Dust" of the World Mundane Leave theDruids Presence,returning to the World of Man.
Once the Tools are Cleansed and Purified,and the Nemeton(or Touta) are Invoked as a Boundry,Facing the East(New Beginnings)as the Druid sits on a Skins Blanket of the Fur of the Familiar Power Animal.The Rythmic Breathing begins for a time...
The Will and Mind of the Druid begins to fill the Glain with Light ,A Flaming Liquid Light of Protection and Illumination,Drawing this Light from all about the Nemeton and the FourElemental Pillars.
This Light and Power Fills the Glain Like a Cup and Begins to Glow like an ElvenFire about the Druid in the Aura,and this is the Bright Shield that Wards from any and all Unseelie(Baneful) Encounterances and Experiences
And the Druid Incants...
In the Names of the Goddess and Gods Most High,
My Dreams of ElvenFyre and DragonLore,
Holds Me to the Stone,and its Bright Shield,
Not and None my Harm Me except the Fate and Will of Taranis,
God of the Wheel and the Nemeton,
For upon His Might Oak will I fare In the Dream whence My Soul Will Roam,
and to the Queen of Elpham'e to partition whence I to Cross the Mighty Red River,
And if it the Will of the Goddess and God On High,
That my Return Shall be filled with the Wisdom and Mystery of the OtherRealms Beyond...
Hear is Where the Druid begins a Dance,a Chant,Drumming the Irish Dreaming Drums,
Musical Notes on the Harp...
Then with theHelp of another Druid or Touta a Guided
Immrama(Dream Journey) is Spoken and the Journey is Committed as a Spiritual Quest.
This Dream Quest may Take an Hour or Days,
This Depends on the Need of the Immrama and the Attained Skill of the Druids Involved.
(I couldnt list the Immramas here,if you e mail me I will send you the one you request per the need you mention)
As to When the Druid Returns from the Dreaming and Farings
He/She is Checked to See if anything had Returned with the Druid,and if So Banash it back to the Realm it came from,or Offerings if it is to Stay and Work as Guide and Spirit Form.
For this Type of Determination The Druids Involved Must be Experienced in these Matters and have developed the Sight and the Raven Wisdom
When All has been Checked Out and the Nemeton is Still Hallowed and is again Repurified...the Druids say in Unison...
Blessing be the Return of the One Reborn,
Hold Thee to the All Heal and the exquisite Elixar,
Steep be Thee in the Old Wisdom and RavenKnowledge,
Impart if ye may,thy Tongue Speaketh of Elven Mystery,
Lest ye art of Prose in Speech,We will Adorn Thee,
Lest ye art of Spirit Still,We will Worship Thee,
Lest ye art of Elven Wise,We will Hear Thee,
For nuaght may be of No Avail upon this Nemeton,
Before the Sight and Hammer of Taranis!
Here comes the Time where the Druid who Dreamed stands and walks the Nemeton in a circumamulation of Nine Rounds Widdershins(CounterClockwise)then Returns to the Altar Centerand Sits before the Hallowed Fire,Tosses Thistle and WolfsClaw into the Flames and Either Sings or Recites the Journey and the Experiences over the Flames.
First to know that NO Story was told during Daylight,it was believed it Distracted the Sidhe from their Work in Nature and this would bring a Curse on the Head and Clan of the Reciter.
Once the Tale had been Recited over the Sacred Fires,It Was Scribed in Writ and Song for the Bards to Sing and Tales to Tell in Other Ages to Come.!
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Grimoire of the Dragon Celtic Moon and Dragon Lore
Batsnbellfrie Zine
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