Red Service: Spring Festival [Record]

[Amoran Kalamanira Kol]

PREAMBLE

The axis has shifted.
The world is returned unto balance.
Look to the skies.
Give thanks for Her return.
Great Goddess, the Children of the Eclipse welcome thee.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Friends, moon-worshippers, seekers, welcome. This is a “red” worship service of the Children of the Eclipse in honour of our tripartite Goddess. As in the days of old, we offer blood to Her: but in the realm of MagicDuel, we offer not the blood of animals, but of ourselves. Dueling - battle - is not only permitted at this service but encouraged. If you seek a peaceful form of worship, go elsewhere! Yet all are welcome among us, faithful and unfaithful alike. We ask only that fighting be conducted in silence, and personal communication handled through the passing of personal messages, while the service lasts.

INVOCATION

O friend and companion of night,
Thou who rejoicest in the baying of dogs and spilt blood,
Who wand'rest in the midst of shades among the tombs,
Who longest for blood and bringest terror to mortals,
Gorgo, Mormo, thousand-faced moon, look favourably on our sacrifices!
[Amen]

[color="#8B0000"]SERMON
[Hear now the words of Amoran, Huntress of the Between:]
In this time when the sun blazes it's way across the sky- yet does not set,
and the wind changes and blows the scent of growth in the air:
We, as the earthen life around us, do not grow.
We are stagnant and still, our roots embedded in dry soil.
How are we to flourish, if the sky does not nurture us, and the sun does not sooth us, and the night does not fall upon us and allow us true rest?
We flourish in feeling, toward others.
Possibilities are dormant within our energy.
We do not need damp soil, a cycle, or rain to nourish us.
The sky does not bless us, but we bless ourselves and others.
In this time of growth and renewal, pray to the earth beneath your feet- rather than a sky that only scorches those below.
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PRAYER

O, wondrous Lady of the Moon!
How radiant is your face that shines on me
in silvery rays that lavish my skin in silken kisses.
How wonderful you are,
Great Mother Goddess,
that hath given beauty to the Earth,
that hath showered it in Love,
that hath given your Priestess the Power to walk in your footsteps.

O Radiant Mother!
As the moon penetrates me with its magical light,
so do I sing to you!
Your Love hath given me Light,
and your Strength hath given me Magic.
In the light of the eternal Moon
do I sing praises unto you!

Blessed is the Crescented Lady,
Mother of Life,
Giver of Magic.
Blessed is She,
my protectorate,
that watches over me!
Blessed be!
[‘Amen’ or ‘blessed be’]

BENEDICTION

Children of the Eclipse and people of MagicDuel: the Goddess has heard your prayers. Go now in ferocity and cunning, in stealth and in silence, and find victory.

Edited March 27, 2011 by Amoran Kalamanira Kol