A Book of Pagan Prayer

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However, the categories into which I have divided the prayers are not hard and fast. For instance, you can use a prayer of praise as an introduction to one of thanksgiving. Because of this, you should not feel bound by the chapter titles. Feel free to mix and match, to change and edit, and indeed to make these prayers your own. It is you who will be talking to the gods, and you are the one who will have to answer to them for what you say. Be clear. Be careful in how you pray. Take care how you come before the gods. Give them your best. While there is no one preferred method for the disposition of the body, a lot of Pagans choose the most eco-friendly option. Cremation

First, there is the universal desire to pray. I believe that many Pagans had a hunger that eventually burst forth in the practice of prayer. In other words, beads of the same color are separated by one spacer. The three sets of beads and the larger Sun bead are separated by four spacers. Thirteen (13) beads are used in each set to signify the thirteen months of the lunar year. The gold spacers represent sunlight issuing from the Sun bead throughout the Three Kindreds of Ancestors, Earth Spirits, Gods & Goddesses. To me, prayer was when you talked to God, unburdened yourself, stripped down to total naked truth of your struggles as a human being. And contemplation was when you listened to God, basked in the presence of the divine, knew that you were safe and protected by a power greater than yourself that never slept and never got distracted. It was a concept I carried with me out of my Episcopalian upbringing and into Wicca. Types of Prayer Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us for hurting our Mother the Earth. Help us to teach others The Way of Caring. And lead us from destruction by delivering us from ignorance and greed.Wherever ice dams the flow of love between me and another, let it melt beneath the sun. Wherever snow hides a problem, reveal, and resolve it. Where there has been illness, replace it with health. Where dark clouds linger, bring hope. Help my heart and soul blossom anew like a fresh blade of grass, reaching ever toward the light. So be it.“ Pagan Prayer for the Season of Summer

For example, if you’re a witch who wants to meditate, you could use a set of pagan meditation beads to help you focus your mind. What are the benefits of using prayer beads?

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I have been married since 1981 and a father of a daughter since 1982. My wife is simply amazing; quite easily the smartest and nicest person I have ever known. She has a very successful career as a vice-president at an insurance company and as an actuary, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. On top of all this, she is cute. I don't just mean cute in a physical sense (although she is). Cute is as cute does, and she does cute. I sometimes wonder how I ever won her. Norse Heathens may favour verses from the Prose Edda or the Poetic Edda – 13th-century Icelandic texts written in Old Norse. Druidry My daughter is, of course, equally amazing. As well as being beautiful (not just my and my wife’s opinion, by the way), she is brilliant. She speaks Spanish fluently, and shows an interest in languages in general that makes me very happy. Like her mother, she has a big heart, but like her father she still can accept some of the hard facts of the world without blinking. I hope this will come in handy in her chosen field of social work. She's a truly amazing combination of the best of both of us, with her own mysterious nature added. Yes, and it’s simple! You don’t have to be a beading expert to honor your gods this way. You can make your own string of prayer beads to fit the number of prayers you wish to do for your deities. All it requires is some knot work, string, and beads.