An Deiseal (Solitary) by Annie Gormlie
Paying your respects to the ancestors, spirits of the place and the Gods, light the fire/ candle saying something like:
- The waters support and surround me.
The land extends about me.
The sky reaches out above me.
At the centre burns a living flame.*
No evil comes from fire!**
Light a fir candle, heather, or smoulder some juniper branches from the flame. Take the candle or smouldering item around the place
three times, saying:
- May the road be blessed!***
Taking a quaich or cup of whisky, raise it before the Gods and drink a blessing to the place, saying something like:
- Voice of truth,
voice of honour,
voice of eloquence be mine.
Wisdom of sun,
wisdom of moon,
wisdom of stars be mine.
Bounty of sea,
bounty of sky,
bounty of land me mine.****
A blessing of blessings
upon my kine.
Then make a libation and an offering to the Gods, spirits and ancestors; saying:
- As it was,
as it is,
as it shall be.*****
A blessing of blessings
on all Three.
*Ceiswr Serith A Book of Pagan Prayer
**George Henderson Survivals and Beliefs Among the Celts, p.211
***Thomas Kinsella The Táin, note 27 p.259
****Carmina Gadelica #288 Vol.3 "Good Wish"
*****Carmina Gadelica #216 Vol.2 "Fragment"
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