November 1 is the Celtic feast of Samhain. Samhain, Gaelic for "summer's end," was the most important of the ancient Celtic feasts.
A chant for Samhain that I love:
A year of beauty. A year of plenty. A year of planting. A year of harvest.
A year of forests. A year of healing. A year of vision. A year of passion.
A year of rebirth. A year of rebirth. This year may we renew the earth.
Let it begin with each step we take. Let it begin with each change we make.
Let it begin with each chain we break. And let it begin every time we awake.
Wonderful chant. We should all take a lesson from this chant and be renewed each day we awake.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture too.
The hay field is just down the road from us and so lovely with the big round bales scattered.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful chant, it's going on my bathroom mirror so I see it everyday.
ReplyDeleteHarmony,
Janet
I love those huge round bales scattered about a field, like ginormous Easter Eggs laid out for horses and cows to find.
ReplyDeleteLovely chant, too. Made me smile, Billie :)
~Lisa
I'm going out to stand in the middle of my cedar trees and chant that chant. Good one!
ReplyDeleteJanet, that's a great idea. I like having things taped up around the house in odd little places so I can see them every day.
ReplyDeleteLisa, one of my favorite things about living here is when the hay is being baled and the fields are scattered with them. It does look like the equine/bovine version of Easter!
ReplyDeleteVictoria, that sounds like a great chanting spot. :)
ReplyDelete