#orisons

[marejadilla]

Yannick Freitas, "Embodied" & "Cloudscape" "Embodied: In thy orisons be all my sins remembered" "Cloudscape: Orange, averse, glorie"

[altrbody]

Orisons by Marguerite Humeau

[brightmoonfey]

Ancestors fill me. I can't do this without you.

Guiding spirits protect me. I can't do this without you.

Bright Mother take me. I can't do this without you.

[eopederson]

Conciergerie, Île de la Cité, Paris, 1972.

Semi-Hiatus. I leave in a bit for several weeks in France, and I will probably be posting an occasional photo from there, but I will mostly be away from the internet. I have queued photos for the period, so there will be at least two or three posts daily, but I shall have little opportunity to look at blogs as my time there has been rather tightly scheduled.

[brightmoonfey]

It's a different feeling, reciting a prayer from rote, than reciting a prayer that was written down. My spirit remembers the feeling of the prayer itself rather than the words. In my experience, that feeling is more important than the words.

I'll still write my prayers down once I've mastered them, but I have to master them first.

[brightmoonfey]

I bought my microphone, and it works beautifully in my test. I'm going to play around with some stuff before I really dig into recording my full chants, and then sharing them.

[harvesttoharvest]

Orisons - H2H #4

The dictionary defines Orisons as an archaic noun meaning, "a prayer" but my experience is that it is something more than that, a way to roll prayer, personal reflection and a conversation with the Universe/Spirit/the Divine - including within ourselves - into a single entity, which deepens those connections and creates a more intimate relationship with it.

So what does this look, feel and sounds like?

My own practice, my morning orison, is a kind of greeting to the day which also defines my goal for each day. Let me share:

"Hail to the day, I greet you. In wakeful purpose I walk with you. Part of nature, forever and always Nine times eternal. So mote it be."

Throughout the day, trying to be conscious of my relationship to my elemental brothers and sisters, I try to say words of gratitude, for example, when showering I might say something like, "Hail, sisters of water, blessed be. I honor the sacred in you as you cleans the sacred in me."

Orisons like these can be said while doing things like eating, drinking, bathing, whatever feels appropriate.

Then, at the ending of day, my evening orisons help to transition from active to rest and reflection:

"Farewell to the day, I take my leave of you. I walk in dreams among the stars. Part of the universe, forever and always Nine times eternal. So mote it be."

Besides these things, something I always remember though, is the advice that my teacher gave, which is, "Please and Thank you are also words of power."

So... what are your prayers or orisons?

[brightmoonfey]

One track that I really want to record is the Orphic Hymn to Selene. Because of how important it is, I need the perfect sound for it, so this may take me some time to get to. In the meantime, I can put in my own chants. :D