Category Archives: Prayer

Fire Empowerment Ritual for Walpurgisnacht

Posted on April 24, 2024 by David Taliesin

This is the ritual we did at Sunday’s Welcoming Circle at Asheville Raven & Crone. Feel free to adapt for personal or group use. FIRE EMPOWERMENT RITUAL FOR WALPURGISNACHT CASTING THE CIRCLE—David Taliesin On Walpurgisnacht, bonfires burn brightly,their flames kindle … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden [Complete]

Posted on March 25, 2024 by David Taliesin

Here it is! My Brigid’s Garden meditation project is complete. You can find a copy of it HERE. This includes all five stations plus an introduction, invocation, and closing at the “healing well.” This project has been a labor of … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden: Brigid the Healer

Posted on March 14, 2024 by David Taliesin

Station Four: Brigid the Healer [Stones: sodalite or blue kyanite] Here is the fourth prayer/contemplation station in Brigid’s Garden. I’ll post the rest as I write them. The final document will include an introduction, invocations and all five stations plus … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden: Brigid the Hearth-Woman, Brigid the Flame Keeper

Posted on March 7, 2024 by David Taliesin

Station Two: Brigid the Hearth-Woman/Brigid the Flame Keeper [Stones: red jasper or carnelian] Here is the third prayer/contemplation station in Brigid’s Garden. I’ll post the rest as I write them. The final document will include an introduction, invocations and all … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden: Brigid the Peacemaker

Posted on February 26, 2024 by David Taliesin

Station Two: Brigid the Peacemaker [Stones: lepidolite or amethyst] Here is the second prayer/contemplation station in Brigid’s Garden. I’ll post the rest as I write them. The final document will include an introduction, invocations and all five stations plus the … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden: Brigid of the Land

Posted on February 20, 2024 by David Taliesin

Brigid’s Garden Station One: Brigid of the Land, Brigid the Earth-Woman [Stones: moss agate or green opal] Here is the first prayer/contemplation station in Brigid’s Garden. I’ll post the rest as I write them. The final document will include an … Continue reading →

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Brigid’s Garden

Posted on February 13, 2024 by David Taliesin

Recently, I’ve been reading Lunaea Weatherstone’s delightful book Tending Brigid’s Flame. It was there that I discovered an experience that tickled my imagination: “At Solas Bhríde in Kildare, the Brigidine Sisters have created a pilgrimage walk with five stones. At … Continue reading →

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Ancient Christian Magic

Posted on January 6, 2023 by David Taliesin

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men (Gk. MAGOS, meaning “magicians”) from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For … Continue reading →

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Memorial Rite for Tree Higgins

Posted on August 29, 2022 by David Taliesin

My friend and co-facilitator of The Welcoming Circle, Theresa “Tree” Higgins passed away on the Summer Solstice. Due to scheduling conflicts a gathering in her honor was postponed until yesterday. I was asked to conduct the ritual and with the … Continue reading →

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Candles, Prayer and Magic

Posted on June 2, 2022 by David Taliesin

A Christian goes into her local Roman Catholic Church. Before worship, she lights a candle for a sick friend and prays to Jesus, asking for healing. She believes her prayer will help to make her friend better…and it does. A … Continue reading →

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