Sol Invictus Gatekeeper Invocation by Maria Stoy of Sassafras Grove

posted on Juni 13, 2019
Related: Gatekeeper Invocation, Winter Solstice / Yule, Non-Specific Hearth Cultures, dean, Sol Invictus

For Winter Solstice

You come as a babe,

Radiant hope of nations,

Potential flowing in blinding waves

From your gentle hands.

Golden youth whose piercing vitality

Enlivens and quickens the land

You come as a warrior,

Gleaming sword and brazen shield

Driving back the cold-hearted foe

Undefeated, untiring, unstoppable

Defender of life whose shining might

Guards the heavens and the Earth

You come as a King,

Golden-crowned sovereign

Fair and bright, fearsome and cruel

Divine Emperor of all our days

You hold life and death in your hands

The awful power to heal or to destroy

You come as a wise man,

Whose clear but ancient eyes

Have seen all of history unfold

Burning with visions of gods and heroes

Undying memories of all that was

Irradiate our minds and souls

Daystar, Invincible sun

As you have watched over the earth since the beginning

Watch over us now

As you have driven back the darkness with your rebirth

So now drive back the walls that separate us from eternity

Warm the waters here below and let the well open as a gate

Charge the flames here above and let the fire open as a gate

Bless the reaching branches here before us and let the tree open as a gate.

Let the gates be open!

Closing

Invincible Sun, who wields power over life and death,

We thank you for all the blessings you bestow

On this day and all days

As we leave this sacred space, we know that your eyes are ever watchful,

Your sword ready, your power undiminished.

Radiant, eternal and undying one,

We ask that you withdraw again to your throne in heaven

As your warmth withdraws from waters below, let the Well close as a gate

As your light withdraws from the flames, let the Fire close as a gate

As you withdraw from the worlds here created, let the Tree close as a gate.

Let the gates be closed!

Let all be as it was before, but bettered by our work.


posted on Juni 13, 2019 | Related: Gatekeeper Invocation, Winter Solstice / Yule, Non-Specific Hearth Cultures, dean, Sol Invictus
Citation: Web Administrator, "Sol Invictus Gatekeeper Invocation by Maria Stoy of Sassafras Grove", Ár nDraíocht Féin, Juni 13, 2019, https://ng.adf.org/ritual/sol-invictus-gatekeeper-invocation-by-maria-stoy-of-sassafras-grove/?lang=de