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    A Meditation of the Elements by Ivy

    Thursday, August 23, 2007, 01:01 AM EST [poetry and invocations]

    This was written as a guided meditation for a group. If you would like to use it alone you may pre-record it.

     

    Everyone should lie comfortably on the floor. Use pillows or whatever is needed to become very comfortable. In low, modulating tones, guide everyone through a relaxation process and into a deep meditation.

     

    "Close your eyes, breathe deeply, in through your nose, out through your mouth.

    In - Out

     

    As you inhale visualize a warm golden light entering your body with each breath.

     

    It flows through you like a wave.

     

    Calming you...soothing you.

     

    You feel the muscles in your face, around your eyes and mouth begin to relax.

     

    In - Out

     

    The warm golden light flows down your face into your neck and onto your shoulders.

     

    Relaxed.

     

    Warm golden light filling your lungs, surrounding your heart.

     

    You breathe easy, your heartbeat is steady...slow.

     

    In - Out

     

    Warm golden light flows down your arms, into your fingers, relaxing every nerve...every muscle.

     

    Down through your stomach and your back.

     

    Tension just eases away.

     

    In - Out

     

    Into your legs, your thighs, your calves, all the way down to your toes.

     

    Warm and relaxed.

     

    Breathe In - Out

     

    If there is any tension left in your body anywhere focus the warm golden light and ease it away until you are completely relaxed.

     

    In - Out

     

    My voice will not disturb your peace; it will guide you on your journey.

     

     

     

    Visualize all of us together, standing together in a circle.

     

    It's a clear night.

     

    The sky is filled with stars, the moon is full.

     

    The circle has been cast, all negativity has been banished.

     

    We are together.

     

    See yourselves turning towards the north quarter.

     

    We raise our arms to draw the invoking pentagram of Earth.

     

    In blue flaming light, beginning at the top to bottom left, up and over to the right, over left, bottom right, and back to the top.

     

    See the blue flaming pentagram. This is the door...push open the door.

     

    There...beyond the door...a rich, life laden forest.

     

    Trees that tower above us. Their leaves forming a canopy.

     

    Hear the sounds of the forest.

     

    The rustling of the leaves...birds softly calling.

     

    The regal stag standing amongst the trees...that's the spirit of our Lord.

     

    Smell the deep rich scent of the earth.

     

    The trees, the plants, the creatures that dwell here are our brothers and sisters.

     

    We do not stand apart from this.

     

    We are one.

     

    It is who we are.

     

    It nourishes us.

     

    It heals us.

     

    Our Mother earth, our Father who guards us.

     

    This is the element earth.

     

    We turn now to the east quarter.

     

    We raise our arms and do the invoking pentagram of air.

     

    In a blue flaming light, starting at the right draw to the left, down right, up, down left, and back to the right.

     

    See the blue flaming pentagram.

     

    This is the door... Push open the door.

     

    There, on the other side, feel the wind come through.

     

    Caressing your face.

     

    Lifting your hair.

     

    Bringing with it the scent of flowers on the breeze.

     

    Hear the wind.

     

    Feel the wind.

     

    A glowing tornado of wind.

     

    It cleanses... It caresses.

     

    And fills you with life.

     

    This is the breath of the Lady.

     

    Become a part of it.

     

    It becomes a part of you.

     

    Breath and feel and see the glow.

     

    This is the element air.

     

    We turn together and go to the south.

     

    We raise our arms and draw the invoking pentagram of fire.

     

    In blue flaming light, draw from the top to bottom right, to the left, over right, bottom left and back to the top.

     

    See the blue flaming pentagram.

     

    This is the door...Push open the door.

     

    Feel the heat of the fire.

     

    See the gold and red and yellow and blue of the flames.

     

    Hear it crackle.

     

    Feel it's heat and it's power.

     

    See it ever reaching higher.

     

    Curling and crackling, the light flickering.

     

    It's a healing light and a healing warmth and it fills you with power.

     

    This is the soul of our Lord.

     

    This is the element fire.

     

    We turn together and stand at the western quarter.

     

    We raise our arms and draw the invoking pentagram of water.

     

    In blue flaming light, from the left to the right, down left, up, down right and back to the left.

     

    See the blue flaming pentagram, push open the door.

     

    There before you, water, endless, endless water.

     

    Cascading down.

     

    See the foam, the life.

     

    Feel the spray on your skin.

     

    Smell the saltiness in the air.

     

    Hear it crashing on the shore.

     

    Feel the life giving energy flowing with each wave.

     

    This is the womb of our Mother.

     

    This is the element water.

     

    We go now and form a circle at the center.

     

    We join hands and raise them high to the night sky.

     

    We call upon the Lord and Lady to join with us.

     

    Feel their presence, always within us.

     

    The moonlight that bathes our faces, like a tender kiss is our Mother.

     

    She is the universal Mother.

     

    The source of fertility and endless wisdom.

     

    She is at once the unplowed field, the full harvest, and the dormant, frost covered earth.

     

    She is nature... All nature.

     

    The Temptress and the Crone, the tornado and the fresh spring rain, the cradle and the grave.

     

    She is omnipresent, changeless, eternal.

     

    Feel the power raging through us and heightening our senses.

     

    This comes from our Lord.

     

    He is the warmth of the sun.

     

    The burning deserts and towering mountains.

     

    He is the vastness of the sky, rain and lightening.

     

    Uniting with the Lady.

     

    Spreading seed upon the land.

     

    He is the Lord of the green.

     

    The guardian of wild things.

     

    And he is our strength of will.

     

    The Lord and Lady are the parents of our souls.

     

    Our teachers and our friends.

     

    Constant companions and the source of all wisdom.

     

    We are one.

     

    We are them.

     

    Thank you Lord and Lady.

     

    Thank you Air, Water, Fire, and Earth, for sharing yourselves with us.

     

    We bid you farewell.

     

    You may now open your eyes if you so choose.

     

    Take your time, and move slowly.

     

    Absorb what you have experienced."

     

     

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    That is beautiful! I don't use guided meditations myself but I shall keep a copy as a devotional piece if that's alright?

    Windwalker
    August 23, 2007
    08:47 AM EST