This version of the Prayer Beads is more Druid in content, honoring the
Three Kindreds: The Ancestors, spirits of the ancient dead; The Earth
Spirits who share this world with us; and the Gods, or the Shining Ones.
It is best to string your own beads. Follow the same procedure for the
Goddess Prayer Beads, but substitute Gold for Silver, because Druid
spirituality is Sun oriented rather than Moon oriented.
13 white 8mm beads for the Gods & Goddesses
13 red 8mm beads for the Earth Spirits
13 black mm beads for the Ancestors
1 silver 10mm bead representing the Sun
52 silver spacer beads
(class "E" 6/0) representing the Sunlight.
Nylon thread clear, monofilament
You may begin and end stringing anywhere in the loop, but the tie-off
is less visible in the midst of the black beads.
The gold Sun bead is separated from the white God/Goddess beads by four
(4) gold spacer beads. Each white God/Goddess bead is followed by one
gold spacer bead, but the thirteenth bead is followed by four (4) spacer
beads. Then come the red Earth Spirits beads, each followed by one gold
spacer, but the 13th bead is followed by four (4) spacers. Then come
the black Ancestors beads, each followed by one gold bead, but the 13th
is followed by four (4) spacers. And so we are back at the gold Sun
bead.
In other words, beads of the same color are separated by one spacer.
The three sets of beads and the larger Sun bead are separated by four
spacers. Thirteen (13) beads are used in each set to signify the thirteen
months of the lunar year. The gold spacers represent sunlight issuing
from the Sun bead throughout the Three Kindreds of Ancestors, Earth
Spirits, Gods & Goddesses.
Prayers are said on each bead, while meditating on the mysteries of the
Three Kindreds, and the experience of human life.
PRAYERS FOR YOUR DRUID BEADS
On the gold Sun Bead say:
Blessed (Father, Mother) come to me,
and cast your lovely, golden light.
Give light to earth that I may see
your glory shining ever bright.
Triple Kindred, Blessed Be,
and true well met, my soul's delight!
On the space say:
I bind unto my self today the
Memory of the Ancestors.
Meditate on the Memory of the Ancestors . . .
On each Ancestor Bead say:
Ancestors, Ancient Ones,
Remember me as I remember you
Old Ones, hear my prayer,
And accept my offering of love.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
Comradeship of all Earth Spirits
Meditate on the Aid of the Earth Spirits . . .
On each Earth Spirit Bead say:
Fur and feather, leaf and stone,
Aid me as I aid you.
Earth Spirits hear my prayer,
And accept my offering of love.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
Power of the Gods and Goddesses.
Meditate on the Honor of the Shining Ones . . .
On each God and Goddess Bead say:
Gods and Goddesses, Shining Ones,
Honor me as I honor you.
First-Born of Earth, hear my prayer,
And accept my offering of love.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
The presence of the Three Kindreds.
On the gold Sun Bead conclude:
I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the starlit Heavens,
The glorious Sun's life-giving ray,
The whiteness of the Moon at even;
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling Wind's tempestuous shocks;
The stable Earth, the deep salt Sea,
Around the old eternal Rocks.
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