Bardic Magic

Yule Invocations - 1994
by Obsidiana

These invocations were written for Yule following the loss of someone very dear to me.

Great Goddess, I call on you this Solstice Night, I invoke your presence to be with me on this longest night, in this time - the dark night of my soul. May I find awareness of your presence, your love, guidance and protection, even when my senses do not perceive your presence, as at the Dark of Moon. Help me find my way through the utter blackness. Help me face the pain I don't want to feel by reminding me that the pain itself is a light in the dark. As the Moon reflects the light of the Sun, the pain of loss is a reflection of the love that is behind me. That light will never go out; its reflection will always be cast in my heart. In perfect love and perfect trust, I greet you!

O, Great God, Lord of Light and Life, I call on you this Solstice Night. I await your rebirth after this long dark night. Help me understand that the wheel turns in its continuous cycle, no endings and no beginnings, a never-ending circle with changes to mark the revolutions of the wheel. Allow me to appreciate and celebrate the light in my life each day as it comes, without the fear and apprehension of the darkness that follows as the wheel turns. Let me learn that the light that shines in my life, no matter how temporary, may cause pain when it is extinguished, but that it also nourishes and strengthens me so I may endure the darkness. In perfect love and perfect trust, I greet you!