Samhain God & Goddess Calls - MoonDance & Mike Gunter - November 1, 1997

(These are spoken after the Directions are called by the two people that
are representing the Goddess and God in the Circle)

MoonDance speaks...

Lady who governs the transition between death and rebirth,
You, who are known by many names:

-Persephone, 
whose journey brought comfort to those who had passed, and who returned with
the knowledge of the dark wisdom from beyond the veil.

-Cerridwin,
who stirs the cauldron of death and rebirth, endlessly turned the wheel of
life.

-Inanna,
who sacrifices her power and herself at the gates of death for the return of
life to the earth.

-Kali, 
whose eternal dance destroys the demons of ignorance and fear, transforming
our pain into joy and peace.

-Isis, 
whose perseverant journey to reunite the scattered fragments of love,
unleashed the regenerative waters of life.

Come to us 
and remind us that all that begins must end and all that ends begins anew.
Welcome and Blessed be.

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Mike speaks,....

Lord of the underworld to which we will all go.
You, who are known by many names:

-Hades,
keeper of the dark truths we hide within ourselves.

-Thanatos,
neither good nor evil, who reminds us that death is simply a part of the
larger cycle of life.

-Ti-Tsang Wang,
smiling monk who renounced nirvana to wander the dark otherworld in search of
lost souls.

-Shiva,
in whose endlessly whirling dance is contained all of existence - death and
birth, destruction and creation.

-Set,
Lord of destruction and collector of souls, whose violence is sometimes
necessary to clear the way for new growth,

Be with us 
and remind us that without endings, there can be no beginnings.

Welcome, and blessed be.

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