Free A Pagan Ritual Prayer Book by Ceisiwr Serith

the navel about which all turns;
     
be my home the world you support.
     
With your warmth enliven the house.
     
With your warmth enliven those who live in the house.
     
With your warmth enliven those to whom hospitality is given in the house.
     
Be, then, the very power by which hospitality is given,
     
linking those who live here with the greater community.
     
Be, then, not only the center of the house
     
but its connection with that which is outside the house.
     
Be the one we face and the one who faces others.
     
I place you here in the center of my house,
     
and I will worship you here.
     
See, here I stand,
with flame in my hand.
     
The fire is laid before me.
     
Everything is prepared.
     
The house stands about me.
     
Everything is prepared.
     
See, here I stand,
     
with flame in my hand.
     
The heart of the home
     
is about to be lit.
     
The house is about to live.
     
Bright Goddess,
     
Queen of the Hearth,
     
The fire which will warm us,
     
The fire which will cook our food,
     
The fire which will light our homes.
     
You are the Queen of the Home
     
and I am your priestess.
     
I light the heart of the home.
     
I awaken the house to life.
     

You are in the shining fire
here in the home's heart.
     
Stay with me
     
Stay in our home
     
And each day I will honor you.
     
Little fire, I will tend and feed you,
and you will bless me from your vast store.
     
Brighid:
     
A new land
A new house:
     
the same hearth goddess.
     
Welcome, Brighid;
     
with you on the hearth, I'm home again.
     
Westy:
     
Your moving flames are my home's still center,
the many tongues, your tongue, speaking silence.
     
I will sit here and listen.
     
Lukipoty[Shining Lady]
     

The Door
     
Protector of the Door, be:
closed against enemies
     
open to friends
     
welcoming to guests who approach you.
     
Before opening you for the first time, Door,
let me introduce myself with this gift.
     
We'll be working together closely from now on,
     
so let's get off on the right foot.
     

The Threshold
     
I'm stepping with my right foot,
over, not on you:
     
see my respect.
     
Rise as a wall against danger,
lie still, a gentle pathway,
     
for blessings.
     

Doorposts and Thresholds
     
Upright standers,
we walk between.
     
Spirits of the doorposts,
     
watch over us.
     
We go out,
     
We come in,
     
Watch over us.
     

Lying flat,
     
we walk over.
     
Spirit of the threshold,
     
watch over us.
     
We go out,
     
We come in,
     
Watch over us.
     

The House
     
Domovoi:
     
I place this bread for you, Domovoi, next to the stove:
may this home be prosperous,
     
this family happy,
     
through your help.
     
Hermes:
     
Closely have I read,
and often,
     
of how you stole Apollo's cattle,
     
and by clever stratagem sought to hide the deed
     
and avoid your guilt,
     
becoming thereby the god of thieves.
     
Trickster, I ask you to turn your trickery against those selfsame thieves,
     
and defeat the aims of those who would despoil this house.
     
Hermes, I praise your intelligence, which will ever find a way in,
     
and ask that it be just as effective in keeping burglars out.
     
House Spirits
     
Be under the protection of the Hearth,
House Spirits:
     
We will offer to you at times.
     
May the spirits of the wood and minerals that make up this house
live well, live honored lives.
     
Aware of your presence, we place ourselves under your protection with this offering,
     
and promise offerings in the future.
     
May the pillars of this home stand as erect and faithful as the phallus of the God.
May its floors support it as faithfully as the wideextending body of the Goddess.
     
May we, those who dwell in this house,
     
continually receive blessings from the presence of the God and Goddess.
     

Ancestors
     
Ancestors,
be present in our shrine.
     
Watch over us, your children,
     
giving wisdom and guidance when needed,
     
and linking us together.
     
Here in this home, the Ancestors are thick about