Find a quiet place and take a few moments to center yourself. If you like, play some music to help you center. I like Damh the Bard’s Song of Awen.

Turning or moving to each quarter, light a candle, and say the following:

May there be peace in the North.

May there be peace in the South.

May there be peace in the West.

May there be peace in the East.

May there be peace throughout the world.

Move or turn to the center and say the Druid’s Prayer.

Grant us, God/Goddess/Holy Ones, thy protection

And in protection, strength

And in strength, understanding

And in Understanding, knowledge

And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice

And in the knowledge of justice, the love of it

And in the love of justice, the love of all existences

And in that love, the love of God/Goddess//Great Spirit/Holy Ones, the Earth our Mother, and all goodness.

atrributed to Iolo Morganwg

Chant some AWENS, ring a bell or chime, then continue.

Hail to you, Spirits of Air, Spirits of the East!

Be with me, guide, bless, and protect me this day.

I ask for you gifts of clarity, insight, and vision.

Help me to walk in wisdom.

Pause briefly and feel the breeze moving around and through you.

Hail to you, Spirits of Fire, Spirits of the South!

Be with me, guide, bless, and protect me this day.

Fuel my passion, ignite my creativity.

Help me to walk in courage.

Pause briefly to feel the heat of the fire as it burns.

Hail to you, Spirits of Water, Spirits of the West!

Be with me, guide, bless, and protect me this day.

Wash over me with healing, let compassion flow through me.

Help me to walk in love.

Pause briefly and feel the cool water wash over and around you.

Hail to you, Spirits of Earth, Spirits of the Earth!

Be with me, guide, bless, and protect me this day.

Grow in me health, prosperity, stability, and firmness of purpose.

Help me to walk in strength.

Pause briefly and feel the solidity of the earth under you. Feel her strength flowing into you.

Hail to you, Cernunnos, Lord, sitter in the doorway,

god of equilibrium, terrible, merciful,

you who hold the opposites apart,

you in whom all opposites unite,

my prayer goes to you to open the passage,

to clear the threshold,

to make the way clear.

Ceisiwr Serith, A Book of Pagan Prayer

Pause briefly and listen for the presence of the Horned One.

Hail to you, Brighid, Goddess of Fire,

three-fold queen who inspires poets, artists, and healers,

may your fire be the flame on my hearth,

may your fire be the flame in my heart.

adapted from prayers in A Book of Pagan Prayer by Ceisiwr Serith

So may it be

If you like, take some time to read, meditate, take an omen, etc.

When ready, conclude with the Druid Vow and some AWENS.

We swear by peace and love to stand

Heart to heart, and hand in hand;

Mark! O Spirit, and hear us now,

Confirming this, our sacred vow.

AWEN.

Take your leave by thanking and bidding farewell to Brighid, Cernunnos, and the elemental spirits.

As you extinguish the candles say:

As I extinguish these lights, may their flame burn brightly within me, and may I carry what I have gained with me through the day.

So may it be!

Ring a bell or chime.