Artwork by Peter Pracownik The Witchcraft Prayers of Sybil Leek A Morning Prayer Prayer Before Meals A Grateful Incantation Invocation for Unity of Spirit A Prayer for the New Forest Prayer to Gain Wisdom A Midnight Prayer A Morning Prayer The day begins by thy grace, O Queen and Mother of both gods and men, And I am both strengthened and comforted By knowledge of thee. Thy sacred law of life is the guiding star of my existence. Make holy, sanctified and thrice blessed all which I do, think and attempt during this coming day. Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! Top of page A Prayer Before Meals All life exists by thy bounty, Everlasting Goddess of All Things! Bless then thy servants who acknowledge thee both openly and in secret. Sanctify this food to our use. Make firm our allegiance to thee, O Triple Goddess, and make us bearers to the world of thy sacred law of life. Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! Top of page A Grateful Incantation Submission unto thy revealed word, O Transcendent Goddess of Cosmic Might, hath been my liberation from the adamant fetters of erroneous past beliefs. Thy Sacred Law of Life, O Loving Goddess of mercy and compassion, is a primeval oasis of secure knowledge in the midst of ignorance. So long as I remain firm in my spiritual endeavor, my path leads safely upward toward thy celestial realm. Fill my thoughts, mind, and soul with everlasting beauty, O Gracious Goddess of spiritua trancendence, so that I may seek, in strength, the portals of thy divince concourse. In the dark and savage jungle of ingnorant depravity, Though didst touch my soul with thy enlightening knowledge, And thou didst make me thine! Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! Top of page Invocation for Unity of Spirit Thy present bounty, O Limitless Goddess of infinite light, Began with thy renewed revelation of thyself unto the peoples and nations of earth! Thy mercy and compassion hath been made manifest unto those Who hath completed the seventh circuit of life, death, and life again, And to others whom thou hath specifically chosen to open thy jeweled gates of knowledge to. Thou hast touched the souls of some few women and men with the spark of primeval recognition at this, the beginning of the age. These few proclaim thee as the Everlasting and Transcendent Goddess of all things! These few declare, testify and bear witness that this planet is as one nation, And that its peoples are all thy children from before all beginnings to beyond all endings! Strengthen the souls of them who acknowledge thee, O Supreme Creatrix, And bless them who openly proclaim thee to all as Ultimate Divinity! Top of page A Prayer for the New Forest This prayer can be used in any part of the world, just change "New Forest" to the name of the place that you are in. Extend thy protection and blessing, O triple Goddess, unto this, thy land, this New Forest. Forget not the holy, sanctified and sacred destiny which thou hast uttered with thy Divine tongue of Power and Might in the distant ages before man walked in this forest. Look with favor upon this place, O All-knowing Goddess, for thou didst make this place everlastingly thine. Beneath our feet lie the Sacred Symbols of thy everlasting sovereignty, O boundless Goddess of both beauty and terror! Make the signs and omens of thy return openly manifest, O Goddess of both life and death, For only with thy adven will all true glory be revealed. Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! Top of page A Prayer to Gain Wisdom O boundless Goddess of infinite light: Unite the hearts and souls of thy followers with thy spirit. Grant them the strength to fulfill thy will according to the sacred law of life. Make them as the petals of one flower within the garden of thy universal knowledge. Assist them, O Triple Goddess, in teh appointed endeavor and turn not away from those who seek wisdom. Thou seest when none else can. Thou art compassionate, just, merciful, and the source of all wisdom. In ages past thou didst bring man from darkness into the light. Thou shalt not allow thy followers to remain in ignorance. Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! Top of page A Midnight Prayer For use before all personal rituals performed during the midnight hour. Thy rulership, O Triple Goddess, is both by day and by night. Extend thou thy protection and thy guidance to this moment. Make my actions firm, strong and just in thy sight. Blessed be, O Supreme Goddess, in all thy many names and manifold attributes! All of the prayers listed above, and more, can be found in (The Complete Art of Witchcraft: Penetrating the Secrets of White Magic by Sybil Leek) Angels The Land of Fae