Invoking Odin

“O Great Odin, Azure-Cloaked Wanderer
From the far, ancient lands of my people,
Lord of the Shining Ones
Who do protect my land, my folk and my family.
I call to thee to be with me here.
I call to thee across all of time
And all the worlds of the Gods.
Thy people are still here, O wise One,
Come to me again, and give me to drink of thy
Horn of life and of inspiration
That I may prosper once again.
Come to me now and be with me here.
Great Odin!”

Invocation of the Horned One

By the flame that burneth bright,
O Horned One!
We call thy name into the night,
O Ancient One!

Thee we invoke, by the moon-led sea,
By the standing stone and the twisted tree,
Thee we invoke where gather thine own,
By the nameless shrine forgotten and lone.

Come where the round of the dance is trod,
Horn and hoof of the goat foot God!
By moonlit meadow, on dusky hill,
When the haunted wood is hushed and still.

Come to the charm of the chanted prayer,
As the moon betwitches the midnight air,
Evoke thy powers, that potent bide
In shining stream and the secret tide.

In fiery flame by starlight pale,
In shadowy host that rides the gale,
And by the fern-brakes faerie-haunted
Of forests wild and woods enchanted.

Come! Come!
To the heart-beats drum!
Come to us who gather below
When the broad white moon is climbing slow
Through the stars to the heaven’s height!
We hear thy hoofs on the wind of night!
As black tree branches shake and sigh,
By joy and terror we know thee nigh.
We speak the spell thy power unlocks
At Solstice, Sabbat and Equinox.

Meditation with the Goddess and God

1) Enter the screen of your mind to stand before the great World Tree.

2) Hold the intention to visit with the Goddess and God. We will climb the roots down into the land of the ancestors and power beings, to meet one deity, and then climb the branches up to the sky realm, to meet the second deity. Reach out and touch the tree, feeling the bark, and through your touch, place your intention to visit the Goddess and God below and above.

3) Look for an opening in the roots that will lead to the Underworld. This opening will probably be different than the one you used to find your Inner Temple.

4) Enter the passageway and spiral down the tunnel into the Underworld, the realm of the divine ones. The land is dark and vast, yet nor fearful, perhaps like a primordial ancient forest, seemingly illuminated from within. You feel the great power of this land.

5) Before you is an illuminated path, inviting you deeper into the Underworld. This path will lead you to a goddess or god who is correct for you at this time. Follow it.

6) Stay on the path, but notice all things to your left and right. Notice the plants of the Underworld. Do you recognize any? Notice the trees. They seem to whisper their power. Look for any animals that cross your path, or watch you from afar. An animal could even guide you on the path for a while. Notice and remember everything.

7) The path winds through the Underworld, by rocks and hills, rivers and streams. Look ahead, and follow the path as you are guided. You enter deeply the lands of power.

8) Soon you see the end of the path, and at the end, a divine being is waiting for you. Take notice of this one as best you can. What does the deity look like? What does it wear? What mannerisms do you notice?

9) When you reach the end of the path, introduce yourself, as you would to an honoured elder. Take this time to build a relationship. Ask the deity its name and culture. Ask any questions you have, about the divine, or about your life and personal issues. Be prepared to answer questions in return. Listen to every word. Watch every action. Everything has significance.

10) Once the exchange is complete, this divine one touches our forehead, giving you a blessing, and possibly a gift of some sort. Accept with love and grace, as a symbol of your new union and relationship. You can ask the deity for a symbol to evoke its power and presence in the world. Say your farewells and follow your path back, unless the deity gives you another path to walk, a short cut leading back to the World Tree.

11) Make your way back to the roots and the tunnels of the World Tree. Notice if the Underworld has changed, or at least if your perception of it has, now that you have an ally in it. Do any more animals, plants, or trees catch your notice at this time?

12) When you are back at the tunnel, climb your way back to the surface, but instead of coming out of the trunk, continue upward, spiralling up, higher and higher, until you reach the Upperworld. You come upon the heavenly lands, a bright and sunny land, filled with clouds and green fields, a veritable paradise, the land of milk and honey. You are filled with a sense of peace and awareness in this place.

13) Before you is a warm and inviting path, taking you to the heart of the Upperworld. This path will lead you to a god or goddess who is correct for you at this time. Follow it.

14) Stay on the path, noticing all things to your left and right. Notice the land, plants, and animals of the Upperworld. What do you recognize? Feel the breeze. Hear the birds. An animal may cross your path, or even guide you for a while. Notice and remember everything on the path.

15) The path wanders through the Upperworld, through fields and springs, orchards and hills. Look ahead and follow the path as you are guided. Enter the lands of enlightenment.

16) As you reach the end of the path, a divine being is waiting for you. Take notice of this bright and shining one as best you can. What does the deity look like? What does it wear? What do you notice about it?

17) Introduce yourself to the divine one as you would a respected and well-lived member of your family. Take this time to converse and commune. Ask the deity its name and culture. As before, ask any questions you have and listen carefully to all that is said.

18) When your time is done, the shining one touches your body, giving you a blessing and perhaps a gift or message of some kind. Accept all with love and grace to mark your connection together. You can ask the deity for a symbol to evoke its power and presence in the physical world. Say your goodbyes and follow the path back to the World Tree, unless the divine one shows you another path back.

19) Follow your way back to the branches of the great tree and climb back down, entering the tunnel and into the trunk of the tree, spiralling down to the base of the trunk. Exit the tree and stand before it, thank it for safe passage. Thank the Goddess and God for all blessings.

20) Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view. Return yourself to normal consciousness.

Farewell to the Goddess and God

“Goddess and God
We thank you
For your presence,
For your circle,
For light and love,
For night and change,
We ask for your blessing
As you depart,
Hail and farewell!
Blessed be.”

The God Meditation

Sit comfortably. Relax. Breathe deeply and rhythmically. Do a Tree of Life Meditation to ground and center yourself before you begin. Acknowledge the guardians of the four directions, as well as your personal gods. And breathe.

Ground and center. Breathe. Come to a place of stillness inside. Focus not on the open field or the forest, but on the shadowy edge between the two. Look closely. Do you see him? He is there, on the edge of the shadows, “your protector and guardian, your intent and your secret dreams”. If he steps forward, bright and golden, he resembles a Sun God archetype in all his glory, inspiration, and drive. If he steps back a pace, he is a dark archetype, Lord of the Shadows, your Guide to the Lady, and your primal nature. And breathe. Just watch him for a while. As you watch him, become aware of his energy. Feel him projecting his truth to you, feel it in your gut, your solar plexus. Open to the energy. Just let yourself feel it. If you are a lover of men, and you are focusing on the Dark One, the energy you feel may have a sexual element. That is as it should be, so don’t let it scare you. If you don’t want to feel that energy, just concentrate on your solar plexus, and pull the energy up.

Does the energy feel active, driven, exuberant, like a force of raw power? Is the energy hot, like a sunburn, flushing your skin with a radiant glow? Look at him. Is he golden, fiery, blond, and in motion? Can he stand still for less than a heartbeat? If he is all of these things, you are looking at a Sun God archetype. Take note of his appearance, his clothing. Is he bearded, with long straight, reddish hair and long sleeves and leggings, a cloak and high boots? Is he carrying a long sword? This god may be Lugh.

Is he clean-shaven, with blond, curly hair of medium length, wearing a simple toga-like garment, and sandals? Does he have clear blue eyes that look into the depths of your mind, down to your deepest truth, so that you know he knows every single thing about you? You may be looking at Helios.

Is he perhaps raven-haired with golden brown skin, with a tidy haircut, clean-shaven, wearing a skirt-like garment, radiating golden heat from his very pores? Does he wear a golden breastplate and kohl around his eyes? He also has eyes that will see inside of you. He may be either sandaled or barefoot. You are probably looking at Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun.

Conversely, perhaps his energy is that of protection and fertility, and his watchful eyes can look into your soul also…

Does he have foliage covering his face in a million shades of green, brown, gold, and yellow? Does he have emerald green eyes, that seem to look right through you, with foliage covering his body, so that if you look away for an instant, you have a hard time finding him again? You may be looking at the Green Man, the God of Wood and Glen, the protector of the forests and the animals. He will protect you, too.

Perhaps he is easier to spot than that, with his goat-like legs and horns, his erect phallus striking fear into the souls of the untrained, and sometimes desire into the souls of those who know and who also love men. Is he playing a siren song you find irresistible on pipes of reeds? Does he seem a little wild, a little chaotic? You are probably looking at Pan, and he will take you through his woods, laughing and playing his pipes, until you reach your destination, which could be the Lady’s arms… or his own. You never know.

Perhaps the god you are looking at is very dark. Does he have long, curly black hair spilling down over his shoulders, furry stag-like legs, and an obvious erection? His black-brown eyes will penetrate your very soul, leaving you trembling with desire. He is likely Cernunnos, sometimes called the Gentle Savage. He can and will fulfill those desires, if you let him. He will also take you to the Goddess, if you only ask. Where else will he take you? Wherever you wish to go.

He could also look vastly different from any of these descriptions, but he will look and feel exactly the way he is suppose to - to you. Focus on his energy, and see if you can get him to talk to you. Ask him his name. He will always give you the truth, for the God is the ruler of truth.

The Charge of the God

Listen to the counsel of the Great God of the Forest, who was of old called Herne after the call of the hind, Horned One, Gentle Savage, Green Man, Cernunnos, Pan, the Dark One who watches from the shadows, the protector who stands between dark and light, the Bright One, Helios, Apollo, Ra, Lugh, and by many other names.

I am the Lord and the hunter, the hunted and the saved. I call to you from the shadows of the forest, from the darkness of your own Mysteries and the pure clean light of the sun. I am here, on the edge of the shadows, your Protector and Guardian, your intent and your secret dreams. I breathe life into promise, faith into the tired heart. If you choose to walk with Me, My silence will teach you all you need to know, for behold - I am the protective guardian of your spirit, nudging you toward the edge of the forest where Mystery meets the truth that illuminates your soul. I am father, brother, husband, son, friend. I am the harmony of dark and light, the cycle of life, the seed of all that is great and strong within you.

Know that you must ever seek Me, ever searching, ever returning, for this is the cycle of Nature, of Divinity, of the Sacred Spiral. You come to Me as you leave Me, you leave Me as you arrive, and ever the cycle turns. It is the turning, this motion that restores balance to all things. Know that in your turnings there is the promise of My seed. Just as winter is dormant, so the summer is abundant. As I die and become reborn, so you too will turn away, and then turn toward Me, for I am the King of birth and death, of silence and prophecy, and the truth of the Mystery that the answers you seek lie within your own soul - in silence, in the sounds of nature, and in the faith that eternally sets you free.

Shadow Fest Ritual/ Samhain Ritual

Items Required:
a) 1 vial of essence oil (God scent)
b) 2 red candles for altar
c) 4 black candles for quarter points
d) 1 human skull symbol placed in the West quarter
e) Winter incense
f) root of Rue plant
g) a small white candle
h) dried leaves (Oak leaves or Pine needles)
I) Personal offering to the God
j) cauldron

1) Cast the circle in the usual manner. Go before the altar and say:

“I come on this sacred night when the veil between the worlds turns to mist, I join now in spirit with those who have gone before. As it was in the time of the beginning, so is it now. So mote it be.”

2) Place the skull at the West quarter. Stand before it and say:

“O ancient gods of my ancestors, bless this sacred setting, that I who worship in your ways may be protected from the coming powers.”

3) Stand at the west quarter and read the Myth of the Descent of the Goddess aloud:

“Diana, my Lady and Goddess, would solve all mysteries even the mystery of Death. And so she journeyed to the Underworld in her boat, upon the Sacred River of Descent. Then it came to pass that she entered before the first of the seven gates to the Underworld. And the Guardian challenged her, demanding one of her garments for passage, for nothing may be received except that something be given in return.

And at each of the gates the goddess was required to pay the price of passage, for the guardians spoke to her: “Strip off your garments, and set aside your jewels, for nothing may you bring with you into this our realm.

So Diana surrendered her jewels and her clothing to the Guardians, and was bound as all living must be who seek to enter the realm of Death and the Mighty Ones. At the first gate she gave over her sceptre, at the second her crown, at the third her necklace, at the fourth her ring, at the fifth her girdle, at the sixth her sandals, and at the seventh her gown.

Diana stood naked and was presented before Dis, and such was her beauty that he himself knelt as she entered. He laid his crown and his sword at her feet saying: “Blessed are your feet which have brought you upon this path”. Then he arose and said to Diana: “Stay with me, I pray, and receive my touch upon your heart.”

And Diana replied to Dis: “But I love you not, for why do you cause all the things that I love, and take delight in, to wither and die?”

“My Lady,” replied Dis, “it is age and fate against which you speak. Thus I am helpless, for age causes all things to whither, but when all die at the end of their time, I give them rest, peace, and strength. For a time they dwell within the moon’s light, and with the spirits of the moon; then may they return to the realm of the living. But you are so lovely, and I ask you to return not, but abide with me here.”

But she answered: “No, for I do not love you.” Then Dis said: “If you refuse to embrace me, then you must kneel to death’s scourge.” The goddess answered him: “If it is to be, then it is fate, and better served!” So Diana knelt in submission before the hand of Death, and he scourged her with so tender a hand that she cried out “I know your pain, and the pain of love”.

Dis raised her to her feet and said: “Blessed are you, my Queen and my Lady.” Then he gave to her the five kisses of initiation, saying: “Only thus may you attain to knowledge and to joy.” And he taught her all of his mysteries, and he gave her the necklace which is the circle of rebirth. And she taught him her mysteries of the sacred cup which is the cauldron of rebirth.

They loved and joined in union with each other, and for a time, Diana dwelled in the realm of Dis. For there are three mysteries in the life of man which are: Birth, Life and Death (and love controls them all). To fulfill love, you must return again at the same time and place as those whom you loved before. And you must meet, recognize, remember, and love them anew. But to be reborn you must die and be made ready for a new body. And to die you must be reborn, but without love you may not be born among your own.

But the Goddess is inclined to favour love, and joy and happiness. She guards and cherishes her hidden children in this life and the next. In death she reveals the way to her communion, and in life she teaches them the magick of the mystery of the Circle (which is set between the worlds of men and of the gods).

4) At the West quarter set a burning white candle. Pause for a moment and then extinguish it, saying:

“Diana swells now in the Realm of the Dread Lord of the Shadows. The world grows cold and lifeless. But I do not sorrow in this harsh season, for all is as it must be. Therefore, I draw close to the Dark Lord and embrace Him. I find comfort in the knowledge of His Essence. May my path be blessed in the name of the God.”

5) At the North quarter lay down the spirit blade and wand. Then stand facing the tools (south). Recite:

“The reign of the goddess surrenders in love to the reign of the god.”

Then pick up the ritual tools, kiss them, and place them down at the North quarter again. Sit facing the skull and recite the Charge of the God:

“These are the words of the God: “By the fallen temple stone or in a forgotten glen, there shall you gather, all who seek to know my secret mysteries. I am He who guards and He who reveals all of these things.

I am the Lord of earth and sky, of rocky cliffs and forests deep and darkened. I was there when the world was new, and I taught you to hunt and to gather plants for food. Look within yourselves, for I am there. I am that strength upon which you draw in times of need. I am that which conquers fear. I am the hero and the fool. I am your longing to be free, and your need to be bound.

In my love for you, I give up my life. I die but rise up again. I prepare the path upon which you journey, going always on before you. For it is in becoming as you, that you may become as me.
Hear the thunder, there am I. See the hawk and the raven soar, there am I. See the great wolf and the stag appear in the forest clearing, there am I. Close your eyes at the end of your days, and there am I, waiting by the temple stone.”

6) Carry the goddess icon from the altar to the west quarter and place it there. Recite:
“ These are the words of the goddess: “The wheel of the year has turned, Cycle unto Cycle, Time unto Time. I have journeyed to the Hidden Realm of the Shadows; there to prepare a place for you. The harshness of the season I leave behind me; kindle for yourselves a fire of love within, and I shall remember you, and return to you. For you are the Keepers of the Flame, and all who kindle the flame I shall never abandon.

By the changing of the harsh season shall you know that I draw near you again. And I shall return then the greenness of plants and trees; then will you know that I have come.”
7) Go to the altar and retrieve the chalice. Place the candle at the west quarter. Then set the chalice of wine in front of the goddess icon. Lift up the chalice, and dip the wand in it (tip down).
8) Move the candle in front of the chalice and light it. Go to the North quarter, pick up the skull, return to the West quarter and set the skull down in front of the candle.
9) Pick up the candle in one hand and the skull in the other. Recite:

This is the light that was borne from the season before. I accept now the essence of the god.”
10) Snuff out the candle with the skull.

11) Taste a small piece of rue root dipped in the wine.

12) Set the cauldron at the North quarter. Fill it with the dried leaves and ignite them. Place an offering in front of the cauldron. Look at the cauldron flames and recite:

“Behold the womb of the Goddess of Night, that kindles the Child of the coming year. O symbol of the Mystery by which we return, I honour your Essence, and the magick that emanates from Union with you.

O bring forth the Child of Promise.”

13) Retrieve the skull from the West quarter, and holding it, recite:

“I shall be secure in the protective power of the god. Not shall I be in want, nor shall I suffer for I am in his care. Therefore I feast and celebrate all in his praise.”

14) Celebrate with wine and cakes.

15) Close the ritual circle and snuff out all the candles.





(“Hereditary Witchcraft” - Raven Grimassi)