This is written to fulfil my promise to write on each divinity from the atheists' graveyard. Prayer to Cardea, Roman Goddess of the Hinge, the Axis, the Pole
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As keeper of the coven temple, it's my responsibility to make the daily offerings and prayers there on the People's behalf.
This I do twice daily, morning and evening.
(In an ideal world, with a full temple staff, there would be four offerings each day: at sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and solar midnight. Oh well. We do the best that we can with the resources available.)
A fortnight back I was staying at Sweetwood Sanctuary in the heart of Midwest Witch Country. While I was there, I made the daily offerings and prayers before the main altar in the Grand Circle.
There I noticed something very interesting indeed.
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So to light the candles is to pass through the doorway. Nice. -
This is why I always put a pair of candlesticks on an altar (but not a shrine)...the candlesticks mark the doorposts.
So, at Samhain they come to the door and take something.
And at Bealtaine, they come to the door and leave something.
Just sayin.'
The host is riding from Knocknarea,
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