Here at Temple of the Moon, we offer and pray twice daily to the Moon and the Horned for the health and well-being of pagans everywhere.
In numbers lies efficacy. No matter where you are, you can join your prayers to ours.
Here's how.
(Note: The Threefold Salute is a gesture of reverence and affirmation that takes several forms:
Threefold Salute
Touch heart, lips, and brow
or
Touch brow, lips, and heart
or
[if you're really pious and/or spry]
Touch brow, lips, and heart
Bow, touch ground
Rising, touch heart, lips, and brow)
Daily Offering, with Threefold Prayer
Face the Moon
or
Stand before image
or
Face the nearest local holy place.
Threefold Salute
Light Incense
Bidding Prayer
Greet the Horned and the Moon.
Ask Them to receive your incense and hear your prayer.
Pray as you will.
Closing Prayer
From Samhain to Beltane, say:
Blue Coat crowned with antler
(in Summer, Red),
that sit cross-legged in the Mother's heart and womb,
to you, to you my Stag, I make my prayer:
May the people have life
(so mote it be)
Threefold Salute
May the people have food
(so mote it be)
Threefold Salute
May the people have beauty
(so mote it be).
Threefold Salute
From Beltane to Samhain, say:
Red Coat crowned with antler
(in Winter, Blue),
that sit cross-legged in the Mother's heart,
to you, to you my Stag, I make my prayer:
May the people have life
(so mote it be)
Threefold Salute
May the people have food
(so mote it be)
Threefold Salute
May the people have beauty
(so mote it be).
Threefold Salute
Hymn
Sing a hymn or praise song.
End with a
Bow
or
Prostration
or
Threefold Salute
The incense burns until it burns itself out. Whenever you smell it, remember your prayer.