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Book II: Rites & Rituals 137
153. Healing Circle (round)
I am a circle, I am healing you;
You are a circle, you are healing me.
Unite us; be one; unite us, be as one!
The Earth is a circle, She is healing us;
We are a circle, we are healing her.
Unite us; be one; unite us, be as one!
You are my family and you are loving me
You are my family and you are loving me
You are my people; we are one, we are one!
—Sun Bear
154. Healing Song
How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a Miracle?
How deeply you’re connected to my soul!
—Libby Roderick
155. Healing Chant (round)
All shall be well; all shall be well;
All manner of things shall be well!
(name) shall be well;
(name) shall be well;
All manner of things shall be well!
—Author unknown
156. Healing Tea Chant
(Since the herbs in tea have healing properties,
I wrote a tea chant which I use to heal
colds. I use visualizations with it, and stir with
a spoon or move my hand over it clockwise.)
Sacred magick of the tea,
Come and help to heal me.
The cold I have is out of hand.
From here on forth it shall be banned.
—Gero, Grey School student
157. 9/11 Prayer for Peace
Where there is hate, may there be Love.
Where there is anger, may there be Wisdom.
Where there is sorrow, may there be Comfort.
Where there is injury, may there be Healing.
Where there is loss, may there be Renewal.
May this great tragedy be an occasion
To connect with the Divine each in our own way,
To strengthen our bonds of support for each other
And to re-kindle our resolve to bring about
A world of greater peace, harmony, & well-being.
Blessed Be.
—Selena Fox, September 12, 2001
(Permission to pass on to others is granted –
please include this note if you do.)
Orphic Hymns for Healing
158. To Aesculapius (67)
Great Aesculapius, skilled to heal mankind,
All-ruling Paean, and physician kind;
Whose arts medic’nal, can alone assuage
Diseases dire, and stop their dreadful rage:
Strong lenient God, regard my suppliant prayer,
Bring gentle Health, adorned with lovely hair;
Convey the means of mitigating pain,
And raging, deadly pestilence restrain.
O power all-flourishing, abundant, bright,
Apollo’s honored offspring, God of light;
Husband of blameless Health, the constant foe
Of dread Disease the minister of woe:
Come, blessed saviour, and my health defend,
And to my life afford a prosp’rous end.
159. To Hygeia (68)
O much-desired, prolific, gen’ral queen,
Hear me, life-bearing Hygeia, of beauteous mien,
Mother of all; by thee disease dire,
Of bliss destructive, from our life retire;
And every house is flourishing and fair,
If with rejoicing aspect thou art there:
Each daedal art, thy vig’rous force inspires,
And all the world thy helping hand desires;
Pluto life’s bane alone resists thy will,
And ever hates thy all-preserving skill.
O fertile queen, from thee forever flows
To mortal life from agony repose;
And men without thy all-sustaining ease,
Find nothing useful, nothing formed to please;
Without thy aid, not Pluto’s self can thrive,
Nor man to much afflicted age arrive;
For thou alone of countenance serene,
Dost govern all things, universal queen.
Assist thy mystics with propitious mind,
And far avert disease of every kind.