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    Dewdrops In The Moonlight
    Dewdrops In The Moonlight
    Dewdrops In The Moonlight
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    Dewdrops In The Moonlight

    By Shanddaramon

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    A collection of Pagan prayers, chants, blessings, litanies, invocations, and mantras.

    This text provides Pagan ministers, priests, and practitioners with words of praise, adoration, and comfort.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShanddaramon
    Release dateOct 30, 2009
    ISBN9781452483696
    Dewdrops In The Moonlight
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    Shanddaramon

    Shanddaramon is a published writer, composer, and poet and is the author of several books and articles on living and being a modern Pagan. He lives in the Boston, Massachusetts, area with his wife, daughter, dog, and 2 cats. When not writing, he is a Professor of Music and teaches classes at a local college. He has often sought ways in which to combine his interest in the arts with a growing interest in the mystical and, specifically, through Paganism. He applies these skills through his art and writing and through services such as divinatory advising, pastoral counseling and ritual work. Combining the arts with mysticism, he has created classes and workshops for others with similar interests and has led rituals for organizations and individuals.

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      Dewdrops In The Moonlight - Shanddaramon

      Preface

      Like tiny dew drops that collect on the morning grass before being dissipated by the approaching dawn, our words of prayer are small pearls of condensed thought and offers of praise that are spoken and then sent out into the cosmic forces of the universe. It is said that a single sound can resonate in the universe for thousands of years. Surely, then, it is best to fill the universe with sounds of praise, adoration, and respect.

      As the popularity of Paganism continues to spread throughout the world, there is a greater need to provide words of comfort, aid, and adoration for our own particular faith. There will always be occasions when poignant words are needed. These needs may arise when there is neither time nor opportunity to enact a full ritual. Sometimes, we just need a simple prayer - one that emphasizes our own spiritual traditions. Though it is perfectly fitting to speak directly from the heart and improvise your own prayers, for these are often the strongest of prayers, there may come a time when the words simply do not come. By providing a book of prayer for the Pagan community, we can have prayers available for which we can reference our own thoughts. I offer these prayers to you for that purpose: to provide some suggestions of words when they might be needed in the occurrences of everyday life; to offer words of comfort and guidance to those who may need it; to provide words that may help to create working chants for rituals; to provide prayers for those who are not Pagan but who may be called upon, for whatever reason, to speak a Pagan prayer; to help provide words to celebrate the cycles of the Earth and the passages of life; and to help offer thoughts that may help one make a deeper connection with the Earth, her creatures, and the cosmic forces of life.

      This book does not offer an explanation of Paganism as there are already many excellent books on that topic. Instead, it assumes an understanding of the basic concepts of Pagan practice. This understanding is not actually required to enjoy and/or use these prayers. If you are not familiar with the religious concepts behind modern Paganism, you may still feel a resonance with the words in this book when you read them. If you have a feeling that the divine is in all things of this Earth, if you believe that there is a single mysterious source of energy in the universe, if you understand that Spirit can be personally accessed through interfaces we call deities and that the choice of deity or spiritual concept is up to the individual and cannot be prescribed with one viewpoint for all, then you will probably feel quite comfortable with the prayers in this collection.

      These words have been developed from years of personal and group activity and come from a particular viewpoint of Paganism from which I practice. But, you should not feel limited by one viewpoint. Modern Paganism does not require that you follow only one set of religious principles. You are free to follow your heart in your own pursuit of spiritual truth and the development of your own practice. Therefore, I do not expect that all people will relate to all the precepts implied in these prayers. Instead, you should feel free to alter these prayers to suit your own personal or group practice. Certain assumptions such as the concepts of the Goddess, the God and a third deity I call The Child is implied. These can be approached in whatever manner best suits you. Though these general terms are used, specific names of deities can be substituted or any of them can be deleted until the prayer reflects the true spiritual essence that is your own. It is one of the greatest strengths of our movement that we accept the idea that each person can have his or her own understanding of the sacred. That is why I have written these prayers - so that they can be easily understood or transformed to suit those individual practices.

      Some Thoughts About Prayer

      Why Pray?

      Many Pagans are adverse to the idea of prayer because it reminds them of the sort of activity they may have once had to do as a child within another religion. But prayer is more than asking for favors. Prayer is communication with the divine. Many Pagans call themselves panentheists meaning that they believe the divine is both immanent (within all things) and transcendent (beyond all things). Transcendent prayer may, at first, resemble that of the child asking God for great Christmas presents. It is a communication directed to a greater entity beyond the self. As Pagans, however, we recognize that people have different concepts of that greater deity. Whether one believes divinity is a concept or a real entity, prayer allows us to make a connection to the divine. In effect, we can plug ourselves into the currents of the cosmos allowing us to turn that energy on and enlighten us. When we are connected with the universe and the gods we can more clearly see our path in life. We can clearly see how we need to strengthen ourselves and help others.

      Immanent prayer allows us to reach within and see that we are an equal part of the whole fabric

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