This is Love

Mooskli

This is love
This is love that has known flight
This is love that has sunk like a stone to the depths of despair
This is love that remains and is still there
This is love that makes me weep
This is love that shoots forth growth to entwine us both
This is love that breathes to inspire
This is love to hold and stroke your hair
This is love that is clear transparent and true
This is love that says I would die for you
This is love that holds the hand
This is love that dances to the band
This is love that writes these words
This is love that makes me a man


IAO PAN

"This converse, at least, shall I have with you."

Jonathan MacLean-Lambie
Today
Written Right NOW
22/05/2012
Written for my friend Mhairead inspired by her words, her heart and her generous spirit - This is Love

☽✪☾Sgian-dubh I won't let them Immanentize the eschaton
En Ferus Hostis I Tego Arcana Dei

Blessing the Cake and Wine

Cake Blessing



To consecrate cakes, HPS picks up Athame again as HP kneels before her, holding up the dish of cakes. HPS draws invoking pentagram of earth over the cakes saying:

HPS: "O Queen, most secret, bless this food unto our bodies;
bestowing health, wealth, strength, joy and peace,
and that fulfillment of love which is perfect happiness."

All sit as the cakes are passed around as was the wine.

HP refills cup and offers it to HPS, inviting her to join them.
When done relaxing and chatting, close the Circle.

Wine (Ale) Blessing

Follows: working part of Esbat Circle(any worship Circle)
HPS stands in God position before altar. HP fills a Chalice with red wine and offers it up to her from his knees.
HPS takes Athame between her palms and holds it above the Chalice.
HP: "As the Athame is to the male,
HPS: "so the cup is to the female;" [plunges Athame into Chalice]
Both: "and conjoined they bring blessedness."
Laying Athame aside, HPS accepts cup of HP (kiss), sips and returns it to him(kiss) who also sips and arises to pass it to a woman (kiss) to sip and hence from woman to man (kiss) and man to woman (kiss) about the Circle.
If more work is to be done, the cup makes the round but once and is returned to the altar, else it is replaced in the centre of the Circle.