[Fire is not lit at this time
but a container of Sterno is sitting in the empty Well that holds dry ice. To
the south of someone holds a small torch]
Priest:
In the beginning, there was the void,
Chaos ruled through the struggle of Fire and Ice,
A land filled with darkness and ice to the north,
To the south a land of fire and light.
People Chant:
Ymir, Ymir, born of chaos, born of strife,
Born of darkness, born of light,
Where land of Fire meets that of Ice!
Through your sacrifice we gained life!
Priest:
From a well in the north flowed ten steams of deadly night, [people our water into the Well]
South did the venom flow, into the land of burning light, [torch bearer lights Sterno]
When met, a frozen fog did form. Oh from this, Ymir you were born!
People Chant:
Ymir, Ymir, born of chaos, born of strife,
Born of darkness, born of light,
Where land of Fire meets that of Ice!
Through your sacrifice we gained life!
Priest:
From your descendants, came your death.
From your death, came Order to the cosmos.
From your skull, came the sky.
From your blood, came the sea.
From your flesh, came the land.
From your hair, came the trees.
People Chant:
Ymir, Ymir, born of chaos, born of strife,
Born of darkness, born of light,
Where land of Fire meets that of Ice!
Through your sacrifice we gained life!
Priest:
Great Ymir! You who were born of darkness and of light,
Through your sacrifice all came to life,
We offer here by Fire and Ice,
To bring Order and Creation through divine might! [Ring bell three times]
All Chant: [Softly spoken while making offerings the
Fire Water]
Ymir, Ymir, born of chaos, born of strife,
Born of darkness, born of light,
Where land of Fire meets that of Ice.
Through your sacrifice we gained life.
The second application centers on the "winning of the waters" and can be used as part of the "Calling for the Waters of Life" portion of an ADF ritual.
Cup
Litany\The Blessing:
[Arms
out stretch to the heavens]
Priest: As
the land suffered from the terrible Chaos which the Serpent Vritra wrought,
So
do the lives of humanity suffer without the Blessings of the Kindred!
As Indra struggled with the serpent Vritra to free the
Waters,
To
bring Order to Chaos, so that life could return to the land and its people,
So
have we sacrificed to recreate the Cosmos, to bring Order to our people!
We
call to you! Release the Waters of Life!
(All) We
call to you! Release the Waters of Life!
Priest: Might
Kindred,
We
the People stand before you, Hallowed and Whole!
Bestow
upon us your blessings!
Bestow upon us your peace!
We call to you! Release the Waters of Life!
Offerings
we have made before the Ordered Cosmos,
Offerings
we have made by Fire, Well, and Tree!
Offerings
you have received from the hands of people!
We
call to you! Release the Waters of Life!
(All) We
call to you! Release the Waters of Life!
[Cup
held towards the Well]
Priest: You among the Mighty Dead,
ancestors to us all,
Offerings
we have made, offerings you have received.
We
ask that you bless these Waters so we may share in the wisdom of
Your great Knowledge!
(All) The
gifts of the Ancestors for the people of the Ancestors!
[Cup
held towards the Tree]
Priest You
of land, sea, and sky; both mortal and spirit alike,
You who are the Nature Spirits,
Offerings we have made, offerings you have received.
We ask that you bless these Waters so we may share in
the warmth of your Great Kinship!
(All) The
gifts of the Nature Spirits for the kin of the Nature Spirits!
[Cup
held towards the Fire]
Priest: You among the divine and gods
and goddesses of all time,
Offerings
we have made, offerings you have received.
We
ask that you bless these Waters so we may share in the great Light of
Your Truth!
(All) The
gifts of the Gods for the children of the Gods!
Priest: In
the name of Memory, the preserving shrine.(Present the Waters of Life to the Well)
In
the name of Earth, our common mother.( Present
the Waters of Life to the Tree)
In
the name of Truth, the light which has no beginning and no end.( Present the Waters of Life to the Fire)
May
we never know thirst or need while in your service. Awen! (Make sign of ADF sigil over the Waters of Life. Walk to each member
offering the Waters of Life. Priest taking last sip before returning the Waters
of life to the Earth.)
Return the
Waters of the Earth: We return the Water of Life so that the land
will be better for us having been here. We return the Water of Life so that the
circle may be ever unbroken! Hail great giving Earth! Keep safe always the
sacrifice, keep it ever holy!
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