A PAGAN CARMINA GADELICA

PART I: ACHAINE (INVOCATIONS)

The original Carmina Gadelica was a collection of Celtic folk prayers, charms, rituals, and omens. They were collected in the late 1800's in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by folklorist Alexander Carmichael and published in a six-volume set. Carmichael himself admits that many of these are Pagan in origin with only a thin Christian overlay. I have merely tried to restore them to something akin to their original charm, mystery and beauty.

• A BATHING SPELL
• A GENERAL INVOCATION
• A RUNE
• A RUNE BEFORE A RITUAL
• A SPELL FOR GUIDANCE
• A SLEEP PRAYER
• A SLEEPING SPELL
• A SPELL FOR GRACE
• A SLEEP BLESSING
• A SPELL FOR PROTECTION
• BED BLESSING
• BLESS, O MISTRESS OF MAGIC
• BLESSING OF HOUSE
• COME I THIS DAY
• COVEN PROTECTING
• DANU WHO OUGHT TO BE PRAISED
• DESIRES
• HAIL, BRIGIT
• HAIL TO THEE, DANU
• I LIE IN MY BED
• INVOCATION OF THE CHARMS
• LADY BE WITH US
• LADY, THOU GATE OF LIFE
• LUSTRATION FOR JUSTICE
• MORNING RUNE
• RESTING BLESSING
• RESTING RUNE
• RUNE OF THE 'MUTHAIRN'
• SILVER LADY OF THE SKY
• SLEEP CONSECRATION (1)
• SLEEP CONSECRATION (2)
• THE SPIRIT PLAINT
• THE BATTLE TO COME
• THE CIRCLE OF CIRCLES
• THE DEATH BLESSING
• THE DEDICATION
• THE GIFTS OF THE THREE
• THE LADY WITH ME LYING DOWN
• THE LIGHTENER OF THE STARS
• THE NEW MOON
• THE PENTACLE OF THE GOD AND THE GODDESS
• THE SEINING BLESSING
• THE SILVER LIGHT OF FAERIE
• THE SLEEP BLESSING
• THE SPIRIT PLAINT
• THE SPIRIT GUIDE
• THE SPIRIT SHRINE (1)
• THE SPIRIT SHRINE (2)
• TO WHOM SHALL I OFFER OBLATION