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The 4th Cup

by Green Mistletoe

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1.
Stone Spirit 02:16
Stone Spirit, Bones of the Mother Window and mirror, anchor and teacher Solid illusion, mystical union Matter and Spirit, cavern and mountain Silently speaking, passing all seeming Luminous being, song of the Dreaming O wisdom-keeper, Earth-Spirit power Dream of the Mother, I hold you in honor
2.
Skin Changer 04:04
Barefoot through the dewy grasses under darksome skies by the full pale moon's bleak light on the wings of the night I rise Stealthy rise into the gloom my feathers beat the air Keen my eyes to pierce the black and find my quarry there Earthward plunge, and shift again my feather-cloak I trade for sleek the hide of swiftest hare and dart into the shade Over field and under fern And through the shadowed grove Among the reeds I change once more into the deep I dove Chased with silver, starlit stream I glide among the stones Water chimes upon the rocks a-stirring in the foam Warm the light that calls me back above I see the blaze The sacred fire that beckons bright through the midnight haze Fins I shed as fingers clasp the velvet mossy banks In human form I rise again, and warm, and give my thanks Hail the skies and hail the stones and hail the glittering stream Hail the flame which called me home and dreams within the dream.
3.
Yemaya 02:10
Yemaya...
4.
Smoke of Herbs, to my Spirit: ascend With my heartfelt prayers out of a painted Skull (The ribbon unfurls A smoke-road winding my astral chariot gliding through the green White, the domed Temple looms into view: the Seeress, in her cobweb gown through the smoky veil she calls after me: "Remember the Guardian" In the rocky cleft his noble shield melts into quicksilver Into the smoky void I hurtle My vision bursts: a violet nebula tumbles in the endless velvet black through a veil, a white screen of thin bone My eyes peer through the eyes of the skull, the eyes of the Guardian) Skull of herbs Smoke of Herbs, to my Spirit: ascend With my heartfelt prayers out of a painted Skull
5.
Enchanted Leaf Circle scribed by hallowed golden leaf,
Bless us within, without, above, beneath,
in all the four directions scribe the air; 
the round of love's sweet myst'ry hold us there. So brightly glow in wood wet-dark and dim, 
You know my heart o leaf, and you know him; 
O sage and ancient spirit: Yggdrasil, 
this encircled moment wholly fill By leaf and branch and root and potent seed, 
In times of joy and still in direst need,
O leaf of blessing from the cosmic tree: 
Entwine us, root and branch, my love and me
6.
In Moymel 02:23
In Moymel I alone see all of this the shape of the landscape shifts before me in magickal ways I look up into the sky through the trees ghostly mist arises out of the earth as the skies grow slowly dim Spirits of nature leave the signs for me to learn more of the ways of the forest I see an image of an old green face as I walk the path I once walked as a child
7.
Thin Veil 02:04
Apple love-sickened upheld to the moon petals of roses garnish stone smoke of clove coils upward this is a time that is not a time in a place that is not a place on a day that is not a day (repeat) This is a time
8.
Thou art reborn After Death, death of Life Thou givest thee a third to pass thee through this dread door saith she saith she love is holy in the great rite love under will shall be the law Chance of rekindle the bel-fire 'round the cauldron they dance, they dance Walpurgisnacht
9.
the Dawn-Piper's Tune When fading stars their honeydew shed On new leaves fair and tender Misty the small hours before the dawn when I beheld the Piper My eyes were charmed by the glittering glen Clothed all in lace and diamonds The tatting spiders had captured the gems that ringed the mossy island O sweet the tune that beckoned me and lulled the little foundling The otter's babe in spellbound slumber lay safe in the arm of the May-King His horns curved wide as he took his ease the shaggy God of the Woodlands Calm he shone in reverie his piping melody's sweet trance The reedy pipes he withdrew from his lips and sloe-dark eyes he opened and seized my animal heart with Joy a-trembling 'neath the rowan Then broke the Dawn with her glorious gold and shafts of brightness streaming And then did ancient Pan divine fade soft into the gleaming If I should live ten thousand years and know ten-score new lifetimes though all Eternity pass away His music, still deep in my heart, chimes.

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released August 2, 2014

Brian Waters and Jesseca Trainham.

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