Elemental Voices: Pagan prayers for a modern planet
“Inspires the reader to gratitude, mindfulness and respect for the planet and those who share it”
Do you feel the need to pray but lack the words? Sometimes words fail us when we need them most. Established prayers can feel out-of-date, irrelevant, or foreign to our spiritual beliefs.
From the authors of A Wound in Time, this new volume of modern Pagan prayers turns attention to the planet, to the five elements – Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit – and to the elementals – the gnomes, sylphs, salamanders and undines – in a collection of 27 prayers, blessings and invocations to use in your personal practice or with your community.
Giving the elements a voice and an opportunity to speak for the planet, the pieces tackle global and individual issues. Their mindful approach fosters a deeper appreciation of the natural world and of our role in its welfare.
Using the techniques of poetry and rhetoric, and drawing from a wide religious heritage and tradition, the authors write with simplicity, sincerity and a light touch of humour. Neopagan in origin, and suitable for all modern-day Pagans, including Druids, Pantheists, Polytheists, Wiccans, and Devotees of the Goddess, many of the pieces in Elemental Voices will appeal to environmentalists, ecopoets and mindfulness practitioners.
Working with the pieces included here allows for a deeper relationship with the elements and the elementals to further your path. The collection challenges you to a greater recognition of the presence of the elements and inspires gratitude and celebration of the role they play in your life and in the wider world around you.
The repetition, rhythm and poetical structure of the pieces will encourage and facilitate participation in group rituals and also inspire other forms of worship including drumming, music, song and dance. There is space at the end of the book to write your own notes or personal prayers and devotions.
With its overriding mood of mindful optimism and gratitude, the book offers consolation, comfort, and occasional challenge, for all who recognise the pains of the modern planet and the healing power of nature.
Whatever your spiritual tribe and no matter what prayer means to you – communion with the Divine, a meditative practice, or ritual devotion – in this book you will find memorable, beautiful pieces to use in your personal practice or with your community.
