Physical Setting & Preparation
Find yourself seated upon the earth or near a window where the late summer light filters through. Feel your feet grounded, your spine aligned with the ancient oaks. Let your hands rest open upon your knees, palms receptive to the energies that flow between earth and sky. Breathe deeply of the September air, thick with the scent of ripening and the first whispers of autumn’s approach.
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Opening Invocation | Fosgladh
Máthair na Talún, guidh sinn - Mother of the Earth, we call to you
As September’s first dawn breaks across the threshold of harvest time, we gather in sacred communion with the turning wheel. The late summer sun casts longer shadows now, and the earth pulses with the fullness of her giving. Golden fields sway heavy with grain, and the apple trees bend low with their crimson offerings.
Seasamh ar thalamh naomh - Standing upon sacred ground
Here in this liminal space between summer’s abundance and autumn’s wisdom, we open our hearts to receive the mother’s healing touch. The air carries the scent of honeysuckle and the distant promise of woodsmoke, while beneath our feet, the earth thrums with ancient rhythms.
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Body of the Working | Corp
An domhan timpeall orainn - The world around us
Today we walk with the energies of nostalgic longing and fierce determination - two currents that flow like twin rivers through the landscape of our souls. Feel how the golden light of September morning awakens memories of summers past, of childhood days when September meant new beginnings and fresh possibilities.
Breathe deeply and sense the nostalgic ache that rises like morning mist from the valleys of your heart. This tender melancholy is the earth’s own remembering - how she holds within her soil the stories of every season that has passed, every seed that has fallen, every creature that has walked upon her surface.
Cuimhne na talún - Memory of the earth
The Mother of the Earth whispers through the rustling leaves: “Child, your nostalgia is not weakness but wisdom. It is the deep knowing that all things are connected across time.” See how the oak remembers its acorn days, how the river recalls its journey from mountain spring to sea.
Now feel the fierce determination that stirs within you like the late summer winds that bend but do not break the standing grain. This is the earth’s own persistence - the way she pushes green shoots through concrete, the way she reclaims abandoned places with wild grace.
Misneach na beatha - Courage of life
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The Deep Working | An Obair Dhomhain
Domhain san talamh - Deep in the earth
Sink now into the profound stillness that lies beneath all change. Feel your consciousness descend like roots into the dark, fertile soil of being. Here, in the mother’s womb-embrace, nostalgia and fierce determination merge into something greater - the eternal dance of preservation and transformation.
Visualize yourself walking through a September meadow where morning dew catches the slanted light like scattered diamonds. Each step awakens ancient memories held in the earth - the footsteps of those who came before, the dreams they planted in this soil, the love they poured into the growing things.
Síocháin na máthar - Peace of the mother
Your nostalgic heart recognizes this eternal rhythm: how the earth grieves each autumn’s dying even as she prepares for spring’s return. Your fierce determination aligns with her unwavering commitment to the cycle of renewal. You are not separate from this process - you are woven into its very fabric.
Feel the Mother’s healing energy rising up through your roots, flowing through every cell of your being. She whispers: “What you remember with longing, I hold eternal. What you fight for with fierce love, I strengthen with my own power.”
Leigheas ó’n Mháthair - Healing from the Mother
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Afterthought | Smuain Dheiridh
Take a moment to contemplate:
Ceist don anam - Question for the soul
How might your nostalgic remembering become a sacred offering to the future, and how can your fierce determination be tempered by the earth’s patient wisdom?
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Closing Blessing | Beannachd Dheiridh
Beannachtaí na Máthar orainn - Blessings of the Mother upon us
As we close this sacred circle, feel the September sun warming your face while the earth holds you steady in her embrace. Carry with you the mother’s gift - the understanding that nostalgia is love extending across time, and fierce determination is life’s own irrepressible force.
Slán go fóill - Farewell for now
May you walk in harmony with the turning seasons, held always in the Mother’s healing love. May your memories nourish your roots, and may your determination flower in service to all life.
Go dtí an chéad uair eile - Until the next time
Beautiful way to welcome the seasonal surge into Fall.