Physical Setting & Preparation
Find your place where the earth feels solid beneath you, perhaps on grass still warm from afternoon sun or near stones that have absorbed the day's heat. Let your spine rise like a young pine reaching toward light, yet remain flexible as meadow grass in wind. Place one hand upon your heart, one upon your belly, feeling the twin rhythms of breath and pulse that connect you to all living things. Allow your eyes to soften, taking in the September light that filters through leaves beginning their slow dance toward gold.
Opening Invocation | Fosgladh
Banríon na Talún - Queen of the Earth
As September's fourth sun rises over meadows where the last blackberries ripen and morning glory vines spiral toward heaven, we gather in sacred recognition of the turning wheel. The air carries both the fullness of harvest and the first whisper of autumn's deeper mysteries, while beneath our feet the earth pulses with ancient rhythms.
Téigh i dtreo na solais - Go toward the light
Here where monarch butterflies pause in their southern journey and goldenrod blazes like captured sunlight along forgotten fence rows, we call upon the Mother's transforming presence. The honeybees work with urgent purpose among the aster blooms, while overhead, red-tailed hawks circle on thermals that speak of changing seasons.
Seasamh le chéile - Standing together
Body of the Working | Corp
Sruth na mothúchán - Stream of emotions
Today we walk with the energies of overwhelming pressure and buoyant lightness - two forces that seem to pull in opposite directions yet find their balance in the Mother's infinite wisdom, like storm clouds and sunbeams sharing the same September sky.
Feel the overwhelming sensation that presses upon you like the weight of heavy storm clouds gathering on the horizon. This sacred pressure is the earth's own intensity as she bears the full weight of harvest time - every grain of wheat, every apple heavy on the bough, every creature preparing for winter's test.
Meáchan na cruinne - Weight of the world
The September afternoon thrums with the sound of combines in distant fields and the urgent calls of migrating birds. In this overwhelming feeling, you mirror the ancient oak that bears not just its own acorns but provides shelter for countless creatures, roots that anchor the hillside, branches that reach toward infinite sky. The Mother speaks through the laden vines: "Child, what feels overwhelming is often the weight of your own abundant gifts seeking expression."
Now feel the buoyant lightness that lifts within you like dandelion seeds dancing on autumn wind. This is the earth's own joy - the way she releases her children to fly, the way she celebrates each perfect moment of ripeness before letting go.
Éadroime na saoirse - Lightness of freedom
The Deep Working | An Obair Dhomhain
Domhan na síochána - World of peace
Descend now into the sacred balance point where pressure and lightness create perfect equilibrium. Feel your consciousness sinking like rain into thirsty soil, down into the dark, nourishing depths where the Mother transforms all burdens into blessing, all weight into wisdom.
Envision yourself standing in a September apple orchard at the moment between day and night, when the sky burns with colors that have no names. The trees around you bend low with the weight of perfect fruit, yet each apple glows with inner light as if lit from within by starfire. A gentle breeze moves through the branches, and you hear both the soft thud of fruit falling to earth and the whispered song of leaves preparing for their aerial dance.
Cothromaíocht na beatha - Balance of life
Your overwhelmed spirit recognizes itself in the apple tree that must bear the full weight of its abundance before it can offer its gifts to the world. Your buoyant heart soars with the knowledge that every burden carries within it the seed of its own release, every pressure the promise of eventual flow.
Feel the Mother's healing energy rising up through your roots, transforming the density of overwhelm into the gold of wisdom, lifting the lightness of joy into service of the greater good. She sings through every falling leaf: "Beloved child, you are strong enough to carry what is yours to bear, and light enough to dance with what you cannot control."
Cumhacht na Máthar - Power of the Mother
Afterthought | Smuain Dheiridh
Take a moment to contemplate:
Ceist don anam - Question for the soul
How might the weight you carry become a source of grounding strength, and how can your natural lightness lift not only yourself but those around you?
Closing Blessing | Beannachd Dheiridh
Beannacht na Cothromaíochta - Blessing of Balance
As we close this sacred moment, feel the September evening settling around you with the perfect balance of warm earth and cooling air. The Mother's blessing flows through both your depths and your heights - the understanding that strength comes from accepting both weight and lightness as gifts.
Seasmhacht agus saorse - Steadiness and freedom
May you walk with the wisdom of the ancient oak that bends but does not break, and may your heart remain light as the hawk that rides the thermals with trust. May your burdens become bridges to compassion, and your joy become wings for others to soar.
In ainm na Máthar síoraí - In the name of the eternal Mother