Be aware of the Sky Above, the Land Below, and the
Four Directions of the Land. Be still, be ready.
Be aware now of the Great Forest that walks about
the World: it is all about you, before you, behind
you, to your right,
to your left. The Great Forest that covered the Land before
humans came; and that will cover the Land again when humans
are gone. Wherever there is one splinter of wood, the Great
Forest is with you, even amid the concrete, steel, and plastic
of the city.
Feel the Great Forest surround you, and acknowledge its
presence.
Build strongly before you the presence of the Well of Roses:
see it, feel it, sense it. It is low well of dry-laid stones,
surrounded by wild red and white briar rose bushes. The
well is found in a natural open space in the heart of the
Great
Forest.
Our ancestors laid each stone of the wellhead long ago,
surrounding a pure spring that rises from the radiant UnderWorld,
the realm
Below.
The first seeds of the red and white wild briar roses were
brought here by the faery allies to mark the compact and
alliance between human and faery races, to mark the redeeming
powers
of love and compassion.
It is said that if you have done one good deed in your life,
even if you may not remember it, then the thorny bushes
will part for you, and you may approach the sacred well.
Draw near to the well: the thorny bushes part before you,
and you come to the ancient stones. Here you give a gift.
What
ever you find in your hands now, valuable or valueless,
meaningful or meaningless, you give this unconditionally,
placing it upon
the stones of the well, with no thought of benefit or return.
Out of the well rise three radiant heads: one of Copper,
one of Silver, one of Gold. Commune with them, sense and
feel their
power and their presence.
(Music here then silence)
Be aware that you are at the sacred Well of Roses, in the
heart of the Great Forest that walks about the World. You
are in
the presence of the Three Heads, Copper, Silver, and Gold.
You may return here in your dreams, visions, and meditations.
Form clearly in you mind now that your intention is to develop
your skill and aptitudes in Faery Healing. Approach each
of the three in turn with this intention. First the Copper
Head
(musical sound). Second the Silver Head (musical sound)
Third the Gold Head (musical sound).
(Silence)
Now the power of the Three Radiant Heads flows through you:
let it fill your body and flow into your hands and feet.
Sense the Four Hidden Ways within the shadows and light
of the Forest,
and merge them with the Four Directions of the Surface world.
Become aware of East South West and North, the Sky Above,
the Land Below. Be in two places at once: the sacred place
of the
Well of Roses, and the place in the outer world where you
began your vision. Merge the two places as one within you.
Now the Three Heads fade, and you step back through the
rose thicket. The forest fades, and you sense see ands feel
the
out world.
Return to your outer awareness: open your eyes, breath deeply,
and remember all that occurred at the Well of Roses.
With us is the Grace of the Shining Ones in the Mystery
of Earth Light. Peace to all Signs and Shadows, Radiant
Light
to all Ways of Darkness. And the Living One of Light, Secret
Unknown, Forever.