Calendar of the Moon Grapevine Month Colours: Blue and Purple Element: Water Altar: Upon cloth of blue and purple set a great pitcher of wine with many cups, four purple candles, and many wreaths of grapevine and baskets of grapes. Offerings: Daily Meal: Vegetarian, with wine or grape juice to drink, and of course grapes. Muin Invocation Call: Hail the Month of the Grapevine! Response: Hail the Month of the Vine-Gods! Call: Hail the month when sour turns to sweet! Response: Hail the month when labor comes ripe! Call: Hail the month when our hands come together, Response: Hail the month when the cup is passed! Call: This is the time of bonding, Response: When the fruits of the harvest lay within our grasp. Call: This is the call of Joy and Merriment, Response: This is the time of coming together. Call: For though we may have forgotten laughter beneath our burdens, Response: Laughter comes for us at last. Call: And yet we begin to see the year passing to its end, Response: And our laughter is the light passing into the dark. Call: May we go to into the dark like the Children of Dionysos, Response: Embracing the cycle with open arms! Call: Like the grapevine, we are givers of ecstasy. Response: Like the grapevine, we are givers of dream. Call: Like vines, we yield up our fruit. Response: Like vines, we yield up for the good of all. Call: Like vines, we twine towards the Light. Response: Like vines, we twine towards the Spirit. Call: We hold the line, we keep the Mysteries true, Response: We hold the line, we keep the Mysteries true, Call: I am the vine; the branches, you and you. Response: I am the vine; the branches, you and you. Chant: Taste Joy in the Day Take Joy in the Night Touch Joy in your face turned To the fading light Ay ay ay ay-yi-hey. [source:paganbookofhours.org]
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