Calendar of the Moon Ivy Month Colours: Light blue and dark green Element: Air Altar: Upon cloth of dark green lay pots of ivy twined up around posts of gold with suns, three blue candles, a vine-painted chalice of water, and a feather fan. Offerings: Pray for enlightenment, and to be lifted up. Daily Meal: Sheep, goat, or vegetarian using the fruits of the local harvests. Gort Invocation Call: Hail the month of the Ivy! Response: Hail the month of twining for the sky! Call: Where the vine yielded forth the blood of the earth... Response: The ivy yields up the winds of the sky! Call: Where the vine dulls the mind with happiness... Response: The ivy opens the mind with terror and light! Call: Hail to the chains of the Maenads! Response: Hail to Dionysos and his torrent of madness! Call: Hail to the Lady that mates with the Oak! Response: She has entwined him, she has wrapped her limbs about him! Call: Even his great strength is not enough to stay her! Response: She shows that not all strength is standing tall! Call: Hail to she who is supported by others.... Response: Yet reaches as high as they themselves! Call: Show us, sacred Ivy, what it is to rise with the aid of the strong. Response: Show us what it is to be borne up by branches. Call: Show us what it is to be borne up by hopes. Response: Show us what it is to be borne up by the Gods. Call: We cannot reach the sky without aid... Response: So we entreat you, Ivy, beg for aid for our earthbound hands. Call: Teach us that the sky can be gained not only by the straight path... Response: But also by the path of the spiral! Call: Dance that spiral for us, Ivy, and we shall follow you! Response: We shall follow you toward the blessed realms of the Gods. Chant: Turn turn turn again Turn wind turn leaf Twine o'er the last sheaf Turn turn turn again [source:paganbookofhours.org]