Calendar of the Moon 1 Ngetal/Maimakterion Day of the Reed
Colour: Blue-green Element: Earth Altar: Upon a blue-green cloth set a vase of reeds, a single blue-green candle, a pot of soil, seeds of some rare but useful plant, a bowl of water, and a bell. Offerings: Plant seeds. Daily Meal: Vegan Invocation to the Green Man of the Reed Hail, Green Man of the Autumn! In this time of whistling winds And growing cold, when we see The year wind down towards Inevitable winter, the reeds Sing their mournful song Along river and marsh, And the eternal ocean's shore. Reed who thatched our ancestors Homes, who gave them roofs Over their head and shelter From the wild elements That your month promises, Remind us that the best way To assuage sorrow and mourning Is by finding some way to work With hands and body Toward the coming of a new day, Even if that day be only for the eyes Of others not yet born. Let us put roofs over the heads Of all who need them, borne Out of our own mourning For what should already have been. We hail you, sacred reed, Green Man of the Autumn, On this your day of falling. (Use any keening, wordless, mournful polyphonic chant. Each comes forward and plants a seed in the pot of soil, saying, "Hail Green Man of the Earth!" Water is poured onto the pot, and then the rest is poured out as a libation. Ring bell and dismiss.)
[source:paganbookofhours.org]