Calendar of the Sun 26 Blutmonath Valraven's Day Colour: Black Element: Air Altar: Upon a black cloth set a black stone, a white stone, a chalice of mead, a knife, a skull, and the figure of a black winged horse. Offerings: Kneel and meditate on Death. Face a fear that is long overdue. Daily Meal: Meat. Invocation to Valraven Black horse that runs across the sky Ridden by Valkyries in their battle-wrath Ridden by Hel in her implacable coldness Riding the spirits of the air in turn, Show us our dreams And not our nightmares, Yet if you must bring us nightmares, Let them be guides to the darkest corners Of our hidden mind and soul, The better to know ourselves. Black horse that runs across the sky On great black wings, Let us listen for the rustle of your feathers In our ear as we lie awake In that moment before sleeping. Let us go to visit you Where you are enthroned In the place of smooth black stone The place where no light falls The place where the Dead pass by On their way from rainbow to earth On their way past Mordgud's toll On their way past Nidhogg's working On their way over chill water Into the icy realm of Death Where only your Queen rules. And when we come as your guests, Lord who lives beneath the ground And rides the winds in the sky, May we always be free to leave. (Hum one wordless note, then blow out the candles and leave in silence.)
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