Calendar of the Sun 3 Yulmonath Mengloth's Day Colour: White Element: Earth Altar: Upon cloth of white place a figure of Mengloth, cut from cloth and filled with herbs, a cup of herb-fortified wine, a pot of herbal tea with cups, a mortar and pestle, and bunches and jars of all the medicinal herbs in the House. Offerings: Give natural medicine to someone. Daily Meal: Anything healthy and well-balanced. Invocation to Mengloth Hail, Lady of Lyfjaberg, Mistress of Gastropnir, High on the highest peak In the pure air of the north country Atop snowy cliffs you dwell. Lady whose roads are long and winding, Lady whose roads are treacherous and fell, Lady whose hidden fortress is sought By the weak, the ill, the desperate, Those whom all medicine has failed. Lady of the Last Resort, Healer of the wounds that cannot be healed, This offering we make to you And all the maidens that cluster around you; Hlif and Hlifthrasa, Thjofvara, Aurboda, Bjort and Bleik, Blith and Frith, Colleague of Eir the Healer of Asgard. We pray your healing hands, Jeweled One, We pray your healing mind, Mountain-High, We pray your healing magic shall shape us whole. Svipdag's beloved, Keeper of the Wand of Light, May your favor shine upon us As we ascend to the trials of your high road. (The wine is poured out as a libation. Each comes forward then and pours a cup of the herbal tea, asking for healing for themselves or others, and drinks it.)
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