Calendar of the Sun 9 Yulmonath Evergreen Day Colour: Dark green and red Element: Earth Altar: Bare, with a red cloth. This is the day when evergreens are brought into the house from outside, to honour the spirits of the forest. All will go out at the beginning of Sponde and gather armloads of them, and bring them in to be laid in great heaps upon the altar. Offerings: Put food outside for the forest spirits. Daily Meal: Vegetarian Evergreen Invocation Hail to the Spirits of the Wild! Hail to the life of the trees Who do not sleep, but are awake and alive Even through the coldest of winters! Hail to the oldest, those who stood their watch Long before tender leaves grew On the branches of your descendants. Hail to you who show us life Even in the midst of death, Hail to you who give us scent Even in the midst of sleeping. Hail to you who give the creatures Of the wild their winter sustenance And shelter among your branches. Hail to the Wild Men, the spirits Who danced through the houses of our ancestors Bringing your blessings to the people. Now we shall warm you in our home, Until the time comes that you shall warm us. Song: Evergreen: Song for the Wild Men (All shall then take the evergreen branches and disperse them through the house, making wreath and garlands and hanging them wherever the blessings of the wild spirits are needed. A Yule tree is decorated on this day, with symbols of our faith.)
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