A Prayer to Gaia*

Great Mother, I call to you.
Teach me courage, kindness, and how to love myself,
Help my heart to be pure and my vision clear.
Show me how to live without bitterness and blame.
Let me know nature which is always true.
Fill me with your silence as I learn the art of patience.
Teach me of my own power and purpose.
Send me your light as you guide me into your dark cave.
Hold me when I am afraid.
Help me to see there is no fault in the universe, only life dancing.
Reveal to me that timeless space inside where the dance has no beginning and no end.
Fill me with wonder as I touch once again the delicate magic that is life.
In my heart, there is much longing.
I am ready to face whatever your mystery may unveil.
 
Sedonia Cahill

*In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of the earth and a primal Greek goddess. Gaia is the idea of the earth as an integrated whole, a living being, and our mother.

Sedonia Cahill was a practitioner of earth centered spirituality and creator of rituals.  She was the author of several books including The Ceremonial Circle with Joshua Halpern. This prayer was written on her first vision quest in 1982.

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