Hail to the dark of night! I welcome your surrounding welcome, and ask that I find comfort in it. Allow my mind to find stillness in your vast blackness as hopes and dreams come to me. I ask that you hide me from all fears and negativity as I enter into rejuvenating sleep. Let me find rest in your comforting embrace so that new strength for the next day may grow within me.
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Pagan Prayer: Hail to the Setting Sun
Hail to the setting sun and the time of dusk that it brings! Let me rejoice as the bright heat of the day dissipates and a time of dimming light and cooler air prevails. Teach me to slow my busy pace of this day and turn my thoughts to other matters. Let this be a time to reflect and connect with those people I love and care about. Let this be a time of transition as I rest and prepare for the time of slumber to come.
Hail to the Noon-Day Sun
Hail to the Noon-Day Sun, the glorious Queen1 of the Sky! I greet you with joy! May your brightness and warmth cause all things to grow, and may I draw that growth into myself and model it there as well. Let me find health and wholeness through your blessings on this earth. Teach me to take this time to toil and be productive, that I may reap the bounties of my work and share them with those around me.
1Oh no! Has Jarred lost it? Isn’t the sun usually seen as masculine? Well, I suppose it matters on what you mean by “usually.” However, the bottom line is that Jarred is honoring the heavily Teutonic influences of his faith and practice, where the sun is often seen as feminine. (The moon is also often seen as masculine in these traditions.)
Hail to the Dawn
Hail to the Dawn and the rising sun! I greet this morning with hope and cheer. Let this day come anew, bringing with it new opportunities, joys, and wonders.
Let slumber evaporate from my sole as the dew evaporates from the green grass under the sun’s warmth. Let new ideas and new plans arise from the depths of my heart and my mind and carry me throughout this day as the sun journeys across the sky.