Rite to Demeter
Hail to you Mother Demeter great goddess of the Harvest We praise you and your might, to you the seasons obey, for you are the honoured harvest bringer. Oh graceful and careing Demeter when your daughter was took from your arms, all life mourned for your loss and mortals could hold no banquet, Yet now that the winter season is coming to an end we give thee reverance and honour as only you can give us hope and with it the new seasons harvest with the coming Spring and Summer when life will thrive once again and your daughter returns to the world above. So bless us now harvest mother, great daughter of Kronus and Rhea and sister to Mighty Zeus so that we may be as fruitful, abundant and fertile in our lives as the harvest itself. As a thank you and token of our appreciation we ask that you please accept these offerings of insence, water, bread and fruit May you always watchover us, protect us and give us your blessings , strength and nourishment w...