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A Prayer, Whispered Into the Dawn

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A prayer whispered into the dawn, under a waning moon and stars.

A prayer for all those leaving this world today and moving onto the next world. May they be wrapped in soft owl wings. Carried them to be born into the otherworld. 

A prayer to offer strength and resilience for those facing struggles.

A prayer to all of those four leggeds in the wild and those locked in intensive farming - a wish that you can feel this prayer.

And to everyone in between who votes and writes letters, who hold circle, ceremony, and ritual. Who work to fight all of the injustices of this world and yet can still laugh, smile and be there for others.

And of course a prayer to all those ancestors - our blood and bone relatives. Who hold and support us and make us realize we are the living ancestors.

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Jude Lally is a forager of stories. You’ll find her out wandering the hills around Loch Lomond, reading the signs that guide her to stories in the land.

As a Cultural Activist, she draws upon the inspiration from old traditions to meet current needs.
She uses keening as a grief ritual, a cathartic ritual to express anger, fear, and despair for all that is unfolding within the great unraveling.
As a doll maker, she views this practice as one that stretches back to the first dolls which may have been fashioned from bones and stones and ancient stone figurines such as the Woman of Willendorf. She uses dolls as a way of holding and exploring our own story, and relationship to the land as well as ancestral figures.

She gained her MSc Masters Degree in Human Ecology at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland) and lives on the West Coast of Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, near Loch Lomond. She is currently writing her first book, Path of the Ancestral Mothers.

Website: www.pathoftheancestralmothers.com

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  • Bee Smith
    Bee Smith Tuesday, 30 October 2018

    A beautiful, soulful and heartfelt prayer. May it be so. And it is happening now.

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