This Dusty Earth: Witchcraft in the City
A blog about mental health, magic, and the cycles of nature in parched Los Angeles.
Prayer for Syria
Last Sunday I was invited to lead a prayer at a benefit for Syrian refugees. It was sort of a Pagan-ish prayer, since the audience wasn't Pagan and I wanted it to be relatable. Feel free to use it for your priestessing in non-Pagan situations, or simply as a template for your own prayers for Syria.
Take a breath, close your eyes, and turn your attention to the East, place of air and sunrise, of new beginnings. Send a prayer for wisdom: the wisdom to find a lasting road to peace, the wisdom to do what needs to be done. Take a breath and send that prayer.
Now turn your attention to the South, place of fire and heat. Send a prayer for courage: the courage to combat apathy and hatred. Take a breath and send that prayer.
Now turn your attention to the West, place of deep waters. Send a prayer for empathy: the empathy to connect with people suffering far away from us. Send a prayer for the intuition to guide our actions. Take a breath and send that prayer.
Finally, turn your attention to the North, place of stone and soil. Send a prayer for strength: the strength to keep loving deeply and fiercely. Take a breath and send that prayer.
So may it be.
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Image credit: "Children in Aleppo" by yowatzup from Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany - Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo, Syria, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24520270
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Ms. West,
Thank you. Syria is the the birthplace of Neoplatonist Paganism and theurgy, which may well explain why Socrates is considered one of the prophets by present-day Alawite Muslims.
The Scholarchs look on from Elysium, and weep for Syria.