Halliches Allelieweziel!

Tonight the past is ablaze in bright candlelight. 

I ponder humanity’s march through time. Those who have gone before have blazed the trail. Sometimes that trail is clear and easy to follow. Other times that trail is grown over and hard to walk. All too often, the twists and turns on that trail have taken us farther from the destination of the perfected human, and the wrongs and atrocities have slowed our progress to a near standstill. 

We can do better. 

We can learn from the wiser of the forebears and work to fix the follies and injustices of the past. Our society is the product of the combined actions of the forebears. They are us, and we are they. Let’s do our best to make this world, or at the very least, our communities a better way place for those who are with us and for those who follow.

Halliches Allelieweziel!

Der Letscht Sege / Last Rite (Urglaawe)

Meeg dir die Rees blatt sei.  (Roon Reit)
Meeg fer dich es Schtromwasser waarem sei  (Loch)
Meeg dir der Laaf darrich der Busch sicher sei (Baerk)
Un meege der Holle ihre Hend dich darrich die Miehl voraafiehre. (Yaahr)
Meeg dei Warick dir en guder Urleeg baue (Engel)
Meeg dei Naame lang gschproche warre (Gewwe)
Mit gudem Lob un mit Liewe.  (Winsch)
Meeg dich die Vorgenger aalache. (Ochdem)
Weil du des Lewe verlosscht (Haagel)
Weess as du dei Abdruck hinterlosse hoscht. (Eis)
Vorwaerts noch die Miehl! (Reit)
Vorwaerts noch Endlosichkeet! (Yaahr)
Heele zum Reeser / zur Reesern  (Fackel)
Mach's immer besser! (Engel)
Mach's immer so! (Mann)

May your journey be smooth and even,  (Reit rune)
May the stream waters be warm for you. (Loch)
May the walk through the wilderness be safe (Baerk)
And may the hands of Holle guide you to the Mill.  (Yaahr)
May your actions build you a good Urleeg (Engel)
May your name long be spoken (Gewwe)
With a good reputation and with love. (Winsch)
May the forebears smile upon you. (Ochdem)
As you leave this life, (Haagel)
Know that you have left behind your imprint. (Eis)
Forward toward the Mill! (Reit)
Forward toward infinity! (Yaahr)
Hail to the traveler! (Fackel)
Make it always better! (Engel)
Make it always so!  (Mann)

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Robert L. Schreiwer, 13. Gehling 2019

To be used as a final rite when someone is nearing death.

Harvest of the Grain Goddess

“‘Siss net alle Daag Ernt”


So goes the old proverb


Indeed, every day is not the harvest.


The harvest is special;


It empowers us
,

Feeds us
,

And carries us forth.


Like the Grain Goddess
--

Anticipated
,

Expected
,

Yet Her name so elusive


Through the rocky course of history.


Yet we know 

She exists;


We feel Her pull, 


And we yearn to meet Her.


She feeds us as Her own


For we are kernels nestled together


Protected by Her husk.


Her silky hair surrounds us


As we grow as siblings
.

Her name reflects the strength of kin


As She reveals Herself to us at last:


Siwwa, Sibba, Sippa, Sif


Hail to the Grain Goddess!


Hail to the Lady of Kinship!


In Thy hall every day is the harvest.


And the grains fall to us in Mannheem.


We plant them 


And nourish our bodies


And our souls.

-- Robert L. Schreiwer, 2019

The Apples of Idunn

All hail the Apple


Perennial fruit of health!


That which keeps the doctor away.


Medium of tests,


Such as the shaking of Holle´s tree.


Medium of schemes,


Such as the poisoned ones of tales.


This Apple


Is a mighty fruit!


Often not given its due


In this modern age


Of widespread transport


Bringing fruit from all places


To a store near each of us.


Yet the Apple holds a higher place


As the Guardian of the Gods


Keeping Age and Death at bay


And thwarting even Time.


Who is worthy to carry them,


These incarnations of Life Force?


It is the graceful Idunn,


Goddess of Rejuvenation,


Who bears the miraculous fruit.


Science has proven


What the ancients knew from experience.


That which Idunn brings


Bestows health and wellness


Upon those who partake of it.


So hail to the Apple,


Hail to the Great Goddess Idunn!


Hail also to the community


That She sustains! 

--  Robert L. Schreiwer, 2019