Lesson 8 - Prayers
This is the eight lesson in the free druidry course of the Druid Order of Tristram.
Here is a collection of prayers which you can use in your Druid work:
The Oath of Peace:
We swear by peace and love to stand
Heart to heart and hand to hand,
Mark, oh Spirit, and hear us now,
We swear by peace and love to stand
Heart to heart and hand to hand,
Mark, oh Spirit, and hear us now,
Confirming this our sacred vow.
The Druid Order of Tristram prayer:
Eternal Spirit of Light, grant us your protection;
And in that protection, security;
And in that security, knowledge;
And in that knowledge, awareness;
And in that awareness, the awareness of the rightness of things;
And in that awareness, the love of it;
And through that love, to come to the love of all Creation;
And in the love of all Creation, the love of the Divine Spirit
Eternal Spirit of Light, grant us your protection;
And in that protection, security;
And in that security, knowledge;
And in that knowledge, awareness;
And in that awareness, the awareness of the rightness of things;
And in that awareness, the love of it;
And through that love, to come to the love of all Creation;
And in the love of all Creation, the love of the Divine Spirit
And all Goodness, Beauty and Truth.
Prayer for peace:
For peace in your country
For the victims of violence everywhere
For those struggling for peace and justice
For all people in conflict situations
For a world without war and violence...
Lead me from death to life,
From falsehood to truth,
Lead me from despair to hope,
From fear to trust.
Lead me from hate to love,
From war to peace,
Let peace fill our beings,
For peace in your country
For the victims of violence everywhere
For those struggling for peace and justice
For all people in conflict situations
For a world without war and violence...
Lead me from death to life,
From falsehood to truth,
Lead me from despair to hope,
From fear to trust.
Lead me from hate to love,
From war to peace,
Let peace fill our beings,
Our world and our universe.
Prayer for protection:
The sun as One Light,
Illumine and guide me,
The moon as a shield,
Protect and overshadow me,
Light beside me, on my left and on my right.
This day be inside and outside of me,
Lowly and meek yet invincible,
Be in the hearts of those whom I meet,
And in the mouths of those who speak to me,
This day be inside and outside of me,
Lowly and meek yet invincible,
Sun as One Light - moon as a shield,
Light beside me, on my left and on my right.
The sun as One Light,
Illumine and guide me,
The moon as a shield,
Protect and overshadow me,
Light beside me, on my left and on my right.
This day be inside and outside of me,
Lowly and meek yet invincible,
Be in the hearts of those whom I meet,
And in the mouths of those who speak to me,
This day be inside and outside of me,
Lowly and meek yet invincible,
Sun as One Light - moon as a shield,
Light beside me, on my left and on my right.
A druids prayer for ancient places:
You who made these ancient monuments,
You who raised these ancient stones,
We acknowledge you
We honour you
We respect you.
Your names are lost
Your faces are forgotten
Your bones are scattered,
But Spirit calls to Spirit
From your unimaginable future
To our unfathomable past.
See us in the visions of your young people
And in the fireside dreams of your old folk.
Know we are here
And know we walk with you in the far fields.
Blessings of the Spirit to you
Peace of the Spirit to you
Joy of the Spirit to you
From place to place and time to time
In the One Eternal Light.
You who made these ancient monuments,
You who raised these ancient stones,
We acknowledge you
We honour you
We respect you.
Your names are lost
Your faces are forgotten
Your bones are scattered,
But Spirit calls to Spirit
From your unimaginable future
To our unfathomable past.
See us in the visions of your young people
And in the fireside dreams of your old folk.
Know we are here
And know we walk with you in the far fields.
Blessings of the Spirit to you
Peace of the Spirit to you
Joy of the Spirit to you
From place to place and time to time
In the One Eternal Light.