Lorica...Brigit's Arrow...A Paean For The First Morning Of The New Year

I arise today

Through the strength of heaven:

Light of sun,

Radiance of moon,

Splendor of fire,

Speed of lightning,

Swiftness of wind,

Depth of sea,

Stability of earth,

Firmness of rock.

        I, Mairin Aisling, in this fateful hour

       Place all Nature with Her power;

       The Sun with its brightness,

       The Moon with its whiteness,

       The Fire with all the strength it hath,

       The Lightning with its rapid wrath,

       The Winds with their swiftness along their path,

       The Sea with its deepness,

       The Rocks with their steepness,

       The Earth with its starkness;

       All these I place

       With Brighid's almighty help and grace

       Between myself and the powers of darkness.

        Every day and every night

       That I say the genealogy of Brighid

       I shall not be killed,

       I shall not be wounded;

       I shall not be harried;

       I shall not be put into a cell;

       No fire, no sun, no moon will burn me;

       No water, no lake, no sea will drown me:

       For I am child of Poetry;

       Poetry, child of Reflection;

       Reflection, child of Meditation;

       Meditation, child of Lore;

       Lore, child of Research;

       Research, child of Great Knowledge;

       Great Knowledge, child of Intelligence;

       Intelligence, child of Comprehension;

       Comprehension, child of Wisdom;

       Wisdom, child of Brighid.