(from Oakwyse's Druid's Page)
It is best to string your own beads. You will need:
13 white 8mm beads for the Maiden
13 red 8mm beads for the Mother
13 black mm beads for the Crone
1 silver 10mm bead representing the Full Moon
52 silver spacer beads
(class "E" 6/0) representing the Moonlight.
Size 10 crochet yarn white or ecru, or color of choice
You may begin and end stringing anywhere in the loop, but the tie-off is less visible in the midst of the black beads.
The silver Moon bead is separated from the White Maiden beads by four (4) silver spacer beads. Each white Maiden bead is followed by one silver spacer bead, but the thirteenth bead is followed by four (4) spacer beads.
Then come the red Mother beads, each followed by one silver spacer, but the 13th bead is followed by four (4) spacers.
Then come the black Crone beads, each followed by one silver bead, but the 13th is
followed by four (4) spacers. And so we are back at the silver Moon bead.
In other words, beads of the same color are separated by one spacer. The three sets of beads and the larger Moon bead are separated by four spacers. Thirteen (13) beads are used in each set to signify the thirteen months of the lunar year. The silver spacers represent moonlight issuing from the Full Moon bead throughout the life cycle of Maiden, Mother, Crone.
Prayers are said on each bead, while meditating on the mysteries of the Triple Goddess, and the experience of the human life cycle.
Men may wish to make a devotion to the Horned God, and honor the life cycle of Youth, Father, and Sage.
It is best to string your own beads. You will need:
13 white 8mm beads for the Maiden
13 red 8mm beads for the Mother
13 black mm beads for the Crone
1 silver 10mm bead representing the Full Moon
52 silver spacer beads
(class "E" 6/0) representing the Moonlight.
Size 10 crochet yarn white or ecru, or color of choice
You may begin and end stringing anywhere in the loop, but the tie-off is less visible in the midst of the black beads.
The silver Moon bead is separated from the White Maiden beads by four (4) silver spacer beads. Each white Maiden bead is followed by one silver spacer bead, but the thirteenth bead is followed by four (4) spacer beads.
Then come the red Mother beads, each followed by one silver spacer, but the 13th bead is followed by four (4) spacers.
Then come the black Crone beads, each followed by one silver bead, but the 13th is
followed by four (4) spacers. And so we are back at the silver Moon bead.
In other words, beads of the same color are separated by one spacer. The three sets of beads and the larger Moon bead are separated by four spacers. Thirteen (13) beads are used in each set to signify the thirteen months of the lunar year. The silver spacers represent moonlight issuing from the Full Moon bead throughout the life cycle of Maiden, Mother, Crone.
Prayers are said on each bead, while meditating on the mysteries of the Triple Goddess, and the experience of the human life cycle.
Men may wish to make a devotion to the Horned God, and honor the life cycle of Youth, Father, and Sage.
THE PRAYERS:
On the silver Moon Bead say:
Blessed Mother, come to me,
and cast your lovely, silver light.
Uncloud your face that I may see
unveiled, its shining in the night.
Triple Goddess, Blessed Be,
and Merry Meet, my souls delight!
On the space say:
I bind unto my self today the
Fertility of the Maiden.
Meditate on the Presence of the Maiden . . .
On each Maiden Bead say:
Maiden daughter, sister, lover,
White-light, Night-light, loves embrace;
Seeking love, we find each other
By the radiance of your face.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
Power of the Mother.
Meditate on the Presence of the Mother . . .
On each Mother Bead say:
Mother of all, radiant, beaming,
Full and heavy womb with expectation bright;
Be present here, full moonlight gleaming,
And bless your child with truth and light.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
Wisdom of the Crone.
Meditate on the Presence of the Crone . . .
On each Crone Bead say:
Crone now stands in moonlight gleaming,
Starlit night and silver hair;
Peace and wisdom from you streaming,
Goddess, keeper of our care.
On the space say:
I bind unto myself today the
Fertility, Power, and Wisdom of the Goddess.
On the silver Moon Bead conclude:
Blessed Mother, stay by me,
and cast your lovely, silver light.
Uncloud your face that I may see
unveiled, its shining in the night.
Triple Goddess, Blessed Be,
and Merry Meet, my souls delight!
So Mote it be!
OakWyse & Glispa
Copyright 1998
May be reproduced without change
with this notice
To Begin
Great Goddess, Lady of Life
Whose garment is the shining heavens,
You are the white moon among the stars
And the beauty of the green Earth.
You are the mystery
That if that which we seek we find not within
We will never find it without
For you have been here since the beginning
And you are that which is attained at the end of desire.
On Spacers
Goddess, I am looking within and I see your light shining.
White Beads
Maiden of Freedom,
Forever Virgin, Holy Bride.
You are all beginnings
And the revealing light within the shadows.
Through you all that is good comes to birth.
Red Beads
Mother of Compassion,
Forever fertile, Lady of the forge.
You are the creating force of love
And the strength which nourishes all that lives.
Through you the cause of life is served.
Black Beads
Crone of Wisdom,
Ancient One, Keeper of the Cauldron.
You have seen everything, endured everything, and given everything.
You are death without which nothing can be transformed.
Through you understanding is attained.
In Closing
By the power and will of She that is three, so mote it be.
By Grian of Circle of the Green
My version.....
