The Call of Venus

The Call to Venus (A lone voice whispers as a ceremony begins) Candles lit In brazier pit Like a reborn Prospero Music playing As offerings Are lit To summon the universe And all who goes To step in and commit Guardians in The Great In-Between Guard us And all our kin From all unseen Who flows White lights Bound Around our homes To guard against ghouls From loosened tombs Floating around like red balloons We pray tonight For astral protection In all our rooms As Candles lit In brazier pits Burn With Music playing As sandalwood offerings And Christmas ferns Are used as keys Of devotional angelic magic To turn away All who conspire And drink from the Devil's Urn As we call to you Venus For protection As the Great Wheel Turns So Come our sceptre-bearer of harmony And love to cope Do ut de Dum vivo Repleti spe (‘I give that you may give. As long as I live. Filled with hope.) (C) Copyright John Duffy