INVOCATION

by Clare Cameron

"Dear sweet presences

Who love to the uttermost,

Those about me clothed in flesh

And others clothed in Light

Attend my prayer.

To those in shadow

Of life’s delusions

And suffering inflicted on others,

Where tentacles reach out to bind –

Come, be there

Bring swords of Light.

Stir the dark waters

And free the cleansing streams.

We too need purification,

And darkness share.

Sweet presences,

Our eyes are clouded.

Shine your Light through them!

And at the appointed time

Instruct us to bear

The swords of Light

In the service of Love.

And where there was corruption

There shall be lilies

Stainless and fair

Because you were with us

There."

from the book "Hidden Beauty of the Commonplace: A Nature Mystic's Reflactions upon True Freedom" by Philip Pegler