The Well of Roses

Faery Healing (4) The Well of Roses Be aware of the Sky Above, the Land Below, and the Four Directions of the Land. Be still, be ready. Be aware now of the Great Forest that walks about the World: it is all about you, before you, behind you, to your right, to your left. The Great Forest that covered the Land before humans came; and that will cover the Land again when humans are gone. Wherever there is one splinter of wood, the Great Forest is with you, even amid the concrete, steel, and plastic of the city. Feel the Great Forest surround you, and acknowledge its presence. Build strongly before you the presence of the Well of Roses: see it, feel it, sense it. It is low well of dry-laid stones, surrounded by wild red and white briar rose bushes. The well is found in a natural open space in the heart of the Great Forest. Our ancestors laid each stone of the wellhead long ago, surrounding a pure spring that rises from the radiant UnderWorld, the realm Below. The first seeds of the red and white wild briar roses were brought here by the faery allies to mark the compact and alliance between human and faery races, to mark the redeeming powers of love and compassion. It is said that if you have done one good deed in your life, even if you may not remember it, then the thorny bushes will part for you, and you may approach the sacred well. Draw near to the well: the thorny bushes part before you, and you come to the ancient stones. Here you give a gift. What ever you find in your hands now, valuable or valueless, meaningful or meaningless, you give this unconditionally, placing it upon the stones of the well, with no thought of benefit or return. Out of the well rise three radiant heads: one of Copper, one of Silver, one of Gold. Commune with them, sense and feel their power and their presence. (Music here then silence) Be aware that you are at the sacred Well of Roses, in the heart of the Great Forest that walks about the World. You are in the presence of the Three Heads, Copper, Silver, and Gold. You may return here in your dreams, visions, and meditations. Form clearly in you mind now that your intention is to develop your skill and aptitudes in Faery Healing. Approach each of the three in turn with this intention. First the Copper Head (musical sound). Second the Silver Head (musical sound) Third the Gold Head (musical sound). (Silence) Now the power of the Three Radiant Heads flows through you: let it fill your body and flow into your hands and feet. Sense the Four Hidden Ways within the shadows and light of the Forest, and merge them with the Four Directions of the Surface world. Become aware of East South West and North, the Sky Above, the Land Below. Be in two places at once: the sacred place of the Well of Roses, and the place in the outer world where you began your vision. Merge the two places as one within you. Now the Three Heads fade, and you step back through the rose thicket. The forest fades, and you sense see ands feel the out world. Return to your outer awareness: open your eyes, breath deeply, and remember all that occurred at the Well of Roses. With us is the Grace of the Shining Ones in the Mystery of Earth Light. Peace to all Signs and Shadows, Radiant Light to all Ways of Darkness. And the Living One of Light, Secret Unknown, Forever.