Incense: Aromatic Herbs
Hear my prayer, O many-named dwellers on the lake of heaven,
Where the frozen water by night's warmth is broken inside a sleek cave's shady hollow;
From there you fly to the boundless earth, home of mortals,
And, thence, cloaked in purple you march towards men whose aims are as noble,
As their hopes are vain, in the vale of doom, where glory drives her chariot on,
All over the earth, beyond the goal of justice, of anxious hope, of primeval law,
And of the immeasurable principle of order.
In life Fate alone watches.
The other immortals who dwell on the peaks of snowy Olympos do not,
Except for Zeus' perfect eye.
But Fate and Zeus' mind know all things for all time.
I pray to you to come, gently and kindly,
Atropos, Lachesis, and Klotho, scions of noble stock.
Airy, invisible, inexorable and ever indestructible,
You give and take all, being to men the same as necessity.
Fates, hear my prayers and receive my libations.
Gently come to the initiates to free them from pain.
(This is the end of the Fate's song, which Orpheus composed.)
Incense: Storax
Dauhgters of Zeus and full-bosomed Eunomia, Aglaia, Thalia and blessed Euphrosyne.
Lovely, wise and pure mothers of joy, many-shaped, ever-blooming,beloved of mortals,
We pray that each in her turn, spell-binding and with petal-soft face,
Come, ever accessible to the initiates, to confer prosperity.
Whose all-seeing eye looks upon the lives of man's many races.
Eternal and revered, you alone rejoice in the just,
And you change and vary and shift your word.
All who bear the yoke of mortality fear you, for you care about the thoughts of all,
And the soul that vaunts foolishly and without discretion, does not escape you.
You see all, you hear all, and you arbitrate,
O sublime deity in whom resides justice for men.
Come, blessed and pure one, ever helpful to initiates, and grant noblity of mind,
Putting an end to loathsome, unholy thoughts, such as are fickle and haughty.
Incense: Frankincense
Who sits upon the sacred throne of lord Zeus.
From heaven you look down on the lives of the many human races,
And crush the unjust with just retribution,
Matching things disparate with fairness and truth.
For whenever base men consider matters that cannot be put to trial easily,
Unjustly wishing more than is fair, you intervene and rouse justice against the unjust.
An enemy to the unjust, you are a gentle companion to the just.
But, goddess come in justice for thoughts that are noble,
Until that fated day on my life descends.
Incense: Frankincense
You take equal pleasure in all just men.
Honored by all and and blissful, O bold and lofty Justice.
You are pure of thought and you reward propriety.
Your own conscience is unbreakable, for you break all who do not submit to your yoke,
But in their greed, upset the balance of your mighty scales.
Dauntless, charming, lover of revel loved by all,
You rejoice in peace and you strive for a life that is stable.
You loathe unfairness but fairness delights you,
And, in you knowledge of vitue reaches it's noble goal.
Hear, O goddess, and rightly shatter wicked men,
That mortals who eat of this earth's fruits,
And all the living creatures nursed in the bosom of our divine mother Earth,
And sea-dwelling Zeus, may follow a path both balanced and noble.
Who arranges the stars and sets a fair limit between earth and sea's waters,
And who, by his laws, ever preserves nature's balance obedient and steady.
Journeying on the heavens he brings the laws from above,
And drives malicious envy out with a roar.
Nomos summons and good end to mortal life,
And he alone steers the course of everything that breathes,
Ever the steadfast companion of righteous thought.
Primeval and wise, in peace he shares the same house with all who abide by law,
While he visits harsh vengeance upon the lawless.
But, O blessed bringer of prosperity, beloved of all and honored,
Have kindness of heart and make me mindful of your lordship.
