Through the Veil Toward Renewal a Hunters Moon Devotional

As the Full Moon rises, we walk the Via Transformativa feeling the call to justice, to transformation, to healing, and to celebrating.

Invocation

Holy Presence, Breath between the worlds,
we stand in the turning of the year where light and shadow meet.
As the veil thins between what is and what may be,
open our hearts to the sacred work of transformation.

Spirit of the Living Fire,
burn away all that keeps us bound to fear and forgetfulness.
Teach us to walk the Via Transformativa with courage and consent,
to let what is ready to die become soil for what must live.

Ancestors of blood, milk, and land,
be near us in this hour of crossing.
Remind us of the goodness woven into all creation,
and guide us as we become co-creators in the Great Unfolding.

May the Awen flow through us like holy light,
rekindling wisdom, compassion, and resolve.
In this thinning of the veil,
let us not merely witness the mystery,
but become it.

Amen.

The Sacred Moment

Today, the Hunter’s Moon rises full, pulling tides and truths alike to the surface. May we feel the call to justice, to transformation, to healing, and to celebration. In this sacred brightness of the Full Moon, we walk the path of the Via Transformativa: the way of change, the march of justice, track of living love into form. The world aches for healing, and transformation begins not just in systems, but in souls.

This is a moon to act, to bless, to become.

Theme: Through the Veil Toward Renewal

Samhain (Halloween) is more than just spooky season. Samhain is that time of year when the veil thins and the other crowd and the ancestors come to us. It is also a time when we ourselves are opened to the liminal powers of the cosmos. It is a time when we stop and reflect on what came before us and what is to come. In that reflection, we open ourselves to the ability to change. We humbly accept the lessons of the past, learning from the successes and failures of what has come before us, and consent to the changes that are necessary to build the great world to come that we seek in the great restoration of this world to the perfection beyond the goodness in which it was made.

In the folktales and legends, many enter the other world through crossing a fog or going over a hill, maybe even crossing a stream. It might be helpful for us to imagine that we are entering a dense fog. In our lives, we meet many of these fogs or streams or hills. Sometimes they’re hard to climb or difficult to see through. Sometimes they require sacrifice and challenge to swim to the other side. As we’re dealing with the problems of our lives today, Allowing ourselves to think metaphorically so that we are analogizing the experiences that we’re having to these streams, or valleys, or mountains, or fogs helps us to see our way forward and our way through so that we can get to where we are needing to go.

It is through the metaphor that we learn how to take action. If we are entering a dense fog, then we need to find solid, clear anchor points to guide our progress through. If it is a hill that needs to be climbed, then we need to develop the resilience necessary to get up to the top. If it is a stream that needs to be forded, we need to have the strength to embrace the cold water as it hits our legs, and the strength to push against the current driving us further downstream when all we need to do is cross. It’s through the metaphor that we find that works for the condition that we’re experiencing in our lives that we understand how it is we are to push forward.

At Samhain, the work of transformation is not passive. The veil does not thin for us to merely gaze into mystery, but to step into it. The fog before us is not a wall; it is an invitation. When we cross its threshold, we are changed. We don’t succumb or submit to power or force, but embrace our courage and consent to be better, stronger, and healing. Take this moment as your crossing. Let what is old within you rest with the ancestors and let what is new rise in its place. The sacred fire burns at the gate of this season, calling you to live as one who has seen through the veil and returned bearing light.

We are salt and light, co-creators in the great unfolding, preserving the wisdom of the Via Positiva and Via Negativa, and illuminating the path of the Via Creativa and Via Transformativa. As salt, we preserve what needs to be kept, and as light, we guide the way to a better path. Step forward. The world is waiting for your transformed self.

Practice: The Threshold Prayer

This prayer may be said by an individual or a group. If said as individuals, please continue to say the word “we,” remembering that you speak for yourself, your ancestors, and all of those guides, guardians and gods who surround you and aid in your practice constantly.

Reader: The veil grows thin between what is and what may be.
All: We stand at the threshold, hearts open to the transforming fire of Love.

Reader: The ancestors whisper through the mists, calling us to remembrance.
All: We honor the wisdom of the past, preserving what is good and true.

Reader: The fog before us is not a wall but an invitation.
All: We consent to the Holy Work of change, that life may be renewed through us.

Reader: The fire at the gate of the year burns with sacred purpose.
All: May its flame refine our courage and illuminate our path.

Reader: As salt, we preserve the wisdom of the earth; as light, we guide the way of becoming.
All: Creator of all worlds, remake us in the image of your living compassion.

Reader: Holy Presence, Flame of Transformation, Breath between the worlds-
All: Kindle in us the courage to cross, the humility to be changed, and the strength to become healers of this world.

(Pause for silent reflection or the ringing of a bell.)

All: May the fire of Samhain burn in our hearts, the wisdom of the ancestors steady our steps, and the Spirit of Creation guide us into the Great Unfolding. Amen.

Closing Blessing

May the Holy Presence, who breathes through the veil,
awaken us to the sacred fire within and around us.
May the ancestors walk beside us,
their wisdom whispering courage into our hearts.

May the fog before us become revelation,
the hill our ascent into strength,
and the stream our baptism into new life.
May the fire at the gate of this season
purify what must pass
and kindle what must begin.

Go now as salt and light:
preserving what is good, illuminating what is possible.
Walk the Via Transformativa with steady heart and open hands.
And as we cross each threshold,
may we find the world transformed by our becoming,
and ourselves remade in the image of Love.

Amen.