Full Moon Meditation
by Blayze

Make your self comfortable and close your eyes. Feel yourself begin to still. Become aware of your breathing, in and out, in and out (cont...) Now slow your breathing down, IN 2 3 4, HOLD 2 3 4, OUT 2 3 4, HOLD 2 3 4, IN 2 3 4 (cont...). You feel yourself relaxing as your body slows. You concentrate on your breathing and you feel yourself slowly becoming one with the earth beneath you. With each breath you feel yourself slipping into trance. Continue breathing as you become more and more relaxed...

You find yourself standing on a beach at night. Tall cliffs surround you on either side, rugged and towering. A gentle breeze caresses your skin. Before you the waves lap at the sand as you stare across the ocean at the horizon.

You feel at peace, you smell the salt on the wind and feel the sand beneath your feet.

A small crab scuttles across the sand in front of you. You watch as it moves along the shore, leaving patterns of its passing in the wet sand. Suddenly the crab is lit by a silver light and you realise that a glorious full moon has risen above the horizon. A shining path unfolds from the moon and you watch as the crab makes its way along the path, across the silver flecked waves.

You follow the crab and step lightly upon the silver path. The waves fade away as your vision narrows to a realm of silver light. You keep walking along the path. Your skin begins to tingle as you start to become away of the power that surrounds you, a power that becomes stronger with each and every step.

The path begins to climb upwards and through the blaze of silver light you make out the shape of a small island up ahead.

You walk forward and find yourself upon sand once more. Before you is a small round temple, elborately engraved columns hold up a roof that is open to the night sky. You see that the moon has risen to hang above you whilst you were walking the paths.

You enter the temple between one of the sets of columns and you see before you, directly under the moon, is a pool of crystal clear water that glows steadily in the moonlight.

You see the cycles of the moon drawn upon the floor surrounding the pool, full moon to full moon. You contemplate all that has happened in your life during the past cycle of the moon. (PAUSE)

Make your peace with your previous moon's journey, acknowlege the cycle within.

From the depths of the sacred well I see your face
Bright against the star filled sky
I hear your song in my heart 
and dance with you across darkened fields

Bathed am I in your shining pool
Veiled am I in your silver hair
Robed am I in your cool embrace

You are the ebb and flow within me
My spirit is yours to command
Always full. Never waning. 

Drawn am I by the call of the tides
For I am your child
And I wear your crescent upon my brow

You feel the crescent that has formed upon your brow, a symbol of the new awareness of the moon's cycles within and without.

You see that the pool has become still , it is now a mirror of the moon.

Gaze into the mirror to see what the next moon's journey will bring. (PAUSE)

You feel the power of the moon fill your being and you find in your hands an offering of thanks to the moon, a gift. Give this offering with love and honour to the moon. (PAUSE)

You hear a voice that echoes in your heart and mind.

I am She who Rides the Night Skies
I am She who sings in the Tides
I am She who bathes the Hills
In silver, shining bright.

Hold up a mirror to see my face
Gaze upon still waters
Chant my names
And I will heed your call

I am the Maiden of the Stolen Glance
I am the Mother of the Sacred Dance
I am the Crone who knows the secrets you hide in the dark.

I am the giver of blessings to those who look beyond my bright face
For I am the Moon, and I am always with thee.

Contemplate this. (PAUSE)

The waters move again and from the pool emerges the crab. It makes a circuit around the pool, pausing at each of the moon phases upon the floor. It then moves out of the temple between the entrance columns. You follow the crab and you see once again the paths across the water leading from the temple island.

You follow the crab back along the moon path and you feel the moon setting slowly behind you.

Finally, you arrive back at the first beach. The crab steps off the moon path and onto the sand. Once more you follow.

As the moon fades from sight so the moon paths darken across the ocean.

The crab moves away into the rocks and you sink down to sit upon the sand.

You feel at peace and look out across the ocean, the sky before you becomes fully dark and the stars wink out one by one. You find yourself in darkness you begin to become aware of your breathing, in and out... you become aware of the blood that flows through your veins, the feel of the night upon your skin. You become aware of the sound of my voice the noises of the night that surrounds you.

You feel the earth beneath you, no longer the sand. Your breathing begins to speed up slightly and you feel yourself coming back to this realm. You are aware of the circle you sit within, the people on either side of you... you are aware of the sound of my voice and your breathing is back to normal. When you feel completely back within your body and within the circle, open your eyes.