Calendar of the Sun
13 Blutmonath
Fontinalia
Colors: Blue and clear
Element: Water
Altar: Set with a blue cloth, a large earthenware bowl of spring water in which has been placed
several stones, an earthenware chalice, a dipper, and possibly a small fountain.
Offerings: Coins, to be tossed into the fountain or bowl afterwards. These should then be added
to a charity fund.
Daily Meal: Nothing to drink but spring water all day. River fish. Watercress. Lotus root.
Invocation to Fons:
Hail, Spirit of the Fountain,
Spirit of wells and springs,
Gift of the Earth!
So much of our world is water,
So much of our bodies are water,
So much of the air we breathe
Is laden with water,
And yet so little of it
Will quench our thirst.
Let us never forget the generosity
Of the Earth beneath us
Who gives forth blood
In a form that we can drink of.
Hail, Spirit of the Fountain!
You who are the pure water
Blossoming forth from the Earth,
Let us remember how purity
Can come forth from that
Which is made of cold stone
And that which rotted into the mould.
With every taste of water,
We will remember your gift.
Chant:
Born of water, cleansing, powerful, flowing, healing, we are....
(Let one who is chosen to do the work of this ritual ladle out the spring water into the chalice,
and pass it about to all present, and then pour the rest back into the bowl. After the meditation is
over, the water should be returned to the Earth as a libation, and the stones set aside until the
next year. One stone should be added each year thenceforth.)
[Pagan Book of Hours]