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O Mother of Medicine Creator of all, Please give me the strength Never to fall. | |
And if by some chance My feet start to stumble, Grant me the courage To stand tall yet be humble. | |
So instill in Your great gift This body of mine, A reawakened spirit A soul so sublime. | |
Bring to my being Hands, head and heart, Your precious love-flow To make a new start. | |
Moisten these parched lips Never to be thirsty, Brighten my eyes To finally truly see. | |
Pave my path a smooth one Yet just enough challenging, Sturdy my steps To reach my meant destiny. | |
And may I find fulfilment In all that I do, To live with pure joy And continue serving You. | |
So heal all who are weak Help those in need, Fix all that’s broken In thought, speech and deed. | |
To learn from our errors And have no regrets, For by overcoming them We become better yet. | |
And through transforming Our darkness into light, We’ll fully reveal Redemption in our lives. |
“O Mother of Medicine” is an original prayer of intention by Baruch Jean Thaler, for use before a healing journey with the aid of entheogenic, psychedelic medicine. The prayer was written down sometime in 2022 upon waking from a dream, humming the melody, and recording the text in two parts, the first half remembered distinctly with a general impression recalled of the second half. It was first used in a healing ceremony a month afterward.
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