A Circle of Stones: Journeys and Meditations for Modern Celts - Erynn Rowan Laurie 1995

Lia Fail

Lia Fail is the symbol of the Land and of its fulfillment. At the Stone of Fal the Kings of Ireland were crowned, and its scream confirmed the identity of the one who was fated to join in the sacred marriage of Sovereignty of the Land and the Ardh Righ, the high king.

An cloch forsttád mo di sáil,

uaithe raiter Inis Fáil:

Etir da triagh tuile tinn

Magh fáil uile for Eirinn.

(Irish source: Macalister, R.A.S. and John MacNeill, Do Ghabhalaibh Erend, Hodges, Figgis, Dublin 1916)

The stone on which my heels stand,

From it is named Inis Fal

Between two strands of a mighty flood

All Ireland is called the Plain of Fal.

ahn clok FOR-stath mo di hall

OO-a-tha RAH-der IN-ish fall

AYD-er da HREE-ag TILL-eh tin

MAHG fahl WILL-eh for AIR-in

Moving Meditations for Lia Fail

Learn about the symbolism and magical use of gems, crystals, and stones

Study the alignment of standing stones and stone monuments

Investigate the geology of your area

Learn to identify the many different kinds of stones

Find and consecrate your own “Lia Fail”

Read about Sacred Marriages and sacred Kingship

Affirmation for the Lia Fail

Today I know and accept that I rule my life and choose my fate; no other may hold my sovereign sacred place, no other may reign over my spirit or the land that is my life.