A Circle of Stones: Journeys and Meditations for Modern Celts - Erynn Rowan Laurie 1995
Sacred Land
This is the Land of the physical realm. It is more than merely Ireland as one parcel of land, it is the entire manifest physical universe. All land is sacred land, and our connection to the Land is our stability. Sacred Land underlies all of our magical reality, surrounded and bounded by the Eternal Sea.
Coic urranna hErenn
etir muir agus tir
Addeoch-sa na coem canIe
cacha cóicid díb
(Irish source: Macalister, R.A.S., Lebar Gabala Erenn part V, Irish Texts Society vol XLIV)
The five parts of Ireland
between sea and land
I entreat the fair candles
of every province among them
KOH-ik UR-a-na HAIR-en
ED-ir mweer AH-gus teer
ATH-yok-sa na cove CAHN-leh
CAHK-a KOH-ik-ith deev
Moving Meditations on Sacred Land
Walk barefoot in the grass
Plant and tend a garden or a windowbox
Read about the history of your local area and its native people
Adopt a park and help keep it clean
Learn the medicinal or magical uses of an herb
Work for the preservation of a sacred site
Do a daily grounding exercise
Study the Gaia Theory
Take a course on local ecology
Affirmation for the Sacred Land
Today I affirm that I and the Land are One.