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

The Double Spiral Gate

Here we return to the spiral gate of Life and Death. We pass through it again after we have experienced the ebb and flow of time, and the passage of life and death. By ebb and ending we depart from the manifest realms and return, with the aid of Manannán the gatekeeper, through the swirling, rising mists to the source of all things.

Tonn tuili

ocus ind I aithbi áin:

a ndo-beir tonn tuili dait

beirid tonn aithbi as do láim

Tonn tuili

ocus ind aile aithbe:

dom-áncatarsa uili

conda éolach a n-aithgni

The flood-wave

and that of swift ebb

what the flood-wave brings you

the ebb-wave carries away.

The flood-wave

and that second wave which is ebb:

all have come to me

so that I know and control them.

tohn TILL-i

AH-kus inth ALL-a AHTH-vee ahn

ah NO-vayr tohn TILL-i dod

BAYR-ith tohn AHTH-vi as do lawv

tohn TILL-i

AH-kus inth ALL-a AHTH-va

dov AHN-ka-tar-sa WILL-i

CON-tha AY-a-lok a NAHTH-nyee

Moving Meditations on the Double Spiral Gate

Assess your life, both positive and negative experiences, and make peace with who you are today

Meditate on the mists between the worlds

Do a devotional to Manannán the gatekeeper

Sit and watch the ebbing tide

Study the significance of gates and doorways in mythology

Read the Celtic immrama tales

Affirmation for the Double Spiral Gate

Today I acknowledge the sacred flow of time; ending and beginning; ebb and flow; the gateway which takes all things past death