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