One from the archive from 21 February 2005. This looks at the idea in Neopaganism of "Drawing Down the Moon", and also draws upon the descent of the planetary spirits in C.S. Lewis "That Hideous Strength", but here the object is not the moon but Saturn, in the old solar tongue, known as "Lurga".
Saturn Falling
Come Saturn, ancient planet,
In far distant space, cast a net,
And draw in rings, many bands
Of colour, falling light on lands;
Antiquity rising, now come down,
Cold pressure descending, a gown
Of mystic purpose, heavy burden:
A crushing weight of glory then,
Like mountains of centuries past,
Layered, deep, so huge and vast;
Freezing waters, such biting cold,
Unendurable sorrow, so very old;
Yet strength as well, hard as rock,
As granite walls, the waves do mock,
Fling back the breaking seas, endure:
This is Lurga, ancient of days, sure
To strengthen us with powers blast;
But a fraction of the planet cast,
More would unmake us, take care:
Saturn descending, become aware.
Come Saturn, ancient planet,
In far distant space, cast a net,
And draw in rings, many bands
Of colour, falling light on lands;
Antiquity rising, now come down,
Cold pressure descending, a gown
Of mystic purpose, heavy burden:
A crushing weight of glory then,
Like mountains of centuries past,
Layered, deep, so huge and vast;
Freezing waters, such biting cold,
Unendurable sorrow, so very old;
Yet strength as well, hard as rock,
As granite walls, the waves do mock,
Fling back the breaking seas, endure:
This is Lurga, ancient of days, sure
To strengthen us with powers blast;
But a fraction of the planet cast,
More would unmake us, take care:
Saturn descending, become aware.
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