THE FIRST SONG OF YULE Have you ever wondered why theres so much singing at Yule ? This is the story of the very first song. Its a true story just as all stories are, if you believe in them This story begins a long, long time ago when Earth and Sun made the first beings. -- the very first plants and animals and people. It was springtime and the Sun shone warm and bright from His high perch above, and Earth, proud mother that She was, held and fed Her newborns and relished them with tenderness and love. It was a time of joy, it was a time of great delight. The Moon waxed and waned time and again in the night sky, and the children of the Earth grew well and strong through Summertime. They played and danced and Earth and Sun watched over them. Then Autumn came, and the Earth began to sleep much longer every day. She grew tired and pale. She could no longer feed Her children and had no strength to make new life. High above the Sun grew more distant and took longer to return each morning. The nights grew longer and cold winds blew where none had blown before. And then, one day, Earth went to sleep and didnt wake up. She wrapped Herself in a blanket of white snow and rested Her tired head on pillows of dried leaves and She could not wake up. Her children could do nothing to wake, Her from her sleep . They prodded Her, they called Her, but She would not awaken. In the sky, the Sun was nowhere to be seen and the children of the Earth felt fear and also felt despair. This was the longest night that they had ever known. What shall become of us they pondered. Earth Mother sleeps, and Father Sun is oh so far away that we can barely see Him in the sky. He is much too far to hear our call. What shall we do? So they called out their questions and their fears to the Moon, the sister of the Sun, for they knew not where else to turn. She closed Her eyes and took a slow deep breath and looked within Herself and awoke thoughts that had never been awakened until then. She opened Her soft eyes and said When all hope is lost, the best way to get it back is with a song. Climb you the tallest trees, the biggest hills and go to the mountain tops and yule a song to reach the Sun. Now yule is a word from one of the worlds oldest Language. It is related to words like yell or yodel and it means to call out loudly in song. But the first beings had never heard a song. So once again they asked the Moons advice. How shall we yule? they asked. How shall we sing for a song? Take the best of what you have, she said, the best of what you are. Take what you love; take what you cherish most. Take your joys, your dreams, your prayers, your fondest hopes and weave them all together in a wonderous sound. And so they did. They climbed up to the top in the tallest trees, the mountain tops and the hills. They stood in all the places that would bring them closest to the Sun. They shut their eyes and thought and felt the best of thoughts and feelings and dreamt the finest dreams. And as they did their voices rang out and made a bridge of song across the sky to reach the distant Sun. He heard, and turned, and smiled, and wrapped Himself boldly , in all His light and warmth and shine to where the yuling voices called. As He drew near the sleeping Earth did stir and dreamed a dream of Spring. And so the wheel of life made its first turn, and hope and joy prevailed. And ever since, that time of year has been called Yule , in honor of the song. But the first song did not end. It had such magick, such allure that the first beings kept singing it throughout the year , and then the second beings born of the Earth took up the song, as did the third and so it ever since has gone, through years and years until this very day. At times the song is very soft and scarcely can be heard above the din and clatter of our lives, but when Yule comes it rises and swells in memory of that night when the Sun heard, and light and life returned. And so do we upon (this) that longest night gather with those we love and who love us and stand upon the body of slumbering Earth and light the log with last years and lift our voices soaring to the Sun and join the song that first was sung so very long ago. We sing our thanks to those who went before and sing our fondest wish to those who come after. We bask in the returning light of re-awakened hope and welcome the YULE ever year . Cetan
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:02:42 +0000
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