{"id":139079414,"date":"2023-11-22T17:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=139079414"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:15:53","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-daily-prayers-for-nodens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=139079414","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Daily Prayers for Nodens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A couple prayers for daily use.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5c6adbd0-c182-49f4-a716-b78537162fd8_2577x2577.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a full moon shining above dark water. The moon is somewhat obscured by fog.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@conradz?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Conrad Ziebland<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/full-moon-lighted-body-of-water-agE97zp_Xvo?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>As I have mentioned, I use the <em>Clann Bhr\u00edde Book of Hours<\/em> for most of my daily practice with Brighid. However, no such resource exists for Nodens, and I have to create my own prayers to build up a foundation. Here are a couple prayers that I plan to use for my daily practice for Nodens. They\u2019re the pillars around which I can write more prayers to Him. The daytime prayer was inspired by an ogam reading, as I was having trouble discerning aspects that could be applied to Him upon my waking up.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rising Prayer for Nodens<\/h3><p>Nodens,<\/p><p>as the dawnfire joins the waters,<\/p><p>may my day be filled with the rosiest joy.<\/p><p>May that joy be as a wisdom-filled salmon leaping.<\/p><p>May that joy bless me with the passion of life and skill,<\/p><p>as strong as a swift river coursing.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bedtime Prayer<\/h3><p>Lord of Mist,<\/p><p>as I rest my head for the nightly journey,<\/p><p>may slumber leave me whole and healthy,<\/p><p>my mind sharp and perceiving as a speartip.<\/p><p>May my dreams inspire and restore me,<\/p><p>with fog embracing me like a soft blanket.<\/p><p>May Your clouds shield me from threats,<\/p><p>seen and unseen, through the long night trek.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple prayers for daily use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139079414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139079414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139079414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139079414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139079414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139079414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139079414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}