{"id":146456830,"date":"2024-07-10T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=146456830"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:00:38","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-new-moon-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=146456830","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: New Moon Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer to Nodens during the last new moon.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/c22e0a62-06bc-4fbc-8df9-db064d325f60_4431x2954.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a beach on an overcast day with the clouds reflecting on the water. A large, dark rock is seen in the distance as the waves come in.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jdelrivero?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Jon Del Rivero<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/black-rock-formation-on-sea-under-gray-clouds-k9O9aODIPjE?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>I held a small ritual to observe the last new moon and make it a time to honor Nodens. I wanted to do more during that night, but there\u2019s always room for more during the next one. I lit a storm-scented candle for him and wrote this prayer, then saying it aloud to Him. I\u2019m glad I was able to add something new to my practice and look forward to incorporating the lunar phases more often.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Moon Prayer<\/h3><p>Lull of Mist<\/p><p>Shifting<\/p><p>Noble Cloud King<\/p><p>You walk proud<\/p><p>yet humble<\/p><p>Silver Hand of Healing,<\/p><p>a kind strength,<\/p><p>able to defeat chaos,<\/p><p>yet wise in the healing of the deepest ailments.<\/p><p>Many-faceted, like the water near which You reside,<\/p><p>Hail, Nodens!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer to Nodens during the last new moon.<\/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-146456830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146456830","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=146456830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146456830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146456830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146456830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146456830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}