I am a stag           of seven tines
I am a flood           across a plain
I am a wind           on a deep lake
I am a tear           the sun lets fall
I am a hawk           above the cliff
I am a thorn          under the nail
I am a wonder      among flowers
I am a wizard      who but I
Sets the cool head aflame with smoke
An excerpt from the song of Amheirgin
I was dreaming, dreaming in the dark place between the stars, outside the circles of time and space when I heard your call. Distant and quiet it was at first, but over time it grew more insistent. Intrigued I follow your call; down through the gates of the spheres I descended the tree.
Opening the veil I stood in a dark wood.
All around I felt the forms of things that give me homage. From the smallest shrew to the mighty wolf, crane and boar.
Looking up I see my Lady riding high in the sky, tattered clouds her dresses of silver. I can feel the pulsing of the mother under my feet, rich deep and fertile.
I can feel you, calling my name on the night wind. Lightly I spring between the sacred groves of oak, ash and broom, hearkening to your voice louder now.
I come.
From the dark beyond the your circle of fire I watch you. You are dancing in a circle of flame; your body writhing in rapture, flickering between the worlds, the firelight casts strange shadows over and around you. From above my Lady silvers you with her light, you dance aware of my form beyond the circle, your face lit from within, ecstasy in your dark eyes.
In the shadows I shift my form from stag to man, clothed in the arms of the forest I step quietly in to the circle of light.