Northern Tradition Paganism: Prayer to Jord for Earth Healing

The Disclaimer: First, I do not practice any form of Native American spirituality. My practice is derived from my understanding of ancient northern Eurasian practices. Second, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of any Asatru or Heathen group. I do not identify as Asatru or Heathen. I am a northern-tradition Pagan, which is a religious tradition that is reconstructionist-derived, rather than a reconstructionist religious tradition such as Asatru and/or Heathenry. The views espoused in these pages may or may not reflect the views of most Asatru and/or Heathen people or religious groups. They are derived from the personal gnosis of myself and other people whom I trust and respect. I do not claim that they are provable by academic sources, nor that they are anything other than what I say they are. Read at your own risk.

Prayer to Jord for Earth Healing

By Ari

O Green Mother beneath my feet,

Hard and implacable as bedrock,

Mother of mountains, mother of moss-covered stone,

Mother of Thunder, mother of Hammer-Wielder,

Daughter of Night, daughter of star-laden lakes,

Reflecting a thousand points of diamond-hard light,

Woven through with a million underground rivers,

We who are your most disrespectful children

Pray that you do not withdraw your bounty,

Pray that you do not take away our sustenance,

Pray that you do not leave us wandering

In the scorched, barren wasteland that we so deserve.