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We invoke the
Abundant Earth! That possesseth
Health and Happiness And is more powerful
Than all its
Creatures. This wide earth do
we praise, Expanded far with
paths, The productive, the
full-bearing, Thy mother, holy
plant! We praise the lands
where thou dost grow, Sweet scented,
swiftly spreading, The good growth of
the Earthly Mother. We praise the good,
the strong, the beneficent Angel of Earth, Who doth rejoice in
the dew of heaven, The fatness of the
earth, And the abundant
harvest Of corn and grapes. We praise the high
mountains, Rich in pastures and
in waters, Upon which run the
many streams and rivers. We praise the holy
plants of the Angel of Earth, Which grow up from
the ground, To nourish animals
and men, To nourish the
Children of Light. The earth is the
strong Preserver, The holy Preserver,
the Maintainer! We praise the
strength and vigor Of the powerful
Preserver, the earth, Created by the
Heavenly Father! We praise the
healers of the earth, They who know the
secrets of the herbs and plants; To the healers hath
the Angel of Earth Revealed her ancient
knowledge. The Lord hath
created medicines out of the earth, And he that is wise
shall use them. Was not the water
made sweet with wood, That the virtue
thereof might be known? And to certain of
the brothers he hath given skill, That the Law Thigh t
be honored and fulfilled. With such do they
heal men, And taketh away
their pains, And of their works
there is no end; And from them is
peace over all the earth. Then give place to
the healers, and honor them, For the Heavenly
Father hath created them: Let them not go from
thee, for thou hast need of them. We praise the
tillers of the soil, Who work together in
the Garden of the Brotherhood, In the fields which
the Lord hath blessed: He who would till
the earth, With the left arm
and with the right, Unto him will she
bring forth plenty of fruit, And wholesome green
plants and golden grain. Sweetness and
fatness will flow out from that land And from those
fields, Along with health
and healing, With fulness and
increase and plenty. He who sows corn,
grass and fruit Soweth the Holy Law: He maketh the Law of
the Creator to progress. When all the earth
shall be a garden, Then shall all the
bodily world become free From old age and
death, from corruption and rot, Forever and forever. Mercy and truth
shall be met together, Righteousness and
peace shall kiss each other, Truth shall spring
out of the earth, And glory shall
dwell in our land.
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