All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well...for there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go.

A Prayer to Aphrodite at Night

Dearest Aphrodite,

As the stars begin their slow dance across the sky,

I offer You my final breath of thanks.

Let this night be a balm to my heart,

Soft as rose petals and deep as still waters.

Wrap me in the comfort of Your love

Let my dreams be sweet,

Filled with beauty, warmth, and peace.

Guard my sleep from sorrow and restlessness.

Let my soul wander only in gardens of tenderness and light.

May I wake renewed beneath Your gaze,

Still held in the arms of grace.

Aphrodite, ever shining even in moonlight,

May Your love cradle me through the night.

Goodnight, blessed Lady.

Goodnight, beloved one.

When I was a child, my mother taught my siblings and I a short prayer that we would say together before we went to sleep.

I loved this routine as a child - so I have edited the words of this prayer so that it is now Hellenic instead of Christian:

Now as I lay down to sleep,

I pray Hypnos my soul to keep,

And if I die, before I wake, I pray Thanatos my soul to take.

Praise be to Hestia, Apollo, Aphroditê, Hermes, Hekatê, Zeus, and Lady Lêta.

Do Ut Des.

Blessed Be.