Silvanus [Barbatos] Power Ritual
The Bearded Lord of the Woods · Guardian of Boundaries · Voice of the Beasts
- This Ritual is based on vibrating the Runes and making certain affirmations. Raising your energies before the Ritual is advised.
- The Sigil that is provided is the point of focus where this Ritual is upon.
- The Runes that are done here can be vibrated around the centre of the Sigil where the Shenu Protection Ring is. You can imagine this glowing with the warm brown-green light of sunlight through dense canopy, dappled and alive.
- Vibrate these Runes in a short version. If you can't do the full amount, reduce all vibrations by half.
The Temple of Zeus calls upon you.
You who dwell where the ploughed field ends and the wild begins,
you whose breath is the wind through oak and cypress,
you whose footfall is the creak of root beneath the soil:
hear us, and step into our circle as you step from shadow into clearing.
We, the Initiates of Zeus, invoke you with the honesty of those who work the land.
You are threefold in your care: the home, the field, and the wild edge.
Bless the natural world that sustains the faithful.
Let the groves that remain standing stand forever.
Let the soil that feeds us hold its strength.
Let the forests breathe and the rivers run clean.
Let the Initiates of Zeus live in harmony with the living earth,
for the earth is your body, and to wound it is to wound you.
The birds halt their flight when you whistle.
The hound obeys your silent gesture. The bull lowers its head at your word.
Every creature that walks, flies, crawls, or swims knows your voice
and answers it without fear.
Open the bond between the Initiates and the living creatures of the world.
Let us hear what the animals know.
Let us understand the signs that nature offers freely to those who listen.
Let our relationship with every beast be one of kinship, not dominion,
for they are your children, as we are children of the Gods.
You stand where the tamed meets the untamed,
where the familiar yields to the unknown.
Every fence post, every threshold, every border of the estate
is under your watch.
Guard the boundaries of the Temple of Zeus.
Let no trespasser cross unchallenged.
Let no enemy encroach upon our land, our homes, our sacred spaces.
Guard the boundary between what is ours and what is not,
and let that boundary be firm, just, and inviolable.
Beneath your feet lie ores, roots, and forgotten riches.
The soil you walk upon is not empty. It teems with treasure
that waits for the hand wise enough to seek it and humble enough to deserve it.
Reveal to the Initiates the hidden riches of the earth.
Let the material wealth that lies buried come to the surface for the faithful.
Let the spiritual wealth that hides beneath the obvious be found by the attentive.
As the harvest rewards the one who ploughed,
let abundance reward those who have laboured in truth.
The soldiers carved your name upon their altars in distant provinces.
The shepherds left you milk at the edge of the wood.
The freedmen gave you thanks for every small blessing.
You never belonged to the marble temples alone.
You belonged to the field, the barn, the campfire, the dirt road.
Bless every common man and woman among the Zevists.
Not only the priests and the scholars, but the workers,
the builders, the mothers with soil under their nails.
Let every Initiate know that the Gods see their labour,
and that you, Silvanus, walk beside those who toil.
The beard is yours. The forest is your domain. The language of beasts is your gift. The hidden treasures are the wealth you guard beneath the soil. The reconciliation is the peace that the Guardian of Boundaries keeps between neighbours.
We declare the truth of your identity.
You are Silvanus, the Ancient Lord of the Woods, the Threefold Protector of Home, Field, and Wild Edge, He whose name was carved by soldiers and whispered by shepherds across every province of the old world.
We recognize you for who you Truly are.
The Goetic name described the beard. The True Name is the God behind it.
Blessed are you, Silvanus, Lord of the Woods, Watcher of the Boundaries, Voice of the Beasts.
Blessed is your care for the earth, the creatures, the humble, and the faithful.
We, the Initiates of the Temple of Zeus, receive your blessings
and honor all your Names and Titles:
Das, Sylvan, Silvan, Siloan, Sylvanious, Silan.
Domesticus, Agrestis, Orientalis.
Blessed are All your Names, now and in all eternity.
AUM
Final Step
After you are done with this, you can meditate on Silvanus's Sigil in the Temple of Zeus. Let yourself be immersed in the scent of pine and turned earth and receive the energy of the Lord of the Woods.
It is important to meditate on yourself after the Ritual calmly for a few minutes.
सत्: SAT, real, true, truthful in Sanskrit.
The Symbol that Encapsulates the Sigil: The Shen Ring, Egyptian Hieroglyphic language. The Shen also survived in Chinese tradition as a glyph for Spiritual Force, Divine Force, and God.
The Letters of the Sigil Inside: Sacred symbols and letters for Silvanus's Name in divine arrangement.
On Silvanus: Silvanus is the Roman God of the Woods, the Fields, and the Boundaries. His cult was among the most widespread in the Roman world, beloved not by the aristocracy but by the common people: soldiers on the frontier, shepherds in the hills, freedmen in the cities. He was worshipped in three aspects: Silvanus Domesticus (protector of the household), Silvanus Agrestis (protector of the cultivated field), and Silvanus Orientalis (protector of the boundary between tamed and wild). He is depicted as a bearded man carrying a cypress branch and a pruning knife, accompanied by a dog. He understood the language of animals and guarded the hidden riches of the earth. The Goetic tradition preserved him as Barbatos ("the Bearded One"), a hunter in the forest with a great company. The beard is his. The forest is his. The Name returns.