As you prepare the Earth to accept the seeds you are about to plant, it should be remembered that the act of plowing was a sacred at. It was a kind of sex magick between the farmer and the Earth Mother, in a time when men respected the Earth and the Goddess. As so whether you rake, Roto-till, or cut the furrows with a hoe or digging stick, when the soil Is prepared and before the seeds are planted, kneel down and spread your Hands out over the soil and invoke the Goddess with words such as:
"O Great Earth Mother
We, your adoring children invoke you
Grant us O Gracious One
That you will except the seed
That we are about to plant in you
That you may bring forth new life
With which to nurture and sustain us.
So Mote It Be!"
From "The Wheel of the Year"
By Pauline Campanelli
