Lebor Clann Glas

iconBeginning of Time

1

1To chart a course,
2All must know:
3The place at hand;
4By name and hour;
5By star and day;
6By season and year,
7Of heavenly gods,
8Companions to the Ancients,
9The Great Ages lost.

2

1To ancients were known:
2The first of names,
3By destiny abound.
4The truth of all kind,
5Long forgotten.
6We beseech thee,
7To remember.

3

1First that be revealed,
2The wheels of fortune:
3Two seasons,
4And three of reason,
5In operation.
6The first (wheel) be that of (E)YAH (EL-A),
7The Gleaming One,
8Protector of hunters,
9Guide and light of wisdom,
10First and most sacred,
11To the ancients.
12The second (wheel) be that of AUN (ON),
13The Shining One,
14Reveler of truth,
15That nothing may be hidden,
16The God of the new age.
17The third (wheel) be that of IOR (ANU),
18The everlasting,
19Great wheel of the heavens,
20And all the gods.
21The eternal,
22The unutterable name.
23Keeper of all worlds in balance.

4

1Such (this be) is the sacred three:
2Trinity,
3Secret and mystery.
4When one is known,
5May all three be (understood).
6To the seasons,
7The man,
8The stag,
9The fish and bird,
10The cycles of the Gods of the Earth E-RE (MU).

5

1By the first (wheel),
2(E)YAH , the Gleaming One,
3Begins with full face,
4Is divided equally,
5At (point of) departure.
6When YAH does return,
7To full view,
8Is one cycle (of the wheel).

6

1The Gleaming One,
2Is particular.
3To the horizon YAH is 27 days,
4Yet shorter by measure than to the stars.
5By 29 days is complete.

7

1There be twelve cycles of (E)YAH.
2The first be Samonios (October/November),
3Upon which (time),
4The leaves and seeds fall.
5The second be Dumannios (November/December ),
6Upon which (time),
7Darkness opens.
8The third be Riuros (December/January),
9Upon which (time),
10The land returns to ancient times.
11The fourth be Anagantios (January/February),
12Upon which (time),
13The animals and House do stay secure.
14The fifth be Ogronios (February/March),
15Upon which (time),
16Cold rain brings ice.
17The sixth be Cutios (March/April),
18Upon which (time),
19The wind and waves to rise.
20The seventh be Giamonios (April/May),
21When the gods of the Earth awaken,
22And new growth springs.
23The eighth be Simivisonios (May/June),
24When the Shining One AUN (ON),
25Does bring warmth.
26The ninth be Equos (June/July),
27Upon which (time),
28The best foals and calves are born.
29The tenth Elembiuos (July/August),
30Upon which (time),
31Men do harvest their crops and market their wares.
32The eleventh be Edrinios (August/September),
33Upon which (time),
34All disputes of the year are discussed.
35The twelth be Cantlos (September/October),
36Upon which (time),
37The table is full, the stories are sung.
38Upon every third cycle (of the 1st wheel),
39There be a thirteenth (added),
40Named Mid Samonios,
41between Cutios and Giamonios.
42One who gains such knowledge,
43And knowledge of the cycles of (E)YAH, the Gleaming One,
44Shall be Eastrolach.

8

1By the second (wheel) of AUN (ON),
2The Shining One,
3Ruler of E-RE (Earth) by Day,
4By rule of five (days),
5To 72 (weeks),
6Does AUN (ON) return.
7Divided by two (36 weeks of 5 days),
8Does AUN (ON) stand still,
9A single cycle (year).
10The first shall be Yu(le),
11At the start, near Samonios.
12The Most Holy of days.
13The Birth of AUN (ON).
14The second shall be Ba(al).
15Count thirty six (weeks of five days)
16From Yu(le).

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1By the great third (wheel) of IOR (ANU),
2The everlasting,
3The Great Wheel of the heavens and all the Gods,
4Be divided into eight houses,
5And two sacred cross(es).
6(So) no portion greater or less,
7Do the Gods travel through each House.
8The first (House) be Re the Ram (Aries).(November/December)
9The second (House) be Cú the Hound and Young Bull (Canis and Orion) (December/January/February).
10The third (House) be Eala the Swan (Leo) (February/March).
11The fourth (House) be Cap-El the Horse (Virgo) (March/April).
12The fifth (House) be Tar the Bull (old Taurus/Arcturus) (May/June).
13The sixth (House) be Muc the pig (Boar) (Scorpio) (June/July) .
14The seventh (House) be Poc the Stag (Capricorn) (August/September).
15The eighth (House) be Dága the Fish (Pisces) (September/October).
16The ninth is the hidden (House) of IOR as the Great speckled serpent Si (Amen) (Milky Way).
17The one that travels through all Houses,
18The not one named, but all (Houses);
19Belongs to the Great speckled serpent (Milky Way).

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1The eight and the ninth be the Houses of the heavens,
2To the first two (Houses) is given,
346 cycles of the Shining One.
4To the second two (Houses), is given 45 cycles.
5To the third (pair), as the first.
6To the final (pair) as the second.
7So the heavens may balance.

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1By the Houses,
2The Great Gods be known.
3Within the same equal divide of the Heavens,
4By Nine years and five days,
5The Shining One shall blacken and glow,
6And the Gleaming One shall follow soon thus.

12

1(E)YAH , the Gleaming One,
2Shall visit each house,
3235 cycles shall it be.
419 cycles (years) of AUN, The Shining One,
56940 Days,
6Take (away) one day in four cycles (of AUN).

13

1AUN (ON), the Shining One,
2Shall visit each house.
333 cycles (years) of AUN shall it be.

14

1Each House of the heavens of the eight
2Shall host the Gods,
3And AUN (ON), the Shining One,
4Shall stand,
5Each being a Great age,
63210 cycles (year) of AUN (ON).
7All eight Houses shall be seen,
8Before a Grand Epoch (origin) is complete.
9One who gains such knowledge,
10And the cycles of the three,
11Shall be Fisatóir.

15

1It is to the lesser Gods of the heavens,
2The five plus two,
3We owe the hour and time at night.
4CYB-EL-The Bright One does rise and fall five times,
5Within eight lives of AUN (ON), Shining One,
6And by thirteen cycles does complete,
7104 lives (years) of the Shining One.
8This be a Great Cycle of the Bright One.
9One who gains such knowledge
10Of the movement of the lesser gods of the heavens,
11Shall be Rollagedagh.