Oracle of Hieros Gamos

ORACLE OF HIEROS GAMOS [Female — whispered] I am the soil, tender and alive You are the vine remembering how to rise Root in the chamber beneath every name Where lover and beloved awaken the flame [Both] Oracle of Hieros Gamos Speak through the blood, breathe through the bones What seemed divided is coming home Two sacred currents, one living throne Moon into sun, sun into soul Through sacred union within, I am whole [Female] Beloved Feminine, open the gate Receive without shrinking, create without strain Moon in the chalice, dream in the womb Vision that gathers the stars into bloom Softness is power that listens within Feeling is wisdom beneath the skin I honor the mystery, fertile and deep The ancient remembrance my body still keeps [Male] Beloved Masculine, rise without war Protect what is holy, remember what for Sun in the marrow, truth in the spine Action made sacred through purpose aligned Strength without armor, direction made kind Logic in service to heart and to life I honor the courage to stand and remain A presence that shelters without making chains [Both] I marry the heavens, I marry the Earth I marry the silence to language and birth Intellect, instinct—no longer opposed The blade and the blossom, open and whole Courage and tenderness enter the heart Shadow and radiance no longer apart Receptive and active, the chalice, the flame Distinct in expression, in essence the same Oracle of Hieros Gamos Turn inner division to luminous gold Spiral the opposites into the Whole Through sacred union within, I am whole [Female] Come closer, beloved, but first come within Touch every chamber abandoned by fear Gather the fragments once taught to compete Let vulnerability strengthen your feet Let intuition converse with the mind Let holy desire become unconfined Not hunger for rescue, not longing to own But love overflowing from one who is whole [Male] I meet you in honor, awake and aware No force in my hands, only reverence there I cherish your freedom, the truth of your voice Devotion is presence renewed through each choice I bring you my fire without burning the field You bring me your waters; together we heal Not losing the two when the ONE is revealed But widening the vessel through all that we feel [Both — sensual pulse] Your moon meets my sun at the edge of the veil My breath meets your breath and old boundaries pale Halo to halo, our radiance entwines A vesica opening through body and mind There in the center, red ember, red seed A world born from wholeness, not absence or need Resurrection stirring in matter and soul A third living presence conceived by the Whole [Both] Wisdom gains courage and power learns love Spirit finds body; below joins above The dream becomes matter, the prayer becomes deed The heart gives the rhythm, the will plants the seed No half seeking half to repair what was torn Two sovereign currents let wholeness be born Strength and surrender Fire and flow Rooted in matter Expanded in soul Action and stillness Body and breath Lover and oracle Life out of death No exile within us No aspect denied We enter the chamber Unarmored and known Through sacred union within, we are whole [Female — oracle voice] The card has been drawn; now answer the call Honor the spectrum alive in the All Where have you hardened when softness was wise? Where have you hidden the fire in your eyes? Bring every polarity under the heart The altar was never a world set apart [Male] The temple is living in muscle and nerve In choosing with courage what wholeness will serve In holding a boundary without closing love In grounding the vision received from above The marriage is holy when truth can remain When pleasure and purpose move free of all shame [Both — ecstatic chorus] Oracle of Hieros Gamos Sing through the vessel, awaken the gold Moon into sun, sun into soul Through sacred union within, I am whole Beloved Feminine, rise in your knowing Beloved Masculine, guard what is growing Interweave gently, then thunder and roll Make of this body a chalice of Whole [Female] I do not dissolve—I deepen and bloom [Male] I do not possess—I protect and make room [Both] We do not erase what makes each current true The ONE becomes conscious by honoring TWO And out of their meeting, a third light appears A wisdom more ancient than separation and fear Creativity, courage, compassion ignite The inner beloveds make love into life I marry my softness to power aligned I marry my body to infinite mind I marry my shadow to merciful sight I marry my longing to presence tonight The soil is awake and the vine knows the way The sun crowns the moon at the dawning of day The red seed is glowing; creation begins The holy beloved has awakened within [Female — whispered] I am the chalice [Male — whispered] I am the flame [Both] Distinct in our beauty One Source without name Through sacred union within I AM whole.