“Iba’che NaNa, Womb of Creation,
She Who Gave Birth to All Things,
From your dark depths the first spark came into Being.
Your luminous Egg exploded in the midst of eternal night,
is joyous dance formed the great lights.
You Who Gave Us Sun and Moon, Earth and Sky, Body and Spirit,
Awaken from your sleep, Deep Night.
Lift your eyelids and see our plight.
The children of Earth are in need of your guidance;
they await the feel of your hand.
They roll their eyes in great suspicion,
in anger and fear they strike out.
Their hearts are hard, their hands are trembling.
Amidst the rubble of war, they cry out.
Hear me Great Mother, hear your daughter.
Open your starlit thighs. Draw us back into you.
Mix us, stir us, roll and squeeze;
mold our heads,
pat our behinds.
Change us, every cell and spirit ’til Peace possesses our minds.
Blow your perfumed breath upon us,
wash us in the deep blue sea.
Suckle us on milk and honey,
oil us with the balm of love.
Return us then to this green garden,
Oh Beautiful, Generous Mother,
but this time
give us also the wisdom to see your reflection in each other.”
Luisah Teish
Chorlton Unitarians 