Just received: a lovely photo of FOI Co-Founder Olivia Robertson bestowing an Accolade during a Noble Order of Tara rite. Olivia has acted as chancellor for the order since her brother Lawrence passed away in 1994.
Dame Chancellor: (raises wand) I invoke the Goddess Tara. Beautiful Tara, in whose waving hair many-coloured flowers gleam, Whose robe is the ocean, Whose seat is the rock of destiny, Goddess of this earth, bless our ceremony. All nature is Your robe of green and gold. Our intent is the protection and preservation of Nature. ‘Pro Dea et Natura’ is our will. As ‘an bhean O Tara’.*
(*) From the Noble Order of Tara ritual, "Tara and Lugh: The Ordeal of the Danaan Treasures" from the FOI Liturgy booklet "Gaea: Initiations of the Earth."Copyright © Photo and Text The Circle of Isis Advisory Board.
