Daily Prayers To The Earthly Mother And Heavenly Father From The Essene Gospel Of Peace

This week's featured practice is one of prayer, which is a personal communication with the divine. Below are two prayers from the "Essene Gospel of Peace" that are especially for communicating with higher spiritual parts of one's own Being. You can read more about them and how they have been symbolized throughout many sacred teachings and cultures here, and also specifically about the female aspect here, commonly known as the spiritual Mother or Mother goddess.

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Morning Prayers (painting by Otto Pilny,1866-1936)

In the Essene Gospel of Peace, a manuscript attributed to the ancient Essene community, the following instructions are given for daily prayers to the Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father:

"And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother, that your soul become as perfect as your Heavenly Father's holy spirit is perfect, and that your body become as perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect. For if you understand, feel, and do the commandments, then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother will be given you. For the wisdom, the love, and the power of God are above all.

"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

"And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our Mother which art upon earth, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is in thee. As thou sendest every day thy angels, send them to us also. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins against thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for thine is the earth, the body, and the health. Amen.

"~ Essene Gospel of Peace, Book One (source)"