The Five Gates and Directions of The Spirit Realms, and the Sidhe

(Edited from David Spangler & Jeremy Berg Card Deck of the Sidhe Manual) Debbie Irvine

South Direction: The Gate of Earth: The Power to Conceive

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Earth for the Power to Conceive

Through this Gate and Portal

“I answer The Call of the World and enter my body and the primal Earth.”

East Direction: The Gate of Dawn: The Power to Bring Forth, to Manifest

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Dawn, for the Power to Bring Forth, To Manifest

Through this Gate and Portal

“I wake up to a new day, a new dawn, the first day of creation, 

to bring forth my dreams.”

North Direction: The Gate of Stars: The Power to Navigate and to Relate

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of The Stars, for the Power to Navigate and to Relate

Through this Gate and Portal

“I step unguarded into the deep space of the Cosmos

and breathe in the life-giving breath of stars.”

West Direction: The Gate of Twilight: The Powers of Contemplation, Releasing, Healing and Setting New Goals.

The Power to Release, Learn, and Step Forward into The New

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Twilight, 

of the Moon and of Autumn, the places of thresholds

For the Power of Contemplation, Releasing and Letting Go 

 and for the Power to Learn and Advance

Through this Gate and Portal

“I see that between the paths to sun-soaked mountains and dark moist forests

is another way on which I walk arm in arm with my Guides, Allies, and The Sidhe.

Center: The Gate of Consciousness and Portal to Spirit 

The Powers of Spiritual Awareness, and Attunement.

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of the Heart, 

for the Powers of Spiritual Awareness, Attunement and Alignment.

Through this Gate and Portal I know that

“On the altar of my beating heart 

I fan with love the perpetual flame of sacred fire and open to all the Worlds.”

I Light the sacred flame of my own sovereignty and self-light 

and join with the Lights of all Beings joined together in Oneness and Love.

 Longer Version:

Invocation to the Five Gates and Directions of

The Spirit Realms, Of Faerie and the Sidhe

South Direction: The Gate of Earth: The Power to Conceive

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Earth, for the Power to Conceive

Through this Gate and Portal

“I answer The Call of the World and enter my body and the primal Earth.”

I give thanks for my conception, my body, my unique identity, 

and my Sovereignty with which to serve the World.

I give thanks to Mother Earth for all the nourishment, sustenance, and power for my Incarnation 

as I walk amongst her beauty and all her unique creatures and gifts of Nature.

I give thanks for the power to conceive, 

for the resources within me and around me to help bring my personal dreams to fruition.

East Direction: The Gate of Dawn: The Power to Bring Forth, 

to Manifest

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Dawn, for the Power to Bring Forth and Manifest

Through this Gate and Portal

“I wake up to a new day, a new dawn, the first day of creation, 

to bring forth my dreams.”

I give thanks for the new energy and vitality streaming down to me through this Gate of Dawn 

as my visions move from the Universal to the Particular, 

to move forward and to give form to my dreams.

I give thanks also for the power to hold boundaries within which 

I can contain, focus, and balance the power and vitality 

to manifest my dreams and visions into form and actions.

North Direction: The Gate of Stars: The Power to Navigate and to Relate

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of The Stars, for the Power to Navigate and Relate

Through this Gate and Portal

“I step unguarded into the deep vacuum of space 

and breathe the life-giving breath of stars.”

I give thanks for my origin in the Stars and for where I will return to.

I give thanks for your gifts from the Cosmos and Spiritual Realms, for inspiration, connections, 

and all relationships transpersonal and interpersonal.

Through You, I give thanks for the power to move to the Universal perspective 

and to serve the wider community and the great web of Life.

West Direction: The Gate of Twilight: The Power of Contemplation, Releasing and Healing, 

and The Power to Learn and Advance

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of Twilight, 

of the Moon and of Autumn the places of thresholds, 

for the Power of Contemplation, Releasing and Healing, 

and the Power to Learn and Advance

Through this Gate and Portal

“I see that between the paths to sun soaked mountains and dark moist forests

is another way on which I walk arm in arm with my Guides, Allies, and the Sidhe.”

I give thanks for harvesting the fruits of my labors and now rest and let go.

I give thanks for my capacities to create space for contemplation and imagination 

to allow new things to come forth.

I give thanks for my growth and the gifts of courage through contemplation, reflection, 

and memories to move forward again when I am ready,

remembering that “growth always moves me from the known to the unknown.”

Center: The Altar, the Inner Chamber 

The Gate of Consciousness and 

Portal to The Realms of the Sidhe and of Spirit: 

The Powers of Spiritual Awareness, and Attunement.

I Welcome You and Give Thanks, Spirits of the Heart, 

for the Powers of Spiritual Awareness, Attunement, and Alignment.

Through this Gate and Portal I know that

“On the altar of my beating heart 

I fan with love the perpetual flame of sacred fire 

and open to all the Worlds.”

I give thanks for the gifts of inner attunement and wholeness 

between my material and spiritual aspects 

and the potentials to connect with both, inner and outer, above, and below, and within.

I give thanks for the gifts of revelation, blessings, vision, and guidance, 

wonder, promise and hope.

I give thanks for the beautiful Bright Blessings and opportunities of my Incarnation 

here on Mother Earth.

“I Light the candle of my own sovereignty and self-light 

and see the vaster Lights become available in Oneness and Love.

Heart Stones

Wizard Stone

The Power to Be

“I know who I am.”

In the beginning a Song was played. 

I am that Song.

Artisan Stone

The Power to Act

“I know what to do.”I am your servant, I am your lover, 

I am your friend, I am your brother.

Bard Stone

The Power to Connect

“I know where I am going, 

And who I’m going with.”

Gatekeeper Stone

The Power to Grow

“I am open to discovery,

To letting go and accepting the new.”

The way is blocked, the way is clear,

The door is locked but none need fear.

The future calls in hidden ways.

Altar Stone: Gate of Consciousness

The Power to Attune and Align.

“On the Altar of my beating Heart

I fan with love the perpetual flame

of sacred fire

And open to ALL the Worlds.”

Qualities of: Spiritual Awareness, Attunement, and Alignment; Revelation, Wholeness, Incarnation, Vertical Cosmic Connection.

Transition Stones

Stone of Identity

Personality, Personhood, 

Source of Action and Behavior

Partnership of Soul and Body

Stone of Boundary

Boundaries, Containment,

Alchemical Concentration

Holding, Focus, Centering

Differentiation and Difference

Stone of Opening

Opening, Expansion

Release

New Possibilities and Opportunities

Stone of Emergence

“Behold I make all things new.”

Consolidation

New Beginnings, New Vision

New Life, New Self.

Fruition and Discovery

Leading to a new Identity.

The links between the ending of one cycle and the beginning of another.

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