The Filianic Rosary Introduction

This introduction is also present in the ECE version of the Scriptures, but put here for easy reference. The prayers used in the Rosary are included at the end.

The Rosary is usually a looped string of beads, though it may also be a cord containing knots. The beads are arranged in five decades or groups of ten. There is a single bead at the beginning and end, and one between each decade. The closed loop represents both the walled rose-garden and eternity.

For each bead of the decades we say the Silver Star, and for each single bead we say the Prayer of Eternity.

Begin by composing yourself in quietness, then make the Pentacle upon yourself and say the Rosary Prayer before starting.

Each decade represents a point of the Pentacle. Beginning at Earth and Autumn, we move sunwise, meditating on the Mysteries of each as we pray:

  • 1. Earth; Autumn; the Golden Apple; the Mystery of Divine Life; our Lady the Mother as Ground of all being.
  • 2. Air; Winter; the Star; the Mystery of the Nativity.
  • 3. Spirit; Moura; the Cross (or Labrys); the Mystery of the death of our Lady.
  • 4. Water; Spring; the Dove; the Mystery of the resurrection of our Lady.
  • 5. Fire; Summer; the Rose; the Mystery of the Rose of the World; complete personal assumption in the Mother.

    • Although a child can say the Rosary, a lifetime cannot exhaust its depth. Frequent Rosary devotion will lead the soul ever deeper into the fivefold structure of the Universal Mystery.

    In the full Rosary, the process is repeated three times, meditating upon the Mysteries in the Life aspect, the Light aspect,and the Love aspect. But this is a rather advanced exercise.

    The Rosary is a powerful generator of spiritual energy as well as a purifying force. Each completed Rosary not only confers great spiritual benefit on the individual, but is a real force for good in the world. Regarded as a personal sacrifice, the Rosary is a small but beautiful gift to our Lady. For each Rosary is not only a thing said and a thing done, but a thing created-it is a shining Pentacle of spiritual force.

    Note; The Rosary decades begin with the Mother decades, followed by three decades for the Daughter, and end with a final decade for the Mother; this is the endless cycle of coming from the Mother, walking with the Daughter, and returning to the Mother, and should be the focus of saying the Rosary to help one attune to the Mysteries. There is also a day dedicated to saying the Rosary in Spring, the Rosary Day on 3 Maia. The entirety of the month of Vois is dedicated to the Rosary as well, and Filianists make an effort to say the Rosary daily during this month.

    The Rosary Prayer

    Beloved Kyria, Who have suffered in a way I cannot understand that You might come to me, I offer You my hand; lead my soul into the garden of the Rosary, that she may rest among the mystic roses of Your love.

    The Silver Star

    Silver Star of the waters, that have laughed all the world into being, beyond all knowing is the splendour of Your light. Enfold my spirit in Your mighty hand, that the pure stream of Your force may flow within me, in this world and in all the worlds to come.

    The Prayer of Eternity

    Eternal is the Light of the Mother, Eternal is the Love of the Daughter, Eternal is their completion in the wholeness of the Absolute; And glorious is Eternity.