Warrior
Be
Be rushing as a wind;
Be stately as a forest;
Be ravaging as a fire;
Be still as a mountain;
Be inscrutable as night;
Be swift as thunder or lightning.
~SunTsu, The Art of War
Sith Code ~ Version 2
Peace is a lie
There is only passion
Through passion I gain strength
Through strength I gain power
Through power I gain victory
Through victory my chains are broken
The Force shall set me free
Code of the Sith
There is no peace, there is anger.
There is no fear, there is power.
There is no death, there is immortality.
There is no weakness, there is the Dark Side.
I am the Heart of Darkness.
I know no fear,
But rather I instill it in my enemies.
I am the destroyer of worlds.
I know the power of the Dark Side.
I am the fire of hate.
All the Universe bows before me.
I pledge myself to the Darkness.
For I have found true life,
In the death of the light.
Viking Prayer Before Battle
Prayer Before The Final Battle
“Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.”
~ Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: “The 13th Warrior: ”
A Warrior’s Creed
I have no parents ~
I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home ~
I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death ~
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power ~
I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means ~
I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets ~
I make character my magic secret.
I have no body ~
I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes ~
I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears ~
I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs ~
I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy ~
I make “unshadowed by thought” my strategy.
I have no designs ~
I make “seizing opportunity by the forelock” my design.
I have no miracles ~
I make right action my miracle.
I have no principles ~
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics ~
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no friends ~
I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy ~
I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor ~
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle ~
I make immovable-mind my castle.
I have no sword ~
I make absence of self my sword.
~Anonymous Samurai, 14th century.
Winds Four Quarters
Maiden, Warrior, Mother and Crone
Chorus:
Wind’s four quarters, air and fire
Earth and water, hear my desire,
Grant my plea who stands alone,
Maiden, Warrior, Mother and Crone
Eastern Wind, blow clear blow clean
Cleanse my body of its pain
Cleanse my mind of what I’ve seen
Cleanse my honor of its stain
Maid whose love has never ceased
Bring me healing from the east
Southern wind, blow hot blow hard
Fan my courage to a flame
Southern wind be guide and guard
Add your bravery to my name
Let my will and yours be twinned
Warrior of the southern wind
Chorus:
Wind’s four quarters, air and fire
Earth and water, hear my desire,
Grant my plea who stands alone,
Maiden, Warrior, Mother and Crone
Western wind blow stark, blow strong
Grant me arm and mind of steel
On a road both hard and long
Mother, hear me where I kneel
Let no weakness on my quest
Hinder me, wind of the west
Northern wind, blow cruel blow cold
Sheathe my aching heart in ice
Armor round my soul enfold
Crone, I need not call you twice
To my foes bring the cold of death
Chill me north wind’s frozen breath!
Chorus:
Wind’s four quarters, air and fire
Earth and water, hear my desire,
Grant my plea who stands alone,
Maiden, Warrior, Mother and Crone
Maiden, Warrior…Mother and Crone
- Yānā Moon: Charge of the Dark Goddess
- James Cheney: Invocation To The Dark Mother
- Daniel: Prayer Before The Final Battle
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- blessed obyno: Queen of Ghosts