At the side of the path there is a small shrine. It is covered with candles, strings of beads, figurines and other small offerings.\n\n<center>There are three prayer cards on the shrine.\n\nWill you read one aloud?\n\n[[We pray to the Buried Dead|Buried]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Native Dead|Native]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Disabled Dead|Disabled]]</center>\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the <<if $visited_north eq "yes">>[[North|North2]]<<else>>[[North|North]]<<endif>>? Or to the <<if $visited_east eq "yes">>[[East|East2]]<<else>>[[East|East]]<<endif>>?
Thank you for going on this Procession for the Many Dead with us.\n\nThe prayers used in the procession were taken from <em>The Litany to the Many Dead</em> by Rebecca Lynn Scott. You can find more information about it <html><a href=http://hex.ink/thelitany>here</A></html>.\n\nThe Procession for the Many Dead was created by Rebecca Lynn Scott.
<<silently>>\n<<set $visited_west = "yes">>\n<<set $quarters = $quarters + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nA priestess in a starry crown steps forward. She carries a chalice of clear, cool water.\n\nWe pray to the Beloved Dead\n<em>We pray to the Beloved Dead</em>\nOur ancestors of flesh and spirit\nWe remember the names of those we knew\nWe praise those whose names are lost to us\nWe pray to the Beloved Dead\n<em>We pray to the Beloved Dead</em>\n\nShe pours out the water at the base of a cypress tree, there where the road forks, saying, "I offer water to the Dead, may it please them."\n\n\n\n\n\nThe priestess in the skull masks looks to you. Which way will the procession go? Left and [[North|Northwest]]? Or right and [[South|Southwest]]?
A Procession for the Many Dead is an online ritual, an attempt to give you a taste of what taking part in such a thing would be like in the physical world. \n\nA procession like this one is meant to be participatory. Text that <html><em>looks like this</em></html> is meant to be read aloud by you.\n\nThis is a ritual for the Dead. Not all of the Dead died peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. We will be praying to those who died by violence, who died enslaved, who died victims. There are no graphic images here, but some of these prayers do address these things. Be aware.\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you ready to begin?\n\n[[Yes|Enter]]
And now you all stumble out into the predawn light, back in the world of the Living. People huddle together quietly, talking of going all together for food, or of home and bed and sleep. Everyone has been touched, has been changed, by this Procession for the Dead.\n\nYou stop and turn back to look at the graveyard. It looks different as the light slowly turns from blue towards grey. What did you touch? What were you changed by? What will you take away with you?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<center>[[(fin)|End]]</center>\n
At the side of the path there is a small shrine. It is covered with candles, strings of beads, figurines and other small offerings.\n\n<center>There are three prayer cards on the shrine.\n\nWill you read one aloud?\n\n[[We pray to the Drownéd Dead|Drowned]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Persecuted Dead|Persecuted]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Radical Dead|Radical]]</center>\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the <<if $visited_west eq "yes">>[[West|West2]]<<else>>[[West|West]]<<endif>>? Or to the <<if $visited_north eq "yes">>[[North|North2]]<<else>>[[North|North]]<<endif>>?
The priest in the bull's horns kneels and smells the bread at the foot of the tree.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[West|Northwest]]? Or to the [[East|Northeast]]? <<if $quarters eq 4>>Or in to the [[Center|Center]], where the procession will end?<<endif>>
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Falling Dead<br>\nYou who tumbled from the heights<br>\nBy accident or design<br>\nMay you find stillness in death<br>\nWe pray to the Falling Dead</em><br>\n\nYou take out a cotton handkerchief and knot the corners together, to make a little parachute. You leave it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southeast]]
<<silently>>\n<<set $visited_east = "yes">>\n<<set $quarters = $quarters + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nA priestess wearing an ivy wreath steps forward. She carries a dish with burning coals in it.\n\nWe pray to the Kindly Dead\n<em>We pray to the Kindly Dead</em>\nYou who watch over the living\nYou who still love the quick\nMay they know and love you too\nWe pray to the Kindly Dead\n<em>We pray to the Kindly Dead</em>\n\nShe sets the dish of coals at the foot of an elm tree there at the fork in the road, and pours something dry over it. The air fills with smoke and the smell of myrrh and herbs. "I burn incense for the Dead, may it please them."\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[North|Northeast]]? Or to the [[South|Southeast]]?
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Burned Dead<br>\nYou who were consumed by fire and <br>\nSmothered by smoke in the inferno<br>\nMay your souls be soothed and cooled<br>\nWe pray to the Burned Dead</em><br>\n\nYou have a bottle of water, because you are often thirsty. You pour a little into a bowl on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southwest]]
At the side of the path there is a small shrine. It is covered with candles, strings of beads, figurines and other small offerings.\n\n<center>There are three prayer cards on the shrine.\n\nWill you read one aloud?\n\n[[We pray to the Burned Dead|Burned]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Unjustly Dead|Unjust]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Suffrage Dead|Suffrage]]</center>\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the <<if $visited_south eq "yes">>[[South|South2]]<<else>>[[South|South]]<<endif>>? Or to the <<if $visited_south eq "yes">>[[West|West2]]<<else>>[[West|West]]<<endif>>?\n
By Rebecca Lynn Scott
<<silently>>\n<<set $visited_north = "yes">>\n<<set $quarters = $quarters + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nA priest wearing bull's horns steps forward. He bears a round of bread.\n\nWe pray to the Blessed Dead\n<em>We pray to the Blessed Dead</em>\nYou who lived great lives\nYou who were the chosen of gods\nMay you continue in joy and glory below\nWe pray to the Blessed Dead\n<em>We pray to the Blessed Dead</em>\n\nHe lays the bread at the foot of the oak tree at the fork in the road, saying, "I offer this bread to the Dead, may it please them."\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[West|Northwest]]? Or to the [[East|Northeast]]?
A Procession for the Many Dead
The priestess in the ivy wreath fans the coals at the foot of the tree.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[North|Northeast]]? Or to the [[South|Southeast]]? <<if $quarters eq 4>>Or in to the [[Center|Center]], where the procession will end?<<endif>>
As you say farewell to the Dead, the priestess in the skull mask calls you over to her to speak to her privately.\n\n"The Living need the Dead, and the Dead need the Living. Will you take oath to serve the Dead, to come to know them, to make regular offerings to them, to serve as oracle to them? It is a heavy choice, and only you can choose for yourself."\n\n[[Yes, I will serve.|oath]] -- [[No, I cannot promise that now.|Closing]]
At the side of the path there is a small shrine. It is covered with candles, strings of beads, figurines and other small offerings.\n\n<center>There are three prayer cards on the shrine.\n\nWill you read one aloud?\n\n[[We pray to the Falling Dead|Falling]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Stolen Dead|Stolen]]<br>\n[[We pray to the Civil Rights Dead|Civil]]</center>\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the <<if $visited_east eq "yes">>[[East|East2]]<<else>>[[East|East]]<<endif>>? Or to the <<if $visited_south eq "yes">>[[South|South2]]<<else>>[[South|South]]<<endif>>?
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The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Persecuted Dead<br>\nYou chosen as scapegoats for an entire culture<br>\nDriven out, tortured, burned or hanged<br>\nMay you have again what was taken<br>\nWe pray to the Persecuted Dead</em><br>\n\nFrom your pocket, you pull a small ceramic figure of a goat, and place it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northwest]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Stolen Dead<br>\nYou who were taken, claimed as property,<br>\nShipped across the sea, dying in bondage<br>\nMay you rest in power and honor<br>\nWe pray to the Stolen Dead</em><br>\n\nAround your wrist, you have a bracelet, a string of wood and metal beads. You take it off and leave it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southeast]]
Here in the center is a trench in the ground, like a shallow open grave, loose earth piled beside it.\n\nThree priestesses in blank white masks step forward. One carries a flask of milk, one carries a flask of honey, and one carries a flask of wine. As the pour their offerings into the trench, the priestess in the skull mask speaks.\n\nWe make offering to the Thirsty Dead\n<em>We make offering to the Thirsty Dead</em>\nWho are relegated to the Dry Lands\nBeyond the Rivers and Springs\nPlease accept our offerings\nWe make offering to the Thirsty Dead\n<em>We make offering to the Thirsty Dead</em>\n\nYou feel the spirits of the Dead flow towards the trench, eager to taste of the offerings. More members of the procession move forward to set their own offerings around the edges. Food, drinks, flowers, anything that might please their beloved Dead.\n\nWhat have you brought for yours? Who among the Dead do you honor tonight? Who haved you loved who has passed beyond? They are here tonight, with you. Speak to them. Tell them how much you love them, miss them. Tell them what has happened to you this year. Tell them of your joys and sorrows, triumphs and failures. Feel them around you, and know that they love you. Listen to them as they tell you how much they love you.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you are done, [[tell them goodbye|question]].
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Suffrage Dead<br>\nYou who fought for votes for women<br>\nChained to fences and force-fed<br>\nWe will use the voice you gave us<br>\nWe pray to the Suffrage Dead</em><br>\n\nYou take a new candle from the box under the shrine, light it, and place it with the others.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southwest]]
The priestess in the Starry Crown kneels and touches the damp place at the foot of the tree.\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[North|Northwest]]? Or to the [[South|Southwest]]? <<if $quarters eq 4>>Or in to the [[Center|Center]], where the procession will end?<<endif>>
<<silently>>\n<<set $quarters = 0>>\n<<set $visited_west = "no">>\n<<set $visited_north = "no">>\n<<set $visited_east = "no">>\n<<set $visited_south = "no">>\n<<endsilently>>\nTonight is a night to honor the Dead, a night when the shades of those gone, whom we love, come back to us for a little while.\n\nYou are part of a group who have gathered to make procession through a graveyard, to pray to the Many Dead. You all stand at the entrance to the graveyard, which has many paths. All of you are masked, and all of you carry offerings, of food, of drink, of incense, of candles, of votive figures.\n\nThe priestess in the skull mask carries a drum, and beats out triplets behind the words as she recites the opening prayer. You and the others in your band echo back the first and last lines.\n\nWe pray to the Many Dead\n<html><em>We pray to the Many Dead</em></html>\nAll over the world and throughout history\nAll those who have gone before us\nWe remember you, and hold you in our prayers\nWe pray to the Many Dead\n<html><em>We pray to the Many Dead</em></html>\n\n\n\n\n\nShe leads you all forward, to the [[first fork|West]] in the path.
As the Living and the Dead finish their conversations, and dawn draws near, the priestess in the skull mask steps up to the trench, and with her bare hands begins to fill it with loose earth. The rest of the band joins in, adding any food or drink to the trench, picking up everything else. It's soon full and smooth again, the flowers laid atop it.\n\nThe priestess speaks the prayer from the beginning of the procession again, this time sounding tired but fulfilled and contented.\n\nWe pray to the Many Dead\n<em>We pray to the Many Dead</em>\nAll over the world and throughout history\nAll those who have gone before us\nWe remember you, and hold you in our prayers\nWe pray to the Many Dead\n<em>We pray to the Many Dead</em>\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd now it is time to [[leave|Exit]].
<<silently>>\n<<set $visited_south = "yes">>\n<<set $quarters = $quarters + 1>>\n<<endsilently>>\nA priest in a panther's pelt steps forward. He carries a long unlit torch, with a spike at the bottom.\n\nWe pray to the Restless Dead\n<em>We pray to the Restless Dead</em>\nYou whose names go unspoken\nYou who died with things undone\nMay you find release at last\nWe pray to the Restless Dead\n<em>We pray to the Restless Dead</em>\n\nHe drives the spike of the torch into the ground beneath a cedar tree, there at the fork of the path, and lights it. "I light this flame for the Dead, may it please them."\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[East|Southeast]]? Or to the [[West|Southwest]]?
The priest in the panther's pelt gazes at the light from the torch at the foot of the tree.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhich way will the procession go? To the [[East|Southeast]]? Or to the [[West|Southwest]]? <<if $quarters eq 4>>Or in to the [[Center|Center]], where the procession will end?<<endif>>
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Civil Rights Dead<br>\nYou were killed for demanding equality<br>\nAssassinated for bravely fighting<br>\nWe march on in your names<br>\nWe pray to the Civil Rights Dead</em><br>\n\nYou take a new candle from the box under the shrine, light it, and place it with the others.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southeast]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Radical Dead<br>\nYou who stood up for the downtrodden<br>\nWho fought for change when no change came<br>\nWe will take up your torches and fight on<br>\nWe pray to the Radical Dead</em><br>\n\nYou take a new candle from the box under the shrine, light it, and place it with the others.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northwest]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Disabled Dead<br>\nYou who died because they thought you worthless<br>\nDue to mental illness or physical impairment<br>\nWe will fight for safety and accessibility<br>\nWe pray to the Disabled Dead</em><br>\n\nYou take a new candle from the box under the shrine, light it, and place it with the others.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northeast]]
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The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Buried Dead<br>\nYou who went under the earth alive<br>\nIn pits or caves or mines<br>\nMay you have clear sky above you again<br>\nWe pray to the Buried Dead</em><br>\n\nTucked in your jacket pocket is a small black stone that you don't remember picking up. You place it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northeast]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Drownéd Dead<br>\nYou who are lost beneath the waves<br>\nBereft of breath and light<br>\nMay you find open air in death<br>\nWe pray to the Drownéd Dead</em><br>\n\nFrom your pocket, you draw a small piece of sea glass, tumbled by waves and sand, and you place it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northwest]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Unjustly Dead<br>\nYou who were killed for crimes not yours<br>\nBecause they needed someone to blame<br>\nMay your innocence be known<br>\nWe pray to the Unjustly Dead</em><br>\n\nOn your keyring is one odd key. You no longer remember what lock belongs to it. You pry it loose and leave it on the shrine. Perhaps it will open some poor soul's cage.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Southwest]]
She speaks the words softly, for your ears and the Dead around you only. She leaves a quiet for you to repeat the oath.\n\nI pray to the Silent Dead<br>\n<em>I pray to the Silent Dead</em><br>\nYou have no voice; use my tongue to speak<br>\n<em>You have no voice; use my tongue to speak</em><br>\nYou have nothing not given to you; accept my offerings<br>\n<em>You have nothing not given to you; accept my offerings</em><br>\nYou are with us; let me know you<br>\n<em>You are with us; let me know you</em><br>\nI pray to the Silent Dead<br>\n<em>I pray to the Silent Dead</em><br>\n\nYou feel the shades of the Dead around you, listening, pressing up against you in thanks and acknowledgement. The priestess squeezes your hands and moves away, to gather the band together again.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[onward|Closing]]
The card reads:\n\n<em>We pray to the Native Dead<br>\nYou who were here before we came<br>\nYou who died by our hands and ills<br>\nMay you have your land again in death<br>\nWe pray to the Native Dead</em><br>\n\nYou have a raven feather you found outside the graveyard. You place it on the shrine.\n\n\n\n\n\n[[(back)|Northeast]]