A Litany for Antinous the Navigator

by Merri-Todd Webster

In the Name of Antinous, the Navigator, the Starry Guide, the Glory of the Eagle, the Crowned and Conquering Child.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of the night.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of our fears.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of our ignorance.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of our mortality.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of our depression.

Guide us, Antinous, in the darkness of our oppression.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your star.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your beauty.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your humanity.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your divinity.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your prophecy.

Guide us, Antinous, by the light of your love.

Guide us, Antinous, when we are lost and confused.

Guide us, Antinous, when we struggle to find a path.

Guide us, Antinous, when the road seems endless and without destination.

Guide us, Antinous, when our chains have fallen,

when we are free at last, but know not what to do with our freedom,

where we ought to go, or how to help others.

Guide us and teach us, Navigator of the heavens.

Guide us and teach us, Victor over the archons.

Guide us and teach us, Lover of souls.

Guide us to shine in the heavens in our divinity

as you do, O Emperor of Peace.

Ave, vive, Antinoe!