Certain Sappho fragments are sound evocations for mystery school ritual practices. Here are a few of the chants. As background, Khaireto = Graces; Mousai = Muses; Aryah = Hera; Atreidae = Agamemnon + Menelaus; Ilion = Troy; Thyone's son = Dionysus; Sellana = moon.
Call to the Initiate
Lithely we braid the Khaireto,
Enkindle the glow of Mousai
Invocation to the Gatekeeper
Enlightened one Aryah Lady of Power
Reveal yourself so we may receive your form.
By all Atreidae kings enjoined
And Zeus, your immutable twin.
Endlessly sainted from the pull of hard breath,
Champions of Ilion on open seas --
Futile was their voyage to the rightful ports;
Without you, couldn't.
I place you and Zeus in front of my presence
And Thyone's son, high-volting with desire.
Intervene for me if I have appeased you
In the ancient way.
Now set apart ... The eligible ...
Encircle ...
Hold ...
Arrive.
Commencement
They bonded with Sellana's full load of light
And rang in silver stillness round its altar.
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δεῦτέ νυν ἄβραι Χάριτες καλλίκομοί τε Μοῖσαι
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πλάσιον δή μ’ [εὐχομέναι φανείη,
πότνι’ Ἦρα, σὰ χ[αρίεσσα μόρφα,
τὰν ἀράταν Ἀτ[ρεΐδαι κλῆ-
τοι βασίληες·
ἐκτελέσσαντες μ[άλα πόλλ’ ἄεθλα,
πρῶτα μὲν περ Ἴ̣[λιον ἔν τε πόντῳ,
τυίδ’ ἀπορμάθεν[τες ὄδον περαίνην
οὐκ ἐδύναντο,
πρὶν σὲ καὶ Δί’ ἀντ[ίαον κάλεσσαι
καὶ Θυώνας ἰμε̣[ρόεντα παῖδα·
νῦν δὲ κ[ἄμοι πραϋμένης ἄρηξον
κὰτ τὸ πάλ̣[αιον.
ἄγνα καὶ κά̣[λα
π]αρθ[εν
ἀ]μφι.[
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ἔμμενα̣[ι
[ἶ]ρ̣’ ἀπίκε[σθαι.
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πλήρης μὲν ἐφαίνετ’ ἀ σελάννα
αἰ δ’ ὠς περὶ βῶμον ἐστάθησαν
From Digital Sappho
