The Melissae // Honeycombed Ritual Offering Candle to the Melissae Priestesses //

•Melissae Bee Ritual Candle Offering•   “There are certain holy ones, sisters born, three virgins gifted with wings: their heads are besprinkled with white meal, and they dwell under a ridge of Parnassus. These are teachers of divination apart from me, the art which I practiced while yet a boy following herds, though my father paid no heed to it. From their home they fly now here, now there, feeding on honeycomb and bringing all things to pass. And when they are inspired through eating yellow honey, they are willing to speak truth; but if they be deprived of the gods' sweet food, then they speak falsely, as they swarm in and out together.” — The Homeric Hymn in English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White   The Melissae whisper upon the wind, and through the veil-winged breath lent from the bee, their wisdom can be heard. Just as the bees are divine messengers, as are the ones who tend to them. The Melissae: they are always there, waiting to be seen, heard, and venerated once more. Can