Lectionary Text: Enuma Elish, Tablet IV
Verse:

“He opened his mouth and the Evil Wind he sent forth to blow.”

Today’s Reflection

On this sacred day, we remember how Marduk, King of the Igigi and vanquisher of ancient chaos, arose in splendor and order against the raging disorder of the deep. The primal dragon, Tiamat, surged with monstrous resistance, yet the Breath of Marduk—his intentional wind—was no random gale. It was purpose made manifest. Speech empowered by divine command. Thought incarnate.

The Evil Wind he unleashed was not malevolent in its origin, but a force so attuned to his sovereign Will that it humbled the Leviathan. Marduk speaks, and creation obeys. The Wind, breath-bound, becomes his sword. And from breath comes cosmos, from utterance comes boundary, and from voice, the first sacred law.

In our rites, let us imitate this holy breath: not in tempestuous rage, but in clarity of command and in the still precision of articulate will. Let our invocations mirror his speech—firm, measured, without hesitation. Our lives must reflect this law: we speak not idle things, but order; not confusion, but cosmos. The Wind is holy only when it follows the tongue of the King.

Chanted Invocation

O Lord of Winds and Boundless Thought,
Breaker of the Serpent, Divider of the Waters,
Send Thy holy breath into my mind.
Clear away the storm within me,
As You cleared the face of the heavens.
Let my words carry the law of stars,
Let my speech divide falsehood from truth.
By Thy Wind was the dragon undone,
By Thy Breath let my chaos be silenced.

Ritual Act (Optional)

Prepare a vessel of clear water. Blow gently across its surface after reading the Invocation, symbolizing the Wind of Marduk moving across the primordial abyss. Speak aloud:

“As Marduk divided the waters, so do I separate the false from the true. Let the breath of the Great King guide me.”

Let silence follow. In that silence, allow your thoughts to be gathered and re-aligned with purpose.