Taking your magickal dagger in your power hand and starting in the east, visualize that powerful, protective silver-blue flame shooting from the tip of the ritual blade. Aim it at the floor. Move clockwise from the east, drawing the magickal boundary. Remember to overlap the ends in the east when you finish.

Note: In casting the circle it is acceptable to use a dagger, a sword, or the forefinger of your power hand.

While you are drawing the circle say:

I consecrate this circle of power to the Ancient Gods. Here may they manifest and bless their child.

Move back to the alter, facing east. Raise your dagger or wand in greeting, say:

This is a time that is not a time, in a place that is not a place, on a day that is not a day. I stand at the threshold between the worlds, before the veil of the Mysteries. May the Ancient Ones help and protect me on my magickal journry.

Set the water chalice on the pentacle disk. Hold your dagger over it and say:

Great Mother, bless this creature of Water to your service. May I always remember the cauldron waters of rebirth.

Hold your dagger over the salt, say:

Great Mother, bless this creature of Earth to your service. May I always remember the blessed Earth, its many forms and beings.

Sprinkle a little salt into the water, then hold the chalice up high. Say:

Great Mother, I give you honor!

Beginning in the east and moving clockwise, sprinkle the water-salt mixture lightly around the edges of the circle. Replace the chalice on the alter. Hold your dagger over the lighted incense burner, saying:

Great Father, bless this creature of Fire to your service. May I always remember the sacred Fire that dances within the form of every creation.

Hold your dagger over the incense, saying:

Great Father, bless this creature of Air to your service. May I always listen to the spirit winds that bring me the voices of the Ancient Ones.

Put a little incense on the lighted charcoal. Do not put too much incense in the burner, as a little goes a long way in an enclosed room! Using the attached chains, touch the burner briefly to the pentacle disk, then raise the burner high, saying:

Great Father, I give you honor!

Carry the burner around the circle clockwise, beginning in the east. Return it to the alter.

Go to the eastern corner of the circle. Light the red candle and hold your hand up in greeting. You may also salute the Element with your dagger, sword or wand instead of your hand:

I call upon you, Powers of Air, to witness this rite and to guard this circle.

In the southern quarter, light the white candle and greet the Element

I call upon you, Powers of Fire, to witness this rite and to guard this circle.

Move to the west; light the grey candle and hold up your hand in greeting:

I call upon you, Powers of Water, to witness this rite and to guard this circle.

End by going to the north; light the black candle and greet the element:

I call upon you, Powers of Earth, to witness this rite and to guard this circle.

Move back to the central alter, and stand facing east. Raise your arms in greeting:

This circle is bound,
With power all around.
Between the worlds, I stand
With protection at hand.

Proceed with your planned spellwork. When everything is completed, hold your hand or dagger over the alter and say:

By the powers of the ancient Gods,
I bind all power within this circle
Into this spell. So mote it be.

When you are ready to end the ritual, go to the east and extinguish the red candle. Say:

Depart in peace, O Powers of Air. My thanks and blessings.

Go to the south, extinguish the white candle. Say:

Depart in peace, O Powers of Fire. My thanks and blessings.

Go to the west and put out the grey candle. Say:

Depart in peace, O Powers of Water. My thanks and blessings.

Finish by going to the north and extinguishing the black candle. Say:

Depart in peace, O Powers of Earth. My thanks and blessings.

Return to the alter in the center and say:

To all beings and powers of the visible and invisible, depart in peace. May there always be harmony between us. My thanks and blessings.

Cut the circle with a backwards movement of your dagger or sword to release all remaining traces of power for manifestation. Say: