Special Notes: Time of the Horned God and the Lady of the Greenwood; honor of the house guardian.

Alter Supplies: incense; burner; chalice of water; salt; pentacle; dagger or sword; chalice of wine; wand. Somewhere within the circle area, the house guardian or his symbol, in whatever form you have choosen; perfumed oil.

Cast the circle with the dagger or sword, saying:

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

Move back to the alter, facing North. 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 Gates of Asgard. May the Ancient Ones help and protect me on my magickal journry.

Set the water chalice on the pentacle. Hold your dagger over the chalice saying:

Great Goddess Freyja, bless this creature of Water to your service. May we always remember the cauldron waters of rebirth.

Hold your dagger over the salt, say:

Great Goddess Freyja, bless this creature of Earth to your service. May we always honor the blessed Earth, its many forms and beings.

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

Great Freyja, be you adored!

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 God Freyr, bless this creature of Fire to your service. May we always remember the sacred Fire that dances within the form of every creation.

Hold your dagger over the incense, saying:

Great God Freyr, bless this creature of Air to your service. May we always listen to the spirit winds that bring us the voices of the Ancient Ones.

Put a little incense on the lighted charcoal and using the attached chains, touch the burner briefly to the pentacle disk, then raise the burner high, saying:

Great Freyr, be you adored!

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 yellow candle and say:

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

In the southern quarter, light the red candle and say:

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

Move to the west; light the blue candle and say:

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

End by going to the north; light the green candle and say:

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

Move back to the central alter, and face north. Raise your arms in greeting:

This circle is bound,
With power all around.
Within it I stand
With protection at hand.

Raise your wand in greeting, say:

I do call the Goddess to be here with me, she once called "the Lady of May." Greetings, O Goddess of things wild, of trees, of skies, and of waters. Blessed be.

Dance around the alter, beginning in the east, and moving clockwise. Pause to salute each Elemental quarter with raised arms. Move back to the alter when finished.

I am the servant, thou the Lady. I am the hands to obey, the weapon to use, the body to serve. I was born to thy service, and by thy will shall I live, to die at the time appointed. Let now thy great light come into me. I am a cup to be filled, that I may do what is needful. Blessed be thy commands. Let my ears hear them, my hands and feet obey. Blessed be ever thy will which moves me.

Stand before the house guardian or symbol.

Lovely Lady, great Lord, I present to you the guardian of this house, the special spirit I have invited into my home. I honor them in this symbol of its being. Great Freyr, lovely Freyja, bless this guardian of this house. And to your blessings, I add my thanks for your protection. Blessed be.

The guardian symbol or statue is lightly annointed with perfumed oil. If the symbol is such that it cannot be oiled, at least swing the smoking incense burner around it.

Place the wine chalice on the pentacle for a few moments, then lift it high, saying:

To the Gods of Asgard! Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again.

Drink the wine, saving some to be put outside for the nature spirits.

Now is time for divination, meditation, or spellwork. If any spellworking is done, finish with:

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

Rap the alter three times with the wand, say:

As woods and meadows blossom and green, I celebrate this ancient rite as the old ones did before me. I cast my words into the mists of time and space: Where I stand now, in years to come, May scores of other pagans be. So mote it be.

Extinguish the eastern candle. Say:

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

Extinguish the southern candle. Say:

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

Extinguish the western candle. Say:

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

Finish by extinguishing the northerm candle. Say:

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

Return to the alter, raise your arms 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 to end the ritual. Say:

The circle is open, yet ever it remains a circle. Around and through me always flows its magickal power.