Sample Ritual |
| Gather everything you will need for your altar and spellworking. Place
on or near your altar the following items: Materials needed for any particular
spellworking, a chalice with a little spring water in it, a dish of salt,
pentacle, sword, dagger, wand, incense burner with lighted charcoal, incense,
3 altar candles, four element candles. Once the magical circle is cast,
you will not be crossing it until the ritual is finished. A word here on incense and charcoal tablets. The best kind of incense is the kind burned on charcoal. Please use the little self-lighting charcoal tablets specially made for incense and NOT the barbecue ones. Incense has an effect on the mind and emotions, appealing to the subconscious mind and past memories. This mental/emotional effect plus the atmosphere of a candle-lit room and the wearing of robes can transform any ritual area into a pagan shrine of magical power. You need to create this atmosphere in which magic can work. Position your altar table in the center facing north. The symbols and/or candles for the elements should be set just inside the circle boundary with the altar set in the center. When you become more adept at spellworking, you can turn the central altar so that you face the predominant Element to be used in the spelling, if you wish. Play soft instrumental music, it lends atmosphere. Relax, take a few deep breaths to center yourself. Take your sword in your power hand. Starting in the east, visualize that powerful, protective silver-blue light shooting from the tip of the sword. Aim it at the floor. Moving clockwise from the east, draw the magical boundary of the circle. Remember to overlap the ends in the east when you finish. Before you start drawing the circle, say: Here may they manifest and bless their children. Move back to the altar, facing north. Raise your dagger in greeting and say: 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 magical journey Set the water chalice on the pentacle. Hold your dagger over it and say: Bless this creature of Water to your service. May we always remember the cauldron waters of rebirth Hold your dagger over the salt and say: Bless this creature of Earth to your service. May we always honor the blessed Earth, Its many forms and beings Sprinkle a little sale into the water, then hold the chalice up high and say: Beginning in the east and moving clockwise, sprinkle the water-salt mixture lightly around the edges of your circle. Replace the chalice on the alter. Hold your dagger over the lighted incense burner saying: 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: 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 in the burner. Don’t put too much incense in the burner as a little goes a long way in the enclosed room. Touch the burner briefly to the pentacle then raise the burner high saying: Carry the burner around the circle clockwise, beginning in the east. Return it to the altar. Go to the eastern quarter of the circle and light the yellow candle. Hold up your dagger in greeting. Salute the Element saying: Ruler of the East and the Powers of Air I call upon you, To witness this rite and to guard this circle. Move to the south, light the red candle and hold your dagger up in greeting: Ruler of the South and the Powers of Fire I call upon you To witness this rite and to guard this circle. In the western quarter you light the blue candle and greet the Element Ruler of the West and the Powers of Water I call upon you To witness this rite and to guard this circle. End by going to the north, light the green candle and greet the Element Ruler of the North and the Power of Earth I call upon you To witness this rite and to guard this circle. Move back to your central altar and stand facing north. Raise your arms in greeting: With power all around Within it I stand With protection at hand Proceed with your planned spellwork or ceremony. When everything is completed, hold your dagger over the altar and say: 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 yellow candle and say: With your Powers of Air My thanks and blessings. Go to the south and extinguish the red candle and say: With your Powers of Fire My thanks and blessings. Go to the west and extinguish the blue candle saying: With you Powers of Water My thanks and blessings. Finish by going to the north and extinguish the green candle and say With you Powers of Earth My thanks and blessings. Return to the center to stand before the altar. Raise your arms and say: Depart in Peace. May there always be harmony between us. My thanks and blessings Cut the circle with a backwards motion of your dagger to release all remaining vestiges of power for manifestation and say: Yet ever it remains a circle. Around and through Me Always flows its magical power. Be sure to put out your offering for the nature spirits. |
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