| The Circle |
| There are many different ways to cast a Circle. I have written different Circle castings, but this is my most recent. If you want to write your own, i suggest you either say what comes from the heart as these words contain the most emotion and feeling and are more likely to be effective, or read many different examples of Circle Castings and make up your own from these. Make sure you have everything you will need inside the Circle before you start. Place representations of the elements in the North, South, East and West such as salt, a candle, incense and water respectively. These will roughly mark out the boundaries of the Circle. You can also place flowers around the perimeter, or a length of rope or cord. Walk or dance around the Circle once or twice and then go to the North. Pick up the bowl of salt and take it to the West. Take three pinches of salt and sprinkle them into the water. Now take the index finger on your dominant hand and stir the water three times in a clockwise direction. Hold the bowl of water above your head and visualize a bright light surrounding the water. Keep this visualization until the light is very big and very bright. You have now made Holy Water. Walk around the Circle in a clockwise direction from the West, and sprinkle some of the Holy Water on the ground along the boundaries of the Circle. Once you have done this, replace the water and then go and stand in the centre of the Circle. Hold your hands up to the sky and say out loud: "Oh Mother Goddess, Oh Father God. I cast this Circle to protect me/us from any negative energies and to keep any positive energies I/we produce inside of it until we are ready to release them. I ask You to bless it with Your power and love. In Light and Love, So Mote it Be." Now imagine a stream of bright white or purple light coming down from the sky and into your arms. Feel yourself becoming empowered and when you are ready, hold out your dominant arm and visualize a stream of bright light coming out of your hand and mark out the Circle with this light. Once you have gone along the whole of the Circle, move back to the middle and stand with arms outstretched again, and imagine more bright light burst out of your arms up into the air and transform into a sphere shape which runs above the Earth and beneath also. You have now cast your Circle. If, while you are in the Circle, you find you need to leave for some reason, simply cut a door in the Circle. Its as simple as it sounds, you draw the shape of a door in the wall of the Circle, open it, and close it when you are out. When you need to get back into the Circle, do the same. Just make sure you remember to close the door after. You do this because by just walking through the Circle, you weaken it. Cutting the door stops the Circle from becoming weak. When you are finished in the Circle, walk to the centre and raise your arms. Imagine the bright light which you produced earlier flowing back into your arms. Now with your opposite arm to the one you used earlier, imagine the line you drew around the Circle flowing back into your arm. Now earth this energy by kneeling down on the ground and placing your hands palms down on the Earth. The energy will be absorbed by the Earth. Comments? Questions? Criticism? Mail me :) |
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