SUGGESTED ALTAR LAYOUT by Scott
Cunningham excerpted from: WICCA A Guide
For The Solitary Practitioner 1989, Llewellyn
Publications
 
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_    Goddess                               God          _
_    Symbol or                            Symbol or     _
_    Candle                               Candle        _
_                       Censer                          _
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_    Bowl of            Red               Bowl of       _
_     Water            Candle              Salt         _
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_                     Pentacle                          _
_     Cup                                  Incense      _
_                     Cauldron                          _
_                      or Spell                         _
_    Wand             Materials            Knife        _
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_    Bell                                 Bolline       _
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Light the candles. Set the incense smoking. Lift the
athame and touch its blade to the water, saying:

I consecrate and cleanse this water that it may be purified and fit to dwell within the sacred Circle of Stones.
In the name of the Mother Goddess and Father
God, I consecrate this water. As you do this, visualize your athame blasting away all negativity from the water.
The salt is next touched with the point of the athame
while saying:

I bless this salt that it may be fit to dwell within the sacred Circle of Stones. In the name of the Mother Goddess and Father God, I bless this salt.

Now stand facing North, at the edge of the cord-marked
circle. Hold your athame point outward at waist level.
Walk slowly around the circle's perimeter clockwise, your
feet just inside the cord, charging it with your words and
energy. Create the circle - through your visualization -
with the power flowing out from your athame's blade. As
you walk, stretch the energy out until it forms a complete
sphere around the working area, half above the ground, half
below. As you do this say:

Here is the boundary of the Circle of Stones.
Naught but love shall enter in, Naught but love shall emerge from within. Charge this by Your powers, Old Ones!

When you have arrived back at the North, place the
athame on the altar. Take up the salt and sprinkle it
around the circle, beginning and ending in the North, and
moving clockwise. Next, carry the smoking censer from the
altar, and finally sprinkle water around the circle. Do
more than carrying and walking; sense the substances
purifying the circle. The Circle of Stones is now sealed.
Hold aloft the wand at the North, at the edge of the
circle, and say:

O Spirit of the North Stone,
Ancient One of the Earth,
I call You to attend this circle.
Charge this by Your powers, Old Ones!
As you say this, visualize a greenish mist rising and
writhing in the Northern quarter, over the stone. This is
the elemental energy of the Earth. When the Spirit is
present, lower the wand, move to the East, raise it again
and say:

O Spirit of the East Stone,
Ancient One of Air,
I call You to attend this circle.
Charge this by Your powers, Old Ones!
Visualize the yellowish mist of Air energy. Lower the
wand, move to the South and repeat the following with your
upraised wand, visualizing a crimson Fire mist:

O Spirit of the South Stone,
Ancient One of Fire,
I call You to attend this circle.
Charge this by Your powers, Old Ones!
Finally, to the West, say with the wand held aloft:

O Spirit of the West Stone,
Ancient One of Water,
I call You to attend this circle.
Charge this by Your powers, Old Ones!
Visualize the bluish mist, the essence of Water.
The circle breaths and lives around you. The Spirits
of the Stones are present. Feel the energies. Visualize
the circle glowing and growing in power. Stand still,
sensing for a moment.
The Circle of Stones is complete. The Goddess and God
may be called, and magick wrought.