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Beltain Ritual
1. Prepare Prepare the house by decorated based on the proper correspondences for beltain Prepare the food based on the correspondences for Beltain Prepare the altar with an extra yellow candle. Make sure it’s a large candle as it is the balefire Have a dish of earth and flowers on the side ready
2. Opening the Circle Do the Circle casting, Element calling, Divinity calling Calling deities specific to the day or meaning of the holiday
3. Energy Raise energy chanting the energy-raising chant I dance with delight, on Beltane's night. All senses freeing, I dance for being.
4. The Sun Light the Sun candle and chant I consecrate this candle for the sun
5. The earth Take the Dish of earth and say I bless, consecrate, and set apart this earth, Put flowers into the dish. Remember that the goddess is not just of the night and the moon, but that she is of the earth and growth as well. The God is at his virile peak. He is the lover of the goddess
6. The great rite Take up the athame and say The power of the masculine projecting outward, Skyward and earthward Take up the chalice and say The power of the feminine receiving, Taking power and manifesting Place athame in the chalice and say Through time and space, In every place, The god always returns To the goddess he yearns. From divine union Shall be born the divine son. Through his own underworld journey, Shall all travel death’s mystery. Now the divine lady and divine lord come together To multiply and strength the balance of power. As we begin to wane towards destruction This end always breeds the divine creation.
7. Meditation Growth and Plants growing Union of the divine male and female
8. Conclude the ritual as normal Thank the Deities for their presence Thank the elements for their presence Open the circle
Litha Ritual
1. Prepare Prepare the house by decorated based on the proper correspondences for Litha Prepare the food based on the correspondences for Litha
2. Opening the Circle Do the Circle casting, Element calling, Divinity calling Calling deities specific to the day or meaning of the holiday
3. Energy Raise energy chanting the energy-raising chant while dancing around the circle Essence, Time, Power, Rhyme, Wind, Fire, Growing, Higher Earth, Air, Deadly, Stare, Magick, Sign, Energy, Mine!
4. Dancing Dance, Lady, dance--on the Oak King's tomb, Where he lies half a year in thy quiet womb. Dance, Lady, dance--at the Holly King's birth, Who has slain his twin for the love of Earth. Dance, Lady, dance--to the Sun God's power, And his touch of gold on field and flower. Dance, Lady, dance--in the Silver Wheel, Where the Oak King rests, his wounds to heal. Dance, Lady, dance--for the Holly King's reign, Till his brother the Oak shall rise again. Dance, Lady, dance--in the moonlit sky, To the Threefold Name men know thee by. Dance, Lady, dance--on the turning Earth, For the Birth that is Death, and the Death that is Birth. Dance, Lady, dance--to the Sun on high, For his burning splendour, too, must die. Dance, Lady, dance--to the year's long tide, For through all change must thou abide.
5. Enact the great rite Take up the athame and say The power of the masculine projecting outward, Skyward and earthward Take up the chalice and say The power of the feminine receiving, Taking power and manifesting Place athame in the chalice and say Through time and space, In every place, The god always returns To the goddess he yearns. From divine union Shall be born the divine son. Through his own underworld journey, Shall all travel death’s mystery. Now the divine lady and divine lord come together To multiply and strength the balance of power. As we begin to wane towards destruction This end always breeds the divine creation.
6. Faery This is the night of the faeries, to please them can bring great things into home. To please them: Pour a libation on the earth Leave offerings of milk, bread, wine, and honey for the faeries Ask for their blessing in the silence of your heart
7. Meditation The Lord and Lady are a well married couple The Goddess is pregnant, The god is strong to provide for her and the baby The god and the goddess are in true union; they work and play together just as people do
8. Conclude the ritual as normal Thank the Deities for their presence Thank the elements for their presence Open the circle Lughsanadh Ritual
1. Prepare Prepare the house by decorated based on the proper correspondences for Lughsanadh Prepare the food based on the correspondences for Lughsanadh Have a few grains and bread
2. Opening the Circle Do the Circle casting, Element calling, Divinity calling Calling deities specific to the day or meaning of the holiday
3. Energy Raise energy chanting the energy-raising chant while dancing around the circle Essence, Time, Power, Rhyme, Wind, Fire, Growing, Higher Earth, Air, Deadly, Stare, Magick, Sign, Energy, Mine!
4. The first feast raise the wheat and say Blessed be this season of Lughsanadh, time of the First Harvest, when the bounties of nature give of themselves so that we may survive. Oh God of the ripening fields, Lord of the Grain, who give sustenance to the people, grant me the understanding of sacrifice as You prepare to deliver Yourself under the sickle of the Goddess and journey to the lands of eternal summer. Oh Goddess of the Moon, teach me the secrets of rebirth as the Sun loses its strength and the nights grow cold. Stroke the wheat heads and say I partake of the first harvest, mixing its energies with mine that I may continue my quest for the starry wisdom of perfection. Oh Lady of the Moon and Lord of the Sun, gracious ones before Whom the stars halt their courses, I offer my thanks for the continuing fertility of the Earth. May the nodding grain loose its seeds to be buried in the Mother's breast, ensuring rebirth in the warmth of the coming Spring. Take up the bread and say Many blessings I have been given, I count them now by this bread of the grain of Mother Earth.
5. Thanks giving Take a bite of the bread while you think of what you are thankful for When finished eating that bite of bread, speak aloud your things you are thankful for and then say Thank you Great Mother. I ask that you humbly accept my offering of this bread. May it be used to feed your loved ones in nature.
6. Meditation the bounty of nature things to be thankful for Waning of life First Harvest
7. Conclude the ritual as normal Thank the Deities for their presence Thank the elements for their presence Open the circle
Mabon Ritual
1. Prepare Prepare the house by decorated based on the proper correspondences for Mabon Prepare the food based on the correspondences for Mabon Have a bad leaves
2. Opening the Circle Do the Circle casting, Element calling, Divinity calling Calling deities specific to the day or meaning of the holiday
3. Energy Raise energy chanting the energy-raising chant while dancing around the circle Essence, Time, Power, Rhyme, Wind, Fire, Growing, Higher Earth, Air, Deadly, Stare, Magick, Sign, Energy, Mine!
4. Second harvest Raise the bread and say The oats were sown The grains have grown New we harvest Before the arrival of winters wind at its cruelest Raise the fruit and say The fruits have been picked When ripeness was perfect Now in stores To prepare before winters cold roars Raise the wine and say To life and death we toast The fullness of lifes most New to feast Before winter’s famine beast
5. Autumn Burn the bag of leaves and say as they burn Leaves fall, the days grow cold. The Goddess pulls Her mantle of the Earth around Her as You, O Great Sun God, Take the Ashes once the leaves have burned down and scatter them to the winds while saying: O Gracious Goddess of all fertility,
6. Meditation the bounty of the harvest the coming quietness the aging of the god
7. Conclude the ritual as normal Thank the Deities for their presence Thank the elements for their presence Open the circle
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