Items needed: athame, bowl, water, incense, candles, green, yellow, blue, red, silver, gold, lighter, salt, also eight white candles or the number of coven members who are attending the ritual. Also bottle of wine and bread/biscuits.
Grounding and focusing
Cleansing the sacred space:
Place your hand over the dish of water. Make three Widdershins (counter clockwise) circles over the water, concentrating on removing any negativity from it.
Priest: I purify this Water, cleansing any impurities which may lie within!"
(Imagine yellow-white light pouring down from your hand into the water, and forcing out all negativity.)
Priest: Now make three Deosil (clockwise) circles with your hand over the water. Say something like:
"I bless and consecrate this water for this sacred work!"
(Now turn to the salt. Place your hand over the salt and make three Widdershin circles over the salt, concentrating on removing any negativity from it.)
"I purify this salt, element of Earth, cleansing any impurities which may lie within!"
(Now make three Deosil circles with your hand over the salt.)
Priest: I bless and consecrate this salt for this sacred work!"
Add three pinches of salt to the water and stir.
Priest: Take the Holy Water and go Deosil around the area in which you are going to cast your circle.
Priest: Hold athame and slowly turn N, E, S, W cleansing and purifying the circle.
(When you have made a full circle, replace the Holy Water on the altar. Turn to face the inside of the circle and say")
Priest: "I bless and consecrate this space for the Full Moon Circle!"
Priestess: Lights the God and Goddess candles
Cast a Circle
Priest (starting in the South, holding athame at waist level, walk widdershins around the circle state)
I create the boundary of this holy circle.
Only positive energy and love may come in.
(High Priest will take the salt water, moving desoil around the circle state)
We open ourselves to the power of Earth and Water.
We feel the ancient might of stone and
We hear the thundering of the sea.
We are established as a foundation
Upon which we build our circle.
We are filled with conviction and faith which purifies our circle.
Quarters
Ice-Leaper, grey wolf of the West
Ancient One of Water
Cleanse and heal us, help us know
Our path of truth within your flow
We call you forth at this hour
To wash our souls with Waves of Power
Light blue candle
Night-Stalker, Black Wolf of the North
Ancient one of Earth
As your seedlings sprout we all see and know
How new plans must form and grow
We call you forth at this hour
To protect us with your Strength and Power
Light Green candle
Dawn-Treader, White Wolf of the East
Ancient one of Air
Sweep clean our minds of past debris
Blow forth new thoughts of clarity
We call you forth at this hour
To stir winds of Mental Power
Light yellow candle
Sun-Chaser, Brown Wolf of the South
Ancient one of Fire
Charge us with your energy
Inspired will and intensity
We call you forth at this hour
To burn the flames of Spirit Power
Light red candle
Invocation of the Lady Priestess:
Bright Goddess of fire and inspiration
Lady of Life and all creation
In this season hopes are high
For the icy darkness is passing by
We call your spirit to this rite
To celebrate increasing light
Your wisdom guides us through this season
So we may grow and always reason
High Priest lights the silver - Goddess candle
Invocation of the Lord Priest:
Reborn at Yule, Lord of Light
Whose power now grows bright
Vibrant energy of God within
Give us the strength to begin
We call your spirit to this rite
To celebrate increasing light
Your touch and light sparks desire
Bringing hopes ever higher
High Priestess lights the gold - God candle
Ritual Statement Coven Member:
The Wheel of the Year turns on and on,
Bringing us to and from each season,
And from and to yet another.
What will be is what was will be.
All time is here and now inside this sacred space
We pause briefly to watch the Wheel turn,
And we gather on this blessed eve so that we
Might celebrate this season of Imbolc.
Coven Member:
In this moment between the times we all come to praise
The young Maiden Goddess and Her child lover
Who was and will be the Father of our Harvest Bounty
As it was and ever shall be, we wish to give thanks,
And to feel ourselves a part of the relentlessly
Turning Wheel of Life, death, and rebirth.
All: Maiden Goddess, Innocent and fresh, we beseech you
Bring the sun of spring to warm us once again
Core Ritual Priestess:
The promise of Yule is fulfilled
In the feast of increasing light
What was begun at Yule
Now shows the first stirrings
And the infant of light
Grows into the child of the Sun
Priest:Not yet have the seeds begun to sprout
Yet within their dark sleep
They are stirring and awakening
Priestess:
Brigid, Lady of fire and inspiration,
Of poetry and healing blows
The embers bright, calling
The fires of the heart,
The fires of the mind,
The fires of art and love,
And life to awakening
Priest:The power and warmth
Of the strengthening sub
Brings new life to all on Mother Earth
And those who dwell there know
By the sun’s gentle caress that
They too are the blessed children of Mother Earth
Candle Lighting Ceremony *Priestess lights a white candle, then the High Priest,
then all of the other members or until all have lit a candle.
All of the candles should be placed in a circle around the altar.
All: Out in the cold, out in the night We wait for the light, life, life
Coven Member: Life from the light, Light from the sun
ALL: Life from the light, Life from the sun
Coven Member: Dance in the light, Light from the sun
All: Dance in the light from the sun
Priestess: The breath of winter
Has now been swept away
We can now emerge from our slumber
Priest: The dreams we had throughout winter
Are now lost in meaning
We can now begin to live again
Coven Member: Welcome the sun Light from the sun
Planting psychic seeds for the year * *
Priestess takes the cauldron of concentrated water saying:
Tonight we nurture our souls With spells from the year to come
Let each brother and sister charge This water with their hopes and plans
Priestess places the cauldron in the center
of the circle as all gather together and sit.
She now begins with her own visualization. * *
Go around the circle, each placing his/her vision into
the cauldron. Then the High Priestess takes the cauldron
and dips one of her fingers into the water and anoints
the person to the left on their brow.
Draw a pentacle or a crescent or something magickal
on his/her forehead, saying:
May you dwell ever with the Goddess and the God
May the Goddess and God dwell ever with you
May the dream seeds that you have planted
Take root, and flower, and come true
Priestess hands the bowl onto the person
She has just anointed, who then turns and blesses
The person to their left in the same manner. All
Within the circle perform the same ceremony until
The circle is completed. Then the High Priestess returns
the bowl back to the altar.
Priestess takes a sip of wine and passes it to the
High Priest, who also takes a sip, he then passes it on to
the next, continuing around the circle all taking a sip.
Raising energy
Turn, turn, Wheel of the Year Winter be-gone, let spring be here
Repeat until all feel that the energy has been raised to the desired level.
Release the Energy
Farewell to the Lord and the Lady
Priestess: Mother of all Life, fire and inspiration
We thank you for your love and perfect vision
And bid you Farewell and Blessed Be
High Priest extinguishes the Goddess candle
Priest: Young Lord of Light and vibrant energy
We give you thanks for your renewal
Of all bright hopes within
And bid you Farewell and Blessed Be
High Priestess extinguishes the God candle
Farewell to the Quarters
Coven Member individual in the West:
Ice-Leaper, ancient one of Water
You’ve cleansed us, healed us
Helped us follow our path
Of truth within your flow
Grey Wolf of the West
Our thanks to thee
Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
All: Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
Extinguish blue candle
Coven Member individual in the North:
Night-stalker, ancient one of Earth
As your seedlings sprout
We will see and know
How our plans must form and grow
Black Wolf of the North
Our thanks to thee
Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
All: Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
Extinguish green candle
Coven Member individual in the East:
Dawn-Treader, ancient one of Air
You’ve swept away our past debris
And brought fresh winds and clarity
White Wolf of the East
Our thanks to thee
Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
All: Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
Extinguish yellow candle
Coven Member individual in the South:
Sun-Chaser, ancient one of Fire
You’ve charged us with your energy
Inspired will and intensity
Brown Wolf of the South
Our thanks to thee
Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
All: Hail, Farewell and Blessed Be
Extinguish red candle
Banish Circle
Offer libations to the spirits
Ground and center * Words from David Arkenstone’s CD the Celtic Book of Days song #12 “Children of the Sun.”
** Adopted from Shekhinah Mountainwaters Ariadnes Thread “Aradia (Candlemas) ritual pg’s 165-168
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