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Lammas Ritual
By Crone
Cover your altar
with a cloth of red, orange, gold and yellow. Have an abundance of flowers of
the same color, and wear those colors yourself. Add in some fresh fruit and
vegetables of the season. In addition to your usual altar items, include a
smoldering cauldron and a small loaf of bread. Ground and center
with these words: I am blessed. I am thankful
for all that I have. I give thanks. I
give thanks. I give thanks. Cast your Circle
with athame or wand: With a grateful
heart I purify This sacred space between earth and sky. Invoke
Directions:
Spirits of East Let your breezes
gently caress all that I do. May my harvest be plentiful. Spirits of the
South Bring your light
and warmth to my endeavors May my harvest be plentiful. Spirits of the
West Your waters are
my liquid life. May my harvest be plentiful. Spirits of the
North I celebrate the
abundance of your good earth. May my harvest
be plentiful. Invoke
Deities:
Father Sun, come
into my Circle. I thank you for
your strength, For your energy, For the food we
now harvest. I thank you,
too, for your sacrifice As the days
begin to shorten. I know you will rise again. Mother Earth,
come into my Circle. I thank you for
fertile soil, For nurturing, For the food we
now harvest. Walk with me now As the days
begin to shorten. Give me strength
in the dark Till the Sun
will rise again. Pronouncement:
I am between the
worlds, Beyond the
bounds of time, Where day and
night, Birth and death, Joy and sorrow, Meet as one. Magickal
Working:
Just as the seeds have challenges to their growth, so do we
all have challenges to achieving our full potential. Consider what limitations
may be holding you back. For each one of them, name it and break off a bit of
bread, dropping it into the cauldron. As your bread/limitations burn, whisper
this chant: So mote it be.
So mote it be. I am free of my
limits. So mote it be. When you are ready, eat of your loaf. As the bread nurtures
your body, let it also nurture your spirit. Think of your harvests, past,
present, and future, and know how powerful you are. Know that blessings will
continue to flow with increased strength into your life. Chant with vigor and
joy: My thanks for
this harvest, the first of the year. May its power be
with me in all I hold dear. Dismissing the directions and the deities:
North and south
and east and west, All by Mother
Earth are blessed. My thanks,
directions, every one. You are blessed
by Father Sun. My thanks that
you did join with me. Go now if you will, for you are free. Mother Earth and
Father Sun, I thank you for
your presence in my Circle. I thank you for
the blessings of the first harvest. I thank you for
blessings yet to come. I thank you that
I am blessed. I am blessed. Sing or speak the chant: The Circle is
open but unbroken. May the peace of
the goddess go ever in my heart. Merry meet and
merry part And merry meet
again. Blessed be
©
July 2010 Darkhairedcrone
First published in The Controversial Cauldron - the group newsletter of Email Witches Crone is an active member of the UU (CUUP’s) and has been a member of Email Witches since 2004
Best wishes and Blessed Be
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