WHEN:
Friday 21st June 2019
Socialization starts at 6:00 PM CT
Circle cast at 7:00 PM CT
Please DO NOT enter chat room once circle is cast.
WHERE:
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Litha- Northern Hemisphere
1 White Taper Candle
1 Small black candle
2 Candle Holders
Matches or Lighter
1 Small glass of Juice or mead or wine – this can be share with everyone attending at your home or a small glass per person
1 Bite size cookie for each person attending in your home
If you have a child that will be joining us you will need
2 Battery Operated Candle ( one should be painted or markers used to make the stick of the candle black. Do not get on the “candle flame” as this may cause to explode.
If you choose to have anyone attend our gathering you and they can decide whether regular or battery operated candles are use.
Please keep a careful with children and the elderly around the open candle flames. Remember it is always SAFETY FIRST with every magickal thing you do.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Yule- Southern Hemisphere
2 White candles- any length- place at either end of your alter
Your wish ready to write on a piece of paper- small note size
Paper and pen to write the wish on
Incense of your choice
Please feel free to bring a yule log if you are able to get one, the choice is yours.
Litha- Northern Hemisphere- Summer Solstice
Midsummer night eve of importance to many people. This is the longest day of the year, a day on which both light and life are plentiful. This is the time that the Sun God is at his strongest and his day is celebrated by burning his sun wheel. This was to ensure fertility and prosperity for the coming year.
This is also celebrated for the Goddess, as she is now with Child and reflecting the abundance of nature’s growth.
This is a time of purification
Yule- Southern Hemisphere- Winter Solstice
This is a celebration of rebirth and renewing of the old. The start of a longer, lighter days as the Lord of the sun rises form sojourn with the Goddess. This is a time to welcome back the Sun. A time to celebrate knowing that the warmer days of spring are ahead, and the dormant hearth will come back to life.
Below is a picture of the Solar Cross that will be drawn on your paper with your wish.
Ceremony:
INVOCATIONS
Litha- Northern Hemisphere
EVERYONE: Mother Nature, Lady of the firmament, bless thy fruitful womb which I honor.
EVERYONE: God of fertility and fruitfulness. Blessed Lord of the blazing Sun, seed and nurturer of life. May you be blessed.
Yule- Southern Hemisphere
Light your 2 white candles now.
When finished type done.
EVERYONE: I light this fire in your honor Great Mother Goddess, you who have created life from death and warmth form cold. Once the time of the Sun lives. We invite you great mother to our circle, bring us brand new light, that of your glorious Son.
EVERYONE: Ancient God of forest and sky. I welcome you as you return form the shadows. Ow Great Lord the wheel has turned, I welcome you back to warm us. Great Lord I welcome your return and may you shine brightly upon this Great Mother Earth.
So let’s begin our Litha/Yule
Hypatia Casting the circle-
To the Guardians of the East:
I call you into our Watchtowers to protect us.
To the Guardians of the South:
I call you into our Watchtowers to protect us.
To the Guardians of the West:
I call you into our Watchtowers to protect us.
To the Guardians of the North:
I call you into our Watchtowers to protect us.
I cast this circle three times three with the assistance of the Great Mother and the Great God.
I call Upon the Guardians of spirit to protect us from above and below. As is above so is below, as is below so is above. May the power of The Great God and The great Goddess join us within this circle now, to protect us and to work with us and allow us to see beyond the veil.
Protect us Great Mother and Great God for all gathered here and those afar who are unable to be with us. Allow no negative energy to touch us, to harm us and that nothing we call upon will harm us and others. We come together in perfect love and perfect trust.
Greeting:
Hypatia – Merry meet brothers and sisters and honored guests.
Everyone – Respond Merry Greet. Please tell us your first name and state or country you are from.
RITUAL- MAIN WORKING
Litha- Northern Hemisphere
EVERYONE: Light your white candle while repeating this spell three times. When done type in “So more it be”
As the Holly King loses his battle and the Oak King is born. We wish the Holly King a restful slumber with our love and thanks for all he has helped us with.
We will meditate for 2 minutes to honor the Holly King.
Now light your black candle while repeating this spell three times. When you are done type in “So mote it be”
We welcome the Oak King as the days get shorter. We ask for your help in preparing for the cold months’
We will meditate for 2 minutes to honor the Oak King.
LADY BELTANE: I bring to each of you a blessing of peace, love, good will, and light on behalf of the Triple Goddess and her consort the Holly King. From myself I wish you positive energy, good cheer and happiness.
EVERYONE: Partake of your beverage and cookie saving a bit of each to place outside as an offering to the Holly King and the Goddess.
Yule- Northern Hemisphere
Using your pen and paper please draw your symbol.
Breathe deeply as you are doing this allowing the breath to come from your ‘Heart Space’. Do this a couple of times until you get the hang of it while you are drawing the symbol.
This will allow your ‘Heart Space’ to be filled with Love.
Allow this energy to build up and be part of your WISH as you begin to write it.
On top of the symbol please start writing your WISH- 1 minute. During this time you will be putting your absolute and full intention from your heart space.
Type done when finished.
EVERYONE: “Lord of the Sun that rides the westerly wild wind. As the seeds flourish and the fall into the waiting earth. I know this to be a time of equals allowing natures scales to come into balance. As the dark winter shadows reveal the wheel-a-turning it unveils life’s glory through a deathly silence.
EVERYONE: O Great Goddess, watcher of sacred magic and long gone myths, show me the way to great wisdom. Show me the way Great Goddess!”
When you are done please meditate for a full 2 minutes on the wish.
Type done when finished
EVERYONE: Let my mind and my hands be dedicated to the service of the God and the Goddess.
For After the Ritual
After the ritual you will give your WISH to the Great Mother Herself. You can bury it in the earth under your favorite tree or tie it on one of it’s grand branches, inside a fae circle, place it in a running stream, river or ocean. The choice is yours. Take your time to find the right place even if it is in a couple of weeks.
When you have the place, as you give it to the Great Mother, recite the WISH 3 times, begin with reverence and end with love and Gratitude, remembering to breathe from your ‘Heart Space’.
FAREWELLS
EVERYONE:
Mother Goddess, Lady of the Waters, I thank you for your presence and your blessings. May there be peace and honor between us now and forever. Hail and farewell.”
“Ancestors of blood and ancestors of spirit, I thank you for your presence and your blessings. May there be peace and honor between us now and forever. Hail and farewell.”
“Spirits of the land, spirits of this place, I thank you for your presence and your blessings. May there be peace and honor between us now and forever. Hail and farewell.”
Thank you bright Lord for the light you have brought to us this night,, may we carry it with us throughout the year that is coming.
Great Lady who is ever so gracious with her nurturing caring ways and infinite wisdom. Live within us throughout the coming year.
So mote it be!
CLOSING
Dismiss the circle:
To the Guardians of the East:
I dismiss and thank you from our Watchtowers and give Gratitude for protect us.
To the Guardians of the South:
I dismiss and thank you from our Watchtowers and give Gratitude for protect us.
To the Guardians of the West:
I dismiss and thank you from our Watchtowers and give Gratitude for protect us.
To the Guardians of the North:
I dismiss and thank you from our Watchtowers and give Gratitude for protect us.
As you leave here tonight may the Lady and Lord bless you with all that you need and want.
I bid you Blessings and great Joy Brothers and sisters of the Craft
Thank you
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