CIRCLE SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

CIRCLE SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

WATER

THE WATER TO BE USED IS PUT INTO A CHALICE AND PLACED UPON THE PENTACLE AND THEN EXORCISED WITH THESE WORDS WITH THE TIP OF YOUR ATHAME OR FINGER ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.

DRAW 3 EARTH BANISHING PENTAGRAMS OVER THE WATER THEN TOUCH WITH ATHAME OR FINGER AND SAY:

"I EXORCISE THEE, O CREATURE OF WATER, AND CAST OUT FROM THEE ALL IMPURITIES AND UNCLEANLINESS OF THE WORLD OF PHANTASM" "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE"

SET WATER ASIDE.

SALT

PLACE THE SALT DIRECTLY ONTO THE PENTACLE OR IN A BOWL UPON THE PENTACLE. DRAW 3 EARTH BANISHING PENTAGRAMS OVER THE SALT AND TOUCH THE SALT WITH ATHAME OR FINGER AND SAY:

"BLESSINGS UPON THEE, O CREATURE OF EARTH, FREE OF HINDRANCE AND PURE BY NATURE, WHEREFORE I BLESS THEE THAT THOU MAYEST AID ME." "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE."

MIX THE SALT AND WATER AND PLACE ONTO THE PENTACLE, STIR TOGETHER WITH ATHAME OR FINGER AND SAY:

"I MIX THIS EARTH AND WATER, THAT WHATSOEVER IT TOUCHETH BE FREE OF HINDRANCE AND IMPURITIES, AND WAX MIGHTY IN THE WAY OF THE LORD AND THE LADY."

AFTER MIXING, WALK AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE CIRCLE SPRINKLING THE SALT AND WATER IN THE ENTIRE AREA. START IN THE DIRECTION YOU ALTER IS FACING (EAST) AND SAY:

"EARTH AND WATER BY CASTING THEE, NO SPELL OR UNKNOWN HINDRANCE BE, EXCEPT IN TRUE ACCORD WITH ME." "AND AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE."

CLEANSE YOUR ALTER FIRST (AS ABOVE SO BELOW), THEN CLEANSE AROUND THE ALTER, AND LASTLY CLEANSE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR CIRCLE (HAVE PARTICIPANTS MOVE INWARD AND YOU CLEANSE BEHIND THEM)

THE BURNING CHARCOAL (REPRESENTING FIRE) IS PUT INTO A THURIBLE AND PLACED UPON THE PENTAGRAM AND IS BLESSED WITH THESE WORDS AND THE TIP OF YOUR ATHAME OR FINGER. DRAW 3 EARTH BANISHING PENTAGRAMS OVER THE COALS WITH THE ATHAME OR FINGER AND SAY:

"BLESSINGS UPON THEE, O CREATURE OF FIRE, FREE OF HINDRANCE AND PURE BY NATURE, WHEREFORE I BLESS THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST AID ME." "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE."

SET THURIBLE ASIDE.

AIR

PLACE THE INCENSE (REPRESENTING AIR) DIRECTLY ONTO THE PENTACLE OR IN A BOWL UPON THE PENTACLE. DRAW 3 EARTH BANISHING PENTAGRAMS OVER THE INCENSE, THEN TOUCH WITH ATHAME OR FINGER AND SAY:

"I EXORCISE THEE, O CREATURE OF AIR, AND CAST OUT FROM THEE ALL IMPURTIES AND UNCLEANLINESS OF THE WORLD OF PHANTASM." "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE."

ADD SOME OF THE INCENSE TO THE LIGHTED CHARCOAL IN THE THURIBLE AND PLACE BACK ONTO THE PENTACLE AND SAY:

"I MIX THIS FIRE AND AIR THAT WHATSOEVER IT TOUCHETH BE FREE OF HINDRANCE AND IMPURITIES AND WAX MIGHTY IN THE WAY OF THE LORD AND LADY."

AGAIN "WALK THE PERIMETER OF YOUR CIRCLE, STARTING WITH YOUR ALTER (AS ABOVE AND SO BELOW) IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOUR ALTER IS FACING AND SAY:

"CREATURE OF AIR, THIS CHARGE I GIVE, NO EVIL IN THY PRESENCE LIVE. CREATURE OF FIRE, THIS CHARGE I LAY, NO EVIL IN THY PRESENCE STAY."

CLEANSE CIRCLE 3 TIMES, ONCE OVER AND UNDER THE ALTER, ONCE AROUND THE ALTER, ONCE BEHIND THE PARTICIPANTS.

CASTING THE CIRCLE

STARTING IN THE EAST, TAKE YOUR ATHAME OR INDEX FINGER AND WALK THE PERIMETER OF YOUR AREA ONE TIME, BLADE DOWN, TO MARK THE BOUNDARY OF YOUR CIRCLE. AS YOU WALK SAY:

"I CONJURE THEE, O CIRCLE OF POWER, THAT THOU BEAST A BOUNDARY, BETWEEN THE WORLD OF MAN, AND THE REALM OF THE MIGHTY ONES, A GUARDIAN AND A PROTECTION FOR THE POWER RAISED WITHIN THEE." "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE."

CALLING THE WATCHTOWERS

DO THE APPROPRIATE EVOKING PENTAGRAMS. CHARGE AND ENERGIZE THE CENTER OF THE PENTAGRAM WHILE VISUALIZING IT BEING FILLED WITH THE APPROPRIATE COLOR. CIRLCE THE PENTAGRAM STARTING FROM THE TIP OF THE PENTAGRAM AND ENDING AT THE TIP. (SPIRIT TO SPIRIT) YOU MAY GIVE A SILENT SALUTE BRIEFLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.

DO ALL FOUR QUARTERS IN DEOSIL ORDER (EAST, SOUTH, WEST, NORTH). FACE EACH OF THE QUARTERS IN TURN AND SAY:

"HAIL YE O’ LORDS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE EASTERN QUADRANT! I DO SUMMON, STIR AND CALL UPON THEE THAT THOU MAY BEAR WITNESS TO THIS RITE AND LEND YOUR PROTECTION IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT."

SOUTHERN, WESTERN, NORTHERN

DO ALL FOUR QUARTERS IN WILDERSHINS ORDER (NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, EAST). FACE EACH QUARTER IN TURN, BEFORE PROCEEDING YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE A SILENT SALUTE THEN STARTING FROM SPIRIT TO SPIRIT IN WILDERSHINS, ERASE THE CIRCLE DRAWN AROUND THE PENTAGRAM, THEN DO A BANISHING PENTAGRAM AND SAY:

"HAIL YE O’ LORDS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE EASTERN QUADRANT! I THANK THEE FOR THY ATTENDANCE AND PROTECTION, AND BID THEE FAREWELL AS YOU RETURN TO YOUR LOVELY REALM. MAY THERE ALWAYS BE PEACE BETWEEN WE AND THEE." "BLESSED BE!"

STARTING IN THE EAST, TAKE YOUR ATHAME OR INDEX FINGER AND WALK THE PERIMETER OF YOUR AREA ONE TIME, BLADE DOWN, THIS TIME WILDERSHINS TO ERASE THE BOUNDARY OF YOUR CIRCLE. AS YOU WALK SAY:

"BY MY WILL, I ERASE THEE, O CIRLCE OF POWER. AND RETURN THIS GROUND ONCE MORE TO THE WORLD OF MAN." "AS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE!"

IF THIS HAS NOT BEEN A SOLITARY RITE, AND THERE ARE OTHERS PRESENT YOU MAY WISH AT THIS TIME TO TURN TO THE REST OF THE GROUP AND SAY:

"THE CIRCLE IS OPEN, YET UNBROKEN. MERRY MEET, MERRY PART, AND MERRY MEET AGAIN."