Ritual - Family

Call to circle
Child rings bell three times then says
I ring the bell
To cast the spell
Let sacred time begin
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be
Let sacred time begin.
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Circle Cast
High Priestess walks circle with sea salt & water.
High Priest walks circle with fire & incense.
High Priestess walks circle with athame.
Great Mother,
Weave around us
A circle of radiant light
Where we can honor
Our Lord and Lady.
Protect us, guide us and love us.
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Quarter Call
East
East, winds of knowledge,
Bearing your gifts of wit & truth,
Grace our morning rite with your presence,
Come to our aide – Be with us now.

South
South, fires of creativity,
Bearing your gifts of courage & heat,
Grace our morning rite with your presence,
Come to our aide – Be with us now.

West
West, waters of empathy,
Bearing your gifts of emotion & intuition
Grace our morning rite with your presence,
Come to our aide – Be with us now.

North
North, cornerstone of strength,
Bearing your gifts of patience & stability
Grace our morning rite with your presence,
Come to our aide – Be with us now.
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Call to Deities
The Circle has been cast
The Ancient Ones have been called
Now it is time to welcome The Goddess and the God.
Great Mother,
Whose symbol is the bright night moon,
Heavenly father,
Whose symbol is the fiery sun,
We ask you to join our family
For this Imbolc Celebration.
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Ritual

HP says:
Awake O Earth from your slumbers!
Awake O Sun and restore the Earth!
Mother - we are in darkness.

HPS picks up a jug of water, and pours it into the cauldron saying:
The waters are broken.
The ice melting towards Candletime.
Blood has been along the track,
but now the ways are clear of death.
Old and grey I was,
but here in the mystery of the waters I am renewed.
For I am the one you sought, but could not find.
For I was singing to my child unseen,
beneath the hills of birch and rowan.

HPS takes the asperge, and all circle around her. She asperges each person as they pass, and on the last round, hands each person a white candle. When everyone has a candle, the circling stops, and HPS lights the main candles and says:
The darkness of winter is passing:
the Earth awakens once more from its slumbers;
the Virgin walks among us again,
and brings Her blessings upon the land and upon our lives.

Everyone shouts:
Brigid is Come! Brigid is Welcome!

HPS then lights the main candle and says:
Let the inner light bear fruit in our own lives,
even as the Earth bears the first flowers. I am Brigid:
She of the Golden Hair; Queen of the White Hills,
and rider of the White Swan.
I bring three gifts of fire.
The first is the flame of creation;
of the poet and artist;
of the lovers' passion for union with the beloved.
The second is the flame of purification and testing,
the flame of truth.
With this flame all dross and weakness are
made clear and cleansed from thee,
so thou become like a true and tested sword.
The third is the greatest of all,
for it is the healing flame born out of the love that gives all,
the maker of peace and harmony.
But I do not give these gifts one by one;
I give them as a whole in the form of the growing Sun.

Everyone then lights their candle from the main candle, and starts to circle
deosil, lighting the candles around the room as they go, chanting:
Thus we banish winter,
thus we welcome spring;
Say farewell to what is dead,
and greet each living thing.

When all the candles are lit, everyone places their candle in a sand pot, and
the chanting ceases.

Communication
Here, all gathered should be free to join in an open discussion. Share your plans for the spring. Discuss projects with the group, if desired. The idea is that there is new life rising within you, too. Have fun deciding what you're going to do with it. Be leisurely here, celebrate the company of those close to you.

Ritual Finish
HPS:Night gives way before the growing God

All: We feel the power alive in the world

HP: The Goddess walks the Earth again

All: And sings us awake with wind and rain

HPS: The promise of life is newly made

All: Our winter's debt to darkness paid, Blessed be!
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Simple Cakes & Ale
Child should pperform this
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Deity Thanks
We thank you God and Goddess
For sharing this special time
With our family.
May we keep you in our hearts,
And follow your path of love
Every day.
Blessed be!

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Quarter Release

North
North, cornerstone of strength,
Thank you for your gifts of patience & stability
We thank you for joining our morning rite,
Go if you must, stay if you might
We love having you in our lives.

West
West, waters of empathy,
Thank you for your gifts of emotion & intuition
We thank you for joining our morning rite,
Go if you must, stay if you might
We love having you in our lives.


South
South, fires of creativity,
Thank you for your gifts of courage & heat.
We thank you for joining our morning rite,
Go if you must, stay if you might
We love having you in our lives.

East
East, winds of knowledge,
Thank you for your gifts of wit & honesty,
We thank you for joining our morning rite,
Go if you must, stay if you might
We love having you in our lives.

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Child rings bell three times then says
I ring the bell,
Release the spell
And Sacred Time will end.
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be,
Until we meet again.
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Circle Dismiss
HP:The Circle is open
And yet it remains a Circle.
Around and through us
Always flow its magical powers.
This ritual is over.

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