erry Meet and welcome to my rituals page. I know that if you are just learning Wicca that the idea of the "ritual" has come-up quite frequently and that it is sometimes hard to understand exactly what to do. On this page, I go through a simple ritual step-by-step to better help you learn. A basic ritual consists of these things.
reparation
efore you start your rituals process, it is customary to prepare by getting rid of negative energy that you have acquired through the day such as stress. You do this by either taking a shower/bath, swimming in a stream or pond, or just washing-off. As you do this, you should visualize the negative, red, energy being washed off, and the positive, blue, energy returning to your body as you visualize. After your preparation, you should feel much more relaxed and ready to take on the ritual. :o)
ltar Devotionn alter devotion is a must in any ritual. It is always the first thing that you do when you get out to your circle. An alter devotion consists of taking that things that you have on your alter, or things that you will be using, and blessing them in the name of the lord and lady. It does not have to be anything complex. For example, you could just say, "I cleanse, consecrate, and empower this ______ in the name of the lady and the lord, so mote it be." With this, you are making the tools or things on your alter more energized and more useful. Most of the time, while saying the short incantation, you would use an oil (most likely alter oil) to help consecrate these items. Oil is not manditory and if you want to use it, you could use all-purpose olive oil.
aking your Circle
aking your circle consists of making the circle "dome" that will protect you while you are in the circle and hold the power that you raise within it. This is not a hard task to do at all but it takes practice to be able to do it effectively. All you have to do is to start in the north with the index and middle finger of your right hand pointing to the outside of the circle. In a clock-wise motion, you should walk around the circle visualizing a beam of blueish-purple energy projecting from your hand to the outside of the circle, forming the boundary. You should walk and visualize this way around the circle three times. You don't have to say anything while you walk around it, but I prefer to. This is the incantation that I use.
After this, you should have already formed the outer boundary of your circle and are ready to call upon the Goddess, God, and the elements.
alling the Quarters
his means that you actually call the God, Goddess, and elements into your circle. This may take a little getting used to but you will learn it in time. What you should do is to first call in the influence of the God and Goddess into your circle. First, stand in the middle of your circle, facing the moon, in the goddess position, arms raised and feet apart. With that, you should say,
After this, it will be time to call on the God. This is done in a similair manner. This time, you should face the moon in the god position (legs apart withs your arms crossed over your chest). With that, you say,
There now, you have called the god. :o) Now, with the God and the Goddess called, it is time to call in the elements. Starting in the North, take your bowl of Salt/Earth. Start walking clockwise around your circle, sprinkling a little as you go. You should say an incantation of your own making while doing this. After that, you proceed to the east and take your incense and do the same. After you have finished with all of the elements, it is time to start raising energy.
aising Power
ow that we have established the circle, it is time to start raising the energy that we will use in our magick or special event. Energy raising can be done in a variety of ways. You can build energy by chanting, dancing, circling the circle, drumming, or just meditation. Only you will know which way is right for you. As you do these things, you should visualize the energy within yourself and the circle rising giving you and the circle a glow of bright white light. After you have raised all of the energy that you feel is right, it is time to let it out.
ending out Energyfter you have built up your energy to your feeling of height, it is time to release it. This is very simple as well, depending on what you are sending the energy out for, you will visualize it differently. If you were doing a spell, you would push the energy out of your hands while you visualized it coming out of your hands and going to do the job of your spell. Or, if you are doing an offering ritual, you could release your energy into the offering that you have. There are numerous ways and reasons to release your energy. You should be able to figure out how to do it.
rounding Excess Energyrounding excess energy is really only seldom needed. If you have released the energy correctly, than instead of feeling that you have excess energy, you should feel like you are exhausted and drained of energy, because in effect, you are. But, if, for any reason, you do have excess energy, you can get rid of it by placing both hands on the ground and visualizing the earth absorbing it. This can be done by the earth, a tree, or anything else that you feel can absorb your energy. Although, it does need to be a natural source. Nothing like glass or things like that. ;o)
anishing the Circleanishing your circle is important as well, when banishing your circle, you should walk counter-clockwise around your circle envisioning the energy that is in the circel being absorbed by your body. After you feel that you have absorbed all of the energy that the circle had, you can then do the departure of the lord and lady and leave your circle. See, wasn't that fun and easy? Well, I didn't learn it all in a day either. :o)
