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 ~ Take a purifying bath and robe yourself. Return to the circle. ~ Light incense and altar candles. ~ Say "This circle is about to be cast and I stand within of my ~ own free will" ~ Take the center altar candle to light the circle candles. ~ Light the Green candle at the North of the circle saying "I call ~ upon Earth at the North as I have body and strength" ~ Light the Yellow candle at the East of the circle saying "I call ~ upon Air at the East as I breathe and think" ~ Light the Red candle at the South of the circle saying "I call ~ upon Fire at the South as I consume life to live" ~ Light the Blue candle at the West of the circle saying "I call ~ upon Water at the West as I feel and my heart beats." ~ Return to the Altar and hold your hands cupped, palms up as ~ you were holding a ball, over the altar. Visualize a ball of ~ blue light and energy in your hands. Now drop the ball and ~ see it explode out in all directions, to the boundaries of the ~ circle, to form a perfect sphere around you. ~ Face up towards the sky, say "Father Sky, I ask that you watch ~ over me and lend me your wisdom" ~ Place your hands on the ground, saying "Mother Earth, I ask ~ that you watch over me and let me ground myself deeply in you ~ and draw on your strength and energy to sustain me in my ~ workings" ~ Face altar saying "Sacred center, Spirit of all, unite this circle ~ into a protected space" ~ Take a sip of wine from the chalice and say "As above, so below. ~ Only love shall enter and leave this circle which is now sealed" ~ Proceed to any rituals and spell workings that you wish to be ~ done at this time ~ Now ground the energies and replenish yourself with a bit ~ of food and drink ~ Give your blessings to all before clearing the circle ~ Face the sky saying "Depart in peace Father Sky My blessings ~ take with you" ~ Face the earth saying "Depart in peace Mother Earth My ~ blessings take with you" ~ Snuff the Green candle at the North saying "Depart in peace ~ Earth at the North My blessings take with you" ~ Snuff the Yellow candle at the East saying "Depart in peace ~ Air at the East My blessings take with you" ~ Snuff the Red candle at the South saying "Depart in peace ~ Fire at the South My blessings take with you" ~ Snuff the Blue candle at the West saying "Depart in peace ~ Water at the West My blessings take with you" ~ Return to the altar and snuff the altar candles saying "Depart ~ in peace beings and powers of the seen and unseen I thank you ~ for your help in my workings My blessings take with you" ~ Contract the circle energy the same way you expanded it. ~ Open your receptive hand and pull the ball of energy back ~ into it. Either give it up to the Universe or absorb it into ~ yourself visualizing that it has transformed into healing ~ energy. ~ After all the beings have gone and the circle energy has been ~ released, say "This circle is cleared. We came in love and we ~ departed in love. The circle is now open" ~ Now put away all of the supplies except any candles that ~ need to continue burning, such as in candle magick. Rituals may be done outside with a stang as the altar. The stang is stuck into the ground with a wreath of flowers pertinent to the season hanging from it. With a candle at the base of the stang and a cup of wine, you are ready for your rituals. The wreath may be left behind on a tree branch or on the ground as food for the animals if composed of seeds and berries.    background set by  fire image by 
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