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- SOLITAIRE IMBOLC RITUAL by Micheal Hall
-
- On your altar should be placed a circle of 13 stones and, within the
- circle of stones, a circle of 13 candles. Within the circle of
- candles should be spread some maize - i.e. corn meal - and in that a
- waxen female candle to symbolize the Goddess on your altar. On the
- eastern side of the altar should be placed a small sheaf of grain with
- a candle inserted inside it.
-
- You should dress in your usual ceremonial garb for Magickal rites or
- skyclad, as you prefer.
-
- Retire to bathe in salt-water (use sea salt) before the ritual. As
- you do so picture the water cleansing the soul and spirit, just as it
- cleanses the body. When you have dressed, annoint yourself with a
- holy oil. When you have prepared yourself, sit in a dim quiet place
- and light a candle - ONE THAT IS NOT BEING USED IN THE RITES - and
- meditate on how at this time of year the Goddess in her fiery aspect
- AS LIGHT was welcomed back into the Temples and the Homes of the land.
-
- Take this candle and walk slowly to your altar. Place it in the
- circle of the 13 candles. Then light the two altar candles, which are
- seperate from the circle of lights also, and the incense. (Incense
- should be stick or powdered incense on charcoal in a swinging burner.)
- Then light all the quarter candles in the 4 directions, starting in
- the east and going clockwise.
-
- Cast your circle in the usual manner, but Invoke the Goddess with the
- following:
- "Sacred womb, giver of the secrets of Life, Mother of all that exists
- in the Universe, I ask your guardianship of this gathering and your
- assistance in my work. I am gathered in celebration of your gifts and
- my work is most holy. SO MOTE IT BE"
-
- and Invoke the God in the following manner:
- "Fire of the sky, guardian of all that exists in the Universe, I ask
- your guardianship of this gathering and your assistance in my work. I
- am gathered in celebration of your gifts and my work is most holy. SO
- MOTE IT BE"
-
- (continue with the circle casting if it is not already finished)
-
- Light the 13 candles and then the Goddess candle in the center and
- say:
- "Warm and quickening Light awaken and bring forth beauty for thou art
- my pleasure and my bounty LORD and LADY OSiRIS AND ISIS" (or you may
- substitute whatever names your circle uses for the God and the Goddess
- - or those you personally prefer)
-
- Reflect a moment on the coming of the light and offer up the incense and say:
- "O ancient Ones Timeless Goddess and Sacred King who art the heralds
- of springtime and it's bounties be with me now in celebration
- Hail to Osiris and Isis
- Harvest giver and blessed Lady
- Let this be a time and a place sacred to your power and your beauty
- SO MOTE IT BE"
-
- Light the candle in the sheaf of grain and hold it up with the loaf of
- bread in the other hand and say: (or the cakes - whatever you or your
- tradition uses for the cakes and wine/juice ceremony)
- "My Lord and Lady, as the seed becomes the grain, so the grain becomes
- the bread, Mark the everlasting value of our seasons and their
- changes. "
-
- Break a piece of the bread or cakes off and burn it as an offering in
- the central candle.
-
-
- Then say:
- "In the deepest Icy Winter the seed of the Earth lies deep within the
- womb of the Great Mother. The Spring brings the heat of the Father
- and with their joining comes new life. The completion of the cycle
- brings brings food to the children of the world. As I taste the food
- I shall know the wisdom of the cycles and be blessed with the food of
- wisdom throughout my life"
-
- Consecrate cakes and wine/juice in the usual manner and partake of
- them, but first raise your chalice or drinking horn and say
-
-
- "Hail to thee ISIS
- Hail to thee Osiris
- For thou art blessed"
-
- After this commune in meditation with the Lord and lady for a while,
- then close the circle in your usual manner.
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- GOOD IMBOLC
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