Supplies:

*Honeyed Wine (use sangria, pour two cups into a decanter or bottle add 4 tblsp honey, add orange slices, lemon slices and a tblsp lime juice. Fill bottle ¾ of the way with the wine)

Fruit Bread (banana, currant, berries etc. Muffins will work)

Drizzle with… Real butter & Honey

Candles -

Green, Yellow, Blue and Red

Orange

Purple

White

Salt, silver, rosemary and sage mix (use silver glitter or fairy dust)

Incense should be musk, sandalwood or amber or a rich a heady incense.

Decorate your altar with flowers or petals and new fruit. This ritual does not use stones or crystals unless they are wands.

Place the Orange, Purple and White candles in the center of the elemental circle of the

Yellow in the North for Air

Red in the East for Fire

Green in the South for Earth

Blue in the east for Water

HP - We are gathered here together to give worship to the Lord and Lady. To give praise and offering to the spirits of nature who are called by many names.

HPS - Our circle we cast with the blessing herbs of Rosemary and Sage, with sacred salt and an offering of silver. (casts circle with mix)

HP - We call to the four corners, to the elements of life. We ask that they bless us in this our transition from new life to growth along the Path of the Lord and Lady.

We call to Air, our Guardian to the North, she who blows away the cobwebs of confusion and whispers her blessings on the breeze. May she guide us in her wisdom and give us the winds of change. (light yellow candle)

We call to Fire, our Guardian to the East, she who raises the sun and shines upon us with all her glory. May she fill us with her strength and energy, giving us her fire in body spirit and soul. (light red candle)

We call to Earth, our Guardian to the South, she the great mother who nourishes and protects us, shelters and guides us. May she grant us the peace of her valleys and the strength of her mountains. (light green candle)

We call to Water, our Guardian to the West, she the glorious cleanser of all life, she who rules in both realms of earth and air. May she grant us her purification that we come with a clean spirit and soul. (light blue candle)

HPS - The circle is cast now ones times four, may all who are gathered here be blessed and safe within this sacred circle.

HP - We offer our praise and thanks to the creatures of the Earth. Those who nourish us and guard us. Those who teach us and guide us. The Raven, The Salamander, The Dragonfly and The Turtle, those who represent each aspect of the creatures who abide on this Earth with us. We lift them before the Lord and Lady for their love to shine down upon them. (light orange candle)

HPS - We offer praise to the folk of the land. Those who cannot be seen in the mortal world unless they have granted their blessing. The Faeries, The Elvin, The Gnome and The Merfolk who represent each aspect of those who keep the world in harmony. We lift them before the Lord and Lady for their love to shine down upon them. (light purple candle)

ALL - We offer praise to the Lord and Lady, they who are called by many names. To grant us their blessing and guide us through spirit and worship. We give thanks for the new life we see around us, for their blessing on a fruitful life and their love always. (light white candle)

HP - I lift this wine to the Lord and Lady, an offering prepared for them in the old ways and set out to share with those most beloved by them. (all take sip of wine )

HPS - I offer this bread made with the fruit of the earth, the toil of its creatures and the consecration of worship. (all take a bite of bread)

ALL - To the Lord and Lady on this Full Moon we offer our praise and thanksgiving for your love and guidance. We beseech those creatures and folk we have lifted up to you to partake in this offering and bless our homes throughout.

Our praise we offer

To those above

To shine down

Their everlasting love.

Our gifts we offer

To those around

To protect and guard

As the wheel turns round.

We offer wine and bread

And ask that it be seen

As a sacred offering

For As I Will

So Mote It Be!

This time is open to all members to give thanks or praise in their own words.

We close this circle, that what has been wrought here will stay in motion until we meet again this time next year. May this Circle hold true the worship and praise that has been offered and may those who we have brought before the Lord and Lady be appeased and pleased with our offering for this coming year.

We give thanks to Water, our Guardian to the West, for her cleansing and purification of those assembled here.

ALL - Go in Hope and Love. (extinguish blue candle)

We give thanks to Earth, our Guardian to the South, for her strength and the peace granted.

ALL - Go in Peace and Love. (extinguish green candle)

We give thanks to Fire, our Guardian to the East, for her glory and power that she has shared.

ALL - Go in Light and Love. (extinguish red candle)

We give thanks to Air, our Guardian to the North, for the wisdom and change she has blown into us.

ALL - Go in Faith and Love. (extinguish yellow candle)

© 2004 Khara Siochain O’Taryn