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For each beginner to the magick arts it is important to cast a circle.You will make a circle with either flower, salt or chalk. To the north you put a chalice with salt, to the south a white candle in a candle holder, to the west a chalice with water and to the east incense or scented oils.For spirit you should have a pentacle.You can adorn your circle with flowers, fruit, nuts, bread, cake, ale, wine. You also will need some seasalt. You will also need an athame.Touch your altar crystal with your atame and chantI CALL EARTH TO BIND MY SPELLRaise the athame and draw a figure of eight over your head and chantAIR TO SPEED ITS TRAVEL WELL Pass the athame through the lighted altar candle and chant BRIGHT AS FIRE SHALL IT GLOW Dip the atame in the water and chant DEEP AS TIDE OF WATER FLOW Turn full circle and chant COUNT THE ELEMENTS FOUR FOLD With athame aloft chant IN THE 5TH THE SPELL SHALL HOLD Return to the chalice of water, dip the athame into the water and chant I CLEANSE THEE OH CREATURE OF WATER SO THAT ALL BAD ENERGIES MAY LEAVE YOU AND ONLY GOOD MAY BE RETAINED, THIS IS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE. BLESSED BE. Sprinke salt onto the water and chant I CLEANSE THEE OH CREATURE OF SALT SO THAT ALL BAD ENERGIES MAY LEAVE YOU AND ONLY GOOD MAY BE RETAINED, THIS IS MAY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE. BLESSED BE. Chant:DARKSOME NIGHT AND SHINING MOON, EAST THEN SOUTH THEN WEST THEN NORTH, HARKEN TO THE WITCHES RUNE, HERE I COME TO CALL YE FORTH, EARTH AND WATER AIR AND FIRE, WAND AND PENTACLE FEATHER AND SWORD WORK YE UNTO MY DESIRE, HARKEN YE UNTO MY WORDS, CORDS AND CENSOR, SCOURGE AND KNIFE, POWER OF THE WITCHES BLADE, WAKEN ALL YE INTO LIFE, COME YE AS THE CHARM IS MADE, QUEEN OF HEAVEN, QUEEN OF HELL, HORNED HUNTER OF THE NIGHT, LEND YOUR POWER ONTO MY SPELL AND WORK MY WILL MY MAGICK RITE, BY ALL THE POWERS OF LAND AND SEA, BY ALL THE MIGHT OF MOON AND SUN, AS I DO WILL.. SO MOTE IT BE, CHANT THE SPELL AND BE IT DONE..Chant EKO EKO AZARAK EKO EKO ZAMILAK EKO EKO KARNAYNA EKO EKO ARADIA Repeat 5 times building up into a crescendo Summoning the Powers BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE, RED SPIRITS AND GREY, HARKEN TO THE RUNE I SAY,FOUR POINTS OF THE CIRCLE WEAVE THE SPELL, EAST SOUTH, WEST, NORTH YOUR TALE TO TELL, EAST IS RED FOR THE BREAK OF DAY, SOUTH IS WHITE FOR THE NOON TIME HOUR, IN THE WEST IS TWILIGHT GREY, AND NORTH IS BLACK FOR THE PLACE OF POWER. THREE TIMES ROUND THE CIRCLE CAST. WITNESS IT AND GUARD IT FAST, HARKEN TO THE WORDS OF POWER, USED AT THE APPOINTED HOUR, TIME AND SPACE APART SHALL BE, THINGS OF WONDER SHALL WE SEE, CIRCLE PURE MOST CLEAR AND BRIGHT, CONJURED HERE BY ALL OUR MIGHT..Take up the Bell and Starting at East Ring the Bell and Say: I SUMMON STIR AND CALL YE, OH MIGHTY ONES OF THE EAST, GREAT GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF WISDOM, WITNESS THESE RITES AND GUARD THIS CIRCLE. I SUMMON STIR AND CALL YE, OH MIGHTY ONES OF THE SOUTH GREAT GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF WISDOM, WITNESS THESE RITES AND GUARD THIS CIRCLE. I SUMMON STIR AND CALL YE, OH MIGHTY ONES OF THE WEST GREAT GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF WISDOM, WITNESS THES RITES AND GUARD THIS CIRCLE. I SUMMON STIR AND CALL YE, OH MIGHTY ONES OF THE NORTH GREAT GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF WISDOM, WITNESS THESE RITES AND GUARD THIS CIRCLE. Now you can get down to the business of your ritual. After recite the Wiccan Rede: BIDE THE WICCAN LAWS WE MUST, IN PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECT TRUST. LIVE AND LET LIVE. FAIRLY TAKE AND FAIRLY GIVE. CAST THE CIRCLE THRICE ABOUT, TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS OUT. TO BIND THE SPELL EVERY TIME, LET THE SPELL BE SPAKE IN RHYME. SOFT OF EYE AND LIGHT OF TOUCH, SPEAK LITTLE, LISTEN MUCH. DEOSIL GO BY THE WAXING MOON, CHANTING OUT THE WITCHES RUNE. WIDDERSHINES GO BY THE WANING MOON, CHANTING OUT THE BANEFUL RUNE. WHEN THE LADYS MOON IS NEW, KISS THE HAND TO HER, TIMES TWO. WHEN THE MOON RIDES AT HER PEAK, THEN YOUR HEATS DESIRE SEEK. HEED THE NORTH WINDS MIGHTY GALE, LOCK THE DOOR AND DROP THE SAIL. WHEN THE WIND COMES FROM THE SOUTH, LOVE WILL KISS THEE ON THE MOUTH. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE WEST, DEPARTED SOULS WILL HAVE NO REST.WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE EAST, EXPECT THE NEW AND SET THE FEAST. NINE WOODS IN THE CAULDRON GO, BURN THEM FAST AND BURN THEM SLOW. ELDER BE THE LADIES TREE, BURN IT NOT OR CURSED YOU WILL BE. WHEN THE WHEEL BEGINS TO TURN, LET THE BELTANE FIRES BURN. WHEN THE WHEEL HAS TURNED TO YULE, LIGHT THE LOG AND THE HORNED ONE RULES. HEED YE FLOWERS, BUSH AND TREE, BY THE LADY BLESSED BE. WHERE THE RIPPLING WATERS GO, CAST A STONE AND TRUTH YOU WILL KNOW. WHEN YE HAVE A TRUE NEED, HARKEN NOT TO OTHERS GREED.WITH A FOOL NO SEASON SPEND, LEST YE BE COUNTED AS HIS FRIEND. MERRY MEET AND MERRY PART, BRIGHT THE CHEEKS AND WARM THE HEART. MIND THE THREEFOLD LAW YOU SHOULD, THREE TIMES BAD AND THREE TIMES GOOD. WHEN MISFORTUNE IS ENOW, WEAR THE BLUE STAR BY THY BROW. TRUE IN LOVE EVER BE, LEST THY LOVER IS FALSE TO THEE. EIGHT WORDS THE WICCAN REDE FULFILL AN YE HARM NONE, DO WHAT YE WILL. Now close the circle. Ring the bell in the east and say MIGHTY GUARDIANS OF THE EAST, I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL. MIGHTY GUARDIANS OF THE SOUTH, I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL. MIGHTY GUARDIANS OF THE WEST, I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL. MIGHTY GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH, I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL Pick up the censor and say GUARDIANS OF THE HEIGHT I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL. GUARDIANS OF THE DEPTH I THANK YOU, HAIL AND FAREWELL. Strike the Bell and say: THE RITE HAS ENDED. There are various different forms of casting a circle. Rose Ariadne has her own website. She is a teacher of broadly wiccan magic. Her circle is shorter and quicker to make. The Golden Dawn has a site of their own. They are very good teachers of magick. Their circle varies slightly from the above. It is also quicker and easier to learn. I would advise each newcomer to read all they can, browse Rose Ariadne's website and also the Golden Dawn. Only through reading and learning can we make an informed choice to which path we as an individual wish to follow. Bless you all Vera