The main altar is set
up in the center of the room. Each of the four primary elements are
represented by candles
on the central table. The fifth candle is set up at one end of the room.
On
the table at each corner
are set the elemental representatives in their directions.
Water
A bowl of seashells in water
Air
Incense burner or bowl of flowers
Fire
Blade collection
Earth
A clay bowl of various stones.
A small altar is set
to the side
Sprit/gate One candle
& a staff
The Cakes & the
wine with the drinking horn.
THE ACTORS
The elementals
From the crowd, 4 persons chose their directions
The gatekeeper/priest/ess
Who guides the direction.
The crowd
Everyone who came
ACTION!
CASTING THE CIRCLE
Gatekeeper lights the
primary candle with the ritual Zippo
(or Bic if the pookas
have snitched the Zippo again) and says,
"from one light do all
lights come
From one ocean do all
waters flow
one soul does all life
share."
Lighter is then passed
to the guardian of flame who continue
the circle deosil,
"Hail to the South, volcanic
breezes,
Herald of sultry nights.
We summon you to this
circle"
All-"Hail & welcome"
" Hail to the West, sunset
summers,
Herald of night begun,
and nights to come.
We summon you to this
circle"
All-"Hail & welcome"
"Hail to the North, winters
breath,
Herald of silence in
septpulture of ice
We summon you to this
circle"
All-"Hail & welcome"
"Hail to the East, earthen
matron,
Herald of cycles, future,
past
We summon you to this
circle"
All-"Hail & welcome"
Now back to the gatekeeper
who says.
"We stand now in a place
not of the daylight world
Not material, but spirit
Not of masks but the
true face within.
The circle is closed."
The order of buesness
is now evoked and performed
FOOD & DRINK
Two of the Elementals take the cakes & the horn from the table.
"In the beginning the
was the creator,
from her are all things
came
the predator and the
prey
the darkness & the
light
Are in cycle within
her.
To all she gives a place
in the circle of life."
The passing of the cakes
& wine around the circle deosil
CLOSING CIRCLE
After the crowd has finished
the food, the elementals take their
places at their respective
quarters to close. Each dowsing their
candle as they banish.
"Hail to the East,
Guardian of Earth
We bid you hail &
farewell"
All-"Hail & farewell"
"Hail to the North,
Guardian of Air
We bid you hail &
farewell"
All-"Hail & farewell"
"Hail to the West,
Guardian of Water
We bid you hail &
farewell"
All-"Hail & farewell"
"Hail to the South,
Guardian of Fire
We bid you hail &
farewell"
All-"Hail & farewell"
The last person is the gatekeeper who opens the circle.
"from one light do all
lights come
to one light to all
lights return
the circle is open,
never unbroken."
PARTY!!!!