Basic Circle Casting
THE STAGE
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!!!!