Birthday & Self Didecation Ritual
Items needed:
Incence - cedarwood for Luck, happiness, prosperity, wealth, success, Lavender for compassion&love, sandlewood for happiness, matrimony, to increase the longevity of promises, and
sage for protection from negative energies
normal altar set up
small cake with birthdaycandle
prefered drink
tarotcards.
Clear & release, then cleanse the area with sage smudge.
open the circle starting at the east, then south, then west, then north.
Hold wand or atheme outward in the directions moving in a circlar motion and say:
Behold, I do cut apart a space between the realms of humankind and of the Mighty Ones -a Circle of Art, to focus and contain the power raised herein.
continue around the circle untill you have formed a complete ring.
Now call the Quarters(Airts)
begin by facing the east, and imagine a column of white light rising up before you. Invoke the Quarter by saying
Welcome to you, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the East, power of Air and intellect. I pray that You will be with me this night in my circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this my undertaking! I bid You a fond welcome
Turn to the south and while imagining the same say
Welcome to you, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the South, power of Fire and manifestation. I pray that You will be with me this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this my undertaking! I bid You a fond welcome
Turn to the west and while imagining the same say
Welcome to you, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the West, power of Water and emotion. I pray that You will be with me this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this my undertaking! I bid You a fond welcome
Turn to the north and while imagining the same say
Welcome to you, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the North, power of Earth and integration. I pray that You will be with me this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this my undertaking! I bid You a fond welcome
The invocation of mother earth & father sky
say
Mother Earth & Father Sky
The gracious greators of me
The eternal... and ever-changing One's
Who are found nowhere... but appears everywhere
Beyond... and within all
Timeless... circle of the seasons
Unknowable mystery... known by all.
Lady & Lord of the dance... Mother & Father of all life
Be radiant within us... Engulf us with your love
See with our eyes, hear with our ears, breathe with our nostrils, touch with our hands, kiss with our lips,
Open our hearts!
That we may live free at last
Joyful in the single song of all that is, was, or ever shall be!
Main body of ritual
I have come here tonight in celebration of my birth. To embrace the path that I have found within this past year.
To rejoice in all that I have gained, and have given or received. To meditate, and seak wisdom through
the lessons I have learned or will learn from. I have come also to dedicate myself to learning the old ways, and to
sharing the knowledge of the old ways to all that seak the knowledge from me. I ask for your help and guidence in
all this that is good that I seek.
Meditatation for seeking wisdom
dedication
Light the eternal flam candle (use one that can stay lit until it burns out by itself)
focus on the flame
say:
Behold it is not the light of the candle, that lights my path.
But it is the light from the eternal flame which burns within me,
and has since the first begining.
The sparks of divinity that were place within me by the Goddess,
which is that that binds me to Goddess, and God forever.
Through the inner flame I draw upon the divine energy
which is always accessable to me in endless quantities.
I light this candle to remind me now and for all time of the eternal flame that burns within me.
and that I shall never forget this again.
Behold I _____________ declaire myself a spiritual child of the Goddess, and God.
I make this pledge of my own free will that I shall alway respect the wiccan path for which I bound, along with all other paths. That I will alway abide by the wiccan law and the law of three.
I ask that the Goddess, and God be witness to this my oath, and to help me to make it as
deep and full as possible.
By my will, I will it so, so mote it be.
No with the holy water begin by saying and annointing as follows
Blessed be my feet, so that I may walk always in the paths of spirit.
Blessed be my knees, which I will kneel at the altars of the ancient ones.
Blessed be my loins, which bring forth life, joy, and creativity.
Blessed be my heart, which is formed in beauty, that I may give love and receive it.
Blessed be my lips, which will speak the words of power in time to come.
Blessed be my eyes, That I may see all things clearly.
Blessed be my crown, that I may receive always the messages of the Goddess.
now pick up the chalice and say
With the Goddess & God in my heart, may the cup be blessed,
as I take a token of my love for them and all others.
In perfect love and perfect trust
so mote it be.
Now while lighting the small cake with candle say
I share this my birthday wish with the Goddess, and God whom are never seen, but always there.
now take part in eating the cake
Do a personal tarot reading
Meditate on what the reading revealed.
The closing
I thank Mother Earth and Father Sky for their presence now and always,
and for their continued Love and Guidance for me.
Dismiss the Quarters
Guardian of the Watchtower of the North I thank You for Your presence here tonight -I thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. may there be peace between Us now and always. Go if You must -stay if You will. I bid You hail, and farewell
Guardian of the Watchtower of the West, I thank You for Your presence here tonight -I thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. may there be peace between Us now and always. Go if You must -stay if You will. I bid You hail, and farewell
Guardian of the Watchtower of the South, I thank You for Your presence here tonight -I thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. may there be peace between Us now and always. Go if You must -stay if You will. I bid You hail, and farewell
Guardian of the Watchtower of the East, I thank You for Your presence here tonight -I thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. may there be peace between Us now and always. Go if You must -stay if You will. I bid You hail, and farewell
uncast the circle
Now with the wand or atheme
Now pointing in the east work your way around in a counter clockwise dirrection saying.
As Above, So Below. As the Universe, so the Soul. As without, so within
the circle is open but unbroken
So mote it be
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