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Book II: Rites & Rituals
Preface: Types of Ritual Workings ........ 100
1. Rituals for Recurrent Occasions
Introduction .................................. 104
I. Full Moon .................................. 108
II. Dark Moon ............................... 111
III. Birthday ................................... 111
IV. New Years ................................112
V. Solar Eclipse ..............................114
2. Blessings, Dedications,
& Consecrations
Introduction ...................................118
I. Blessings .....................................118
II. Dedications .............................. 123
III. Consecrations ......................... 125
3. Protection & Healing
I. Protection Spells & Rituals .. 128
II. Healings .............................. 135
4. Elemental Rituals
Introduction: Elements of Magick 138
The Four Sacred Things .......... 138
I. Earth ..................................... 139
II. Water ................................... 141
III. Air ...................................... 144
IV. Fire ..................................... 145
5. Rites of Passage
Introduction: Rites of Passage . 149
I. Birth Rites ............................ 150
II. Puberty Rites ....................... 153
III. Passage to Adulthood ........ 156
IV. Croning Rituals .................. 158
V. Rites of Death & Rebirth ..... 159
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6. Handfastings
Introduction: Handfastings ........... 162
I. Generic Handfasting Rite .......... 164
II. Multiple Marriages ................... 167
III. Handparting ............................ 169
7. Meditations, Initiations
& Mysteries
I. Meditations ................................ 171
II. Initiations ................................. 172
III. Mysteries ................................ 173
8. Other Rituals
Ritual Magick ............................... 181
Pagan’s Way
Not for me the mage’s high golden road;
My heart is set in silver: wind in the trees,
Green grass beneath my feet, and the moonlit grove.
Content with the power in the deep bones of the
Earth Mother, I would not command the heavens.
I have trod the solitary path, and shall again.
I have hard the Lady’s laughter at moonrise,
And suffered Her tender scourge in my heart;
I have eaten with the Lord of Shadows,
And been reborn.
I have spied shy horned faces peering golden-eyed
From the rocks at the Circle’s edge.
I have called to the Watchers at the World’s
Four Quarters, and from their Gates
They answered; I have watched the salamanders
In the chortling stream. All this I know,
And more… I have no need of the passionate cold
Of the celestial vault, or the comet’s fire.
So I will walk my quiet road in peace,
And conjure spiral wonders—for the morning sun
Is gold enough for me.
—Gale Perrigo, 1984