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40 <strong>Creating</strong> <strong>Circles</strong> & <strong>Ceremonies</strong><br />
Circle Castings<br />
7. <strong>All</strong>-Purpose Circle Casting<br />
Magick! Magick! Everywhere!<br />
In the Earth <strong>and</strong> in the Air!<br />
Magick seals our Circle round;<br />
In Magick’s cords we all are bound.<br />
(alternate variations or additions:)<br />
Magick seals our Circle round;<br />
Within its field all love is found.<br />
Magick seals our Circle round,<br />
And takes us ‘neath the barrow mound.<br />
Three times around the Circle’s sealed;<br />
What has been riv’n, can now be healed.<br />
Here within this secret place<br />
We gather <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>m a sacred space.<br />
Between the worlds we wish to go;<br />
Ancient wisdom seek to know.<br />
Full* Moon shines thru silvered tree<br />
And casts the light of Mystery.<br />
*(or Waxing, Waning, as appropriate)<br />
To seek the quest <strong>for</strong> which we came<br />
Our wills are tempered in the flame.<br />
In cavern deep <strong>and</strong> hidden wells<br />
‘Tis there our holy Lady dwells.<br />
To barrow mound <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ing stone<br />
Each one comes, all alone.<br />
She bids us enter, as we must,<br />
In perfect Love <strong>and</strong> perfect Trust.<br />
From where we started, the Circle is sealed;<br />
What is within, now st<strong>and</strong>s revealed.<br />
The Circle is cast;<br />
We are between the worlds!<br />
—Farida Ka’iwalani Fox<br />
8. Ostara Circle Casting<br />
I cast the Circle thrice around<br />
From the sky <strong>and</strong> from the ground<br />
Father, Mother, what is born<br />
A magic charge within the storm<br />
Ancient bridge to future sight<br />
Is what I cast <strong>for</strong> in this rite.<br />
—Marylyn Motherbear, 1997<br />
9. T he Circle of Ancient Lore<br />
I cast the circle of ancient lore.<br />
Waves upon a timeless shore.<br />
It has no beginning or an end.<br />
It knows neither foe nor friend.<br />
Ouroboros of legends old.<br />
Rings of power <strong>for</strong>ged in gold.<br />
Wheel of life, circle of stones.<br />
Cycle of creation, birth to bones.<br />
A ring around the silver Moon.<br />
I cast you now oh ancient rune.<br />
—Mike Fix<br />
10. T he H<strong>and</strong>s of T ime<br />
We are people of the Earth<br />
Come from different places<br />
We are sculpted <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>med<br />
By the h<strong>and</strong>s of time<br />
We are circle skin <strong>and</strong> bone<br />
Come from many nations<br />
We are sculpted <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>med<br />
By the h<strong>and</strong>s of time<br />
—Mz. imani, 1993<br />
11. One Spirit<br />
(to be sung as a round)<br />
One spirit in the dark<br />
Like a c<strong>and</strong>le wavers.<br />
Many spirits joined as One<br />
Burn with the power of the blazing sun!<br />
There is strength in community;<br />
The Circle empowers you <strong>and</strong> me.<br />
The Circle binds yet sets us free!<br />
As we will so shall it be!<br />
—Sean (FireDance 2003)<br />
12. Circle Invocation<br />
Earth is a circle, wheeling in circles<br />
As She circles the Sun.<br />
Life is a circle, seasons returning in circles<br />
Like a mighty hoop rolling through space-time.<br />
<strong>Circles</strong> of stone <strong>and</strong> wood mark the places of stars<br />
Heralding the eight spokes of the year-wheel.<br />
Like a wheel rolling in circles we gather<br />
momentum<br />
To circle the seasons of our lives.<br />
We are a circle dedicated to each other.<br />
—Carolyn Clark
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