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80 Creating Circles & Ceremonies 90. She’s Been Waiting (round) She’s been waiting, waiting, She’s been waiting so long! She’s been waiting for Her children To remember, to return! (2x) Blessed be and blessed are The lovers of the Lady. Blessed be and blessed are The maiden, Mother, Crone. Blessed be and blessed are The ones who dance together. Blessed be and blessed are The ones who dance alone! —Paula Walowitz 91. Children of the Night We are the children of the Goddess, We are the children of delight We are the children of her passion, We are the Children of the Night! —Anodea Judith 92. Power Raising We are the power in everyone We are the dance of the Moon and the Sun We are the hope that never died We are the turning of the tide! —Starhawk 93. Circle Dance Round Circle ‘round the fire To raise the cone of power To win what we desire So mote it be! Dance the Circle in the moonlight Dance and sing the whole night long Dance the Circle in the moonlight Dance and sing a Witches’ song! —Selena Fox 94. Power Spot Make yourself a power spot Bring you a spoon and a cooking pot Bring Air, bring Fire, Bring Water, bring Earth; You a new universe will birth! —Shekinah Mountainwater 95. Transformation of Energy Equal dark, equal light Flow in Circle, deep insight Blessed be, Blessed be The transformation of energy! So it flows, out it goes Three-fold back it shall be Blessed be, Blessed be The transformation of energy! —Night An’Fey 96. We Are Alive We are alive as the Earth is alive We have the power to create our future We have the courage, we are the healers Like the Sun we shall rise! We have the courage, we are the healers Like the Sun we shall rise! —Rose May Dance, Starhawk, 1985 97. Where there is Fear there is Power Where there is fear there is power Passion is the healer Desire cracks open the gate If you’re ready it’ll take you through But nothing lasts forever Time is the destroyer The wheel turns again and again Watch out, or it’ll take you through But nothing dies forever Nature is the renewer, The wheel turns again and again When you’re ready it’ll take you through —Starhawk 98. Powerful Song Powerful song of radiant light Weave us the web that spins the night Web of stars that holds the dark Weave us the Earth that feeds the spark Descant: Strand by strand, hand over hand Thread by thread we weave our web —Pandora, Starhawk, Rose May Dance
Book I: T he Magick Circle 81 6. Communion Holy Communion By Oberon Zell-Ravenheart Blessings After raising and releasing all that energy, we now move to the lighter and more joyous part of the ritual. This is a time of celebration, sharing and fellowship, and an easing in the intense focus of energies that characterized the previous phase of the ritual. In magick, as in life, the balance between gravity (the heavy stuff) and levity (the light stuff) is very important. For this part of the ritual, there are three main elements: Consecration, Communion (“sharing”) and Hiatus, often called “sacred bullshit.” On the altar you should have an athamé (knife), a filled chalice (cup), and a pantacle (or plate) with an uncut round of bread, or uncut fruit, such as apples. Communion usually begins with the Consecration of the Sacraments. Consecrating means “blessing for our use.” This is much like saying a food blessing before meals, except that since the God and/or Goddess (or other beings of spirit we’ve previously invoked) are already with us in the Circle, we don’t need to ask them again for their blessings. They are already blessing us and all we do by their very presence. Instead, we what we do here is charge our food and drink with Spirit—with the special essence of the Goddess and/or God—recognizing that our nourishment and refreshment not only come from them, but actually are part of them, which we are about to make part of ourselves. Consecrations-T he Chalice & the Blade The first part of consecrating the sacraments is done with the Athamé and the Chalice, which is filled with water, fruit juice, wine, or mead; all are equally appropriate in any ritual, depending on your preference. In the HOME Tradition, we always use water, as the concept that “water shared is life shared” is an important part of our heritage. But we often have a separate chalice of wine or fruit juice as well. A ritual Chalice should be in the form of a beautiful stemmed goblet. It may be made of any of a number of materials. Chalices of glass, ceramic, wood, silver (or silver-plated), pewter, and even horn are all acceptable. But plastic is disdained for all ceremonial purposes! A ritual Chalice, however, should never be made of brass or copper, as it can then be used only for water. Fruit juice or wine must not be used in an unlined brass or copper Chalice, as these metals become poisonous in reaction with the citric acids in juices or wine. For the same reason, ceramic Chalices must not have a lead glaze, and pewter Chalices must be nickel-free. The classical Consecration of the Chalice and the Blade is often called the symbolic Great Rite, for it represents the sexual union of the male and female forces, a union which engenders all life. If you are doing this solitary, you should hold the Chalice in your left hand, and the Athamé in your right hand, and speak these lines yourself. If there are a priest and priestess (or any man and woman) in the Circle, then she should hold up the Chalice with both hands while he holds the Athamé above it, point down. The priest then lowers it into the chalice, while saying something like this: As the Athamé is to the male… The Priestess continues: So the Chalice is to the female.
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