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Book I: T he Magick Circle 89
Consecrations & Communion Blessings
100. Consecration of Chalice & Blade
Priest & Priestess in unison:
In all things there is an active
And a receptive force.
P: The active creates power and movement;
Ps: The receptive provides direction and form.
Both: Both are essential for life,
Growth, and change.
P: The horned God is of life and death;
Ps: The Goddess is of birth and renewal.
Both: There are lessons to be found
In the spiral of life, leading eternally
Towards perfection:
To learn you must suffer;
To suffer you must live;
To live you must be born;
To be born you must die;
The beginning, the continuation—
And the end, over and over.
P: The Sun brings forth light;
Ps: And the Moon holds it in darkness.
P: As above
Ps: So below.
P: And as the Athamé is to the male,
Ps: So the Chalice is to the female.
Both: And conjoined they be one in truth:
For there is no greater Power
In all the worlds
Than that of a man and a woman
Joined in the bonds of love
Blessed Be!
—Author unknown
101. Blessing the Sacraments
Blessed be this Bread,
The body of our Lord,
And blessed be this Water,
The blood of our Lady.
As our bodies are nourished
By Their divine energy,
So let Their love ever nurture our spirits.
We are the conscious product
Of Their eternal passion,
And so do we give Them gratitude
In celebration of Life.
So mote it be!
—Morning Glory Zell
102. Conjuration of Cakes & Wine
Priestess cups both hands over the cakes as
they lie on the pentacle held by the Priest.
She says:
I conjure thee, O Meal! Who art indeed
our body, since without thee we could not
live, thou who—at first as seed—before becoming
flower went into the Earth where all
deep secrets hide, and then when flour ground
didst dance like dust in the wind, and yet
meanwhile didst bear with thee in flitting,
secrets strange!
I conjure thee, O Meal! That as we take
part of thee we take part of the wisdom of
the Goddess, we learn more of the fields and
the forest, and know the ancient lore.
Priestess holds the chalice so it is over the
wine bottle, so that all the wine may be consecrated.
Priest cups both hands over the
chalice and says:
I conjure thee, O Wine! Thou who didst
grow from nothing by light of sun and light
of moon, the swelling, ripened grape—the
blood of the Earth pressed soon.
I conjure thee, O Wine! That as we drink
of thee, we drink the power of the Goddess—
of fire, and lightning, and rain, of things that
are wild and free!
—Outer Court Wicca
103. Passing the Chalice (round)
Love, love, love, love.
Pagans, this is our call.
We will love one another as
The Goddess loves us all.
God and Goddess,
Shall I tell you how I feel?
You have shared with me your riches,
Love and joy are real.
Joy, joy, joy, joy.
As we pass the chalice ‘round,
Thou art God and thou art Goddess;
Love is abound-ing!
—Hariette, of Coven Vanthi