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Forming the Circle
[1] Must have a man and a
woman, properly prepared, i.e., naked.
[2] Mark a circle nine feet
across on the floor with chalk, etc. The best way is to get
a string. Tie 2 loops four foot, six inches apart. Put one
loop over a nail or something in the center. Put chalk in
the other and run it round. If you can't make marks on the
floor, put furniture, etc., round to form it. Have a table,
etc., as an Altar, with all tools, etc., on it. Have a bowl
of water, and some salt.
[3] Place Athame on the bowl
of water. Say, "I exorcise thee, O creature of Water, that
thou cast out from Thee all the impurities and uncleannesses
of the Spirits of the World of Phantasm in the name of Aradia
and Cernunnos. But ever mind that Water purifies the body,
but the scourge purifies the soul."
[4] Then place Athame on the
salt. Say, "Blessings be upon this creature of Salt. Let all
malignity and hindrance be cast forth hencefrom, and let all
good enter herein. Wherefore I bless thee that thou mayest
aid me, in the name of Aradia and Cernunnos.
[5] Then trace Circle on the
lines you have marked out, starting at the East and returning
to the East. (Always go round the circle with your Right hand
to the Altar. Never go Widdershins.) Then put the Salt into
the water. and go round the circle again, sprinkling it to
purify it. Then go round again censing it. (Everyone in the
circle must be sprinkled and censed.)
[6] Then go to the East, Sword
or Athame in hand. Draw an invoking pentacle in the Air, starting
at the top and going to the lefthand corner, saying, "I summon,
and call thee up, O Ye Mighty ones of the East, to guard the
Circle and witness our rites." Then holding the point of sword
or Athame upwards, do the same to the south, west, and north,
and return to the center, to the south of the Altar.
[7] Then each girl should
bind her man, hands behind back and cable Tow to neck. He
should kneel at altar, and be scourged. When all men are thus
"purified," they purify the girls in turn. No one may be in
the circle without being thus purified.
[8] Then do whatever work
wanted.
[9] When closing the Circle,
the High Priestess, or whoever she tells to do it, saying,
"Hail, ye mighty ones of the East. I thank you for attending,
and ere ye depart for your lovely realms, We say, Hail and
Farewell."
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