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The Sabbat Rituals: November Eve
Walk or slow dance, Magus
leading High Priestess, both carrying Phallic wand or broom,
people with torches or candles.
Witch chant or song: "Eko,
eko, Azarak Eko, eko, Zomelak Bazabi lacha bachabe Lamac cahi
achababe Karrellyos Lamac lamac Bachalyas cabahagy sabalyos
Baryolos Lagoz atha cabyolas Samahac atha famolas Hurrahya!"
Form circle.
High Priestess assumes Goddess
position.
Magus gives her Fivefold Kiss
and is scourged.
All are purified [that is,
bound and scourged with forty strokes, as in the initiation
rituals].
Magus assumes God position.
High Priestess invokes with
Athame: "Dread Lord of the shadows, god of life and the giver
of life. Yet is the knowledge of thee the knowledge of death.
Open wide, I pray thee, thy gates through which all must pass.
Let our dear ones who have gone before, return this night
to make merry with us. And when our time comes, as it must,
O thou the comforter, the consoler, the giver of peace and
rest, we will enter thy realms gladly and unafraid, for we
know that when rested and refreshed among our dear ones, we
shall be born again by thy grace and the grace of the Great
Mother. Let it be in the same place and the same time as our
beloved ones, and may we meet and know, and love them again.
Descend, we pray thee, upon thy servant and Priest (name)."
High Priestess gives Fivefold
Kiss to Magus.
Initiations if any; all others
are purified.
(Note: Couples may purify
each other if they will.)
Cakes and Wine.
The Great Rite if possible,
either in token or truly.
Dismiss [the guardians, and
close down the magic circle; the people then stay to] feast
and dance.
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The Sabbat Rituals: February Eve
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