I. Purification & Entry
Experience the wash of sound and energy resonating from the corridor of drums. Let the salt water and incense help you to become open. We will be forming two concentric circles.
II. Cast & Call
At each Quarter listen to the words and lend your power to opening the Gate. After the pentacle is scribed say, “Hail And Welcome”
Then we will intone 3 times:
“Spirit of Air Come!”
(Air-East, Fire-South, Water-West, Earth-North)
As the 3 Quarter Callers move/scribe from Quarter to Quarter we repeat,
“A Circle We Will Build”
punctuated with a clap between each repetition of this phrase.
III. Invocation Of Goddess And God
Listen to the words that call the Great Ones into our awareness. Then we chant:
“God And Goddess Live Within Every Soul
Blessed Their Gift, Blessed Are We
When We Call Their Names
They Awaken Within
Blessed Their Gift, Blessed Are We”
After the chant peaks there is silence then hold your strongest hand up, the other down and repeat we do freeform toning such as:
“Aum, Ahhh, Ehhh, Eeee ...”
Sense the spark of divinity in yourself and in the circle. Imagine a ball of brilliance above your head. When the presence is strong and you feel your connection, raise both hands and bring them together above your head. Bring the power down into yourself.
IV. The Lamps Of Hope
The Goddesses & Gods enter our company. Listen to their words and heed them.
V. Lighting The Fire
The Goddesses & Gods light the fire and we chant to fan the flames:
“Fire, Fire Soul’s Desire
Changer Change Me
Burning, Burning, Higher”
VI. The Three Fires
We call Djinn, the Monarch of Fire. We call the Cardinal Fire of Creation, The Fixed Fire of Manifestation, and the Mutable Fire of Change to come to the triangle surrounding the fire pit. This is done by 3 priest/esses offering herbs to the fire. We chant:
“We Are Rising, Arising
From Ashes To Feathers
We Rise, We Rise, We Rise”
You will be led by Heralds to process round the Central Fire. We continue chanting until all have had the blessing of the flames.
VII. Honoring And Thanking
We thank Djinn, Monarch of Fire, and all the forms taken by the Fire Elementals. All repeat:
“We Give Thanks” (3 times)
We thank the Goddess and the God. All repeat:
“We Give Thanks” (3 times)
VIII. Dismissal
We close the circle in the same order as it was cast (East-South-West-North) so that the land is gifted with our energetic labors. At each Gate, we say:
“Spirit Of Air, We Thank You For Power And Your Presence In This Rite.”
(Air-East, Fire-South, Water-West, Earth-North)
Finally:
“The Circle Is Open, But Unbroken, Merry Meet, Merry Part, And Merry Meet Again”
- Then we are led by fire performance troupe Hvbris
to the Free Spirit Fire Circle -