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He tries to light the fire with firesticks; She then enters, lights the
charcoal with the sacred Bic, and hands it to He, who lights the quarter
candles with it and hands it back to She, who lights the altar candles.
I invoke thee, Mighty Ones of the East; bring us Your gifts of wisdom;
watch over us in this Circle. Come to us in the name of Athena
WiseWeaver! Hail and Welcome!
I invoke thee, Mighty Ones of the South; bring us Your gifts of will;
watch over us in this Circle. Come to us in the name of Brigid
SmithMistress! Hail and Welcome!
He & She begin the chant, She drumming. Her shoulder starts acting up; He
gets out the Casio (tempo -2, any 4/4 rhythm). For the chant, mix verses as
is pleasing.
Io, Kore!
Io, Kore!
Io, Persephone!
First, He & She 'argue' about who's going to lead it, jokingly asking if
anyone in Circle wants to do background music; then He gets pathworking with
music on audio tape. When pathworking is done, folks should still be in light
trance; the next thing is to concretize the working by distributing pens so
that people can put whatever they symbols they think are appropriate on their
airplanes.
POWER CHANT: A rising OM; which at peak leads into Countdown. At "Liftoff",
throw the planes upwards (when done, planes can either be kept or HP/S should
offer to see that they get burned.
GROUNDING CHANT:
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Coming home
CLOSE (SHE)
I thank Thee, Mighty Ones of the North for Your presence at our rite, and
ere You depart for Your earthy realms we bid You Hail and Farewell, in
the name of Ptah CraftsMaster.
I thank Thee, Mighty Ones of the West for Your presence at our rite, and
ere You depart for Your watery realms we bid You Hail and Farewell, in
the name of Poseidon ShipMaster.
I thank Thee, Mighty Ones of the South for Your presence at our rite, and
ere You depart for Your firey realms we bid You Hail and Farewell, in the
name of Brigid SmithMistress.
I thank Thee, Mighty Ones of the East for Your presence at our rite, and
ere You depart for Your airy realms we bid You Hail and Farewell, in the
name of Athena WiseWeaver.
(HE)
Fire, seal the Circle round; let it fade beneath the ground;
Let all things be as they were since the beginning of time. (3 times)