EARTH
Now you will close the ceremony and open the
Circle.
Begin by giving thanks to the Ancestors and the Deities.
“Beloved Ancestors, You Who have gone before, Your wisdom and Your example
guide us. We pray that You will be with us and aid us as we go forward, that we
may call upon the strength and knowledge of the past, even as we build the
future. We thank You for Your presence and Your aid this night, and always. May
You Blessed be in all things. We offer You our love and our respect! We bid You
Hail and Farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and farewell!”
PRIESTESS
“O mighty Mother, we thank You for Your presence and Your aid this night,
and always. You Who created and provide for us. All-bountiful and Open-handed
One! We offer You our love, and our respect! We bid You Hail and farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and farewell!”
PRIEST
“O Father God -You lay down Your life in the fields that we might eat! Your
light wanes in the sky! But we rejoice and give thanks for Your sacrifice! We
thank You for Your presence and Your aid this night, and always. We offer You
our love and our respect! We bid You Hail and farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and farewell!”
Now thank each Quarter. Start in the North.
NORTH
“Black Lady of the North! We thank You for Your presence and Your aid in
this holy ritual –You and the Gnomes and Spirits of the Earth! May there be
peace between us now and always! We bid You Hail and Farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and Farewell!”
Using the Wand, pull down the tower of white light which was erected when the
North was called.
Now turn to the West.
WEST
”Gray Lady of the West! We thank You for Your presence and Your aid in this
holy ritual –You and the Undines and Spirits of the Waters! May there be peace
between us now and always! We bid You Hail and Farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and Farewell!”
Using the Wand, pull down the tower of white light which was erected when the
West was called.
Now turn to the South.
SOUTH
”White Lady of the South! We thank You for Your presence and Your aid in
this holy ritual –You and the Salamanders and Spirits of the Fire! May there be
peace between us now and always! We bid You Hail and Farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and Farewell!”
Using the Wand, pull down the tower of white light which was erected when the
South was called.
Now turn to the East.
EAST
”Red Lady of the East! We thank You for Your presence and Your aid in this
holy ritual –You and the Sylphs and Spirits of the Air! May there be peace
between us now and always! We bid You Hail and Farewell!”
ALL
“Hail and Farewell!”
Using the Wand, pull down the tower of white light which was erected when the
East was called.
Now you must open the Circle. Begin in the East. Take up the Athame and point
it toward the Eastern Quarter. Devoke the Circle, walking Tuathal around it,
imagining the barrier of light disappearing, returning into the tip of the
Athame. Now speak the charm:
“Behold: As Above, So Below! As the Universe, So the Soul! As Within, So
Without! May the Circle be Open, but never Broken! Merry Meet –Merry Part –and
Merry Meet again!”
Now have everyone cleanse and release all excess energy.