An Explanation of My Handwritten Ritual!
Ok, first off I don't cast a circle in the so called "traditional way"! I don't invoke the watchtowers, or the elements with invoking pentagrams or banish them either. I don't use my Athame to cast a circle either. I cast a bubble of protection over my entire house, so that I can walk freely in it, while still being protected. To draw and define a circle would limit my ability to move around. And cutting your self in and out of a circle, weakens the power of the circle to protect you. Therefore defeating it's purpose. Sometimes I do draw a circle with my staff, but most times I just raise a defensive barrier around the property. Besides, if one invokes the Spirits/Deities properly, they will protect you just fine and better than the elements, or a circle will. Which that is just my opinion and how I do things.
I don't call the watchtowers because I'm also Catholic, ( I know ironic but whatever) and in Catholicism, the watchtowers guardians are real and are fallen Angels. Since I can find no pagan source material, defining what or who they are...I'm going with the Catholics and not calling them. That is just my way! Almost every wiccan book I have read, has conflicting ways of invoking the elements. Some say start from this or that side of the pentacle. So because I can not find the correct way to do it, better to be safe than sorry, I don't invoke them. Because, say for example, you invoke fire and don't banish it properly, you could catch your house on fire from having a fire elemental just hanging around. Magic isn't something to mess with, it is serious business. You don't just wave your wand and all of your problems go away. Magic is work and takes work to preform properly!
I start all of my rituals with a statement of purpose. A small speech stating why I am invoking and casting to begin with. Then before the ritual I sweep away all negativity and then after the speech, I further cleanse with a mixture of salt and water. Which I stir with my Athame, and spritz the area with the Athame and water mixture.
Then to signify changes in ritual, or the start or ending of something I work with a staff, so I strike it three times. One could clap, or ring a bell, it all works the same, to signify transition. Then I invoke all of the Deities, Spirits and elementals I'll be working with. Always starting with the Sacred Source first. That is my name for the First Creator God/Goddess, the one who created All of the God's and Goddesses and everything in the known and unknown worlds. You can use whatever name suites you, that's just my name.
Then I state the purpose of the ritual again, for those I have just invoked. So that they know why they are here. After that speech, I always use Frankincense, Myrrh, and Sandalwood resin mixture to fumigate the space to seal the sacred space. I call it the Holy Trinity. It smells divine, especially if you use Sandalwood oil!
After that I strike the staff three times, to signify transition into the meat and potatoes of the ritual. Then I usually compose a poetic stanza about whatever I am doing the ritual for. In this case it was Ostara, and the beckoning of Spring. But you can use this formula for whatever ritual you are composing. Durring this poem, I will include whatever spell work I am doing and a blurb about why and what spell work I am preforming.
Then I bless the food and drinks, say a few words to let everyone know it's cakes and ales time. Then the festivities begin. Always offer to the Spirits their portion of everything first in an offering bowl and cup first! Then eat, drink, sing, dance and have a good time.
When everything is consumed, then is the Fair-wells. I always ask them to Depart in Peace and Love. Never demand that they leave! Just let them know it's time to say fair-well, and pay them a compliment for attending. That's how I do it.
And that's the basis of any pagan ritual. Be it Asatru, Wicca, Witchcraft, or any-other pagan religion, unless otherwise specified in that religion. You can work this way with Sabbats, Esbats, Ceremonies, etc! Have fun with it and make it yours!
I don't call the watchtowers because I'm also Catholic, ( I know ironic but whatever) and in Catholicism, the watchtowers guardians are real and are fallen Angels. Since I can find no pagan source material, defining what or who they are...I'm going with the Catholics and not calling them. That is just my way! Almost every wiccan book I have read, has conflicting ways of invoking the elements. Some say start from this or that side of the pentacle. So because I can not find the correct way to do it, better to be safe than sorry, I don't invoke them. Because, say for example, you invoke fire and don't banish it properly, you could catch your house on fire from having a fire elemental just hanging around. Magic isn't something to mess with, it is serious business. You don't just wave your wand and all of your problems go away. Magic is work and takes work to preform properly!
I start all of my rituals with a statement of purpose. A small speech stating why I am invoking and casting to begin with. Then before the ritual I sweep away all negativity and then after the speech, I further cleanse with a mixture of salt and water. Which I stir with my Athame, and spritz the area with the Athame and water mixture.
Then to signify changes in ritual, or the start or ending of something I work with a staff, so I strike it three times. One could clap, or ring a bell, it all works the same, to signify transition. Then I invoke all of the Deities, Spirits and elementals I'll be working with. Always starting with the Sacred Source first. That is my name for the First Creator God/Goddess, the one who created All of the God's and Goddesses and everything in the known and unknown worlds. You can use whatever name suites you, that's just my name.
Then I state the purpose of the ritual again, for those I have just invoked. So that they know why they are here. After that speech, I always use Frankincense, Myrrh, and Sandalwood resin mixture to fumigate the space to seal the sacred space. I call it the Holy Trinity. It smells divine, especially if you use Sandalwood oil!
After that I strike the staff three times, to signify transition into the meat and potatoes of the ritual. Then I usually compose a poetic stanza about whatever I am doing the ritual for. In this case it was Ostara, and the beckoning of Spring. But you can use this formula for whatever ritual you are composing. Durring this poem, I will include whatever spell work I am doing and a blurb about why and what spell work I am preforming.
Then I bless the food and drinks, say a few words to let everyone know it's cakes and ales time. Then the festivities begin. Always offer to the Spirits their portion of everything first in an offering bowl and cup first! Then eat, drink, sing, dance and have a good time.
When everything is consumed, then is the Fair-wells. I always ask them to Depart in Peace and Love. Never demand that they leave! Just let them know it's time to say fair-well, and pay them a compliment for attending. That's how I do it.
And that's the basis of any pagan ritual. Be it Asatru, Wicca, Witchcraft, or any-other pagan religion, unless otherwise specified in that religion. You can work this way with Sabbats, Esbats, Ceremonies, etc! Have fun with it and make it yours!
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