Casting Circle Method 2


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Begin by placing candles that represent the elements in the directions they are associated with, North (earth), gets a green candle, East (air) gets a yellow, South (fire) gets red and West (water) gets blue. Set up your altar within and place a chalice of water and a bowl of salt there also. Light the candles, light the incense of your choice and bless the water with your wand, saying:

"I consecrate and cleanse this water that it be purified and fit to dwell within the sacred circle. In the name of the Mother Goddess and the Father God, I consecrate this water."

Bless the salt with the wand:
"I bless this salt so it may be fit to dwell within the sacred circle. In the name of the Mother Goddess and the Father God I bless this salt."

Face the north with wand, sword or athame at waist level and walk around the circle's perimeter either deosil (clockwise, for spells of invitation or increase) or widdershins (counterclockwise, for spells of banishment or uncrossing, dark moon rituals). As you do this, repeat:

"Here is the boundary of the circle. Naught but love shall enter in, naught but love shall emerge from within. Charge this by your power, old ones."

When circle is complete, sprinkle salt around it (deosil or widdershins) beginning in the north. Repeat with water, then lit incense, then hand (while envisioning a white hot fire emerging from your fingertips) so that the circle is sealed with representation of earth, water, air and fire.

Calling Elemental Spirits

Hold wand above head and petition the directions:
"O Watcher of the North, Guardian of all earth, I call upon you to join my circle tonight and join in my magickal workings and spiritual endeavors."

"O Watcher of the East, Guardian of the air and all that inhabits the skies, I call upon you to join my circle tonight and join in my magickal workings and spiritual endeavors."

"O Watcher of the South, Guardian of heat and fire, I call upon you to join my circle tonight and join in my magickal workings and spiritual endeavors."

"O Watcher of the West, Guardian of the waters, lakes and oceans, I call upon you to join my circle tonight and join in my magickal workings and spiritual endeavors."

Face each direction as you call it and visualize the energy of each element in it's candle color. You are now ready to invoke deities and perform your ritual or spell.

Leaving The Circle
To leave the circle for any reason requires a doorway. Visualize a door being cut with the athame and the energies absorbed in the handle. Exit and reseal around the same cut.

To Disperse The Circle

Face North with wand as in the calling and recite:
"Farewell, Spirit of the North. Thank you for your presence this night. Go in power.
Farewell, Spirit of the East. Thank you for your presence this night. Go in power.
Farewell, Spirit of the South. Thank you for your presence this night. Go in power.
Farewell, Spirit of the West. Thank you for your presence this night. Go in power."

Pierce the circle at waist level with the athame and move deosil or widdershins around the circle (whatever is the opposite direction you cast in). The energy will return to the knife.

"Circle open, but unbroken. Power down, to the ground".

Recommended books (free to download):

Paul Huson - Mastering Witchcraft
Giuseppe Bezza - The Astrological Metaphors
Anonymous - Bealtaine Circle Of The Dark Moon

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