| ~*Midsummer*~ |
| Before the rite, make up a small cloth pouch filled with herbs such as lavendaer, camomile, St John's Wort, vervain, or any of the Middsummer herbs. Mentally pour all your troubles, problems, pains, sorrows and illnesses, if any, into this pouch as you construct it. Tie it shut with a red string, Place this on the altar for use during the rite. The cauldron should also be there or nearby. Even if you use candles to mark the quarters, the red candle in a holder should also be on the altar. Arrange the altar, light the candles and censer, and cast the circle. Recite the Blessing Chant. Invoke the Goddess & God. Stand before the altar and say, with wand upraised: I celebrate the noon of summer with maystic rites. O great Goddess and God. all nature vibrates with your energies and the Earth is bathed with warmth and life. Now is the time of forgettign past cares and banes; Now is the time for purification. O fiery Sun, burn away the unuseful, the hurtfull, the bane, in your imniptent power. Purify me! Purify me! Purify me! Lay the wand on the altar. Take up the herbal pouch and light it with the red candle on the altar, (or if outdoors, use the rutural fire). When it is burning, drop it into the cauldron and say: I banish you by the powers of the Goddess & God! I banish you by the powers of the sun, moon and stars! I banish you by the powers of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Pause, seeing the hurts and pains buring into nothingness, Then say: O Gracious Goddess, O Gracious God, on this night of Midsummer magick I pray that you charge my life with wonder and joy. Help me in attuning with the energies adrift on the enchanted night air. I give thanks. Reflect upon the purification you have undergone. Feel the powers of nature flowing through you. wahsing you clean with divine energy. Clelbrate the Simple Feast. The circle is released. |
| This ritural is from: Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner By: Scott Cunningham |