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Here an old Candlemas Ritual from the Coven of the New Pathways circa 1994. If you wish to use in part or in whole feel free: Candlemas Rite Before the altar lay the biddy and parapetic wand and two unlit white candles in holders, a bouquet of greens with early spring flowers and a dark shawl, broomstick and cauldron set a south gate, by it are twigs of evergreen, holly, bay, rosemary and boxwood. HP give P Fivefold kiss: Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways, P gives HP fivefold kiss: Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways, Together they say: As I will P take wand in r hand and stands back to altar and says: Goddess of our hopes and need, The P draws the invoking pentagram of earth in the air towards the HP and says: Blessed Be! He then steps to one side and the women of the coven prepare Brigid's bed... they lay the biddy and the phallic wand side by side heads towards the altar. They place candlesticks on either side and light the candles. They stand around the bed and say. Brigid has come and Brigid is welcome. The HP summons the two women to assist her in assuming the Triple Goddess roles. The mother stands with her back to the center of the altar, the P crowns her with the crown of lights. The maiden and crone see that all is becoming. The crone stands beside the mother and P drapes shawl about her shoulders. The maiden takes her place and is given the bouquet of flowers by P. He goes to the South and says: Behold the Three Formed Goddess; The Charge Based on the ritual used by Stuart and Janet Farrar P: Listen to the words of the Great Mother; When he has finished, the maid takes the broom and sweeps her way slowly doesil around the circle ritually clearing out all that is old and worn out. The Mother and crone walk behind her, when done they assume their positions before the altar. The P kneels before the cauldron, he picks up each of the evergreen twigs and lights it in turn from the burning cauldron, then blows it out and puts it inside the cauldron. As he does this he says: Thus we banish Winter, He then goes to the mother, extinguishes the candles, the maiden lays down her bouquet, the crone her shawl beside the altar, the P steps aside and the three women fetch the biddy, wand and the candles which they extinguish.
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