Firesilk's Book of Shadows

An Imbolc Ritual

The Altar should be provided with:

a gold and a silver candle(lit)

a cauldron filled with earth or salt into which eight unlit candles have been set. A white candle in the middle surrounded by (in order)a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and violet candle. The colored candles should form a circle around the white.

Incense and burner (the incense should be cinnamon)

Ritual Tools

Consecrate a circle and call the quarters.

Recite the following Prayer:

This night the Mother sleeps in Winter

Dreaming of the Life to come

Clothed in silent white

She rests from the labour of birth

Born at Solstice, the Child Sun grows strong

Hear us, Child of the Mother

Bring to us the Fire of Life

Take the gold candle and light the white candle in the center of the cauldron, then use the white candle to light the rest saying as you do:

Fire of Breath (violet)

Fire of Desire(purple)

Fire of Purity(blue)

Fire of Creation(green)

Fire of Knowledge(yellow)

Fire of Spirit(orange)

Fire of Life(red)

Return the white candle to the center of the cauldron and say:

I stand in the center
My heart is a child's
I celebrate the Seed
Awaken and grow
I stand in the center
My heart is a child's
I celebrate the Seed
Awaken and grow
I stand in the center
My heart is a child's
I celebrate the Seed
Awaken and grow
Sun's Flame, Brigid's Flame
Bring us light
Bring us life
Awaken the Mother
The time of Growth draws nigh
Sun's Flame, Brigid's Flame
Bring us warmth
Bring us growth
Awaken the Seed
To grow and prosper
Sun's Flame, Brigid's Flame
Bring us light
Bring us life
Bring us warmth
Bring us growth.

Meditate on new beginnings and future plans, this is also a good time for initiations and consecrations. Snuff the candles when you are done. Close the Circle.

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