Preparation

Prepare the ritual space, cleaning the room or altar. Set up the altar in the center of the circle. Prepare yourself by cleansing your body and clearing your mind of all but the work ahead. Put on your robe and/or cord and jewels.

Attunement

Asperging

HP touches the salt and then the water saying:

I exorcise thee, Spirit of salt, casting out all impurities which may lie within.
Likewise do I exorcise thee, Spirit of water, casting out all impurities which may lie within.

HP places three athame-tips worth of salt in the water and mixs them deosil (sunwise, clockwise). Asperges (sprinkles the salt water) the area and participants, walking deosil around the circle.

Casting the Circle

HPs casts the circle, walking deosil around the circle with her athame, visualizing a line of blue fire growing at the edge, and saying:

I conjure thee, Circle of power,
to form a boundary between the material world of humanity and the realms of the spirit,
a guardian and a protection to preserve
and contain the power we will raise within.
I bless and consecrate this circle.

Calling the Quarters

Guardians of the Watchtowers of the East, Powers of Air, mind and imagination.
I call upon you: the breezes, winds and zephyrs ... grace our circle with your Presence this night.
Great Eagle of the Eastern Skies, I summon, stir, and call Thee up!

Guardians of the Watchtowers of the South, Powers of Fire, passion and energy.
I call upon you: the fiery rays of the sun, the dancing flames of the hearthfire, and the deep heat within the Earth's core... grace our circle with Your Presence this night.
Red Lion of the Southern Desert, I summon, stir, and call Thee up!

Guardians of the Watchtowers of the West, Powers of Water, intuition, and emotion.
I call upon you: the mountain streamlets, the mighty rivers, and the vast oceans ... grace our circle with Your Presence this night.
Sweet Dolphin of the Western Seas, I summon, stir, and call Thee up!

Guardians of the Watchtowers of the North, Powers of Earth, sensation, and all things material.
I call upon you: the towering mountains, the fertile plains, and the enduring bedrock... grace our circle with Your Presence this night.
Black Wolf of the Northern Forest, I summon, stir, and call Thee up!

Invoking the God

HP invokes the God saying:

Cernunnos, Horned One, God of the Wilds, we call You to our circle!
Let your energy, your joy, your passion fill us!
Show us Your paths through the wilderness and guide us on our journey.
Grant that we may celebrate in Your forests and fields,
protect Your creatures, and feel Your presence
as the Old Ways live again within our circle!

Invoking the Goddess

HPs invokes the Goddess saying:

Cerridwen, Great Mother, Mistress of the Magicks of Rebirth, we call You to our circle!
Let Your wisdom, Your love, and Your power fill us as we begin our rite!
Teach us the arts of magick, healing, and transformation.
Grant that we may come forth from Aven, Your cauldron of rebirth, to celebrate and honor You!
Let the Old Ways live again within our circle!

Stating the Purpose

HP says:

The Elder Grove is gathered tonigh to celebrate the New Moon, to honor the Lady and the Lord, and to work magick.
Welcome to this circle!

Magickal Work or Celebration

Cakes and Wine

HP blesses the beverage saying:
We thank the gods of wine for the nourishment
and pleasure which flows from the fruits of the Earth.
Blessed be this wine.

Likewise the HPs blesses the cakes, saying:
We thank the goddesses of the grain for the nourishment
and strength which comes from the harvest of the Earth.
Blessed be these cakes.

Following this, the chalice and platter are passed deosil around the circle, with each offering it to the next saying:
May you drink deep of life.
May the bounty of the earth fill your table.

Farewell to the Goddess

Farewell to the God

Dismissing the Quarters

Those who called the quarters will dismiss them saying: Guardians of the Watchtowers of the North, Powers of Earth, we thank Thee for attending.
If go Ye must, we say: Hail and Farewell!

Others (echo): Hail and Farewell!
And so on for the West, South and East.

Opening the Circle

HP starts in the East and moving widdershins with his athame. Upon returning to the East, replaces the athame on the altar. HPs says:
By the Earth that is Her body,
by the Air that is Her breath,
by the Fire of Her bright spirit,
by the living Waters of Her womb,
may the peace of the Goddess go in your hearts.
The circle is open but never broken.

(Here all join in.) Merry meet, and merry part, and merry meet again!
Blessed Be!