Finding the Path

Midsummer Rite

You will need a cauldron filled with water in front of your altar and a heather branch beside the altar.

Invoke:

* "Great one of Heaven. Power of the Sun.
I invoke thee in Thine ancient names;
Michel, Balin, Arthur, Lugh,
Come again as old into this Thy land.
Lift up Thy shining spear of light to protect me.
Put to lighty the powers of darkness.
Give us fair woodlands and green fields,
Blossoming orchards and ripening corn.
Bring me to stand upon Thy hill of vision,
And show me the path to the lovely realms of the Gods."

-Make invoking pentagram above your altar with the wand.

-Raise both hands up high, then plunge the wand into the cauldron. Hold the
wand up and say:

* "The spear to the cauldron,
The lance to the grail,
Spirit to flesh,
Man to woman
Sun to Earth."

-Place the wand on your altar and pick up heather branch.

-Sprinkle self with water from the cauldron, using the branch, saying;

* "Thus do I dance before the cauldron of Cerridwen, the Goddess,
Being blessed with the touch of this consecrated water;
Even as the Sun, the Lord of life, arised in His strength in the sign
of the Waters of life!"

-Then say;

* "Let the midsummer fires shine forth!"

-Place the altar candles in the center of the circle, about four feet apart, along the east-west line.

-Then pass between the two candles. Replace the candles on the altar.

For Litha Night Fertility Magic ...

A Tantric Verse

Being in a space that's home
I served you tea that never got drunk
Intoxication filled the air
Kisses came soft and slow
our bodies shed off their clothes
and we entered into our souls...

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