This Sabbat celebrates
the Goddess. She is now with child, as is nature with the bounty of the
coming harvest.
This is a time when energies abound, & is a good time for Magick/purification
rites. The
altar can be decorated with summer herbs, greenery, & flowers. The
cup should be filled
with milk.
If you have made a protective amulet previous to the ritual, you will want
to place this on
the altar.
Before the ritual begins, make a small pouch out of white cloth and fill
it with any
combination
of midsummer herbs that you wish & be sure to add them in threes. Tie
pouch with
red string
& place it on the altar. The altar cloth & candles should be white.
Light the altar candles
and the incense,
& cast the circle. Invoke the God & the Goddess. Kneel before the
altar, facing
east, and say:
"With these
mystic rites, I celebrate the summer time and the coming bounty of autumn.
Now, the
world is bathed in the warm glow of the sun, and the fields and seas and
skies
and forests
are teeming with life."
Hold the cloth
pouch in your hands. Concentrate on any problems, pain or illness that
you wish to
be rid of.
Picture these things going into the bag. Stand up, walk around to East
side of the altar.
Light the pouch
with an altar candle. Drop the pouch into the cauldron to watch it burn.
As you
watch, know
that those impurities are burning to ash. Say:
"Oh great
Goddess and God, on this Magickal night I pray that you will help me to
know
and understand
myself and the world around me. May you bring joy and happiness into
my life,
and may no harm come to anything by my hands."