Theme: I balance. I am a Mother-Creator in my own right.

Time: 5:30 pm

Place: JR’s house. Back-up is Weavre’s house, if JR has to babysit.
Contact reminders:
JR’s phone number: xxx-xxxx
Weavre’s phone number: xxx-xxxx)
(Weavre's Note: Held at my house, as it turned out.)

Bring: individual items under "Reminders." Dress remembering we’ll be painting ourselves.

RITUAL PLAN

Theme: I balance. I am a Mother-Creator in my own right.

Begin ritual with shirt off or wearing t-shirt to paint.

Cleansing

Bee will splash everyone with sea-salt water from a nice bowl.
(Splash chest with image of cleansing and opening heart.)

Group attunement

-----Chant: (hold hands with shoulders touching)

----------I am a circle, and I am healing you.
----------You are a circle, and you are healing me.
----------Uuuuunite us, and be as one
----------Uuuuunite us, and be as one.

Call quarters:

-----Sing directions together, with the following:

----------Powers of the Winds, come to us.
----------Powers of the Winds, come to us.
----------Come to us on Winds of change;
----------Powers of the Winds, come to us.

----------Powers of the Fires, come to us.
----------Powers of the Fires, come to us.
----------Come to us on sparks of change;
----------Powers of the Fires, come to us.

----------Powers of the Ocean, come to us.
----------Powers of the Ocean, come to us.
----------Come to us; swim through our dreams.
----------Powers of the Ocean, come to us.

----------Powers of Darkness, come to us.
----------Powers of Darkness, come to us.
----------Come to us in Earth and flesh;
----------Powers of Darkness, come to us.

----------Powers of the Spiral, come to us.
----------Powers of the Spiral, come to us.
----------Come to us; weave us in your web.
----------Powers of the Spiral, come to us.

Invocation:

to Gaia, by CB

Ritual Actions:

1. Charge the paints.
a. Bee and MR light candles.
b. Weavre and CB stir/mix paint.
c. All others drum.
2. Paint
a. Recorded music from JW
b. Sit in a circle facing next person’s back; paint one another’s backs with images that celebrate/honor balance.
c. When all finished, stand facing outward, then turn together to face inward . . . stretch, move, then settle as each individual chooses, and paint our own fronts to represent the Mother-Creator strengths in us.
3. Sing
----------The Goddess rises within me;
----------I am She, whoever would be free.
----------The Goddess rises within me;
----------I am She, whoever would be free.
----------The Goddess in me--
----------She lifts me up and takes me to the sea.
----------She heals the wounds and breaks the chains that bind me.
----------The Goddess in me--
----------I am She;
----------She is me.
----------The Goddess in me--
----------I am She;
----------She is me.
----------We are free.

Grounding:

Bread (MT)
Rice milk (AH)

Libation and thanks:

Release quarters:

Sing together:
----------Powers of the Winds, we thank you.
----------Powers of the Winds, we thank you
----------Our thanks for your Winds of change;
----------Powers of the Winds, we thank you.

----------Powers of the Fires, we thank you.
----------Powers of the Fires, we thank you.
----------Our thanks for your sparks of change;
----------Powers of the Fires, we thank you.

----------Powers of the Ocean, we thank you.
----------Powers of the Ocean, we thank you.
----------Our thanks for swimming through our dreams.
----------Powers of the Ocean, we thank you.

----------Powers of Darkness, we thank you.
----------Powers of Darkness, we thank you.
----------Our thanks for both Earth and flesh;
----------Powers of Darkness, we thank you.

----------Powers of the Spiral, we thank you.
----------Powers of the Spiral, we thank you.
----------Our thanks for weaving us in your web.
----------Powers of the Spiral, we thank you.

Open circle:

The Circle is open, but never broken; merry we meet, merry we part, and merry we meet again!

Reminders:

AH
-----Rice milk
-----Ask JW about recorded music

MT
-----Bread
-----White candle

CB
-----Invocation & thanks to Gaia

Bee
-----Paints, brushes/etc. (if needed), mixing sticks

JW
-----Recorded music

All
-----Candles
-----T-shirt if desired
-----Drums?

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