Full Moon Trust and Balance

This ritual, as stated in the title, should be performed on a full moon for maximum effect.
The purpose of this rite is to affirm trust between all coverners (or attendents) and espiecally with the Priest/ess in particular. The rite also gives all a sense of balance and is healthy for any one to perform.

Needs:

Elemental candles (red, yellow, blue, green)
center candle/spirit candle
earth (sand, dirt, clay pentangle)
salt
water
air (incense)
large bowl or cauldron
lotion
positively charged water
chalice/goblet
wine/cider
a sweet fruit
(the following items are needed one per person)
- towel/blanket
- blindfolds

Set-up:

To set up the sacred space needed for this ritual, find a large open area.

(I like doing this outside, but sometimes the weather is bad and indoors works OK, too.)

Remember: You need enough room for everyone in the circle to lay down and stretch out comfortably.

Set up circle as you would normally (candles in appropriate corners, elements in appropriate corners, sprit candle in the center. Also in the center is the bowl, the blessed water, the blankets, cider, fruit, chalice. At the outside of the circle is the blindfolds. The area needs to be cleansed according to your personal rituals.

Cast the circle according to your own rituals.

Have the circle members stand outside the circle. Have each wearing a blindfold. Mentally send them thoughts of goodwill and positively. Perhaps soothing and exciting music is appropriate, depending on the tradition of the circle. All people should enter the circle free of negativity and free of their shoes and socks!

Ask each person four questions:

"Are you here with no regret in your heart?"
"What be thy name within the sacred space?"
"For what purpose do you enter into this rite?"
"Do you trust your priest/ess fully and without fear?"
Lead each person into the circle after the questions are answered. Let them know that they are no longer a part of the physical world once they are within the confines of the sacred circle. Once they are in a spot they feel comfortable with, ask them to sit and get comfortable. Send them thoughts of trust and relaxation. Repeat until all attendants are within the circle. Seal the portal of the circle.

The Rite:

~Call the elements according to your tradition.

~Annoint each attendant.

~Ask the attendants to take in of the energies of the God/dess.

~Have attendants concentrate on their breathing.

~While they are concentrating on their breathing take off the blindfolds beginning with the first person who entered the circle.

~All should look at each other and take in the energies of the circle.

~All should lay down and get comfortable.

~All should close their eyes and listen to the sounds of the circle and the world around them.

~Give each a pillow or cushion for their head.

~Take the bowl and fill it with blessed water. Go to the first person and wash their feet with a cloth and then massage their feet with the lotion. Pull on their toes and rub their ankles. Infuse their feet with your energies and the energies of the circle. Repeat with all persons in the circle.

~After everyone is through ask them to sit up and keep their eyes closed. Have them breath and concentrate on the calm that they are feeling. Have them lift their arms up to the sky and repeat the following chant (or another appropriate chant):

"With our hearts to the night
And our arms to the sky
We can feel the earth turning
We can feel the earth cry"
~Have everyone open their eyes and look at their brothers and sisters that surround them.
Let the sights that are now flooding their eyes fulfill them and calm them.

~Ask all attendants to hold hands and feel the energies of the people next to them. Ask them to begin "passing" their energies to their neighbor through their linked hands. First go to the left. The change and pass the energy to the right. You can squeeze gently the persons hand to signify the passing energy.

~Now, have them reach out with their minds and take in the energy of the air. Have them pass the energy of the air between their hands. After a few moments of this have the circle begin to describe the energy of the air that is passing between them and through them. Repeat this for all of the elements.

~When the last element is completed, have them keep their hands clasped and go about the circle and place a drop of lotion between each person's palms. Have them massage each others hands. First the left hands, then the right, then both together.
After a while ask them to open their eyes, but to continue massaging.

~Ask the attendants to close their eyes again. At this point lead them in a grounding ritual. After all energy is grounded, close the circle according to your traditional ritual.

You can email Xanthia at: VXanthiaV@aol.com -or- me at Princess_Of_Blood@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

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