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SOLITAIRE IMBOLE RITUAL
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by Micheal Hall
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distributed by PAN - the Psychic Awareness Network -
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1703-362-1139
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Note - by Matrika, co-sysop - this ritual was written by someone I knew
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from the Boston MA. area a couple of years back. It is based on a
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combination of the lore of the Wicca and some of the afro-carribean
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diaspora traditions of Paganism and Magick.
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On your altar should be placed a circle of 13 stones and, within the circle
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of stones, a circle of 13 candles. Within the circle of candles should be
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spread some maize - i.e. corn meal - and in that a waxen female candle to
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symbolize the Goddess on your altar. On the eastern side of the altar
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should be placed a small sheaf of grain with a candle inserted inside it.
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You should dress in your usual ceremonail garb for Magickal rites or
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skyclad, as you prefer.
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Retire to bathe in salt-water (use sea salt) before the ritual. As you do
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so picture the water cleansing the soul and spirit, just as it cleanses the
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body. When you have dressed, annoint yourself with a holy oil. When you
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have prepared yourself, sit in a dim quiet place and light a candle - ONE
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THAT IS NOT BEING USED IN THE RITES - and meditate on how at this time of
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year the Goddess in her fiery aspect AS LIGHT was welcomed back into the
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Temples and the Homes of the land.
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Take this candle and walk slowly to your altar. Place it in the circle of
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the 13 candles. Then light the two altar candles, which are seperate from
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the circle of lights also, and the incense. (Incense should be stick or
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powdered incense on charcoal in a swinging burner.) Then light all the
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quarter candles in the 4 directions, starting in the east and going
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clockwise.
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cast your circle in the usual manner, but Invoke the Goddess with the
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following:
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"Sacred womb, giver of the secrets of Life, Mother of all that exists in
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the Universe, I ask your guardianship of this gathering and your assistance
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in my work. I am gathered in celebration of your gifts and my work is most
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holy. SO MOTE IT BE"
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and Invoke the God in the following manner:
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"Fire of the sky, guardian of all that exists in the Universe, I ask your
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guardianship of this gathering and your assistance in my work. I am
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gathered in celebration of your gifts and my work is most holy. SO MOTE IT
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BE"
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(continue with the circle casting if it is not already finished)
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Light the 13 candles and then the Goddess candle in the center and say:
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"Warm and quickening Light
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awaken and bring forth beauty
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for thou art my pleasure and my bounty
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LORD and LADY
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OSiRIS AND ISIS" (or you may substitute whatever names your circle uses
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for the God and the Goddess - or those you personally prefer)
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Reflect a moment on the coming of the light and offer up the incense.
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say
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"O ancient Ones
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Timeless Goddess and Sacred King who art
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the heralds of springtime and it's bounties
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be with me now in celebration
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Hail to Osiris and Isis
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Harvest giver and blessed Lady
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Let this be a time and a place sacred to your power and your beauty
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SO MOTE IT BE"
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Light the candle in the sheaf of grain and hold it up with the loaf of
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bread in the other hand and say
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(or the cakes - whatever you or your tradition uses for the cakes and
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wine/juice ceremony)
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"My Lord and Lady, as the seed becomes the grain, so the grain becomes the
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bread, Mark the everlasting value of our seasons and their changes. "
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Break a piece of the bread or cakes off and burn it as an offering in the
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central candle.
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Then say
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" IN the deepest Icy Winter the seed of the Earth lies deep within the womb
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of the Great Mother. The Spring brings the heat of the Father and with
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their joining comes new life. The completion of the cycle brings brings
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food to the children of the world. As I taste the food I shall know the
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wisdom of the cycles and be blessed with the food of wisdom throughout my
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life"
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consecrate cakes and wine/juice in the usual manner and partake of them,
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but first raise your chalice or drinking horn and say
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"Hail to thee ISIS
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Hail to thee Osiris
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For thou art blessed"
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After this commune in meditation with the Lord and lady for a while, then
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close the circle in your usual manner.
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GOOD IMBOLE
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