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ab:consec2.txt 16jan90
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Consecrating Other Working Tools
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(except a sword or athame)
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Place tool on pentacle, and lay right hand(s) on it, saying:
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"Aradia and Cernunnos, deign to bless and to consecrate this
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White-Hilted knife (or whatever) that it may obtain the necessary
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virtue through you for all acts of love and beauty."
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Magus sprinkles, Witch censes. Then say:
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"Aradia and Cernunnos, bless this instrument prepared in your honour."
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(if Scourge or Cords, add "... that it may serve for a good cause and
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end and for your glory.")
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Again Magus sprinkles and Witch censes. (Hand tool to new owner as you
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would a sword or athame, with a Fivefold Salute.)
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All these weapons should be presented to the new owner with Salute. If
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a Witch Queen, the downward pointing triangle as in the first Degree
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Initiation. (I rephrased the previous sentence, as the Farrar's version
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is untypeable. --Sekhet) End ceremony with Fivefold Salute. The new owner
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should immediately use the new instruments, i.e. form Circle with Sword,
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then Athame, incise something with White-Handled knife, exhibit Pentacle to
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Four Quarters, cense to Four Quarters, use Cords and Scourge; and should
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continue to use all of them in a Circle as often as possible, for some
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time.
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To mark out a new Circle, stick sword or athame in ground, make a loop in
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cord, and slip over; then, using cord, mark out a circle, and later mark it
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with point of sword or athame. Always renew the Circle with sword or athame
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when about to use, but have it marked so that you always retrace it in same
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place. Remember the Circle is a protection, a guard against evil influences,
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and to prevent power created from dispersing; but the Witch, not being evil,
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may enter and leave freely. But in Art Magic, it is a barrier against forces
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raised, and when once in the Magus may not leave without great danger. If any
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great danger is manifested it would be advisable to take refuge in the Circle;
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but ordinarily sword or athame in hand is perfect protection against anything.
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Those who make these tools must be purified, clean and properly prepared. When
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not in use, all tools and weapons should be put away in a secret place; and it
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is good that this should be near your sleeping place, and that you handle them
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each night before retiring.
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-published in Janet and Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Way"
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-They say it comes from GBG's BOS (Text B/C)
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-They say GBG's original (text A) may be found in "The Key of Solomon"
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and in "High Magic's Aid".
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