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| 1999 Beltane Ritual Log |
This is the log of our online Beltane ritual of May 9, 1999. This log has been edited to remove extraneous comments.
.Randall> I want to welcome everyone to The Cauldron's Beltane Ritual. .Randall> For the sake of any who may have never attended one of our .Randall> online rituals, I will mention a few things: .Randall> This is not a particularly Wiccan Ritual, although like most .Randall> modern Pagan rituals, there are many common elements. This .Randall> ritual has many elements taken from my "Eclectic Druid" .Randall> tradition which borrows from "Reformed Druid" material (among .Randall> others). .Randall> .Randall> We will be grounding and centering, casting a circle, calling .Randall> the quarters, and deities, celebrating Beltane and charging .Randall> the Waters of Life. .Randall> .Randall> If you don't have something I call for, then imagine yourself .Randall> having the item and doing the action called for. Any questions .Randall> before we start? .Randall> .Ginny> No, just tell me what to do, I'm a newbie JADEGRAY> Newbie here too .Ann> None here. :) .teleri> moi aussi .Randall> No problem, instructions come with the ritual. :) .Randall> .Randall> Okay then. We shall start. .Randall> .Randall> I want all of you to relax.... leaving your fingers lightly .Randall> on the keyboard. .Randall> Take a deep breath... Hold it... Let it out slowly.... .Randall> Do it again, taking in a calm, peaceful feeling.... letting .Randall> out the cares and distractions of mundane life. .Randall> Another breath and you feel the everyday world drawing .Randall> away... .Randall> Another breath and you smell the new growth bursting through .Randall> the fertile soil of fields... .Randall> Continue to breath and relax... until you feel yourself .Randall> enter that place that exists between the worlds, not in this .Randall> world and not in the next. .Randall> This is the Place between Worlds.... .Randall> You are very welcome here. .Randall> Type <> when you are grounded and centered, and ready to go .Randall> on. .Sieglinde> <> .Ann> <> .Ginny> <> .Sperran> <> JADEGRAY> <> .teleri> <> .Randall> .Randall> I draw this circle to contain and protect out ritual. From .Randall> Keyboard to Keyboard, I connect us. We come here in .Randall> friendship and desire to reach beyond ourselves and touch .Randall> the Gods. By our will, the circle is now cast. .Randall> .Randall> Teleri, please call the spirits of the East .Randall> .teleri> by her breath I call her .teleri> <> .Randall> Ann, south .Ann> Lords of the South, Guardians of Fire, we ask that you join us and lend your energies and protection to this Circle! <> .Randall> Jade, West please JADEGRAY> Powers of the West, Spirits of Water, of the Ocean from whence we all came JADEGRAY> We invite you to our Beltaine rite, be with us now JADEGRAY> <> .Randall> Sieglinde, North .Sieglinde> Spirits of the North, guardians of the mountain fastness, guardians of the earth, be here now. .Sieglinde> <> .Randall> .Randall> This is the appointed place, now is the appointed time. .Randall> We come to worship the Gods. .Randall> The Gods are everywhere.... .Randall> but we worship Them here. .Randall> The Gods are without form.... .Randall> but worship them in these forms. .Randall> We offer them our prayers, sacrifices, and worship. .Randall> Each of us in our own way. .Randall> .Randall> Mighty Lord of the Hunt, the Shining One, the spark of the .Randall> Sun now quicking the fields, I call you forth. .Randall> Young Sun King, Horned One, Stag Spirit wild and free .Randall> Come dance and sing with the Maid of Spring. .Randall> We come to celebrate thy joining with our Lady. .Randall> We ask thee to attend our rite. .Randall> .Randall> I call upon the Lady of the Moon, of the Earth and of the .Randall> mysterious waters from which life began and to which all .Randall> must return. .Randall> Lovely Maiden, Mother, Wise One be .Randall> A flame within our hearts today .Randall> That grows in energy as .Randall> We come to celebrate thy joining with our Lord, .Randall> we ask thee to attend our rite. .Randall> .Randall> If you wish to invite another into our circle, please do so. .Randall> Type <> when you are finished. .Randall> .teleri> my children .Ann> My Fire-winged Prince, join us if you will! <> .teleri> <> .Randall> Wise Athena, lend us your wisdom, guard us with your spear. .Randall> <> .Ginny> Bridget and Joan, please come .Randall> .Randall> .Randall> The Lord has reached the end of his journey .Ginny> <> .Randall> through the cold and darkness, .Randall> To find the Lady awaiting him with warm and comfort. .Randall> This is a time for joy and a time for sharing. .Randall> Now is the time that seeds should be spilled. .Randall> Togetherness brings bliss and fills the Earth .Randall> with abundance. .Randall> .Randall> If you have a candle, light it now. See the blinding light .Randall> of joy in the flame of your candle. Feel the afterglow of our .Randall> Lord and Lady's mating flow into your body and spirit and .Randall> renew your life as it renews nature. .Randall> .Randall> Type <> When you are ready to continue. .teleri> <> JADEGRAY> <> .Ginny> <> .Sieglinde> <> .Sperran> <> .Ann> <> .Randall> .Randall> [We are about to create the Waters of Life. During part this .Randall> ritual (I'll tell you when) hold your wand or athame in power .Randall> hand (probably the one you write with) and insert the wand or .Randall> athame into the liquid in your glass of fruit juice or water. .Randall> As I speak and type the words that follow the instruction to .Randall> do this, imagine the light and power of the Sun shining on the .Randall> crown of your head and flowing throughout your body to radiate .Randall> from your magickal tool into your glass of juice or water. See .Randall> the brilliant light charging the water with bright solar .Randall> energy, the seed of the Lord. If you have a specific need .Randall> (e.g. health, knowledge, etc.) you will have a chance to ask .Randall> the Gods for their aid (either publicly or privately as you .Randall> choose) during this ritual. Please type <> when you are ready .Randall> to begin.] .Randall> .Ann> <> .teleri> <> .Sperran> <> .Sieglinde> <> JADEGRAY> <> .Ginny> <> .Randall> .Randall> O Might Ones, all ye Gods and Goddesses around us and within .Randall> us, we have called upon you and you have heard us. We have .Randall> offered of ourselves and you have accepted. Each of us has .Randall> needs for guidance and for aid, without which we cannot .Randall> fulfill your ways. Hear now your children and help us to .Randall> help ourselves as you will. .Randall> .Randall> If you have a request or need, please state it now, either .Randall> publicly by typing it or silently as you prefer. Type <> .Randall> when you have done so and are ready to continue. .Randall> .Sieglinde> <> JADEGRAY> <> .Ann> <> .teleri> <> .Ginny> <> .Sperran> I found out today that I lost a friend I met through an internet project; I hope for her happiness in the next life. <> .Randall> <> .Randall> Please join with me in giving thanks to the Lady .Randall> [Just type the words I do.] .Randall> .Randall> O Earth Mother, .Ann> O Earth Mother, .Sieglinde> O Earth Mother, .Sperran> O Earth Mother, JADEGRAY> O Earth Mother, .Ginny> O Earth Mother, .teleri> o earth mother .Randall> We thank thee that seed springeth, .Ann> We thank the that seed springeth, JADEGRAY> We thank thee that seed springeth, .Sieglinde> We thank thee that seed springeth, .Ginny> We thank thee that seed springeth, .Sperran> We thank thee that seed springeth, .teleri> we thank thee that seed springeth .Randall> that flower openeth, .Sieglinde> that flower openeth, .Ann> that flower openeth, .Ginny> that flower openeth, JADEGRAY> that flower openeth .Sperran> that flower openeth, .teleri> that flower openeth .Randall> that grass waveth. .Sieglinde> that grass waveth .Ginny> that grass waveth. .Sperran> that grass waveth. .teleri> that grass waveth .Ann> that grass waveth. JADEGRAY> that grass waveth .Randall> We thank thee for winds that whisper .Ginny> We thank thee for winds that whisper .Ann> We thank thee for winds that whisper .teleri> we thank thee for winds that whisper .Sperran> We thank thee for winds that whisper JADEGRAY> We thank thee for winds that whisper .Sieglinde> We thank thee for winds that whisper .Randall> through the graceful elm, .Sieglinde> through the graceful elm, JADEGRAY> through the graceful elm, .Ann> through the graceful elm, .Sperran> through the graceful elm, .Ginny> through the graceful elm, .teleri> through the graceful elm, .Randall> through the shapely maple, .Sieglinde> through the shapely maple, .Ginny> through the shapely maple, .Ann> through the shapely maple, .Sperran> through the shapely maple, JADEGRAY> through the shapely maple, .teleri> through the shapely maple .Randall> through the lively pine, .Sieglinde> through the lively pine, .Ginny> through the lively pine, JADEGRAY> through the lively pine, .Ann> through the lively pine, .Sperran> through the lively pine, .teleri> through the lively pine, .Randall> through the shining birch, .Sieglinde> through the shining birch, .Ann> through the shining birch, .Sperran> through the shining birch, .Ginny> through the shining birch, JADEGRAY> through the shining birch, .teleri> through the shining birch .Randall> through the mighty oak. .Ann> through the mighty oak. .Ginny> through the mighty oak. .Sieglinde> through the mighty oak. .Sperran> through the mighty oak. JADEGRAY> through the mighty oak, .teleri> through the mighty oak. .Randall> We thank thee for all things .Sieglinde> We thank thee for all things JADEGRAY> We thank thee for all things .Ann> We thank thee for all things .Ginny> We thank thee for all things .Sperran> We thank thee for all things .teleri> we thank thee for all things .Randall> O Earth Mother, JADEGRAY> O Earth Mother, .Sieglinde> O Earth Mother, .Ginny> O Earth Mother, .Ann> O Earth Mother, .Sperran> O Earth Mother, .teleri> o earth mother .Randall> who giveth life. .Sieglinde> who giveth life. JADEGRAY> who giveth life. .Ginny> who giveth life .Ann> who giveth life .Sperran> who giveth life. .teleri> who giveth life .Randall> .Randall> .Randall> [Stop repeating what I type and insert your athame or wand .Randall> into your glass of water. SAY (not type) the following .Randall> words as I type them.] .Randall> .Randall> Lord and Lady, .Randall> hallow these waters by thy sevenfold powers, .Randall> and by the three ways of day .Randall> and one of night. .Randall> Let thy power flow through us and into .Randall> the Waters of Life. .Randall> .Randall> [Type <> when you are ready to continue] .Randall> .Ann> <> .Sieglinde> <> .Sperran> <> .Ginny> <> JADEGRAY> <> .teleri> <> .Randall> Feel the power finish flowing through you. When it has, you .Randall> may set your wand or athame down. When you are ready to .Randall> continue, type <>. .Sieglinde> <> .Ann> <> .Ginny> <> JADEGRAY> <> .Sperran> <> .teleri> <> .Randall> Take a small sip of the Waters of Life. Feel the warmth of .Randall> the Beltane Sun and the strength of the Earth flow into your .Randall> body with that sip. Take another and feel the love of the .Randall> Gods empower you. Take a third small sip and feel the light .Randall> of truth and knowledge shining within you. .Randall> .Randall> Now drink all but a small portion of the Waters and feel .Randall> that which your need most flow into you. After the ritual .Randall> is concluded, pour the remainder of the Waters onto the .Randall> earth as a libation to the Gods. .Randall> .Randall> [Type <> when you are ready to continue] .Randall> .Sieglinde> <> .Ginny> <> .Sperran> <> .Ann> <> .teleri> <> JADEGRAY> <> .Randall> Set your food before you and hold your power hand over it. .Randall> .Randall> We do ask, O Lord and Lady, Newly wed, .Randall> That your blessings may surround us. .Randall> We thank you for the plentiful food, .Randall> The bounty of the Earth, Sky and Sea. .Randall> Cast Your blessing upon this bounty, .Randall> So we will be strengthened in Your love .Randall> ::sketching the druid symbol in blue fire:: .Randall> .Randall> Sample your food and refresh your energies before we close .Randall> the circle. When you are ready to continue, type <> .Sieglinde> <> .Sperran> <> .Ginny> <> JADEGRAY> <> .teleri> <> .Ann> <> .Randall> If you called anyone special, please give them leave to .Randall> depart if they wish now. .Randall> .Ann> My Prince, thank you for your presence. Stay if you will, leave if you must. .Randall> Mighty Athena, with thank you for your wisdom sublime and your guardian spear. Go if you must, stay if you will. <> .Ginny> Thank you Bridget and Joan, go if you must, stay if you will<> .teleri> my children go as you came .teleri> <> .Randall> .Randall> Lord and Lady, Honored Guests gathered here with us.... We .Randall> are grateful for the support and wisdom you have shared with .Randall> us at this time. Go if you must, but know that you are .Randall> always welcome to remain. .Randall> .Randall> Teleri, if you will thank the Spirits of the East, please. .teleri> spirits of the East, go if you must, stay if you will .teleri> <> .Randall> Ann, the south? .Ann> Lords of the South, guardians of Flame, we thank you for your presence. Go if you must, stay if you will. <> .Randall> Jade, the West JADEGRAY> Powers of the West, of feeling and emotion, thank you for joining our rite today. JADEGRAY> Go if you must, stay if you will. JADEGRAY> <> .Randall> Sieglinde, North. .Sieglinde> Spirits of the North, the earth, than you for your presence here, Go if you must, stay if you will. .Sieglinde> <> .Randall> .Randall> This Circle is now ended. .Randall> But what we have shared here will never end... only grow. .Randall> Go in peace and fellowship. .Randall> Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again! .Randall> .Randall> And a special thanks to Teleri, Ann, Jade, and Sieglinde