Merry Meet and welcome to the Full Moon Online Ritual! I am Lady Leolyn, your host for this evenings gathering. Can you please take a moment to introduce yourself?
Thank you. For this ritual you will not need any special tools, you will need a beverage and a piece of bread or other snack. We will have a brief description of this esbat, and then a guided circle casting, quarter call, guided energy raising, ritual activity, blessings (cakes and ale), releasing of the quarters and opening the circle.
Please keep chatter to a minimum during ritual. Questions are welcome but we request that you ask only as necessary until the quarters are released.
You will be asked to participate by typing answers to questions and you may use phrases like *Blessed Be* when you feel moved by spirit to do so. This is your ritual! Be a part of it!
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Tonight's full moon (In the Northern Hemisphere) is that of the Hunters Moon which is also known as The Blood Moon. This name came from the old Roman custom of killing and salting live stock, such as cows and pigs for the winter months.
For your book of shadows here are some correspondences which can also be found on http://www.whisperingwitch.com/esbat-info.html
October Correspondances
HERBS: Pennyroyal, thyme, catnip, uva ursi, angelica, burdock
TREES: Yew, cypress, acacia
STONES: Opal, tourmaline, beryl, turquoise
COLORS: Deep Blue Green
FLOWERS: calendula, marigold, cosmos
SCENTS: strawberry, apple blossom, and cherry
ANIMALS: stag, jackel, elephant, ram, scorpio
BIRDS: heron, crow and robin
POWERS/ADVICE: A time to work on inner cleansing, letting go karma, reincarnation, justice and balance. Also October provides us with the perfect opportunity to align ourselves with Nature. Do a ritual to find your animal guide or totem.
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We will now start our ritual by casting a protective circle that separates us from our mundane lives and allows us to enter the magickal realm. Please gather any things you would like to have in your circle. You may wish to bring a candle or a drink and snack into your sacred area with your computer. You do not need to gather anything but please remember once the circle is cast you should not leave the circle until the ritual is completed and the circle reopened.
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Please signal by saying *ready* when you are ready to proceed.
We are ready to cast our sacred circle.
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Using your right hand please cast your circle clockwise around the area where you are. Imagine your hand is drawing a circle of protection, and you are being enclosed in an effervescent bubble.
You can clearly see out of the bubble and you breath freely, but nothing can penetrate your bubble. You are safe and secure.
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Kamaria Parvana will now call the Quarters.
(Quarter Call)
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We are now in circle with the Quarters.
We hear the rhythm of the drum.
Its stucatto beats like the heart of the deer.
Slow and steady,
growing stronger,
the beat is heavier,
Pounding harder.
We feel the energy gathering as we tap our fingers on the desktop.
Tap, Tap Tap, Tap.
Like the drum
Like the heart.
Let your emotions reflect the beat of the drum. Do you feel the energy?
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We grow quiet and prepare to participate in the ritual activity.
Tonight we will work on our inner cleansing. We each have a habit or a thought that we would like to let go of. Take a moment to think of something you would like to cleanse from your life.
What kind of things would you like to rid yourself of?
I am going to let go of my fear of not getting everything done. I worry a lot about the things I feel I need to do. So tonight I offer up my fear of having things undone to the Goddess.
Is there anyone who would like to offer up something to rid themselves of?
(Let the participants reply.)
Please repeat after me
This is the thing I no longer need
I release it now and it leaves me.
I move away into better things
As I will, many blessing it brings.
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We bless the cakes and ale
Thank you for the things you bring
Health and hearth and lovely things
We take a bit of cakes and sip the ale
And offer a bit to Quarters fair.
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Take a bite of your *cake* and a sip of your *ale* and save some to leave outside for the universe.
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Kamaria Parvana will release the quarters now.
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The chat is now open. Would anyone like to talk or ask questions before we open the circle?
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CHAT
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Please use your right hand and open your circle going counter clockwise. Imagine the bubble disappearing and see yourself entering the outside world again.
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Thank you. For this ritual you will not need any special tools, you will need a beverage and a piece of bread or other snack. We will have a brief description of this esbat, and then a guided circle casting, quarter call, guided energy raising, ritual activity, blessings (cakes and ale), releasing of the quarters and opening the circle.
Please keep chatter to a minimum during ritual. Questions are welcome but we request that you ask only as necessary until the quarters are released.
You will be asked to participate by typing answers to questions and you may use phrases like *Blessed Be* when you feel moved by spirit to do so. This is your ritual! Be a part of it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tonight's full moon (In the Northern Hemisphere) is that of the Hunters Moon which is also known as The Blood Moon. This name came from the old Roman custom of killing and salting live stock, such as cows and pigs for the winter months.
For your book of shadows here are some correspondences which can also be found on http://www.whisperingwitch.com/esbat-info.html
October Correspondances
HERBS: Pennyroyal, thyme, catnip, uva ursi, angelica, burdock
TREES: Yew, cypress, acacia
STONES: Opal, tourmaline, beryl, turquoise
COLORS: Deep Blue Green
FLOWERS: calendula, marigold, cosmos
SCENTS: strawberry, apple blossom, and cherry
ANIMALS: stag, jackel, elephant, ram, scorpio
BIRDS: heron, crow and robin
POWERS/ADVICE: A time to work on inner cleansing, letting go karma, reincarnation, justice and balance. Also October provides us with the perfect opportunity to align ourselves with Nature. Do a ritual to find your animal guide or totem.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We will now start our ritual by casting a protective circle that separates us from our mundane lives and allows us to enter the magickal realm. Please gather any things you would like to have in your circle. You may wish to bring a candle or a drink and snack into your sacred area with your computer. You do not need to gather anything but please remember once the circle is cast you should not leave the circle until the ritual is completed and the circle reopened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please signal by saying *ready* when you are ready to proceed.
We are ready to cast our sacred circle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Using your right hand please cast your circle clockwise around the area where you are. Imagine your hand is drawing a circle of protection, and you are being enclosed in an effervescent bubble.
You can clearly see out of the bubble and you breath freely, but nothing can penetrate your bubble. You are safe and secure.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kamaria Parvana will now call the Quarters.
(Quarter Call)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are now in circle with the Quarters.
We hear the rhythm of the drum.
Its stucatto beats like the heart of the deer.
Slow and steady,
growing stronger,
the beat is heavier,
Pounding harder.
We feel the energy gathering as we tap our fingers on the desktop.
Tap, Tap Tap, Tap.
Like the drum
Like the heart.
Let your emotions reflect the beat of the drum. Do you feel the energy?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We grow quiet and prepare to participate in the ritual activity.
Tonight we will work on our inner cleansing. We each have a habit or a thought that we would like to let go of. Take a moment to think of something you would like to cleanse from your life.
What kind of things would you like to rid yourself of?
I am going to let go of my fear of not getting everything done. I worry a lot about the things I feel I need to do. So tonight I offer up my fear of having things undone to the Goddess.
Is there anyone who would like to offer up something to rid themselves of?
(Let the participants reply.)
Please repeat after me
This is the thing I no longer need
I release it now and it leaves me.
I move away into better things
As I will, many blessing it brings.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We bless the cakes and ale
Thank you for the things you bring
Health and hearth and lovely things
We take a bit of cakes and sip the ale
And offer a bit to Quarters fair.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Take a bite of your *cake* and a sip of your *ale* and save some to leave outside for the universe.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kamaria Parvana will release the quarters now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The chat is now open. Would anyone like to talk or ask questions before we open the circle?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHAT
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Please use your right hand and open your circle going counter clockwise. Imagine the bubble disappearing and see yourself entering the outside world again.
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