ALTAR CONSECRATION

Meical - lift incense in air with left hand.

CREATURE OF AIR, I CLEANSE AND CONSECRATE THEE

BY THE ANCIENT ENERGIES OF THE NORTH.

I CAST OUT ALL NEGATIVITY IN THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD OF PHANTASM.

BLESSING OF THE ANCIENTS BE ON YOU NOW…SO MOTE IT BE

Meical pass hand deosil over incense 3 times

Catherine - lift salt in air with left hand..

CREATURE OF EARTH, I CLEANSE AND CONSECRATE THEE

BY THE ANCIENT ENERGIES OF THE EAST.

I CAST OUT ALL NEGATIVITY IN THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD OF PHANTASM.

BLESSING OF THE ANCIENTS BE ON YOU NOW…SO MOTE IT BE.

Catherine pass hand deosil over salt 3 times

Meical - lift candle in air with left hand

CREATURE OF FIRE, I CLEANSE AND CONSECRATE THEE

BY THE ANCIENT ENERGIES OF THE SOUTH.

I CAST OUT ALL NEGATIVITY IN THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD OF PHANTASM.

BLESSING OF THE ANCIENTS BE ON YOU NOW… SO MOTE IT BE

Meical - pass hand deosil over candle 3 times

Catherine - lift chalice in air with left hand

CREATURE OF WATER, I CLEANSE AND CONSECRATE THEE

BY THE ANCIENT ENERGIES OF THE WEST.

I CAST OUT ALL NEGATIVITY IN THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD OF PHANTASM.

BLESSING OF THE ANCIENTS BE ON YOU NOW…SO MOTE IT BE

Catherine pass hand over chalice deosil 3 times

QUARTER CALLS

Meical & Catherine are at the Altar

Catherine (loudly)

LET US NOW CALL THE QUARTERS!

North

All face North

TO THE NORTH, I CALL THE SPIRITS OF AIR.

LET YOUR FRESH BREEZE BLOW THROUGH THIS CIRCLE.

COME SYLPHS; BRING YOUR GIFT OF COMMUNICATION,

TO AID IN OUR CELEBRATION.

GUARDIANS OF THE NORTHERN SPHERE,

NOW WE SEEK YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

HAIL NORTH, AND WELCOME. BE HERE THIS RITE

East

All Face East

TO THE EAST I CALL FORTH THE SPIRITS OF EARTH

LET YOUR COMPASSION AND BOUNTY NURTURE THIS CIRCLE.

COME GNOMES, LEND US YOUR STRENGTH,

TO AID IN OUR CELEBRATION.

GUARDIANS OF THE EASTERN SPHERE,

NOW WE SEEK YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

HAIL EAST, AND WELCOME. BE HERE THIS RITE

South

All face South

TO THE SOUTH I CALL FORTH THE SPIRITS OF FIRE.

LET YOUR PASSION FLOW THROUGH THIS CIRCLE.

COME SALAMANDERS; LEND US YOUR ENERGY,

TO AID IN OUR CELEBRATION.

GUARDIANS OF THE SOUTHERN SPHERE,

NOW WE SEEK YOU PRESENCE HERE.

HAIL SOUTH, AND WELCOME. BE HERE THIS RITE

West

All face West

TO THE WEST, I CALL FORTH THE SPIRITS OF WATER.

LET YOUR EMOTION AND INTUITION PERMEATE THIS CIRCLE.

COME UNDINES; BRING US YOUR DEEP WELL OF UNDERSTANDING,

TO AID IN OUR CELEBRATION.

GUARDIANS OF THE WESTERN SPHERE,

NOW WE SEEK YOUR PRESENCE HERE,

HAIL WEST, AND WELCOME. BE HERE THIS RITE

CIRCLE CASTING

Catherine & Meical start at Altar

Catherine - take the smudge stick and walk the circle deosil three times casting the circle

Meical - take the bell and ring it twice as Catherine approaches each Quarter gate

Catherine walks the circle deosil

Catherine walk East saying loudly… THE WICCAN REDE INSTRUCT-ETH THEE,

Go South THRICE CAST SHALL YOUR CIRCLE BE.

Go West THE WOODEN STAKES, PLACED HERE THUS

Go North SURROUND AND ENCIRCLE US.

Go East BLOWING BREEZES THE SENSES STIR

Go South TILL TIME AND SPACE BEGIN TO BLUR.

Go West SO FOCUS WILL AND LET IT FLOWER

Go North RAISE OUR CIRCLE WITH YOUR POWER!

Go East THE SPHERE IS GROWN AND SEALED AT LAST.

Go South NOW OUR CIRCLE IS THREE TIMES CAST.

Go West THE WHEEL SPINS, NOW AS THEN

Go North WELCOME THE DEAD, THIS SAMHAIN!

Catherine go to Center

ERECTING THE TEMPLE

Catherine & Meical are at the Altar and say

AS ABOVE…

SO BELOW

AS WITHOUT…

SO WITHIN

AS THE UNIVERSE…

SO THE SOUL.

Meical with athame in air

I DEDICATE THIS CIRCLE TO DANU, THE RED BULL,

MOTHER OF ALL, BRINGER OF ABUNDANCE;

SHE FROM WHOSE BELLY ALL ARE BORN

AND WHOSE BREAST ALL ARE NURTURED.

AND TO THE DAGDA, THE BLACK SNAKE,

THE ALL FATHER, BRINGER OF THE SEASONS;

HE WHO IS THE KEEPER OF THE CAULDRON UNDRY

AND THE PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE.

UNTO THEE HIGH AND HOLY LADY AND LORD

THIS SACRED AND MAGICKAL CIRCLE IS DEDICATED

AND AS I WILL IT, SO MOTE IT BE!

GREAT RITE

Catherine raises chalice, Meical raises athame

Catherine and Meical say together

ATHAME TO CHALICE,

Meical lowers athame to chalice

SPIRIT TO FLESH,

MAN TO WOMAN…

AS THE GOD AND GODDESS WITHIN,

TOGETHER THEY BRING BLESSEDNESS TO LIFE

CAKES AND ALE

Meical - pass the Cake to the Circle, then each take a flask (cider and Mead) and offer to each person

Meical and Catherine at the Altar MAY YOU NEVER HUNGER

Response from Circle - MAY YOUR HUNGER NEVER BE SATISFIED

Meical and Catherine at the Altar MAY YOU NEVER THIRST

Response from Circle - MAY YOUR THIRST NEVER BE QUENCHED

SAMHAIN NARRATIVE

Meical & Catherine are at the Altar

Meical - SAMHAIN IS A MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE YEAR. IT IS CALLED THE DAY WHICH DOES NOT EXIST, AND THE WALLS THAT SEPARATE THE MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLDS ARE THINNED. ANCIENT CELTS PROVIDED FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THESE SPIRITS, INVITING THEM TO WALK AMONG THEM IN THIS FESTIVAL IN THEIR HONOR. OUR LATIN NEIGHBORS TAKE THEIR FAMILIES TO MEET AND HONOR THEIR DEAD, AND WE MEET HERE TO DO THE SAME. WE OFFER TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO LIVED BEFORE, AND THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER.

Catherine - SAMHAIN IS CELEBRATED ON A MATERIAL AS WELL AS A SPIRITUAL LEVEL. IT REPRESENTS A TIME OF GATHERING RESOURCES FOR THE LONG WINTER MONTHS THAT ARE COMING. FOR THOSE WHO HAD A BAD SEASON THROUGH THE FALL, SAMHAIN IS A TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE PERILS THAT WINTER MAY BRING.

SAMHAIN IS A TIME FOR REFLECTION AND MEDITATION ON CHANGE, AND TO HONOR YOUR ANCESTORS WHO HAVE PASSED TO ANOTHER PLANE. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT ONE WITH YOUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFLECT ON THE ENDLESS CYCLE AND TO TAKE COMFORT IN YOUR PLACE ON THE WHEEL

Catherine and Meical move to the entrance to the Circle of the Dead

Catherine -

OH GUARDIAN OF THE PORTALS, KEEPER OF THE GATES

LAY OPEN THE PATH TO SUMMERLAND

SO THAT WE MAY REST OUR DEAD

AND WELCOME NEW LIFE INTO THE WORLD.

The Guardian steps aside and Catherine and Meical carry bread, an apple and a cup of wine and lay them on the altar of the dead

Catherine - WE OFFER THEE A TOKEN FOR THY SERVICE.

Invite the Living to Remember the Ancestors

Meical to all - WE INVITE YOU TO BRING FORWARD A REMEMBRANCE OF A LOVED ONE TO PLACE ON THIS TABLE.

Catherine and Meical lead the way

Meical - I AM MICHAEL, SON OF LLOYD, WHO I REMEMBER THIS SAMHAIN NIGHT.

FARE THEE WELL FATHER, YOU ARE LOVED.

Catherine - ____________________________________________________________________________

Wait while others bring their mementos to the table

Catherine and Meical return to the center

SAMHAIN SKIT

Catherine begins to speak - IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO COME FORTH… but is interrupted…

GrandMa Blackberry to Guardian - ECSUUUUUUSE ME!

GrandMa Blackberry barges in… jostling her way past Jon, who is still standing at the entrance to the Circle of the Dead…

GrandMa Blackberry faces Meical and Catherine and says loudly…

JEST YE WAIT THERE A DOGGONE MINUTE!!

THIS AIN'T NO PROPER RITUAL WITH NO SKIN IN IT!

Now GrandPa Blackberry joins in… and moves forward to the center. GrandPa Blackberry confronts GrandMa Blackberry…

SKIN? SKIN?! WE DON' NEED NO STEENKIN' SKIN!

SPECIALLY NOT ONE YOU BEEN IN…

GrandPa Blackberry and GrandMa Blackberry face off to fight… Meical steps forward to try get between the two as they attempt to thump each other…

Meical says loudly… ESTEEMED ELDERS!

They ignore him and glare at each other… then GrandMa Blackberry flips off Meical and goes over to a pretty young lady she picks out of the attendees…

HUSSY! HOW DARE YE COVER YER NETHERS?!!

HAVE YE NO RESPECT FOR YER ELDERS?

GrandPa Blackberry follows and says to GrandMa Blackberry

WHAT?! GRANNIE BLACKBERRY, DID YOU FERGIT,

WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME YOU BARED A TIT?!

GrandMa Blackberry lunges at GrandPa Blackberry and begins to chase him widdershins around the Circle… yelling all kinds of curses etc. GrandPa Blackberry yells out as he runs…

THEM BLACKBERRY BRAMBLES THEY SURE DID SNAG YA!

GrandMa Blackberry chasing after GrandPa and yells…

JEST WAIT TILL I GETS YOU, I'LL TAG AND GAG YA!

Meanwhile, as they run widdershins around, Meical holds a finger up in the air for each circuit, and as they complete three circuits..Meical says loudly -

THREE TIMES YOU HAVE RUN WIDDERSHINS

THE SPELL IS BROKEN, THE PORTAL THINS

BLESSED ELDERS I BID YOU FLY

BEFORE I KICK YOUR… Catherine hurriedly places her hand over his mouth…

##### GOODBYE!

GrandMa and GrandPa fade back to their places in the Circle of the Dead, with faces covered…

Catherine, to all

YOU NEVER CAN TELL, WHEN THE VEIL IS THINNER

JUST WHO AND WHAT IS COMING TO DINNER!

THANKING THE GODS

Catherine and Meical together face North and raise both hands

Catherine -

THANK YOU, MOST GRACIOUS LADY,

FOR YOUR FRESHNESS OF SPIRIT,

YOUR NURTURING CARE,

YOUR INFINITE WISDOM.

LIVE WITHIN US

THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR

Meical -

THANK YOU, BRIGHT LORD,

FOR THE LIGHT

THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US THIS NIGHT.

MAY WE CARRY IT WITHIN US

THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR.

QUARTERS RELEASE

Meical (loudly) - LET US NOW THANK THE QUARTERS!

WEST

All face West

OH, ELEMENT OF WATER;

GIVER OF INTUITION, EMOTION AND PSYCHIC ENERGY.

THE PRIMORDIAL WATERS OF OUR BIRTH.

WE THANK YOUR FOR YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR GIFTS OF BALANCE, LOVE AND CLEANSING.

HAIL AND FAREWELL!

SOUTH

All face South

OH, ELEMENT OF FIRE;

GIVER OF INSPIRATION, PASSION AND COURAGE.

THE SPARK IGNITING OUR VERY EXISTENCE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR GIFTS OF WILL POWER, DESIRE AND TRANSFORMATION.

HAIL AND HAIL AND FAREWELL!

EAST

All face East

OH, ELEMENT OF EARTH;

GIVER OF FERTILITY, STABILITY, AND PRACTICALITY.

OUR BODY AND OUR BONES.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR GIFTS OF ABUNDANCE PROSPERITY AND MANIFESTATION.

HAIL AND FAREWELL!

NORTH

All face North

OH, ELEMENT OF AIR;

OUR COMMUNICATION, REASON AND MEMORY.

OUR FIRST BREATH AND OUR LAST.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR GIFTS OF CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING.

HAIL AND FAREWELL!

All face Center

CIRCLE CLOSING

All face center

Meical - Walk the Circle Widdershins one time

Catherine - rings bell as Meical approaches each Quarter gate

Start at North and Go to West - WE CAME TO HONOR DEITY,

OUR CIRCLE STRONG - CAST TIMES THREE.

Go to South - AS WE ARRIVED, DEPART WE MUST,

IN PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECT TRUST.

Go to East - THE ENERGY BEGINS TO FALL,

BRINGING DOWN OUR SACRED WALL.

Go to North - THE CIRCLE IS OPEN, YET UNBROKEN.

Meical & Catherine say... SO MERRY MEET,

MERRY PART,

AND MERRY MEET AGAIN!

Meical takes up a candle and lights it at the altar, then says…

WE ASK THAT YOU CARRY

THE MAGICK OF THIS RITUAL TO OUR BONFIRE

BY LIGHTING YOUR CANDLE AT THE ALTAR

AND LIGHTING OUR SAMHAIN FIRE.

AS YOU CAST YOUR CANDLE INTO THE PIT,

KNOW THAT YOU ARE CASTING AWAY THE OLD

AND MAKING WAY FOR THE NEW.

While Meical is doing this, Catherine is lighting another candle…

Catherine and Meical - stand at either side of the Altar and hand out lit candles.

END