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"CANDLEMAS Form
Mysts of Annwfn
Work of fiction of Gloomy
The past ritual calls for the participation of eight fly, and is best performed at a extensive forecourt. The participants include: The Maiden Divinity, the Emerald Lady, the Steep Priestess, the Steep Cleric, and the four Watchtowers.
Precise items advantageous for this ritual are: a Precious stone Circumnavigate, a unencumbered of rushes, a mat, a basket, a phallic wand, a sprig of evergreen, pieces of paper, cakes, wine, and basic Altar and ritual apparatus. All participants shall commune upon the paper important and facade they wish to be inflicted with wearing the coming essence, and for that reason place them in the basket formerly to ritual.
Candlemas is the open market of the Scorch, and is best performed at night. This is Brighid's celebration. Unfeeling is bade send-off, and as Leap approaches, it's a time to be included of
love.
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All members of the ritual enter the Ascend if for the Maiden. She have got to be in the sphere of white, and is festooned with a paper chain of plant life in her hair. She stands out of signpost, awaiting her cue. All attendants of the ritual have got to line the outside ring of the Ascend, departure a gangway within it. The Emerald Lady is to impose a sanction himself sandwiched between the attendants.
The Steep Cleric starts the ritual by saying:
The lime Sun Ruler now begins to control the primary moving of desire for the Peer of the realm.
The Divinity with determination awaits her much aficionada. The Means of Leap are go out of business, and the time is in its waxing phase. The Sun's ghost is ever-more going up and the mysterious runs and hides.
The Invocation of the Four Family circle comes neighboring, starting with the East:
We realize the Guardians of the East. Your taste of life is sacred, and good wishes to the beautiful Fand, the Treasure of Mercy, and forthcoming Olwen, the Ashy Peer of the realm of the Day. Your ghost is utmost realize at this Festivity of Imbolc!
South:
We realize the Lords of the South. Your mercy flows consume us all, and good wishes to the Revered Peer of the realm Brighid, and to minute Branwen, the Ashy Bosomed One. Your ghost is utmost realize at this Festivity of Oemlic!
West:
We realize the Ceremonial Ones of the West. Your damp is bracing and dearest to life, and good wishes to our Queen Arianrhod of The Hoary Go sky-high, and adorable Aine of the Wisps. Your ghost is utmost realize at this Festivity of Lights!
North:
We realize the Watchers of the North. Your power and wisdom is ours, and good wishes to the Unscrupulous Cerridwen of Consortium Tegid, and to the rectify Rhiannon of the Netherworld. Your ghost is utmost realize at this Festivity of Candlemas!
The Steep Cleric continues:
From now to Beltane, is the path less dark. So, shall the travel be completed consume to Beltane, changed in composition and gentle in love.
The Steep Priestess now turns elegantly, addressing natives assembled. As she speaks, the Maiden walks elegantly within view down the processional towards the Ascend, until she stands at the Northern Aperture. She is holding the Mix of Rushes. The Steep Priestess says:
Have a yen Unfeeling is now curt in another place and the buds give candidly grow on the Apple tree domain. The Milled with good grace receives the farmhouse in practice for the celebration of life. For the Queen and the Ruler give begin to wear the garden's green and give speak in a exclusive voice!
The Steep Cleric acknowledges the physical ghost of the Maiden, and exclaims:
Behold! Brighid has come! Brighid is welcome!
The Maiden enters the Ascend and lays the Mix on a mat situated suitable South of the Altar. She says:
Compliments to you, not right from in my opinion, but from the Father and the Crone as well. All seasons of the Milled are elevated and prerequisite display their course.....but now, I withering of Unfeeling, and I inclination for the immaturity of Leap, and all that it encompasses. I forcefully desire the guests of my Lover-to be!
She searches the Ascend of fly and draws him out. She kneels ahead of time him and invokes the God Lugh:
Lady of Fatal accident, Resurgence, Sort, and the Patron of Life!
Lady who is within us, whose name is Puzzle of Mysteries!
Reduction we pray thee, upon thy servant and Priest!
Lugh, once indwelling the Cleric, now moves once again to the Altar, picks up the Phallic Body, and places it on Brighid's Bed (the mat). The Maiden addresses the God:
I arrive on the scene withering of the mysterious. Let's tie to current Unfeeling knock back its way so we can management the pleasures that await us! (She motions to the mat).
The God starts the Balefire in the South, and since work this, the Maiden sweeps the Ascend three epoch since a person chants:
Use instead, return, return, return
The earth, the water, the fire, and the air.
At an well-matched time, the in concert comes to an end and the God says:
The Key to unlocking Winter's friction is to wipe clean its memories!
He now holds up a sprig of evergreen and hands it to the Maiden Divinity. She tosses it within the Balefire. She for that reason picks up a basket full of everyone's requirements and desires for the coming essence, and says:
Behold! In my hands I coloring Hopes and Requests for the coming seasons. I place them in this fire and as tersely as the recollections of Unfeeling falter, let the Hopes and Requests suitable as tersely instinct root!
She tosses them within the Balefire, and Lugh now says:
My mum Peer of the realm and Lover-to-be, do us colossal honor by gazing within the Precious stone and delay your fly words they can friction as their own!
Brighid picks up the Precious stone Circumnavigate and holds it together with her hands. She gazes within it pithily ahead of time saying:
All the gods are one God, and the goddesses, one Divinity, and present-day is but one Initiator. And to every man, his own Impartiality, and the God within.
Upon tryout this, he smiles and says:
Come! Let's formal meal and make sprightly on this colossal occasion!
The Steep Priestess ladder in audacity of the altar and raises the water and Wine. She faces North and says:
In celebration of Brighid's Day, we open the Moongate and let the Westwind blow! We bring Sea, life's elixir, to touch up ourselves. We bring the Fruit of the Rock climber, the design of the gods! Let us sip and management. Storm to fair Brighid!
The Steep Priestess now picks up the face of cakes and says:
Upon this face are gifts from Erin! Farrels for us to enjoy! Let us eat and ability to remember the Gods. These are holy Sabbat Cakes. They bring us maintain and substance the hunger. Wonderful Be Brighid's Feast! Let us adventure in joy and mirth!
The Steep Priestess now raises the honey as all say:
Featuring in is the Syrupy Nectar! Holy to the Gods!
All now partake of the Cakes and Wine. Mantra songs, adventure, and do doesn't matter what overly that feels well-matched. (Brighid's Day is a traditional time for initiations).
For instance the celebration is roundabout down, the God, booty the Maiden Divinity within his arms, declares:
Now that we all display feasted and completed sprightly, come with me now, our bed of Mood awaits us!
The Maiden, protesting quietly, responds:
Oh! How I've longed for you consume the Gray days of Winter! But My Mood, even though our bed is suite, we calm prerequisite lurk a rushed since. Our time of Joining together is not yet upon us, but the Means of Leap, and of Beltane, are not far off!
The Sun Ruler looks significantly spill, but smiles passionately at her. They grip and kiss firmly, since a person starts to sing, "Peer of the realm Snake Your Ascend Inflexible." Because the sole continues, she elegantly leaves his arms and exits the Ascend. He follows her, not ravenous her to crack, but stops at the Circle's edge.
She turns and says to him:
My Station is with you, and Ability give bring us back together soon! As the Cup is to the Blade, so am I to you!
She now disappears out of signpost, and the in concert shall die down. The Steep Cleric now says:
Steady even though the Maiden has deadly, her ghost continues to increase!
Light chases in another place the Dimness, and candidly, the Maiden shall deliver a verdict Supreme!
The Unfeeling grows rushed, and the leaves shall return to the trees! New Sort shall brim forth, and New Mood knock back with it! The Go sky-high turns, and the Emerald Lady and his Peer of the realm shall frontage to consummate their Mood. So ends this prologue to Spring! May the coming essence bring you by far joy and happiness!
The Watchtowers are now express their release:
Goodbye to the Watchtowers of the North, and to Rhiannon and Cerridwen. May we dissolve in love and buy until we save again.
West:
Goodbye to the Ceremonial Ones of the West, and to Queen Arianrhod and Aine. May we dissolve in love and buy until me save again.
South:
Goodbye to the Lords of the South, and to Branwen and the Maiden Brighid. May we dissolve in love and buy until we save again.
East:
Goodbye to the Guardians of the East, and to Olwen and Fand. May we dissolve in love and buy until we save again.
Everyone:
Smiling frontage, and sprightly part, and sprightly frontage again!
References for inspiration:
Gwydion Pendderwen
Dion Break
Janet & Stewart Farrar
Marion Zimmer Bradley
