{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos452.htm","path":"bos/bos452.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos452.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\n \n \n Full Moon Ritual April 1993\n \n (1-2,High Priestess) Children of the Lady, Gather you around this\n night,\n (1-2,High Priestess) For as in days of olde, we are commanded to\n reverence Her,\n (1-2,High Priestess) She who is the Life of Life, the Love of Love and\n the Kiss\n (1-2,High Priestess) of Passion.\n \n (1-2,High Priestess) Children of the Lady, Gather you around this\n night,\n (1-2,High Priestess) For as in days of olde, we are commanded to come\n before\n (1-2,High Priestess) Her, She who is the Queen of Heaven and the Queen\n of Hel,\n (1-2,High Priestess) and she who is the Queen of Everwhen.\n \n (1-2,High Priestess) Tonight is the night, the magical night, when the\n Powers\n (1-2,High Priestess) once more walk the Land. Children of the Lady,\n come forth,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Gather you around as is your right.\n \n (1-2,High Priestess) I call upon you spirits of the Earth, spirits of\n Air,\n (1-2,High Priestess) spirits of Fire, and spirits of Water. COME,\n Gather you\n (1-2,High Priestess) around this night. For as in days of olde, We\n call you to\n (1-2,High Priestess) come and worship Her, She who is Queen of all\n that is, was\n (1-2,High Priestess) and will be.\n (1-2,High Priest) I walk the circle Round and Round, I\n (1-2,High Priest) cast the Circle on the Ground. I\n (1-2,High Priest) walk the Circle round and round, I\n (1-2,High Priest) cast the Circle on the ground.\n (1-2,High Priest) Willow, will you call the directions, beginning in\n the\n (1-2,High Priest) North?\n ---lost transmission for North, East---\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the South, the (creatures lost)\n (1-3,Willow) bring your flame of life and love to your children to\n dance in\n until the Winter rules again. Be with us now.\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the West, the dolphin, the dragonfly,\n (1-3,Willow) bring us your peace and healing love.\n (1-3,Willow) Let the warm waters wash us clean and purify us in this\n sacred\n rite.\n (1-3,Willow) Let the waters of the mother be with us now.So mote it\n be.\n (1-2,High Priest) So mote it be!\n (1-2,High Priest) We are in the place that is not a Place, in a time\n that\n \n \n \n 2117\n \n (1-2,High Priest) is not a Time, and in a space that is not a Space. \n Let\n (1-2,High Priest) none disturb that which the Gods have decreed.\n (1-2,High Priestess) This is the time of the Full Moon, the high tide\n of\n (1-2,High Priestess) power. As we are bid to assemble, at least once\n in the\n (1-2,High Priestess) month to seek Her blessings, so we are here\n tonight.\n (1-2,High Priest) Maiden, Mother, Crone as One, Triple Faced Goddess,\n we\n (1-2,High Priest) call upon you. Your Children have come as in the\n olde\n (1-2,High Priest) days, with joy in our eyes and Love in our hearts. \n We\n (1-2,High Priest) walk the old paths, we sing the old songs, we chant\n the\n (1-2,High Priest) old chants and we call the old calls.\n (1-2,High Priest) Goddess of the Spring, we call upon you, Queen of\n the\n (1-2,High Priest) great woods, Diana, we open our hearts to you.\n (1-2,High Priestess) Child of Vine and Child of field, we call upon\n you,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Dionysus, Shining One, Mother's Son, Lover in\n the\n (1-2,High Priestess) Fields, we open our hearts to you.\n (1-2,Diana) Children of the Night, Thrice blessed are you who walk\n (1-2,Diana) My Path, for Mine is the Path of New Beginnings. None\n (1-2,Diana) shall wither and grow stagnant who pulls on the Bow of\n (1-2,Diana) Life, and launches themselves into the Stars upon my\n (1-2,Diana) Arrow.\n (1-2,Dionysus) Children of the Day, Thrice blessed are you who walk My\n (1-2,Dionysus) Path, for Mine is the Path of New Beginnings. None\n (1-2,Dionysus) shall Die who knows the secret of my seed.\n (1-2,Diana) Listen to me, Oh my Children, and walk with me in the\n (1-2,Diana) Woods.\n (1-2,Diana) Around you I weave my spell and might. The trees grow\n (1-2,Diana) thicker and strong. Off in the distance you hear the\n (1-2,Diana) sound of a large animal crashing through the brush, and\n (1-2,Diana) close you hear the chirping of birds. The gentle hum\n (1-2,Diana) of sacred bees about their labor of collecting pollen\n (1-2,Diana) for Me, for I am their Queen too.\n (1-2,Diana) The Wind swirls around us, and the scent of life fills\n (1-2,Diana) the air. Tangy pine, sharp ceder, far off apple trees\n (1-2,Diana) all cast their call upon the air.\n (1-2,Diana) The sound in the brush gets closer and closer, till a\n (1-2,Diana) great Stag bursts forth from the brush. Head thrown\n (1-2,Diana) back he bellows his cry. Then with a twist he is off,\n (1-2,Diana) quicker than the thunder rolling down from the hills,\n (1-2,Diana) he speeds. But, I am faster.\n (1-2,Diana) Bow twangs, arrow flies, and with the muted sound of an\n (1-2,Diana) earthquake, he dies.\n (1-2,Diana) Look at me, my Children. I am the Goddess of\n (1-2,Diana) Swiftness, with a look I can bring death. And bending\n (1-2,Diana) down, I touch the Stag, and with a start he bounds\n \n \n \n 2118\n \n (1-2,Diana) away. I am the Goddess of Swiftness, with a touch I\n (1-2,Diana) can bring life. I am Life Eternal, and I am Death\n (1-2,Diana) Eternal.\n (1-2,Dionysus) Her hand is the Blade, her Eye the Arrow, Her touch the\n (1-2,Dionysus) Kiss of Life and Death. And I love her.\n (1-2,Dionysus) Mine is the secret of the Cycle, the Secret of the\n (1-2,Dionysus) Doorway betwixt Life and Death is Mine.\n (1-2,Dionysus) Behold, I give you this seed. In this seed is the\n (1-2,Dionysus) coming Year. Charge it well with your wishes tonight,\n (1-2,Dionysus) that Her Blessings will grow with you through the year.\n (1-2,Dionysus) I am the Seed of New Beginnings, and Her's is the Water\n (1-2,Dionysus) of Life.\n (1-2,Diana) Children of the Night, bring forth your Seed, that I\n (1-2,Diana) may touch them and bring you the gifts that are mine to\n (1-2,Diana) share.\n (1-2,High Priestess) (everyone plant at least one desire in their\n Virtual\n (1-2,High Priestess) Seed and hold it in your hands. Visualize a\n white\n (1-2,High Priestess) light coming from the Center of the Circle and\n all the\n (1-2,High Priestess) seeds take on it's light.)\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) I place within my seed the desire for finances to\n meet my\n needs.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) I placw within my seed the desire for good fortune\n for my\n children,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) both natural and stepchild.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Willow, do you have a desire?\n (1-10,Dave) merry meet everyone!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Merry Meet Dave, Take a seed from the hand of the\n God,\n and...\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) place your desire for the coming year in it.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Many Blue Sparks, please do the same within the\n Circle\n (1-10,Dave) Aye, that I will do...\n (1-3,Willow) I place within my seed the desire to fill our new home\n with\n love and the promise of a marriage filled with beauty and wonder.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) So mote it be Willow!\n (1-3,Willow) So mote it be!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) many Blue Sparks?\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) I place within my seed the desire for a path\n that\n leads from darkness.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) So mote it be!\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) So mote it be!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Then we continue\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) OP/name High Priestess\n (1-2,High Priestess) (everyone chant verbally with me while holding\n their\n seed)\n (1-2,High Priestess) (all chant with me verbally)\n \n \n \n 2119\n \n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Darksome Night and shining Moon,\n (1-2,High Priestess) East, then South, then West, then North,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Hearken to the Witch's Run,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Here we come to call thee forth!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Earth and water, air and fire,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Wand and pentacle and sword,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Work ye unto our desire,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Hearken ye unto our work!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Cords and censer, scourge and knife,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Powers of the witch's blade,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Waken all ye unto life,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Come ye as the charm is made!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Queen of heaven, Queen of Hel,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Horned Hunter of the night,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Lend your power unto the spell,\n (1-2,High Priestess) And work our will by magic rite!\n (1-2,High Priestess) In the earth and air and sea,\n (1-2,High Priestess) By the light of Moon or Sun,\n (1-2,High Priestess) As we do will, so mote it be.\n (1-2,High Priestess) Chant the spell and be it done!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Azarak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Zomelak,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Cernunnos,\n (1-2,High Priestess) Eko, Eko, Aradia!\n (1-2,High Priestess) so mote it be!\n (1-2,Diana) Now Children, Take your seed and plant it in my Forest,\n (1-2,Diana) that it will grow strong throughout the year.\n (1-2,Diana) Dionysus, Come to Me, for it is time. Take up your\n (1-2,Diana) lance and Fill my Grail. I, your Queen, command it.\n (1-2,Diana) As the Lance is to the God\n (1-2,Diana) So the Chalice is to the Goddess\n (1-2,Diana) And when the Two are One\n (1-2,Diana) The Greatest Magic is begun.\n (1-2,Dionysus) Brothers and Sisters, come, for now it is time to drink\n (1-2,Dionysus) and eat.\n \n \n \n 2120\n \n (1-2,Dionysus) (passing wine and cakes)\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Drink from your chalice and eat of your bread,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) saving some for offering after the ritual to the\n Lady.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) This is the place where we sit and relax in the\n presense\n of the Gods....\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Welcome to the first Full Moon of Spring!\n (1-3,Willow) Blessed be, friends!\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) Blessed be!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Blessed Be Willow, (toasting Willow's new home and\n honey)\n (1-10,Dave) Blessed Be, everyone!\n (1-3,Willow) I would like to, while in this sacred space,\n (1-3,Willow) thank the divine intervention of Aphrodite!\n (1-3,Willow) She introduced Craig and I\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Willow, do you know her verse in that great pagan\n classic,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Gimme that Old Time Religion?\n (1-3,Willow) and, thankfully, my life will never be the same! (toast\n to\n Aprodite!)\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) (raising chalice to Aphrodite)\n (1-3,Willow) Can you hum a few bars?\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Hmmmmmmmmmm....\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) We will worship Aphrodite,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Tho she seems a little flighty\n (1-3,Willow) oh, no\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Coming naked in her Nightie,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) And that's Good enough for me! (grin)\n (1-3,Willow) Oh, Gods!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Yes Goddess?\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) Hee!\n (1-10,Dave) Tiss a nice ryme there shadow Hawk.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) (pouring more Wine for everyone)\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Dave, there are about 200 or so verses...\n (1-3,Willow) Hey, this may be a Spring ritual, but I'm engaged!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) my favorite is the one that goes...\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) We will worship like the Druids\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Drinking strange fermented fluids\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Running Naked through the woods\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) and that's good enough for me!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) (Gimme that old time religion....) (g)\n (1-3,Willow) MY favorite goes...\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Willow, engaged in what?\n (1-3,Willow) Here's to the god of discord,\n (1-3,Willow) while this may not rhyme\n (1-10,Dave) Don't worry Willow, so are we (my Lady and I that is)!\n (1-3,Willow) or even make any sense,\n (1-3,Willow) it's good enough for me1\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) heh heh heh\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) :)\n (1-3,Willow) Right now?!?\n (1-10,Dave) now what?\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Of course! (g)\n \n \n \n 2121\n \n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Hmmm....\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) We will worship mighty Thor,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Tho he leaves the maidens sore\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) They keep coming back for more,\n (1-3,Willow) not agin...\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) and that's good enough for me!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Not again? That brings us to....\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Oh the Christians are a hummin,\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) cause they say their God's a comming\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Our God Came and keeps on Commin\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) And that's good enough for me!\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) <ROFL>\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) (gotta love them Spring Fertility rituals! (g)\n (1-10,Dave) Everyone, sorry for the tardiness, but will rejoin at\n another\n time...\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Blessed Be Dave (cutting a doorway out)\n (1-10,Dave) b.b.\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) BB, D!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Ok, guess it is time to wrap it up.\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) (standing up in V.R. Circle\n (1-3,Willow) Before wewe're all drunk with Dionysis' wine, we should\n wrap.\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) Rap, nah I only chanted.\n (1-2,Diana) Children of the Night, it is time to return to your\n (1-2,Diana) world. Blessed be thy Feet that have brought you on\n (1-2,Diana) this path. Blessed be thy knees that have kneeled at\n (1-2,Diana) the Sacred Altar. Blessed be thy Belly, without which\n (1-2,Diana) thy kind would not be. Blessed be thy Breast, formed\n (1-2,Diana) in Strength and Beauty. Blessed be thy Mouth, that\n (1-2,Diana) shall speak the Sacred words of Love.\n (1-2,High Priest) Great Goddess, Huntress of the Night, we thank you\n for\n (1-2,High Priest) your works here tonight. Go if you must, Stay if\n you\n (1-2,High Priest) will, for we are your adoring Children.\n (1-2,High Priestess) Great Dionysus, thank you for your laughter and\n light\n (1-2,High Priestess) tonight. Blessed be thy Seed, which shall grow\n over\n (1-2,High Priestess) the coming year and clothe the face of the Mother\n in\n (1-2,High Priestess) Life. Go if you must, Stay if you will, for we\n are\n (1-2,High Priestess) your brothers and sisters.\n (1-2,High Priestess) Willow, will you dismiss the directions, starting\n in\n the West?\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the west, we thank you for your help\n (1-3,Willow) and attendence here tonight.\n (1-3,Willow) Return to the waters of the Mother.\n (1-3,Willow) Stay if you will, go if you must. We thank you.\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the South, we thank you for your help and\n attendence\n her tonight.\n \n \n \n 2122\n \n (1-3,Willow) Return to the fires of creation.\n (1-3,Willow) Stay if you will, go if you must. We thank you.\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the East, we thank you for your help and\n attendence\n here tonight.\n (1-3,Willow) Return to the warm breezes of new beginnings.\n (1-3,Willow) Stay if you will, go if you must. We thank you\n (1-3,Willow) Spirits of the North, we thank you for your help and\n attendenct\n here tonight.\n (1-3,Willow) Return to the cool caves of the Earth.\n (1-3,Willow) Stay if you will, go if you must, We thank you.\n (1-3,Willow) So mote it be.\n (1-2,High Priestess) SO mote it be!\n (1-2,High Priest) I move to the North, and walking widdershins, the\n Circle\n of Fire subsides\n (1-2,High Priest) behind me.\n (1-2,High Priest) Down down into the ground, never more to be found...\n (1-2,High Priest) down down into the ground, out to the edge of the\n covenspace.\n (1-2,High Priest) Returning to the north, I face the Circle...\n (1-2,High Priest) The Circle is Open, but Unbroken, Merry Meet, Merry\n Part,\n and Merry Meet again!\n (1-2,High Priest) Blessed Be!\n (1-3,Willow) Blessed Be!\n (1-1,Many Blue Sparks) Blessed Be!\n (1-2,Shadow Hawk) Blessed Be Willow and Many Blue Sparks!\n \n \n \n 2123","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: MoonAPR.93","type":"page"}