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Ostara (Spring Equinox) Ritual
By Bearcloud
Special thanks to Ellen Cannon Reed
Need
Elemental candles Yellow (east) Red (south)
Blue (west) Green (north)
God and Goddess Candles - Gold and Silver
Central Candle (guardian candle) Black Pillar
Insense (if desired)
Candle Lighter
Candle Snuffer
Mutli-colored plastic eggs
Mammoth Sunflower seeds
A egg Carton cut into separate holders to hold eggs
Sparkling Cider
Ritual Cakes
Outline
Call Quarters
Casting Of Circle
Invocation of God and Goddess
Presentation of history and lore
Egg and Seed Ritual and Chant
Cakes and Wine
Farewell to Quarters
Farewell to God and Goddess
Open Circle
PARTY TIME!!!
Call Quarters
East
Hail Guardian of the East
Keeper of the Sacred Winds
Join Us here this night
SO MOTE IT BE!! (light Yellow candle)
South
Hail Guardian of the South
Keeper of the Sacred Flame
Join Us here this Night
SO MOTE IT BE!! (light Red candle)
West
Hail Guardian of the West
Keeper of the Sacred Water
Join Us here this Night
SO MOTE IT BE!! (light Blue candle)
North
Hail Guardian of the North
Keeper of the Sacred Stones
Join Us here this Night
SO MOTE IT BE!! (light Green candle)
CASTING OF CIRCLE
The Circle is Cast
We are Between worlds
In a time that is not a time
In a Place that is not a Place
We are beyond the Bonds of the Mundane World
We are in a Place of Peace and Magick
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Invocation
I Bid you Welcome Mother Earth
Join us here this night
As we Welcome Spring Anew
SO MOTE IT BE!!(Light Goddess Candle)
I Bid you Welcome Father Sky
Join us here this night
As we Welcome Spring Anew
SO MOTE IT BE!!(Light God Candle)
Presentation
Ostara ,the Spring Equinox ,also known as Spring,Rites of Spring and Eostra's Day, Marks the First Day of true spring. The energies of nature subtly shift from the sluggishness of Winter to the exuberant expansion of Spring. The Goddess blankets the Earth with fertility, bursting forth from her sleep, as the God Stretches and Grows to Maturity. He Walks the greening fields and delights in the abundance of nature.
On Ostara the hours of day and night are equal. Light is overtaking darkness; the Goddess and God impel the wild Creatures of the Earth to Reproduce.
This is a time of beginnings, of action, of planting spells for future gains, and of tending ritual gardens.
Egg and Seed Ritual
Before Circle Each person that is going to be in circle chose a Plastic egg that they think best suits them and filled it with earth. This Egg Represents Fertility of the Season to come. Each person takes a Seed Representing Growth and things to come and holds it and decides what they want planted for the coming year to grow. Place the seed into the Earth.
Once this is Done each person holds their egg and seed and chant.
Chant
Seed of what I wish to be
Grow and bud and bloom in me!
Seed of what I wish to be
Grow and bud and bloom in me!
Seed of what I wish to be
Grow and bud and bloom in me!
Cakes and Wine
These Cakes represents your body that is about
to bud bloom and Grow.
This Wine represents your blood that flows
through us all .
Mother Earth, Father Sky I ask you to Bless
These Cakes and this Wine
SO MOTE IT BE!! pass around cakes and wine
Farewell to the Quarters
Guardian of the South we thank your for you
presence here we say farewell with a Kiss
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Guardian of the West we thank you for your
presence here we say farewell with a Kiss
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Guardian of the North we thank you for your
presence here we say farewell with a Kiss
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Guardian of the East we thank you for your
presence here we say farewell with a Kiss
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Farewell to Goddess and God
Farewell Mother Earth we thank you for your
presence here this Spring Equinox night.
May we always remember the lessons you teach us.
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Farewell Father Sky we thank you for your
presence here this Spring Equinox night.
May we keep your wisdom in our Hearts always.
SO MOTE IT BE!!
Opening of Circle
This circle is open , Yet Unbroken
Merry Meet Merry Part and Merry Meet again
Go in Peace and Remember -- NAN-NEW NAN-NEW
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End note
Presentation used from :
Wicca: A guide for the solitary Practitioner
by Scott Cunningham {page 66}
Ritual Chant Used By permission of Ellen
Cannon Reed