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