Casting of the circle( cont)

Then stand (with the rest of the Coven if they are present) outside the Circle. Draw a Circle with a sword or staff,, leaving a gap in the Northeast section. While drawing the Circle, you should visualize the power flowing into the Circle from off the end of the sword or staff. you draw the circle in a East to North or deosil or clockwise direction. You say.

"I conjure thee, O Circle of Power, that thou beest a meeting place of love and joy and truth; a shield against all wickedness and evil; a boundary between men and the realms of the Mighty Ones; a rampart and protection that shall preserve and contain the power that we shall raise within thee. Wherefore do I bless thee and consecrate thee, in the names of Cernunnos and Aradia."

Then close the Circle with the sword, or staff, and in doing so sprinkle the blessed salt water around your circle for rpotection and purity. Then bowl is replaced on the altar. . Next take the incense burner and walk around the perimeter of the circle and then take one of the altar candles. While going around the perimeter says,

"Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and grey,
Harken to the rune I say.
Four points of the Circle, weave the spell,
East, South, West, North, your tale tell.
East is for break of day, ~

~South is white for the noontide hour,
In the West is twilight grey,
And North is black, for the place of power.
Three times round the Circle's cast.
Great ones, spirits from the past,
Witness it and guard it fast."

Next you then face the East and say.

Ye Lords of the Watchtowers of the East, ye Lords of Air; I do summon, stir, and call you up to witness our rites and to guard the Circle."

Then turn and face the South.

"Ye Lords of the Watchtowers of the South, ye Lords of Fire; I do summon, stir and call you up, to witness our rites and to guard the Circle."

Then Next turn and face west.

"Ye Lords of the Watchtowers of the West, ye Lords of Water, ye Lords of Death and Initiation; I do summon, stir, and call you up, to witness our rites and to guard the Circle."

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