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SELF DEDICATION RITUAL
Materials needed:
Two white taper candles.
One Red taper or pillar candle.
One Green or white votive.
One Red or white votive.
One White votive.
One Blue votive.
A bowl of salt water
A dish of salt
A dish or vial of annointing oil
A Black cord at least 60", preferably about 110". (rather thick)
Incense (i prefer Red Sandalwood or Sage)
A sharp knife (for cutting a bit of your own hair)
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Set all the candles on the altar. Light the red pillar/taper and say this:
"I CALL TO THE ESSENCE OF REBIRTH PHOENIX FIREWIND, READY YOUR WOMB FOR I SHALL BE REBORN IN LIGHT"
Light incense and say:
"I ASK THAT MY PRAYERS AND CALLS BE SENT TO THE ETERNAL ONENESS OF THE SPIRIT OF DIVINITY"
Go to the Eastern portal and say:
"I ASK THAT A CIRCLE BE CAST FORTH IN BLAZING LIGHT TO SET APART A SACRED SPACE THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE THAT I CAN USE TO WORSHIP THE OLD ONES."
Go back to the altar in the center remembering to always walk clockwise (deosil) in the circle.
Take the white votive, light it with the red candle called the *WORKING CANDLE* or W.C. for short, and carry to the east, hold it up and say...
"I CALL TO THE ELEMENT OF THE WINDS BE A PART OF THIS DEDICATION CIRCLE IMPARTING YOUR WISDOM. SO MOTE IT BE."
Walk Deosil back to the altar, and light the Red or White votive with the W.C., and carry to the south, hold it up and say...
"I CALL TO THE ELEMENT OF THE FLAMES BE A PART OF THIS DEDICATION CIRCLE IMPARTING YOUR POWER. SO MOTE IT BE."
Walk Deosil back to the altar, and light the Blue or White votive with the W.C., and carry to the west, hold it up and say...
"I CALL TO THE ELEMENT OF THE SEAS BE A PART OF THIS DEDICATION CIRCLE IMPARTING YOUR CHANGE. SO MOTE IT BE."
Walk Deosil back to the altar, and light the Green or White votive with the W.C., and carry to the north, hold it up and say...
"I CALL TO THE ELEMENT OF THE STONES BE A PART OF THIS DEDICATION CIRCLE IMPARTING YOUR STABILITY. SO MOTE IT BE."
Walk Deosil around the circle once and return to the East, hold up your hands and say:
"I INVOKE AND CONJURE YE OH SIDHE (FAERYS) OF THE EAST. SLYPHS AND SPRITES I SUMMON THEE. COME TO THIS CIRCLE AND BE ONE IN MY RITES."
(Note - Sidhe is pronounced Shee)
Walk Deosil around the circle to the South, hold up your hands and say:
"I INVOKE AND CONJURE YE OH SIDHE (FAERYS) OF THE SOUTH. SALAMANDERS AND DRACOS I SUMMON THEE. COME TO THIS CIRCLE AND BE ONE IN MY RITES."
Walk Deosil around the circle to the West, hold up your hands and say:
"I INVOKE AND CONJURE YE OH SIDHE (FAERYS) OF THE WEST. UNDINES AND MERLINGS I SUMMON THEE. COME TO THIS CIRCLE AND BE ONE IN MY RITES."
Walk Deosil around the circle to the North, hold up your hands and say:
"I INVOKE AND CONJURE YE OH SIDHE (FAERYS) OF THE NORTH. GNOMES AND BEAN TIGHES I SUMMON THEE. COME TO THIS CIRCLE AND BE ONE IN MY RITES."
(note- Bean Tighe is pronounced BAN TEE-Gh)
Walk Deosil around the circle returning to the Altar. Annoint the Wiccan 5 places of power (feet, knees, genitals, breast, brow).
As you annoint the 5 places say:
"Blessed be my feet, that walked to this place.
Blessed be my knees that kneel to the Gods.
Blessed be my phallus/womb from which all life springs.
Blessed be my breast/s strong and bold/nuturing and warm.
Blessed be my brow that I might know the Gods."
Take the oil.. annoint your head with a celtic cross (an equilateral cross within a circle), your heart with the pentacle, and then your left breast, genitals, and right breast forming the sacred triangle.
Take the censer and cense around you and your hair, and the sprinkle salt in your hair.
Light the White taper you have decided will be the White taper of the God. Say:
"Oh Holy God, Sun King, Oak King, and Winter King. You are always within me. And my love is always yours. It is to you my heart calls. And i ask in your name, to be dedicated in the Craft. Burn like this candle, ever within me, and know that I love you. So mote it be."
Light the White taper you have decided will be the White taper of the Goddess. Say:
"Oh Holy Goddess, Maiden, Mother, and Crone. You are forever my mother. And my love is always yours. It is to you that i am born. And i ask in your name to be dedicated into the Craft. Burn like this candle, ever within me, and know that I love you. So mote it be."
Cut a bit your hair and put it in the censer, and while your hair burns cense the black cord. Wrap the black cord around your waist. This is your cingulum. Your Wiccan's Belt. Black is the symbolic color of death and rebirth.
Then say: 'I, (real name)----, in the presence of the forces of Universe and the Divine, do of my own free will and mind most solemnly swear that I will ever abide by the religion and science of the Craft of the Wise. 'I shall neither harm my fellow humans with the secrets that I learn nor shall I flaunt my beliefs or powers before them. 'From this day on I shall be reborn as (magickal name) and shall honor, respect and cherish this oath I have taken.'
I am reborn. I am a Witch. I am a Priest/ess."
Rise to your feet and and say as loud as is safe bearing in mind that sound carries: "I AM A WITCH!