Prior to this rite you should have made ready a wooden wand. This should be a
branch from an oak or hazel tree, peeled of its bark, and about 13 inches long
and half an inch thick. Place the wand upon your altar within the Circle.
Prepare a dish of earth and place it upon
the altar beside the wand.
Cast the Circle and invoke the Goddess and the God. After the invocation,
dance and chant to raise power for magical activities and then earth the
power into an unlit candle, placed inside the cauldron, at the center of the
circle. Chant the following (or make up your own!):
Beltane!
I dance with delight
on Beltane's night.
All senses freeing,
I dance for being.
The flower and the flame
of love's own rite
shall blossom. Sun
embrace Earth, bright.
Light the candle to the Sun. This is the Beltane fire, our modern substitute
for the hilltop bonfires of our ancestors. The Bel fire is an invocation to
the Sun God to bring blessing and protection for the coming year. This is
sacred fire with healing and purifying properties. As you light the candle,
be aware of its power and significance. Say:
I light this candle to the Sun.
Now take up a dish of earth. Bless it in the name of the Goddess. Lay your
hands upon it and say:
I bless, consecrate, and set apart this earth,
in the name of the Triple Goddess. May this
be sacred earth, set apart for magic. For
earth is of the Goddess, being her sacred body.
Remember that the Goddess is not only of the Moon, but also of the Earth and
of the farthest stars. She is the Triple Goddess of the Circle of Rebirth,
the Mother of All Life.
Decorate the dish of earth with flowers.
Now, take a wooden wand and oil it with vegetable oil. Bless it in the name
of the Lord of the Day, the youthful, ardent one, the Lord of Life, the God
of the greenwood. Pass it swiftly through the candle flame, the Bel fire, so
that it becomes magically imbued, 'charged', with power. Place the wand upon
the dish of earth, saying as you hold it there:
As the wand is to the earth,
so the male is to the female
and the Sun to our blossoming world.
Joined, they bring happiness.
May the God of Life give ___ {something you want, for example, peace on Earth)
May the Goddess bring it forth!
Sit quietly for a while, and picture the blossoming of what you have desired
in life. The spells and invocations of all of us, all working on themes like
these, must eventually bear fruit, because life is on the side of peace. Leave
the earth and wand upon the altar.
Walk deosil three times around the circle, then spiral into the center. Go
evenly, with grace, meditatively. Sit beside the
candle flame, allowing yourself to feel peaceful. Gaze into the flame.
The last part of the ritual is different depending on whether you are
man or woman.
For a Woman: Visualize a red rosebud in your womb. Always your womb is
the source of your creative power, whether you are pregnant with a child, an
idea, a work of art or an intention. Close your eyes and picture the light from
the candle streaming into your womb so that the rosebud blooms, unfolds. Hold
the image for a while, feeling the silkiness, smelling the scent, the freshness,
seeing the color of the fully open rose within you. Feel the strength and power
of your own fully blossomed capabilities. Say:
I am woman,
strong to conceive and to create,
to give birth and to tend.
As I am daughter of the Goddess,
and blessed by the God, may I ___
{name what you wish to bring forth in life. For example, bring healing to
others or write my book whatever matters to you}
Feel the strength and creative force within your womb, the center of your being.
See the power being channeled, flowing into the desire you have just voiced. Open
your eyes. Always, the rose is within you.
For a Man: Visualize a bright flame. This burns within your sexual center, a
point at the base of the stomach, just above the pubic hairline. It is your
own male strength and energy which may rise through your body to be released as
giving, fertilizing power, in any form, or may be the potency which impregnates,
creating a physical child. It is the force which blesses and bestows, a healing
and creative energy, like the shining Sun. Visualize also that you are sitting in
a garden and that a rose tree is in front of you, the roses in bud. Say:
I am man,
and in my passion is beauty,
in my warmth is life.
As I am son of the Goddess,
and blessed by the God,
I offer my strength and vitality to ____
{name the area of life, the place, activity, or commitment you choose}
Visualize the light streaming from you to a rose upon the tree causing it to
unfold, to blossom. Your flame is lowered by this effort. Much has gone out
of you, the flame sinks down. Wait and watch, until a pink light streams from
the rose towards your body. At its touch the flame resurges. It burns higher
and stronger than before. Open your eyes. The flame is always within you.
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