You are surrounded by Spirit Keepers, who will help you on your path. all realms are present here and witness your oath Rise to your feet. (do physically stand ) Stand balanced and strong. Hear the heartbeat and the drumming of the distant music... Listen (Pause and move, sway to music) Feel the blending of knowledge, experience and the wisdom within you. (Pause and move, sway to music) Allow your Power to well up within you, flow through you. (continue to move, sway to music) Let that Power flow through you to the Center of the Earth... and back again up the Center of the Universe. (Pause and move, sway to music) You are One with the great Circle of Creative Energy that is Goddess. Shouts! SHINE NOW! Shine and light up the whole room! When you are ready, in your own words...Thank the Spirit Keepers. Thank Mother Earth. Thank the Goddess that You are. smiles and stands tall Now, turn to the Center and prepare to make your dedication. Consider these questions carefully! ... Then answer as you feel led... Do you seek to understand yourself better? (wait for reply) Do you seek to live in harmony with yourself and with all of the Mother's Creation? (wait for reply) I do not pretend to offer you the answers. We all seek them ourselves. I ask these questions to point out that they are extremely important in this walk. Do you seek power? If you seek power, what do you seek it for? (wait for reply) What do you wish to accomplish with it? (wait for reply) A Sioux Medicine Man once said that power is "the enlightenment needed to properly understand a given thing or teaching. Also the physical and spiritual energy to perform what is required - whether that be common or extra-ordinary." The power we seek is the power to meet our responsibilities as Daughters of the Goddess. Do you understand that being dedicated in this rite will change your life forever, in ways that you cannot now foresee? (wait for reply) Knowing these things, do you want to study Witchcraft and its related arts until you know enough to decide whether this is truly your Path? (wait for reply) Do you understand that Witchcraft is one of many means to serve the Old Deities and awaken the Old Ways, and that even if this is not your way after all, you may learn and grow while you are here? Can you accept that the decision may be no? (wait for reply) Teaching what I love is a great joy... But I can only teach in joy if I know that what I love will be used and shared with care and honor. Before I am willing to teach you, there are three things ... and a fourth that you must promise to me: Will you respect and protect the confidence of all who you meet in the Circle and all who seek our aid, revealing their identities to no one except by their explicit permission? (wait for reply) Will you practice and teach the Craft for love alone, using this knowledge or teaching it as a gift, as I give it now to you? (wait for reply) Will you promise never to use what I teach you to affect another person, avoiding not only baneful magic but all well-intentioned meddling, unless you have that person's explicit permission? (wait for reply) And if time brings fullness, as all here hope and expect it will, when you teach new students of your own, will you require these three pledges of them, along with their pledge to similarly bind their own students, so that all that spring from this line may be so pledged? (wait for reply) This being so, I consent to teach you. This is how I value my labor - that I will plant only good seed in good soil, to become fruit both sound and sweet. I will teach you, I will learn from you, I will learn with you. So we begin by exchanging our pledges. Place your hand on the athame in front of you and repeat after me: I, (name), here and now pledge To you, Lady Majyk Whispering-Owl, to the Goddess, to all in this Circle And, most truly, to myself, (wait for reply) That I will explore the Path called Witchcraft Its lore and its symbols; its rituals and its deeper meanings... (wait for reply) Exploring all questions with open mind and heart. Until I know surely whether or not I am for the priestesshood and Witchcraft is for me. (wait for reply) In token of this pledge I swear on this tool of my power To devote myself, from this moment on, to learning the Ways of the Wise. (wait for reply) covers dedicant's hand which is on the tool with her own hand.... And I make this pledge to you in return For the lesser knowledge, which can be taught, I will be your teacher. For the greater knowledge, which must be discovered, I will be your guide and your friend. For the questions and perplexities of the path, I will be your companion. To answer when I may; or simply to be silent as you seek your own answers... And when the time comes to choose whether you will enter the priestesshood, I will share with you all I have observed and thought. And may the Goddess prosper through our work together. Know that although I am your primary teacher, this Circle is not made of the two of us alone. All here are dedicated to the Old Ways and each has unique knowledge. All of us learn from and with each other. You, too, bring the learning of a lifetime and the fresh insight of a beginner's questions. Together we are more than the simple sum of each of us alone. Hugs each and continues... blesses the athame that each candidate brought into Circle with a kiss to the blade and hands it back... I return this working tool to you with my blessing. Accept it, as I have accepted your pledge. Use it now, in your first ritual act as you place it at your own alter. I call forth the Dedicant Amanda Seigler known as Mandie. I now bring you to the alter of the Sacred Circle of Light & Shadows asks Mandie to kneel In the name of all that is...I call you, from this time forth, by the name given by the Goddess... You now and until it is grown to something more...You are Known as ShimmerFae, Dedicant of the first degree. I now introduce you to all that witness this rite...Rise, my child , ShimmerFae. embraces Shimmer and kisses her tenderly. (if more than one dedicant...call forth the next one) I call forth the Seeker Allen Dale Stultz... Ossian Grey Oak. I now bring you to the alter of the Sacred Circle of Light & Shadows asks Allen to kneel In the name of all that is...I call you, from this time forth, by the name given by the Goddess... You now and until it is grown to something more...You are Known as , Ossian Grey Oak, Dedicant of the first degree. I now introduce you to all that witness this rite...Rise, my child, Ossian Grey Oak . embraces Grey Oak and kisses him tenderly. I call forth the Seeker ShaneMcLeese... Alainna. I now bring you to the alter of the Sacred Circle of Light & Shadows asks Shane to kneel In the name of all that is...I call you, from this time forth, by the name given by the Goddess... You now and until it is grown to something more...You are Known as , Shadow Elf, Dedicant of the first degree. I now introduce you to all that witness this rite...Rise, my child, Shadow Elf . embraces Shadow and kisses her tenderly. It is now time to make your dedication to the Goddess in the presence of all here tonight. Pick up your scrolls and unroll them. "Let us all say together, : (say this aloud and not typed as you read I will do the same) "I, ________________, in the presence of all who are here, dedicate myself to the Goddess and my chosen path, and will seek to do Her will as She speaks to me. As a Daughter of the Goddess, I shall keep silent all things to me entrusted by those who ask silence of me. I open myself to Her, so that I go forward from this day, reborn in Her love. I go in perfect Love and perfect Trust. Blessed Be." (wait for reply) (Addresses the dedicant(s) by name...see example:) LadyMajykMyst_ : Shimmer...Ossian...Shadow All here have heard your Oath and your meaning. Remember that your Oath binds you, for it has been made in the presence of the Goddess and witnessed by those in the Craft of the Wise. You are bound by your oath and you will from this day forward be in the service of our Goddess..Listen to Her and know that She hears you. The Lord is also part of your life and is there for you as your strength. He is at the side of our Goddess to guide and support you in your new path. Honor him as well. "Spirits of Earth, givers of strength and wisdom, we present ourselves, sons & daughters of the Goddess." Passes symbol of Earth-[crystal]-to each person around the circle... "Spirits of Air, you who enlighten our minds, and allow us to see with clear vision, we present ourselves, sons & daughters of the Goddess." Passes symbol of Air [feather] to each person around the circle... "Spirits of Fire, whose energy we call upon to go forward in all our endeavors, we present ourselves, sons & daughters of the Goddess." Passes symbol of fire [Candle] to each person around the circle... Spirits of Water, you who lead us through the land of dreams to our inner selves, we present ourselves, sons & daughters of the Goddess." Passes symbol of Water-[shell]-to each person around the circle... raises her hands in salute and turns in each direction as she calls out: Spirits of Earth, Spirits of Air, Spirits of Fire and Spirits of Water, we thank you for joining us in our rites. We are grateful for your presence and for the help and assistance you have given us. May you depart in peace, always knowing that we carry you with us when we walk our Path of Beauty�? Hail & Fare Thee Well! faces the sacred alter and bows Most Blessed Mother, we thank you for all you have given us. Thank you for being with us in our rites. Most Honored Lord, we thank you for your presence here as you shine your warm blessing on each of us. Help us to keep you, both, always in our minds and close to our hearts and to remember the vows we have made tonight. May you go in peace. Hail & Fare Thee Well! holds out her hand, open wide, and swirls it deosil then pulls it toward her as she closes her hand... Our Circle is open, but unbroken. Let us feast and make merry for the joy we feel tonight. Now... Welcome Dear Dedicants, Shadow, Ossian & Luna to the Path of the Wise. Now, I ask you all to remember to ground your energy and share the joy as we have our cakes and wine... Blessings to you ! Thank you for allowing me the honor of this dedication I love you all so do you have any words to say this night? to you ...I do know that this life path is what holds us together and will bring us in contact one day. We each have special talants that will only be more intense as the Goddess guides us. ((((((((((GROUP HUG))))))))))) I would ask that you sit tonight and write your feelings while they are fresh..and if you choose, you may share on the board.... if not that is fine also Blessings to you all. |
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