Hail and Welcome

HPS ( Rings Bell )

" Call in the west"

West -

HP ( Rings Bell )

" Call in the north"

North -  Hail "Guardians of the watchtowers of the north, elemental earth, we do summon, stir, and call thee up to protect us in our rite. Come forth from the fertile bosom of our Blessed Mother Earth, and nourish us so that our hopes may grow to fruition. Please Join us in our sacred Circle. We welcome thee. Hail and Welcome.

Invoke our Spirit Guide

" I light this candle and call upon the Spirit Guide of this Coven. You who guide us and watch over our rites. We call upon you to lend your energies and protect us in our workings. We bid thee hail and welcome.

 HPS Invoke the Lord.

Oh Goddess Inanna. Mother of us all, Bringer of fruitfulness, Reaper of Souls. Be with us as we journey inward this night to that place of waiting, that place of sight. We're grateful to You for these first harvest fruits And the abundant harvest yet to come. Give us fruit and grain, and Flocks and herds, To build us strong, to stand against the cold that numbs. Oh, Blessed Lady, now in your warrior garb, With all your strength and all your love, You who are the morning and evening star, descend among us, Live within us, Smile upon us now this Lammas Night We bid thee Hail and welcome.

HPS Charge of the Inanna

I am Inanna, the Great Mother, worshiped by all creation and existent prior to their consciousness. I am the primal female force, boundless and eternal. I am the blessed Mother, the gracious Lady of the Harvest. I am clothed with the deep, cool wonder of the Earth and the gold of the fields heavy with grain. By me, the tides of the Earth are ruled. All things come to fruition according to my reason. I am refuge and healing. I am the life-giving Mother, wondrously fertile, and I send you blessings of limitless love. I am the evening star that guides you, I am the Morning star that greets you. It is I who make the grain to ripen. It is I who cause the earth to bare fruit. I am the one who brings the seed to fullness in due time. I am she who's blood is the wine of life. I am the one who descends into the abyss and brings that which is dead to rebirth and fullness of life. Hear me, Love me, Know me, Embrace me, Drink of me, For I am the cup of life which is the cauldron of immorality. I am Inanna the Queen of the universe and the Goddess of the Harvest.

HP Statement of Purpose

We are here in this scared place to celebrate the Lughnasadh Harvest, The 1^st harvest of the season. To honor the Goddess Inanna who causes the earth to bring forth its bounty and to honor the God Dumuzi the Lord of the harvest, who causes the fields to ripen. Let us celebrate as the harvest season now begins.

HPS

And so we experience the unbroken physical link of seed to harvest and back to seed; the transformation of the grain, by death into a new reality. How so deeply this reflects our own seeding, our life, and our death... then followed by our own transformation, by our rebirth in Summerland by the Goddess Inanna's love.

The Harvest King Dumuzi's sacrifice, but mirrors the sacrifices we ourselves make each day, in our attempts to live by the Rede's advice, and in honor of those who've gone before, as well as they who presently stand by our side.

Take notice of the small plate of corn seeds in front of you. When this land was young, corn was known as the ultimate link between the Gods and Man, and as such, was revered as a sacred talisman and offering. For this ritual, hold in your mind's eye that which you hope to reap by next year's harvest.

Let us all join hands and walk the Circle . The energy we raise, imparted to the corn. While you circle, Chant the chant, And walk the Circle faster. The chant goes like this:

( " Ripen fruit, ripen seed, Harken to my inner need." )

( dance and chant to raise energy. raising hands slowly. When the time is right stop and drop hands sending all the energy into the corn. )

All hopes and dreams and love reborn, Send forth the energy into the corn!

( passes out wine and cups as HPS says:)

HPS

Drink deep now of this wine, And know the transformation...
Of simple fruit and grain, into a sparkling elixir. As this wine has undergone change,
So, too, by Inanna's grace, shall we! As this wine gives enchantment of the Goddess
Or abasement into lower realms, So do all humans rise or fall in each life. As their own will and strength determines.

( Sing We all come from the Goddess )

HP

Before we close , let us go around the Circle, with each person telling or describing something that they've done since last Lammas that has "borne fruit" ( HP STARTS )

HPS

Blessed Lord Dumuzi, We thank you for the fruit of your loins, As you sustain our bodies We will sustain our love and devotion for you. We thank you for our sense of belonging to you, to ourselves, to each other, and to our places in the Divine Cycle you have shown us this night. Stay if you will leave if you must, in perfect love and perfect trust We bid thee hail and Farewell

Dismiss the Coven Spirit Guide.

I call upon the Spirit Guide of this Coven. You who guide us and watch over our rites. We thank you for lending us your energies and protecting us in our workings. Stay if you will, leave if you must, In perfect love and Perfect trust ,We bid thee hail and farewell.

(Snuff out the spirit Candle )

Dismissing the Watchtowers

HP ( rings bell )

Dismiss the North

"Guardians of the watchtowers of the North , Elemental Earth. I bid you farewell. Depart in peace, Our Blessings take with you. May peace be between us now and forever. We bid thee hail and farewell .

HPS ( rings bell )

Dismiss the West

" Guardians of the watchtowers of the West, Elemental Water I bid you farewell. Depart in peace, Our Blessings take with you. May peace be between us now and forever. We bid thee Hail and farewell.

HP ( rings bell )

Dismiss the South

" Guardians of the watchtowers of the South, Elemental Fire. I bid you farewell. Depart in peace, Our Blessings take with you. May peace be between us now and forever. We bid thee Hail and farewell.

HPS ( rings bell )

Dismiss the East

" Guardians of the watchtowers of the East, Elemental Air . I bid you farewell. Depart in peace, Our Blessings take with you. May peace be between us now and forever. We bid thee hail farewell.

HPS Benediction

" Love is the law and Love is the bond. We have met in perfect Love and perfect Trust. We have come in love and may we depart in love. My blessings Take with You."

HP Benediction

" Blessings have been given, and blessings have been received. May the peace of the Goddess and the God remain in our hearts. So mote it be!

HP Opening the Circle

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Knot Magick

Job Spell

Tie 9 knots in brown ( brown = strength) yarn using the Knot magick chant.

2_______8_______4______6______1______7________5_______9_______3

By knot of one, This spell's BEGUN

By knot of two, It cometh TRUE

By knot of three, SO MOTE IT BE

By knot of four, this I IMPLORE

By knot of five, The spell's ALIVE

By knot of six, The spell is FIXED

By knot of seven, The answer is GIVEN

By knot of eight, I meld with FATE

By knot of nine, This thing is MINE!

SO Mote It BE!!

Dress a orange ( orange = Career , Job, ) taper with money oil .

Then write or carves the phrase (Success in business ) on their orange candle, and charge it with your intent..

Dress a Orange Jar candle with money water and money oil

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Write the phrase ( Success in business and career) on the jar candle.

Charge the jar candle with the intent

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Put a few pinches of herb mix in the jar candle.

The Brown strings will then be bound to the Orange jar candle.

As the yarn is bound saying

" I bind a job and career to me"

Then the rub money water all over yourself

Then light the orange jar candle.

Say the words of power while using wands.

"Wish, wish, come to me. This I wish for three times three.

Harming none on its way, may this wish come my way"

Now light the orange taper off the orange jar candle and

yell SO MOTE IT BE!!

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                                                                     Types of Magick

Anthropologists often distinguish between two forms of magick, the sympathetic and the contiguous. Sympathetic magick works on the principle that like produces like. Contiguous magick operates on the belief that things that have been in contact will continue to act on each other after the physical contact has ceased.. What follows is a brief, nowhere complete list of some of the more popular magickal beliefs.

Low Magick, also known as Sympathetic or Folk magick seems a slightly condescending term, but it is used to separate it from the structured, religious-philosophical approach of "High Magick."

Since the beginning of time mankind has used herbs to heal and perform magick. The use of herbs in magick is only second to sympathetic magick in age.

Sympathetic magick is the oldest form of known magick. When early man first started the hunt he would wear animal skins to become part of the animal he was hunting. There are many cave drawings that depict this, but none better than the "Sorcerer" in France.

Low Magick is more properly called Sympathetic Magick, because it operates by an object or device being in sympathy with the person at whom the magick force is directed, through a physical, psychic or symbolic link. It is magick of the mind, an invocation of minor spirits or elementals to carry out an action. Vodoun and other types of Voodoo magick in South America and the Caribbean, as well as New Age candle-magick, love spells, runes etc, are all forms of Sympathetic Magick.

Symbolic or divination magick is the use of symbols to represent various ideas. This includes Tarot, Runes and numerology. Color magick, which is another form or symbolic magick, is the use of color to achieve a desired result. Each color has a certain quality assigned to it, and the combination or the individual use of this assigned color will bring about the desired result.

Crystal or gem stone magick works off the principle that stones give off a vibration and that using this vibration will assist the practitioner in healing or in casting a spell.

Knot magick or binding magick utilizes rope, string, yarn or ribbons to perform a binding spell, which allows the practitioner to stop someone from performing an unwanted action.

Moon magick emphasizes the different phases of the moon to perform certain types of magick.

Elemental magick uses the four basic elements of magick; fire, water, earth and air. Each element has different properties; therefore, they can be used separately or together in achieving a desired result.

It is important that you understand that each of these forms of magick has a basic common denominator, that being the intent and the ability to visualize of the individual. The better the ability to visualize and the clearer the intent, the greater the chances of achieving your desired result.

Low Magick can be divided into two categories, Homeopathic and Contagious

Homeopathic Magick, as used in homeopathic ritual, produces like for like. For example, a pin stuck into a symbolic representation of a person causes pain. This is an extreme example, as more commonly, other symbolic methods are used, such as to bring loved ones together, or for healing or binding. Dropping water on the ground to bring rain or lighting a green candle to bring

money is all Homeopathic Magick. A simple way at looking at it Homeopathic magick is to say that ( this _____ affects that____ be cause it represents it to ME,)

Contagious Magick works on the principle that things that were previously in contact or joined still carry influence over each other. For example, blood, hair or nail clippings can be used to curse, bless, heal or communicate with the spirit of another. The hair, blood or whatever is or was a part of the thing it came from, so it is that thing. A simple way to look at Contagious Magick is to say that ( this hair, blood, or What ever, affects the thing it comes from because it IS part of that thing.)

High Magick
Magick intended to bring about the spiritual transformation of the person who practices it. This form of magick is designed to channel the magician's consciousness towards the sacred light within, which is often personified by the high gods of different cosmologies. The aim of high magick has been described as communication with one's holy guardian angel, or higher self.
It is also known as theurgy.

High Magick is a highly ritualized invocation of spiritual powers and is part of a greater philosophy and belief system, including rituals of the Kabala or the Hermetic Orders. High Magick invokes spiritual energy, channeled for healing, protection, binding, curses or vengeance.
High magick is ceremonial or ritual magick, used more by the practitioners of The Order of the Golden Dawn, Kabbalists, and followers of Aliester Crowley. High magick also follows a set of guidelines and certain formalities. Ceremonialists call upon demons and other entities to do his/her bidding; this ritual takes time and needs to be done correctly. These guidelines follow a very precise set of parameters and if deviated from usually cause problems for the practitioner.

There are also other references to the differences; one of the more common ones is that High Magick came from those that lived in the cities, castles on the hill. It is said that those who practiced High magick had more time on their hands, therefore their rituals are more expansive.

Ritual Magick

Ritual magick is the same as High Magick it is the practice of using spirits to do your bidding. All examples of this form of magick uses spirits from the Christian and Jewish faith, with most spells starting with a prayer to Jesus or YHVH (Jehovah.). This form of magick has a great deal of ceremony unlike witchcraft, often requiring the magician to be wearing certain clothes, start the spell during certain hours and such like.

Some aspects of high magick involve the summoning and commanding of demons, which isn't encouraged by most authors on the subject, due to the very fickle nature of demons and that they always try to break their bonds.

There are no set 'holy' books for ritual magick, although some are highly recommenced and sort after, two being 'Clavicula Salomonis' (The Key of Solomon the King) and 'The Magus' by Francis Barret, both have been reprinted recently and the Clavicula has been translated from the original non-english version.

 Ceremonial Magick

Magick that employs ritual, symbols, and ceremony as a means of representing the supernatural and mystical forces linking the universe and humanity.

Ceremonial magick stimulates the senses--- sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch--- by including in its rituals ceremonial costumes, dramatic invocations to the gods or spirits, potent incense, and mystic sacraments.
The aim of ceremonial magick in its "highest" sense is a transcendental experience--- transporting the magician beyond the limitations of the mind towards mystical reality. However, as a term, it is also associated with medieval magickal grimoires, which describe procedures for summoning spirits.
These books, which are designed to confer power rather than transcendence on the magician, include the Key of Solomon, the Grimoire of Honorius, and the Grand Grimoire.

In modern times the most complete system of ceremonial magick was that practiced in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

Kabbalistic
Two common works of Hebrew literature are the Torah, otherwise known as the Pentateuch - the first five books in the Christian Bible and the Talmud, a collection of commentaries and thoughts of highly-regarded Hebrew scholars, priests, and rabbis. However, a much less known work is the Kabbalah, upon which are based the mystical foundations of the religion.

Kabbalism is based on the belief that creation of all that exists occurred through emanation from God and that there exists a hidden meaning in the placement and numeric values of the letters in the Torah. Kabbalistic Magick is the art of using the knowledge and secrets found in the Kabbala tree of life to control our surroundings and our own minds. This can include controlling the elements & spirits.

African

The leading modern African religions of the western hemisphere are descended from one of two tribal cultures: the people of Ifà, from which Santeria is derived, and those of the Congo, which has Voudon and Palo as its modern descendants. These beliefs are completely different and in some cases diametrically opposed, and yet, their similarity of perspective is striking. Therefore, these very different religions can be grouped together.

Most magickal effects in these beliefs are gained through supplication to higher powers. These powers can be in the form of deities, administrators in the tradition of the Saints of Christian thought or the Archangels of the Hebrews. Spirits of dead ancestors rank high in importance and are often asked for advice or guidance. Usually, some sort of sacrifice or offering is required in such instances and plays an important role in the outcome.

Those who practice Voodoo or Santeria magick use representational magick, similar to sympathetic magick. Representational magick is the use of a personal item, such as a lock of hair or a fingernail clipping to represent the person for whom the spell is cast.

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Shamanism

A shaman is an individual who willfully and purposefully enters an altered state of consciousness to gain access to some hidden reality with the usual intent of performing some magickal work or attaining uncommon knowledge. Almost always, there is identification with a specific animal, called a "totem animal" or "spirit animal." These animals act as guides in the other reality and aid the visiting shaman in avoiding dangers. It is believed that shamans originally acted as healers for tribes or groups as the word "medicine" in most shamanic traditions is interchangeable with "magick."

Witchcraft

Witchcraft, or Traditional Witchcraft has long defied definition and rightfully so. Traditional Witchcraft is not as much a belief system as it is a system of willful and procedural actions. The rede of the true "witch" could be summarily stated as "whatever works". Magick exists without witches. Witches become adept at the manipulation and harnessing of existing natural and supernatural forces and the laws of nature to achieve their desired results. Hence, there can be good and bad witches depending on their intents. All forms of magick and magickal thought can and should be at the disposal of a true witch, with only the individual witch's ethics limiting their uses. True witchcraft holds no allegiances to any particular affiliation, but rather, stands alone.