Unemployment Banishing Ritual

March 2003 UnEmployment Banishing Ritual

(music: “Emerging Power” by Steve Gordon from “Drum Prayer”)

Purification of Space

(salt, around circle 3x, widdershins)

Cleanse and purify

Cleansing and purifying

Cleansed and purified

Casting Circle

(starting in North, wand, deosil)

Over the Earth that supports me

Through the Air that fills me

With the Fire that motivates me

Next to the Water that sustains me

This Circle is made

Calling Quarters

(starting in North, deosil)

(left hand flat parallel with ground)

Hail and well met in the North, Earth

Let the ancient Land that withstands the passage of time

Join me and bring to my Ritual

Clarity,

Creativity,

Growth,

Wisdom,

and Prosperity.

(light Quarter Candle)

(left hand upraised with fingers spread)

Hail and well met in the East, Air

Let the wind that blows through eternity

Join me and bring to my Ritual

Awareness,

Inspiration,

Illumination,

Understanding,

and Freedom.

(light Quarter candle)

(left hand upraised in a fist)

Hail and well met in the South, Fire

Let the burning at the heart of the planet

Join me and bring to my Ritual

Purification,

Passion,

Strength,

Change,

and Success.

(light Quarter Candle)

(left hand cupped)

Hail and well met in the West, Water

Let the seas that flow through the eons

Join me and bring to my Ritual

Intuition,

Fertility,

Courage,

Happiness,

and Peace.

(light Quarter candle)

(left hand over upper sternum)

Hail and well met that which is Divine, Spirit

Let that which always was, is and will be

Be conscience and focused during my Ritual

(light Quarter candle)

Calling God/dess

(arms upraised)

Goddess, Lady, Mother

Join me in my Ritual

(light silver candle)

(arms crossed over chest)

God, Lord, Father

Join my in my Ritual

(light gold candle)

Altar Blessing

(incense, pentacle over altar 3x)

I ask the blessings of Crone and Sage upon these tools

That they may be used

Thoughtfully

Clearly

Lovingly

And Powerfully

May what I do be in perfect love         (light red candle)

Perfect trust                                        (light pink candle)

And purity of purpose                       (light white candle)

With harm to none

In honor of the moon

In her phase                            (light moon phase candle)

Ritual:

(black female form candle, front side, carve with athame from bottom to top-

forehead:  UnC for uncentered

right arm:  UnE for unemployment

right ribs:  L for lethargy

left ribs:  A for apathy

left arm:  Lo for loneliness

right leg:  F for fear

left leg:  UnH for unhappiness

base:  UnP for unpatient

on back-

head: UnB for unbalanced

left arm:  UnF for unfocused

left back:  DisP for dispassionate

right back: An for anger

right arm:  UnHe for unhealthy

left leg:  La for laziness

right leg: UnS for unself

base:  S for selfish

cover with lavender oil, from base to top, 3x, saying each word with each body part as oiled)

Repeat 3x:

I light this candle by the waning moon

Let it represent the banishment of

UnCentered

UnEmployment

Lethargy

Apathy

Loneliness

Fear

UnHappiness

UnPatient

UnBalanced

DisPassionate

Anger

UnHealthy

Laziness

UnSelf

Selfish

With Harm to None

For the Good of All

(Meditate on candle and/or dance, then ground)

(snuff black female form candle)

Though the flame be out

It’s light is not diminished

Altar Ending

With honor                           (snuff moon phase candle)

With harm to none

And purity of purpose                     (snuff white candle)

Perfect trust                                       (snuff pink candle)

And perfect love                                  (snuff red candle)

Thanking God/dess

(arms upraised)

Mother, Lady, Goddess

Thank you for joining me in my Ritual

(snuff silver candle)

(arms crossed over chest)

Father, Lord, God

Thank you for joining me in my Ritual

(snuff gold candle)

Dismissing Quarters

(starting in Center)

(left hand over sternum)

Hail and farewell that which is Divine, Spirit

My thanks for your presence

(snuff Quarter candle)

(left hand cupped)

Hail and farewell in the West, Water

My thanks for your presence

(snuff Quarter candle)

(left hand upraised fist)

Hail and farewell in the South, Fire

My thanks for your presence

(snuff Quarter candle)

(left hand fingers spread)

Hail and farewell in the East, Air

My thanks for your presence

(snuff Quarter candle)

(left hand parallel with ground)

Hail and farewell in the North, Earth

My thanks for your presence

(snuff Quarter candle)

Circle Dismantling

(starting in North, athame, widdershins)

Over the Earth that supports me

Next to the Water that sustains me

With the Fire that motivates me

Through the Air that fills me

This Circle is open yet unbroken

(Continue this Ritual during waning moon/until black female form candle is out)

END