Justice Ritual

Justice Ritual  June/July 2003

Begun: Monday, June 30, 2003

End: Sunday, July 13, 2003

Moon: Waxing to Full

Crystal:  Carnelian (justice)

Oil:  Cedarwood (justice), set on altar

Herb:  High John the Conqueror Root (invincibility)

Incense:  Laurie Cabot’s Witches Lightening

Candle: White (mini)

Music:  Ritual by Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors

Purification of Space

(broom, around circle 3x, widdershins)

Cleanse and purify

Cleansing and purifying

Cleansed and purified

Casting Circle

(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

The Universe is my Circle

The Circle my Universe

Quarter Calls

(hand held flat, parallel with ground)

Salutations Spirits of Earth in the North

Movers of mountains through eons

You are invited to attend

(hand upraised, fingers spread)

Salutations Spirits of Air in the East

Winds that whip through time

You are invited to attend

(hand upraised in fist)

Salutations Spirits of Fire in the South

Flames that light the way through centuries

You are invited to attend

(hand cupped)

Salutations Spirits of Water in the West

Flowing through millennia

You are invited to attend

(hand over sternum)

Salutations Spirit in the Center of All

That moves through time yet is outside time

You are invited to attend

Calling Goddess and God

(arms upraised)

Hail to thee Maiden, Mother, Crone

Awake  Awake  Awake

I light this flame

I seek your spark

Arise  Arise  Arise

(light silver candle)

(arms crossed over chest)

Hail to thee Youth, Father, Sage

Awake  Awake  Awake

I light this flame

I seek your spark

Arise  Arise  Arise

(light gold candle)

Altar Blessing

Upon these items I ask for

The blessings of Earth

That they be stable

The blessings of Air

That they be strong

The blessings of Fire

That they be powerful

The blessings of Water

That they be clean

The blessings of Spirit

That they be pure

The blessings of Lady and Lord

That they be lasting

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)

(light incense)

Ritual

(carve the word Justice in white candle, anoint with Cedarwood oil and High John the Conqueror root shavings, moving from tip to bottom)

I call for Justice for the

Gossip spoken of me

Assumptions made of me

Lies written of me

Rights denied me

At X

(3x)

(light white candle)

I invoke Justice

And leave X to It

(3x)

(meditate/dance)

(hand over white candle)

May this circle within a circle be not open yet unbroken

Til flame and candle be gone

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 Goddess and God

(arms upraised)

Maiden, Mother, Crone

My thanks to thee

For the light and life You bring

Blessed Be  Blessed Be  Blessed Be

(snuff silver candle)

(arms crossed over chest)

Youth, Father, Sage

My thanks to thee

For the light and life You Bring

Blessed Be  Blessed Be  Blessed Be

(snuff gold candle)

Quarter Dismissal

(hand over sternum)

Fare thee well Spirit in the Center of All

Take my thanks for your attendance into that time out of time

(hand cupped)

Fare thee well Spirits of Water in the West

Take my thanks for you attendance where you flow

(hand upraised in fist)

Fare thee well Spirits of Fire in the South

Take my thanks for your attendance into the flames

(hand upraised, fingers spread)

Fare thee well Spirits of Air in the East

Take my thanks for your attendance when you whip the winds

(hand held flat, parallel with ground)

Fare thee well Spirits of Earth in the North

Take my thanks for you attendance when you move the mountains

Circle Dismantling

(with 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

The Circle is my Universe

The Universe my Circle

(let white mini candle burn out, carry Carnelian until Ritual completed, removing from person only for Ritual)

END