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Special Tools:
You will need a cauldron filled with water in front of your altar. A heather branch should be beside Altar.
Invoke:
Great One of Heaven, Power of the Sun,
I invoke thee in Thy ancient names;
Michel, Balin, Arthur, Lugh,
Come again as old into this, Thy land.
Lift up Thy shining spear of light to protect me.
Put to flight the powers of darkness.
Give us fair woodlands and green fields,
Blossoming orchards and ripening corn.
Bring me to stand upon Thy hill of vision,
And show me the path to the lovely realms of the Gods.
Make invoking pentagram above your altar with the wand.
Raise both hands high, then plunge the wand into the cauldron. Hold the wand up and say:
The spear to the cauldron,
The lance to the grail,
Spirit to flesh,
Man to woman
Sun to Earth.
Place the wand on your altar and pick up the heather branch.
Sprinkle yourself with water from the cauldron, using the branch, saying;
Thus do I dance before the Cauldron of Cerridwen, the Goddess,
Being blessed with the touch of this consecrated water;
Even as the Sun, the Lord of Life, is arisen in His strength
in the sign of the Waters of life!
Then say:
Let the midsummer fires shine forth!
Place the altar candles in the center of the circle, about four feet apart, along the east-west line. Then pass between the
two candles. Replace the candles on the altar.
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