casting your circle ritua

When practicing magick we deliberately shifting patterns of probabilities in our favour so that the things we want to happen are more likely to come about, therefore citing Aleister Crowley’s definition of magick ‘causing change to occur in conformity with Will’
We do this by focusing our energies in the same direction; by using appropriate colours, incense, words, meditations, spells, charms, Planetary powers and Elements aids to maximise the influences on our side.

BANISHING/CLEANSING
*smudging and/or
* Asperging (with salt water)

GROUNDING
*guided meditation (tree of life)
* physical movement

CASTING THE CIRCLE
(Deosil/clockwise for –doing-, Widdershins/counterclockwise for –undoing.
*walk circumference with a tool (wand/blade) or
*Caster stands in centre and rotates with tool
*All dance circumference
*chant/sing while holding hands
*Visualisation/meditation while holding hands

CALLING THE QUARTERS
*East (Air)
*South (Fire)
*West (Water)
*North (Earth)
Optional
*The Great Above (Spirit)
*The Great Below (Abyss)
The Centre (Spirits & Faerie)

INVOKING DEITIES & SPIRITS
*The Goddess
*The God
Optional
*Ancestors
*Guardian Spirits or Angels
*The Fae
*Animal Totems
*Higher self

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
*Clarifying the intention of the ritual
*Elements of the ritual are symbolised and/or represented
*Dynamics between chosen elements are dramatised, healed, transformed or energised

POWER RAISING & RELEASING
*Chanting
*Dancing
*Grounding

COMMUNION
*Charging/Blessing and Sharing
*Food (cakes, bread, fruit etc)
*Drink (water, juice, wine etc)

HIATUS
*Meditation or
*sharing, discussion, announcements, Business
*Silence

THANKS AND DISMISSAL OF SPIRITS
*Dieties/Spirits (in reverse order of invocation)

THANKS AND DISMISSAL OF ELEMENTS
*Direction/Elements (in reverse order of invocation)

OPENING THE CIRCLE (in reverse direction of invocation)
*Usually done in same manner as it was cast
i.e by song, dance, blade, wand etc

guess this covers circles and ritual purpose of the circle, so that's one lesson we don't have to teach, thanks val ^_^ lol