taken from " Magical Rites from the Crystal Well" by Ed Fitch
Ground and Center
Cast and Raise Circle
To the East, in these or similar words:
O Winds of Storm, I do call thee forth,
Cast thy blessing, I do ask,
Upon the magick which shall be worked here!
(Invoking Pentagram)
To the South, in these or similar words:
O fire of lightening, I do call thee forth,
Bringer of Storms and power of Magick,
Aid, I do ask, this powerful spell
Which shall be worked here!
(Invoking Pentagram)
To the West, in these or similar words:
O torrents of rain, I do call thee forth.
Join me, I do ask , in performing this
Most powerful of magicks!
(Invoking Pentagram)
To the North, in these or similar words:
O earth most heavy and damp,I do call thee forth,
That I may feel the earth itself move
I the roar of the storm which doth come
And thou shall aid in this most powerful rite!
(Invoking Pentagram)
Invoking the god-force, spreading wide your arms and calling into the wind:
Strong and powerful Lord of the wilds,
Thou who does wield the thunder,
be with me, I do ask!
And may it be with your steady hand
That I do work here these great magicks!
In like manner, invoke the Goddess-Force:
Great and magickal Lady of the Night and of the Storm
Thou who does ride through the thunder and the tempest
Leading the spirits and the Elder ones,
Beauteous and awesome one, Aide me I do ask
in the performance of power, of magick, of joy and of strength!
(Magick workings)
To the East:
I give thee thanks , O winds of storm
O gales of power
That have aided me in this magick!
Go well and blessings be with you!
(Banishing Pentagram)
To the South:
I give thee thanks, O lightenings of storm
Brilliant and searing
that have aided me in this magick!
Go forth and blessings be with you!
(Banishing Pentagram)
To the West:
I give thee thanks , O torrents of rain
Deluging and cleansing
That have aided me in this magick!
Wash free, wild and pure,
And blessings be with you!
(Banishing Pentagram)
To the North:
I give thee thanks O earth which moves
And slides with the storm
That has aided me in this magick!
Rest Solid and blessings be with you!
(Banishing Pentagram)
Invoke to thank the God, calling into the wind with arms spread wide:
O great and mighty one,
thou who hast helped me to use the lightening
And torrents of the storm
I thank you for aiding me.
For being with me and one with myself
In this magick! Blessed Be!
As Above , to the Goddess:
O wild and powerful Rider of the Storm,
Thou who dost reveal the deepest of magicks.
I thank you for your presence here
In aiding me and in being one with myself
In this magick!
My love and my thanks be with Thee
O gracious one! Blessed Be!
Then, with arms outspread, call out to the storm itself:
I thank thee O Storm of power
And I salute the life within thee!
In the names of wide-ruling gods
I do give thee thanks, and release!
Blessed Be!
Blessed Be!
Blessed Be!
Lower and open circle
The Circle is open but never broken, So Mote it be!
