Bless the water, Bless the Salt

Call the Quarters (South) Mikael

“Before me Mikael, Archangel of the South and of Fire, Regent of the Southern Quarter, the direction of the Sacred Fire and the hot southerly wind known as Notus. We do ask that you attend these our sacred rites, bringing to them your powers of purification and protection. All hail and welcome!”

Call the Quarters (East) Raphael

“Before me Raphael, Archangel of the East and of Air, Regent of the Eastern Quarter, the direction of the Rising Sun and the fresh easterly wind of Eurus. We do ask that you attend these our sacred  rites,bringing to them your powers of compassion and healing. All hail and welcome!”

We Cast With Song The Circle Round

“We cast with song the circle round, power be raised and power be bound”

Casting the circle (boundary)

“I conjure this circle of power, may it be a place of love, joy, freedom and safety, a boundary between the realms of the seen and the unseen through which only those we will shall pass.”

Bless the water, Bless the Salt

“I bless and empower this creature of water; may it allow our work to flow and be enhanced in the names of Hekate and Dionysus.” “I bless this creature of salt, may it serve to cleanse, purify and bring goodness to all that it comes into contact with, in the names of Hekate and Dionysus. “