Post by robincragin on Jan 6, 2016 19:08:50 GMT -5
What You’ll Need:
* The five candles you inscribed in the last exercise
* A sack of birdseed
* A small piece of wool (perhaps from a spool of wool yarn or old shirt)
* Flax seed (optional)
* A small amount of the mixture of milk and water
* An iron pot, a large cooking pot, or a cauldron large enough to
accommodate all five upright candles
* The ash you collected from burning your Yule log
To begin, fill your iron pot, cooking pot, or cauldron with birdseed. Fill the pot just enough so that your candles will stand upright when you wedge them in. Try this out before you begin the rite. Once the pot is filled with birdseed, sprinkle in sone of the ash from your Yule log. Be sure to retain some of this ash for another ritual. Add in a small amount of milk and water. Now add in your piece of wool (and if you have it, flax seed), saying this old English incantation:
Iron, water, wool and blood
Ash, milk, and flax-thread,
Here, the countless masks made bare,
And seed is but bird’s bread!
Place all five candles in your right hand and use them to stir the pot of seed and ash, using the candles. Stir the pot three times clockwise.
Then light the yellow candle, saying:
In thought I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the easternmost edge of the pot. Light the red candle, saying:
In action I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the southernmost edge of the pot. Light the blue candle, saying:
In feeling I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the westernmost edge of the pot. Light the green candle, saying:
In silence I change with the birth of light!
Place the white candle in the center of the pot. Stay with the candles and allow them to burn almost completely out. Be sure to exercise caution during this operation. Blow out the candles if the threaten to ignite the birdseed. After blowing out the candles, wait a few moments for the melted candle wax to solidify and then take it out of the pot. Scatter the seeds in an open area so that the birds can eat them and thus carry your spell to the four quarters of the globe.
* The five candles you inscribed in the last exercise
* A sack of birdseed
* A small piece of wool (perhaps from a spool of wool yarn or old shirt)
* Flax seed (optional)
* A small amount of the mixture of milk and water
* An iron pot, a large cooking pot, or a cauldron large enough to
accommodate all five upright candles
* The ash you collected from burning your Yule log
To begin, fill your iron pot, cooking pot, or cauldron with birdseed. Fill the pot just enough so that your candles will stand upright when you wedge them in. Try this out before you begin the rite. Once the pot is filled with birdseed, sprinkle in sone of the ash from your Yule log. Be sure to retain some of this ash for another ritual. Add in a small amount of milk and water. Now add in your piece of wool (and if you have it, flax seed), saying this old English incantation:
Iron, water, wool and blood
Ash, milk, and flax-thread,
Here, the countless masks made bare,
And seed is but bird’s bread!
Place all five candles in your right hand and use them to stir the pot of seed and ash, using the candles. Stir the pot three times clockwise.
Then light the yellow candle, saying:
In thought I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the easternmost edge of the pot. Light the red candle, saying:
In action I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the southernmost edge of the pot. Light the blue candle, saying:
In feeling I change with the birth of light.
Place it in the birdseed along the westernmost edge of the pot. Light the green candle, saying:
In silence I change with the birth of light!
Place the white candle in the center of the pot. Stay with the candles and allow them to burn almost completely out. Be sure to exercise caution during this operation. Blow out the candles if the threaten to ignite the birdseed. After blowing out the candles, wait a few moments for the melted candle wax to solidify and then take it out of the pot. Scatter the seeds in an open area so that the birds can eat them and thus carry your spell to the four quarters of the globe.