How to Perform Ritual
I have a certain amount of anxiety over ritual at this point as I have not become comfortable with it yet. So as a help to myself, I am going to review the basic steps of ritual here. According to Silver Raven Wolf, the basic Ritual outline is as follows:
A. Ritual Preparation
1. Define Purpose; 2. Write Ritual; 3: Gather Necessary Tools; 4. Prepare Area: 5. Prepare Body.
B. Open Circle
1. Find compass North: 2. Set up a door between worlds 3: Call the watchtowers or elemental quarters.
C. Invocation to the Dieties
1. Align self with Diety ; 2: Involk Dieties
D. Statement of Purpose
E. Actual Working or Act of Honor
1. Working
a. complete preliminary manual or visual tasks; b. raise power/energy; c. focus power/energy; d. Ground Power Energy
2. Honoring
a. complete preliminary manual or visual tasks; b. dedicate cakes and wine; c. partake of cakes and wine.
F. Meditation
G. Thanking the dieties
H. Closing the Circle
1. Mentally and verbally close the circle; 2. physically close the circle; 3. clean up
a. Disposal; b. washing of plates and glasses; c. Putting away of tools impliments.
I’d like to discuss each part of the ritual. I would be interested to hear how others perform their rituals.