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Drawing Down The
Moon
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In this ritual the Goddess becomes incarnate in the High Priestess. The High Priestess stands in front of the altar with her back to it. She holds the wand in her right hand and the scrounge in her left hand. She crosses her wrists and crosses the wand and the scrounge above them while holding them close to her breast. The High Priest stands in front of her and says:
The high Priest kneels before the High Priestess and gives her the
Five Fold Kiss; that is he kissed her on both feet, bow knees, womb,
both breasts and the lips, starting with the right of each pair. He
says as he does this: For the kiss on the lips, they embrace, length to length, with their feet touching each others. When he reaches the womb, she spreads her arms wide and the same after the kiss on the lips. The High Priest kneels again and invokes: "I invoke thee and call upon thee, Mighty Mother of us all, During this invocation he touches her with his right forefinger on her right breast, left breast and womb, repeats the set and finally the right breast. Still kneeling, he spreads his arms out and down with the palms forward and says: "Hail Aradia! From the Amalthean Horn The High Priest stands up and steps backwards. The High Priestess draws the Invoking Pentagram of Earth in the air with the wand and says: "Of the Mother darksome and divine The High Priestess should be in a trance now. This is a good time to do the Charge or the Witches' Creed. When the Charge or Creed is finished, the Goddess must be dismissed. It is bad magickal practice not to do so. The High Priest faces the Priestess and says: "We thank you Our Lady for attending out rites. We bid you farewell till next we call you. Blessed Be." |
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