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Occurs when the sun is directly above Earths equator
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoEither of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when the length of day and night are approximately equal; the vernal equinox or the autumnal equinox
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What is the traditional wiccan ceremony?
Start by deciding what the purpose of your ceremony is.Research the ritual, the time (moon house & phase, pantheon & gods, and the other needful things (tools, colours, candles, incense, etc) to perform it.Write your ritual (even if you are using one borrowed from a book, write it out in your own hand writing in your own Book of Shadows); gather your needful things; invite those you wish to participate/observe (if you want to); cleans yourself; and at the appropriate time take all of your needful things and go to your sacred space.Start by cleansing the area (sweep with a besom, asperge or smudge as you prefer).t up your altar according to your tradition, and open your Book of Shadows.Take a deep breath, ground and centre yourself. Lift your Athame (or wand) and starting in the North (East in some traditions) create your sacred circle according to your written ritual. Return the Athame to the Altar.Stand facing (or move to) the North (some traditions start in the East) and call the element/corner/quarter (light the candle for that element if you are using one). Turn clockwise to the East and call the element/corner/quarter, light candle; turn clockwise, and repeat for the South and then again for the West. In our tradition we also call the Centre, however this is not necessarily common with all Wiccan groups.At you Altar, once again gather yourself, and invite (do not command) the deities to your ritual, light candles for each if you are using them. Be sure to use the specific names of the gods you have chosen.Now you will undertake the "working" of your ritual. Perform whatever spells, meditations, magics as you have planed. Do not deviate from your written plan, raise the cone of power in whatever manner is appropriate (chanting, dancing, etc) and release it to do your will.Next comes the small feast, bless the wine and the cakes, and share them with the others (if there are any). Be sure to leave a bit of each for the gods.Once the small feast is finished, it is time to close. Start with your deities, acknowledge their presence and your appreciation for it ("Thank you" is something you say to a peer or sub-ordinate, NOT to a deity). Leave the candle of the deities to burn out on their own (if you can). Next, thank and dismiss the element in reverse order (counter-clockwise) to how you called them (the elementals are subordinates so you command them), put out the elemental candles. Release the circle in whatever manner you have chosen. Then ground the extra energies by clapping your hands three times. Clean up, don't forget to leave some of the cakes from the small feast and pour the remaining wine out on the ground for the gods (if you are inside, take these things outside): and act in accordance with your "working".Keep you Book of Shadows close so you can write in observations from the ritual itself, and make notes for changes you might make next time. Also you should note the results of your "working", how and when they came about.
