Forming the Circle.
[1] Must have a man and a woman, properly prepared, naked.
[2] Mark a circle nine feet across on the floor with chalk, etc.
The best way is to get a string. Tie 2 loops four foot, six inches
apart. Put one loop over a nail or something in the center. Put
chalk in the other and run it round. If you can't make marks on the
floor, put furniture, etc., round to form it. Have a table, etc.,
as an Altar, with all tools, etc., on it. Have a bowl of water, and
some salt.
[3] Place Athame on the bowl of water. Say, "I exorcise thee, O
creature of Water, that thou cast out from Thee all the impurities
and uncleannesses of the Spirits of the World of Phantasm in the
name of Aradia and Cernunnos. But ever mind that Water purifies the
body, but the scourge purifies the soul."
[4] Then place Athame on the salt. Say, "Blessings be upon this
creature of Salt. Let all malignity and hindrance be cast forth
hencefrom, and let all good enter herein. Wherefore I bless thee
that thou mayest aid me, in the name of Aradia and Cernunnos.
[5] Then trace Circle on the lines you have marked out, starting at
the East and returning to the East. (Always go round the circle
with your Right hand to the Altar. Never go Widdershins.) Then put
the Salt into the water. and go round the circle again, sprinkling
it to purify it. Then go round again censing it. (Everyone in the
circle must be sprinkled and censed.)
[6] Then go to the East, Sword or Athame in hand. Draw an invoking
pentacle in the Air, starting at the top and going to the lefthand
corner, saying, "I summon, and call thee up, O Ye Mighty ones of
the East, to guard the Circle and witness our rites." Then holding
the point of sword or Athame upwards, do the same to the south,
west, and north, and return to the center, to the south of the
Altar.
[7] Then each girl should bind her man, hands behind back and cable
Tow to neck. He should kneel at altar, and be scourged. When all
men are thus "purified," they purify the girls in turn. No one may
be in the circle without being thus purified.
[8] Then do whatever work wanted.
[9] When closing the Circle, the High Priestess, or whoever she
tells to do it, saying, "Hail, ye mighty ones of the East. I thank
you for attending, and ere ye depart for your lovely realms, We
say, Hail and Farewell."
