Index

Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com

WEST (invoking)

Facing West:

Guardians of the watchtower of the west, we do summon, stir, and call thee up to protect us in our rite. Come forth from the rainbow hued morning dew that covers the fields, and is soon to be frost.

Asperge us with your diadems and water our deepest roots that we may find peace of mind. So mote it be!

Responsorial: So mote it be!

WATER (invocation)

(Celebrant with the water vessel symbolizing the element of water):

"I rise from the moist crevices of the Earth, I beat on the shores of

Her body, I fall from the skies in silver sheets. Without me you would die. Am I not holy and worthy of praise? " (Celebrant asperges the circle with water)

WEST (banishing)

Facing West:

"Guardians of the watchtower of the west, return now to the

Autumn rains which cool the Earth's fevered brow baked in the heat of

Summer afternoons. Take with you our blessings and thanks. Hail and farewell!

Responsorial: Hail and farewell!

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