Beltane 2006

Items needed: wand, prosperity oil, a dollar bill for each participant, a green candle

_________ invoke the Goddess with:

“Goddess of fire and passion, Inari, we call and invoke thee to our Circle tonight. Join us as we celebrate your union with the God, bringing fortune and fertility to all the Earth. Hear our dearest wish; from the heavens to our Circle descend! Hail and Welcome!”

_________ invoke the God with:

“God of the waxing Light, Lucifer, we invoke and call thee to our Circle tonight. Join us as we usher in the warmth that will flourish into Summer as You come into Your power. Hear our dearest wish; from the heavens to our Circle descend. Hail and Welcome!"

__________ say:

“We stand midway between the return of the light and its rise to power, Summer flows from the warmth of Spring. The shaft of life is twined in a spiral web and all nature is renewed. Tonight we celebrate the love of the God and Goddess and the sacredness of our own loves. We turn the Wheel and celebrate the joy of the Sacred Marriage that manifests all creation.”

_________ hold wand up and say:

“The fertility of the Earth is dependent on the fruitfulness of the God and Goddess. We celebrate ecstasy; we usher in the full blossoming of Summer. This is the holy day of Sacred Marriage, the holy night of Sacred Union. Inari, the fertile Goddess of Summer walks through the land with the Lucifer, lord of light and stars. Together they spread fecundity through the earth, granting prosperity to all peoples. The dark of Winter is now behind us.”

____________ light the green candle and say:

“With the dark of Samhain half a year gone, we can look forward to putting the losses of the dark half of the year behind us. With lessons learned then we can continue into the season of light and plan for a fruitful harvest. May this small light be our May Fire and let it bring peace and happiness into our lives.”

Each person shouldanoint their dollar bill with the prosperity oil on all four corners
and draw a pentagram in the center of the bill.

Chant together to raise energy:

“Masked Goddess of foxes and fortune,
Inari, you bring wealth with your smile,
Honor to you, Goddess of Prosperity.”

Everyone clap once, bow, and then clap again.

Release the energy you have built up. Then __________ say:

“Smiling Goddess of fire,
Good fortune shower upon your children
Lift high the veil of depressing nights
And bless us, laughing Goddess, wild.
Treasures deep within the Earth,
Precious stones and metals fine,
Are not what we seek,
Simple luxury, prosperity,
The ability to live in comfort and in health,
Bring to these to us to ease our minds and bodies,
Goddess great,
Brighten our future,
Ease our fate.”

Keep the dollar bill that you anointed in a safe spot in your wallet or purse, it will work to draw more money to you.

____________ say:

“Bless, O Great Ones true and beautiful,
Ourselves, our kin, and our friends
Our work and our wealth.
May the Waters of Life sustain us,
May the Fires of Passion enliven us
From day to day through every turning moon
From season to season
Through all the Sacred Year.
May our ancestors strengthen us
May the Fae-folk open our ways
May Inari and Lucifer grant us wisdom.
Let the seeds of Spring shoot and bud
And let our lives blossom with the May.
By our magick and by the blessings of the Old Ways
Let all our blossoms come to fruit.
So mote it be!”

___________ hold up the athame and say:

“See in this blade the essence of the God, the creative spark of light and life.”

___________ hold up the chalice and say:

“See in this chalice the womb of the Goddess, the fertile darkness from which all life springs.”

Lower the athame into the chalice and say together:

“Behold! Existence is made manifest
Two made one,
Male and female,
Light and dark,
Matter and spirit
As above
So below
As within
So without
Infinite balance is created in the union of all things.”

Everyone say:

“Blessed be!”

The chalice was blessed during the Great Rite, ________ say:

“As we drink from this cup, Goddess,
fill us with the nectar of Your love.”

_________ bless the cakes with:

“Growing God, Lord of Summer, I offer these cakes in Your honor,
As we eat them, fill us with the power of Your spirit.”

Eat simple feast and close Circle.

Eidolon Moon's Notes:

You may notice that I used a different invocation for this ritual, I was trying out a theory of working with just my patrons. It actually worked really well, but I never got any further than this with it. It felt strange abandoning my normal invocation but it also felt kind of nice to just pull my Patrons in around me and have them know that they were the only ones invited to this party.

I added a small money spell into this, I figured that since Beltane was about fertility and all I should tap into it. When I performed this we were in fairly dire financial straits, I was at the end of my rope with creative financing and we desperatly needed an influx of money. We could barely afford our rent, even with both of us working full times. My husband recieved an art job that earned us a large chunk of money, then he got promoted, and then we got back our apartment deposit. This all happened over a nine month period, so the spell had a nice long lasting effect.

I added an almost unnoticeable nod to the Heika, the part about Samhain and the dark half of the year.

I honestly don't know if I was aware that I was near the end of my time doing completely Wiccan style rituals, but I was very happy with the simplicity and energy that this Sabbat raised. I felt like I had to 'get back on the horse' as it was because this was the first ritual I did after Daryoon-heika died. You have to understand, he may have been just a cat, but he was terribly important to me. I really kind of adopted him as a child, not just a pet. I had to seriously force myself to perform any kind of ceremony because he passed away just after my Samhain sabbat. This was my way of trying to get over that block. It helped, but I don't think it really eased my fears.