Casting the Circle

________________ light the white candle and say:

"Hail, Guardians of the Watchtower of the East;
Ancient Ones of Air! I invoke and call you, Chichiri,
Come and attend our Circle!
As I breathe we are kith and kin,
Send forth your winds and be here now!
Great Eastern Dragons, Sairys,
Your tongue is a sharp sword,
cutting with the knowledge of the arcane.
Your spirit flows as graceful as a bird in flight.
Purify us with truth.
We ask that you join our Circle
To act as witness and guide.
Hail and Welcome"

Sprinkle the candle three times with salt water and say:

"With salt and water I purify the East."

______________ light the red candle and say:

"Hail, Guardians of the Watchtower of the South; Come and attend our Circle!
As I have spirit we are kith and kin,
Send forth your flame and be here now!
Great Southern Dragons, Fafnir,
Your breath is aflame
with the fires of inspiration and passion.
Your spirit is searing and fervent.
Purify us with Love.
We ask that you join our Circle
To act as witness and guide.
Hail and Welcome!"

Sprinkle the candle three times with salt water and say:

"With salt and water I purify the South."

______________ light the blue candle and say:

"Hail, Guardians of the Watchtower of the West; Come and attend our Circle!
As I have blood we are kith and kin,
Send forth your flow and be here now!
Great Western Dragons, Naelyon,
your coils are the
cleansing healing waves that nurture the soul.
Your spirit lunges, leaps and splashes like a dolphin at play.
Purify us with everlasting emotions.
We ask that you join our Circle
To act as witness and guide.
Hail and Welcome!"

Sprinkle the candle three times with salt water and say:

"With salt and water I purify the West."

_________________ light the green candle and say:

"Hail, Guardians of the Watchtower of the North;
Ancient Ones of Stone I invoke and call you, Tamahome,
Come and attend our Circle!
As I have flesh we are kith and kin,
Send forth your strength and be here now!
Great Northern Dragons, Grael,
Your talons run like roots into the earth, giving you infinite strength.
Your spirit is substantial, hard and pure like a clear crystal.
Purify us with persistent wisdom.
We ask that you join our Circle
To act as witness and guide.
Hail and Welcome!"

Sprinkle the candle three times with salt water and say:

"With salt and water I purify the North.

_________________ beginning in the East, trace the Circle around the perimeter of
the room, trace the Circle over your head and under your feet, then say:

"As above, so below."

Salute both earth and sky with your athame, then say:

"The Circle is cast, we are between the worlds,
Beyond the bounds of time,
where life and death,
Joy and sorrow,
night and day,
Meet and make one.
By the power of three -
The power of the elements,
The power of dragons,
The power of Deity,
We create this Circle."

Light the center candle on the altar and say:

"The fire is lit, our ritual has begun.
God and Goddess blessings "

________________ ring the bell three times.

Phaedra's Notes:

In one form or another I've been using same basic model to perform my Circle casting. What you see to above, is the newest incarnation that is still having the 'bugs' worked out of it. In 2001 I became interested in Dragon Magick and it is creeping into a good portion of my practices. =)

I have blended calling the Watchtowers with also asking dragons to stand as a guide and to keep track of what I'm (or we) are doing so that we don't do anything too bad. Not that we do bad things. *facepalm*

For now I'm using the traditional names to call the dragons, but I'm sure that will change. The traditional names just don't 'flow' for me, so the generally means that I will discover the names that will use in my practices once I have become more familiar with them. Or I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.

Oh, one last word - the Circle casting is written for a group but it's easy enough to switch it for solitary use. I just switch all the 'we's' and 'us's' to singular pronouns.