Imbolc/Candlemas Ritual 
Submitted by: Carrie Chavanne 

What you will need: 

Your tools 
Twelve white candles 
Lavender incense 

Setup: Set up your altar. Place the twelve white candles around your altar. Perform a meditation and cast your circle. 

Hold your athame high and say: "On this Great Night, I call upon the Gods of Old."

Point your athame towards the earth and say: "On this Great Night, I call upon the Goddess of Old."

Place your athame back on the altar. Light one of the white candles while saying: 

"This is to symbolize the year to come." 

Light five more white candles saying the same. 

Light the incense while saying: "Great Night, I celebrate you." 

Light the remaining six white candles while saying: "Blessed Be to the God and Goddess.  Blessed Be to the Spirits and Powers." 

Take a sip from the chalice and say: "I drink in your honor." 

Stand in the form of the pentagram while saying: 'May the coming year bring joy and happiness to you and me." 

At this point, state your feelings, how you feel, your needs, any thing you want to tell the Gods. Now you may end this ritual, or continue with a spell. 

Always remember to say:"So Mote it Be." 

Close the circle.

~This ritual was given to me for my BOS from my mother.~

IMBOLC

Submitted by: Carrie Chavanne

Also Known as: Candlemas, Feast of Lights, Feast of Torches, Brigid’s Day, Snowdrop Festival, Feast of Waxing Light. 

Commencement of spring, the festival of purification and new growth, celebration of the God's childhood, reunion of the God with the Goddess.

Foods: dairy products, curries, onions, chives, seeds, herbal tea, mutton or lamb, poppyseed cakes, muffins, scones, and breads, onions, garlic, raisins, spiced wines.

Herbs: angelica, basil, bay laurel, blackberry, celandine, coltsfoot, heather, iris, myrrh, tansy, violets, and all white or yellow flowers "All first flowers of the New Year" snowdrop, rowan,

Stones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, onyx, turquoise

Colors: yellow, white, green, pink, & red.

A time for: Purifying (whether it be yourself, your tools, etc.), candle lighting, watching for signs of spring, & spring cleaning.

Activities:

Yule Greens are burned to send Winter away

Create a Solar Cross with vine, or a Brigid's Cross with Wheat stalks

Make Dream Pillows

Candle lightings in all rooms of the house

Plan a trip outdoors and search for signs of Spring

Make a Bride's Bed

On the dawn of Imbolc look toward the sky: If the day is clear, Winter will stay a bit longer. If the day is cloudy, Spring will come early.

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