(Four members of the coven who have been chosen beforehand now approach the
Priestess. Each holds one of the following: an incense burner, a candle, a
vessel of water, and a vessel of salt. Each in turn approaches the Priestess,
recites their piece, receives her blessing, and then processes deosil around the
perimeter of the circle while stopping to bow at each of the quarters.)
(Celebrant with the incense burner symbolizing the element of air):
"I am everywhere. I fill the fleshy pouches of your lungs, I stir all things
from the smallest blade of grass to the tallest tree. I cool you with my breezes
and destroy you with my storms. Without me you would die. Am I not holy and
worthy of praise? "
(Celebrant with the candle symbolizing the element of fire):
"I live in the guarded embers of campfires and the pilot lights of stoves, I
spring from the lightning and the hands of men, I warm you and I destroy you.
Without me you would die. Am I not holy and worthy of praise? "
(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)
(Celebrant with the salt vessel symbolizing the element of earth):
"I am your Mother. From me come the fruit and grain and animals which feed you.
I am your support, and my pull on your bodies keeps you held firmly to me.
Without me you would die. Am I not holy and worthy of praise? "
Subject: Blessing, Consecration & Procession Of The Elements 
Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:07 am
