Beltaine Ritual Outline

Pre Ritual

• Clean your entire house and smudge it as well as the area where you will practicing outside. 
• Do any baking that needs to be done. 
• Gather supplies
• Take a ritual bath

Ritual

1. Create Sacred Space
2. Do devotional for, set up, and decorate your altar.
3. Cast a Circle
4. Call up the Quarters.
5. Invoke the Goddess and God.
6. Perform enactments, poems, songs, chants, artistic displays in honor of the Goddess and God. Because it is Beltaine, a time to celebrate the Goddess and God in their union.
7. Raise energy with song, dance, and/ or instruments and do the Maypole ceremony if you are doing one.
8. Do all magickal workings.
9. Meditate by focusing on the union and love surrounding everything today. Think of fertile feilds and crops abounding.
10. Thank the Goddess and God.
11. Release the Quarters.
12. Close the circle
13. Feast
14. Clean up
15. Enjoy the rest of your day outside and with your friends.

On this day, I know this year it is a Wednesday, but try to throw a party or a gathering of friends.

Beltaine Ritual Bath

Today is a celebration of fertility and love . The herbs and fruits that you purify your body with should represent this as well. Here are a few things you can add to your morning bath in celebration of the holiday.

Squeeze fresh strawberries over the bath so some of the juice runs out. (only 2 or three so that you don't end up sticky when you get out and be sure to eat them so as not to be wasteful.)
Add a pinch of all spice
Add a pinch of cinnamon
Petals of a single rose

Beltaine Shopping/ Gathering List

Multicolored Ribbons
Spring colored clothes
Jars (to collect running water or morning dew off of grass)
Wine/ Juice
Decorations for the maypole (fruits, plants, flowers)
Yarn (to weave or crochet. today is a great day for crafting)
Foods: Dairy products esp. vanilla ice cream, fresh fruits, oatmeal cakes

Promoting Peace and Serenity at Work

There are several things you can do to promote peace and serenity where you work, all depending on what kind of job you have. The chant is universal but having some things could be limited. I made the chant very short and simple, easy to remember but still as potent as any long one. It can be recited every day when you walk in or just once a week. That is all up to you. I broke it up into two categories after the chant: Desk Jobs and Footwork Jobs.

Chant:

Let no negative energies fill this place.

With love, light, and peace cleanse this space.

Frustration and hatred dare not enter.

Let serenity dance without the banter.

I ask the Goddess and God to watch from above.

Guide this ship under the symbol of the dove. 

Desk Jobs:

• Have a picture(s) of blue birds or the sea, very calming images. Aesthetics are a lot more powerful than people give them credit for being
• Keep a bowl on your desk with oranges and other citrus fruits for good luck.
• Have a blue dish filled with potpourri in it. I came up with a special blend that would be perfect for creating the right atmosphere. (Obviously all these ingredients would need to be dried ahead of time. I prefer to go out and dry them myself but if these plants are not indigenous where you live, you could always go out and buy them or order them online.):
• Gardenia petals
• Magnolia leaves or petals
• Lilac petals
• Orange peel strips
• Cinnamon sticks(halved)
• Frankincense powdered (crush incense sticks or by the incense meant for charcoal disks)
• Lavender oil

Footwork Jobs:

If you are a waitress or hostess or retail worker or anything like that you probably cant carry around a dish of potpourri with you, however, you can carry around a small one- one and a half inch pouch.

Needed:

Blue felt

Very thin yellow ribbon or yellow yarn

Yellow paint pen or the Squeezy tube paint (that stuff that comes with kids crafts usually)

Lavender (dried or seeds)

Magnolia leaves or petals (chopped up tiny)

Orange peelings

Cinnamon stick (cut piece no bigger than half an inch)

Frankincense powdered (crush incense sticks or by the incense meant for charcoal disks)

Ruler

Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut two squares out of the felt about 2" wide.

2.Take paint pen/ squeezy paint and  on one square draw Dagaz, on the other draw Ehwaz.

3. Sew three of the sides shut, runes facing out.

4. Put about a pinch of everything in

5.  Sew last side up.

5. Say chant holding it whenever desired.

Pentacles Of Pride

Okay, I know this may at first seem a little bit excessive just to tell you about someone else, but I am strongly for this cause. (No they aren't paying me.) They are a group who want to help the world by spreading the love and light of the Goddess and God to all those who wish to seek it. They give out free pentacles to all who ask. You can donate to their cause and help them on their quest, enabling them to give more, to many of who are unable to attain their own, or even request one yourself. They are an incredible group, please help them if you can. Even if you don't, check them out. Pentacles of Pride

Imbolgc Ritual Outline

Pre Ritual

• Clean your entire house and smudge it.
• Get rid of everything old and broken from the last year that is just laying around. 
• Do any baking that needs to be done. 
• Gather supplies
• Take a ritual bath

Ritual

1. Create Sacred Space
2. Do devotional for, set up, and decorate your altar.
3. Cast a Circle
4. Call up the Quarters.
5. Invoke the Goddess and God.
6. Perform enactments, poems, songs, chants, artistic displays in honor of the Goddess and God. Because it is Imbolgc, it is time to go way artsy.
7. Raise energy with song, dance, and/ or instruments.
8. Do all magickal workings.
9. Meditate by focusing on everything you want to accomplish by Ostara.
10. Thank the Goddess and God.
11. Release the Quarters.
12. Close the circle
13. Feast
14. Clean up
15. Enjoy the rest of your day

Try to include your children in this ceremony especially. Let them learn and enjoy themselves while doing it.

Imbolgc Ritual Bath

This is just a few ingredients to make a wonderfully energizing bath for Imbolgc, It is a very simple recipe. I hope you enjoy.

Ingredients
Chamomile*
Lavender*
Fresh blackberries
Rosemary*
Epsom salts/Sea salt

Instructions
Sprinkle desired amount of salt(s) onto the bottom of the tub. Run the water. As it runs, squeeze out the juice of half the blackberries you will be using and throw them all in. Sprinkle lavender, rosemary, and chamomile into the bath and let the bath fill do the desired depth. Soak in it.

*Try to get actual potted plants for these.

Imbolgc Shopping List

Well, I am so incredibly sorry I have not posted anything since October. I've been crazy busy and I started a video blog if you did not know. But today I buckled down and took time to write some stuff up for Imbolgc. Here is a quick basic shopping list to guide you that can double as a suggestion of materials to include in your celebration.

Candles- Imbolgc is often called The Witch's Festival of Lights. Get lots of candles. If you are a jewelry maker or a craft worker you could even try to make a crown of lights (often worn by the High Priestess but if you are a solitary practitioner like me, you can do and wear as you please).
Incense- Incense is a key factor in any ritual but the scents for this holiday are Musk, Cinnamon, Frankincense, and Rosemary.
Foods- Foods always play a major roll in every ceremony. They are needed for both libations and the feast. If you are like me you love to cook. So when preparing for the feast try to include the following: dairy products, spicy foods, curry, peppers, onions, leeks (I love potato leek soup), shallots, garlic, chives, raisins.
Drink- Drinks are almost just as important as the food. If you are of age, then drink spiced wine. If you are not of age like me, drink tea. There are several different types of tea to choose from for this holiday. Here are the best tasting and most easily accessible of them: Peppermint, Vervain, Chamomile (goes with everything), Rosemary, Anise, Lavender, and Blackberry.
Cleaning Products- Imbolgc is a time for cleaning. Out with the old, in with the new.
Decor- The thing to consider when looking for decorations for your house or altar or even special clothing or jewelry to adorn your body with is colors. Spring is coming so deck out in white, lavendar, yellow, and orange. It is not quite time for the bold bright colors but the softer pastels that border warm and cool.

I hope you enjoyed reading thins and if you have any questions, you can DM me on twitter or leave a comment.