Negativity and Misfortune Banishment Ritual

This is in a group ritual format, however, it can be changed to suit a solitary ritual. This ritual is to be performed on the waning moon or the new moon.

Charge and cleanse tools.

Cast your Circle.

Have all four elements present. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Allow the members to enter with the correct password and anoint them with oil on their forehead.

To enter the Circle they must say: “With Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.”

Cleanse everyone with sage.

Call the Quarters:

Stand to the East:

“I call upon the Guardian of the East, who dwells in the Realm of Earth. I beckon to you to come forth from your entombed realm and harmonize our souls to the rhythm of the Earth. Bring to us strength, endurance, and power as we perform our rites. Hail and Welcome. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Stand to the South:

“I call upon the Guardian of the South, who dwells within the candle flames and basks in the light of the sun. I beckon to you to come forth from your fiery realm and teach our souls the power that you hold. Bring to us confidence, will, and empowerment as we perform our rites. Hail and Welcome. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Stand to the West:

“I call upon the Guardian of the West, who dwells within the waters of the rivers and the waves of the ocean.  I beckon to you to come forth from your watery realm and wash upon our souls the sensuality you possess. Bring to us Healing, Renewal, and Purity as we perform our rites. Hail and Welcome. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Stand to the North:

“I call upon the Guardian of the North, who dwells within the Northern Winds. I beckon to you to come forth from your airy realm and rush through our souls the knowledge that you possess. Bring to us Wisdom, Understanding, and Freedom as we perform our rites. Hail and Welcome. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Call upon the Goddess:

“We call upon the Goddess in her aspect of the Crone, the mother of the waning moon, the means to an end of all things, the path to regeneration and rebirth. We call upon thee to come forth within this sacred Circle and aid us in our ritual. Help us to end our miseries, our negativity, and our misfortunes. And with this end, help us rise to embrace the gifts of wisdom, cleansing, and purification which you have gracefully bestowed upon us.”

“We honor you, and your many gifts. So mote it be”

All: “So mote it be!”

Call upon the God:

“We call the God, to assist us and his Lady during this time of the waning moon. Bring us understanding and clarification of our goals upon this night. Be our light that lights the dark. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Call upon the Old Ones:

“We call upon the Old Ones, the ancients, our teachers, our guides, to aid us in our endeavors to rid ourselves of negativity and misfortune. We call upon you to join us as we perform our rites. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be!”

Ridding Oneself and Building Oneself:

For this ritual, we will be energizing people. One person will stand in the middle of the Circle at a given time and have a lit white candle, while the members stand around them. The members standing around the one member will hold hands and spin in a deosil direction. As the members do this, the member in the center will ask the God and Goddess what they desire an end to (ie an end to money troubles, negativity, an end to misfortune) and then state what they would like new beginning to (ie a fresh start at a new job, a new positive outlook). Once the member finishes their requests they will end by saying: “So mote it be.”

All shall say: “So mote it be, so mote it be, so mote it be.”

The members will keep circling until every member has said at least three positive things about the member in the Circle (ie you are strong willed individual)*. This will be done as the member in the center meditates upon her requests of the God and Goddess. Once every member, has said their three positive things, all the members who are circling shall say: “So mote it be.”

The member in the center shall say: “So mote it be.”

They will then extinguish their candle.

Briefly, switch places with another member and begin the process again.

*Note: When saying positive things about a member, make sure it addresses to that member. Use the member’s NAME.

Cauldron of Rebirth:

Each member will sit upon the ground and will be passed a piece of paper and a pen. They will write down what has been bothering them for the past month. The leader shall say:

“Dear Crone, we write upon this paper our worries and our sorrows. We ask thee to heal us, to guide us, and bestow upon us your wisdom in overcoming our troubles. Help us achieve our goals, aide us in improving our misfortunes, and banish all negativity from us and our surroundings. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be.”

Each member may choose to either read aloud what they wrote before casting it into the cauldron or they may simply place their paper into the cauldron one by one, each saying “As I do will, so mote it be.”

Once all is cast into the cauldron:

“We cast our troubles into the cauldron of rebirth. What is put forth shall be born into something good, that which is desirable to us. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be.”

Light the contents of the cauldron and meditate while holding hands in the circle around the cauldron (still seated).

Say:

“As the fire transforms us, we begin anew. For what we have asked, we shall receive. So mote it be.”

All: “So mote it be.”

Cakes and wine:

Hold the cakes and say:

“Dear God and Goddess, bless these cakes that we take into our bodies. May we never hunger.”

Hold the Wine:

“Dear God and Goddess, bless this wine that we take into our bodies. May we never thirst.”

Thank the God, Goddess, and Old Ones for their services. Thank the Quarters, and open the Circle.

End Ritual