Prepare yourself by drawing a bath. Add one tablespoon of salt and a few drops of a scented oil such as sandalwood. As you bathe prepare yourself for the coming dedication. Open your consciousness to higher levels of awareness. Breathe deeply. Cleanse your mind as well as your body.
Dry off. Go to a place where you are comfortable and will not be disturbed. All you need is a vial of oil strong in scent (sandalwood is good).
Sit and get comfortable. Relax. Place the oil beside you. Breathe deeply. Feel the energies around you. Call the Goddess and God:
Dedication Invocation:
O Mother Goddess
O Father God
Answers to all mysteries and yet mysteries unanswered;
In this place of power I open myself
to Your Essence.
In this place and in this time I am changed;
From henceforth I walk the Wiccan path.
I dedicate myself to you, Mother Goddess and Father God.
(rest for a few moments, silent still. Then continue:)
I breathe your energies into my body, commingling,
blending,
mixing them with mine,
that I may see the divine in nature,
nature in the divine,
and divinity within myself and all else.
O Great Goddess,
O Great God,
Make me one with your essence
Make me one with your essence
Make me one with your essence.Wet a finger with the oil. Draw a symbol of the Goddess and one of a God somewhere on your body. As you anoint your skin, visualize these symbols sinking into your flesh, glowing as they enter your body and then breaking up into millions of tiny points of light.
Thank the Goddess and the God for their attention. Sit calmly and meditate before getting up. Then celebrate a some special way.
Thunder Water
Thunder Water is water collected during a thunder storm, not just rain water but water that has been created by thunder and lightning. The water should be collected in a wooden bowl, glass might break and anyone foolish enough to stand outside in a thunder storm holding a metal bowl deserves what they get. I recommend collecting it on a moonless night if possible (the dark phase of the moon). After you have collected it store the water in a dark glass or ceramic stoppered bottle.
On a clear day, pour the water into the bowl and let it sit in the sun from sunrise to sunset. Then on a clear night let it sit in the light of the full moon from moon rise to moon set. Finally, on a dark night let it sit in the light of a bonfire (for city dwellers a ring of candles will do).
Store in a stoppered bottle and use for special occasions.>
Last Updated on September 6, 1999
