CASTING THE CIRCLE
AN AIR RITUAL

Now for the truth..  As much as I like reading them and this one particularly attracted me, my circle castings are short, sweet and to the point.  They aren't quite "Hey you over there in air --want to come visit for a while" but they probably aren't much better.  My first book was Starhawk's Sprial Dance and I shortened from there.  While my words may be short what I do consistently is visualize the nature of the element I'm calling.  The nature of air, the nature of earth.  I'm not calling the elementals - the Gnomes or the Sylphs.  I would only do that if I wanted their help with something specifically.  What I want is the elemental energy so that I can channel it into my spell.

What I particularly liked about this ritual is that is calls the elements as they exist within air.  Air and earth gives you dust faries, tornados, and dust bunnies.  Fire in air gives you smoke, water in air gives you a fine mist or dripping humidity (especially if you invoke fire).  And air of air gives you wind.  It's important to sit down and think about what you're trying to accomplish when you ask for something in a circle.  Another take on the same thing is the ritual that I wrote for my naming ceremony

Air of Earth, I conjure you!
Breath of life in the trees and plants and animals.
Air that stirs the grains, the seeds, and makes the birch leaves tremble.
I conjure you, I call you...
Come into my presence, come into my heart.
May this circle be as a bond of friendship between us.
Now and forevermore

Air of the wind, I conjure you!
wind that blows the clouds about the skies.
And holds the birds up in flight,
I call you, I conjure you...
Come into my presence, come into my heart.
May this circle be as a bond of friendship between us.
Now and forevermore.

Air of the fire, I conjure you!
You who feeds the falmes upon the altar
And makes the fire blaze,
I conjure you, I call you...
Come into my presence, come into my heart.
May this circle be as a bond of friendship between us.
Now and forevermore.

Air of the deepening mist, I conjure you!
Air that draws the crests upon the ocean,
who moves the tides and sets the river on its course.
I call you, I conjure you...
Come into my presence, come into my heart.
May this circle be as a bond of friendship between us.
Now and forevermore.

(This isn't mine -- I borrowed it from somewhere and as soon as I remember I'll add the appropriate copyright information)

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