Children Sabbat 2001 CO1

 Children, Ostara 

Tampa CUUPS 3/24/01

 

Smudge

(With Bubbles)

Welcome and Bright Blessings

 

Anointing

(With Stickers)

Those who walk in Love and Truth, Shall grow in Honor and Strength, Blessed Be.

 

Statement of Intent

(Begin with everyone standing in the main circle with the other participants.  As each person speaks those in that quarter step forward into the circle.)

HPS:     Long have we been Adults. We have spent a lifetime becoming Adults.

                We grow boundaries, of responsibility, and need.

                We assume the aura of power, ordained by our Parents

                And their Parents before them. Long have we felt lost.

                Long have we felt need.

                Long have we dreamed

 

All:        Tonight we relinquish the mantle, tonight we are one, Tonight we are free.

 

HP:     Too soon, we leave the child behind us. Long have we felt the child within us.

            The child we were, the child we wanted to be. The scared and happy being.

            The adventure. The openness. The wonder.

 

All:    Tonight we relinquish the mantle, Tonight we are one, Tonight we are free.

 

 

Maiden:    For too long we have carried our burdens.

                      Too long we have lived alone, the child within, Suppressed and silenced.

                   For too long we have carried the weight of the world, Upon our shoulders.

                    Too long we have been what others expected us to be. Now we awaken!

 

All:    For tonight we relinquish the mantle, Tonight we are one, Tonight we are free.

 

Warrior:    In this circle we are safe. In this circle we are children.

                        In this circle we are free.

 

Casting the Circle

(Each person steps forward separately and takes their item from the altar...moving to stand in the center of the Circle before casting their part of the Circle.  They each stand facing out.)

Maiden:    Using Pin Wheel

I cast this circle in the name of the Maiden. Holy Maiden Huntress, Artemis, Artemis, Maiden, come to us.

 

Mother:    Using Sand Shovel

I cast this circle in the name of the Mother. Silver shining wheel of Radiance, Radiance. Mother, come to us.

 

Crone:    Using Pixie Stix

I cast this circle in the name of the Crone. Ancient Queen of wisdom, Hecate, Cerrwiden Old One, come to us

 

Maiden, Mother & Crone  

(All standing back to back, holding hands skyward saying)

We are a Circle within a Circle, With no beginning, and no ending.

We are the fire that keeps returning, The eternal flame, forever burning.

 

Warrior:    The Circle has been cast 3 times. In the name of the Maiden, Mother and Crone. So Mote it be

 

CALLING THE QUARTERS

(North, Earth)   We call upon the elements of the North, Creatures of Earth, Keepers of the Bodies of Life;   We call upon you, Open our Selves, Inspire our Lives - Be with us now!

 

(East, Air)   We call upon the elements of the East, creatures of Air, keepers of all Knowledge;   We call upon you,  Open our Minds, Lift our Thoughts - Be with us now!

 

(South, Fire)   We call upon the elements of the South, creatures of fire, keepers of the Flames of Life;   We call upon you, Open our Eyes, Focus our Energies - Be with us now!

 

(West, Water)   We call upon the elements of the West, creatures of Water, keepers of the Spirits of Life;   We call upon you,  Open our Hearts, Enrich our Feelings - Be with us now!

 

GROUNDING THE PARTICIPANTS

(game of Simon Says)

 

INVOKING THE GOD\GODDESS

(Facing the moon, holding Athame over head, in the East by the altar)

Welcome and Hail to Our Golden Lord and Silver Lady.

By You, this universe is born, By You, this universe is created,

By You, this universe is protected. You are eternal.

You are the energies of Nature. Join us this festive night

Teach us how to take the time to play once more. So mote it be.

MEDITATION: INNER CHILD

Walking slowly around the circle

 Make yourself comfortable, close your eyes or look at the moon.  Begin by taking three deep breaths ... slowly inhale and then slowly exhale, inhale and exhale, inhale and exhale.  Let your mind become blank.  Envision the Golden light of Healing, floating above your head, about the size of a baseball.  Slowly, pull the golden light down.  (Pause)

Each time you inhale, draw the light down deeper into your body.  Feel its warm glow fill your body until it reaches the base of your spine.  Relax here and feel the warmth of the golden light, if a few stray thoughts enter your mind, gently push them aside for now.  (Pause)

Now you begin to see trees, many trees, just like a huge forest.  You walk into the forest for a few minutes, following a path that you may use in the future.  (Pause)

Up ahead of you a large gate begins to materialize, a golden light glows softly behind it.  Walk over to open the gate.  Reach out to pull on the large handles.  As it opens, you gradually become aware of noises, people talking, sounds of children playing, swings swishing through the air, and the smell of freshly cut grass and wildflowers.  (Pause)

You look down at your body and notice that you are now a child, the child you were, the child you always wished to be.  With light, carefree steps you walk over to a sandbox.  Inside you see a few toys, sifters, funnels, pales, shovels and such.  You then notice a small pile of toys over to the side.  (Pause)

You reach over there for a toy.  You have just picked up your favorite toy of this childhood.  Play with it, handle it carefully, rock it, love it, and tell it all the things you remember, all the things you would have liked have heard as a child.  (Pause)

You look up and notice someone standing above you speaking.  It is a short message, perhaps from a family member, or a friend or someone you've never seen before.  Take this message and remember it.  (Pause)

Now put your toy down and slowly walk back to the large open gates.  Turn and wave good-bye to everything and everyone in this playground.  You can see them waving and smiling back to you.  You hear a child's voice call out, asking when will you come back to play more.  You know that you will return, but for now you must come back.  (Pause)

As you turn and walk through the gates, they close softly behind you.  Walk back slowly through the trees, filled with a sense of contentment.  That the child inside of you has given to you.  Once again you become aware of your current surroundings.  Inhale, feel yourself returning to the here and now.  When you are ready, open your eyes and rejoin our circle.  (Pause)

 

CHANT

Itsy Bitsy Spider!!

 

On Children

Our children are not our children.  They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.  They come through us but not from us, And though they are with us yet they belong not to us.  We may give them our love but not our thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.  We may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which we can not visit, not even in our dreams, We may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like us.  For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.  We are the bows from which our children as living arrows are sent forth.  The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends with us His might that His arrows may go swift and far.  Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves the bow that is stable. Will everyone please stand up and bring your inner child  with you…we’re going to have some fun.

 

THE DANCE

(Chicken Dance - Get all the participants up and standing in the Circle before beginning the dance)

(All:    Pass out bottles of bubbles after the dance)

When you are ready...create an image of your Child Self, the Child you were, the Child you wished to be.  As you blow the bubbles, project that image into the bubbles and set the Child Within free.  Send your Child Self up into the Loving arms of Mother Moon.

Get participants drumming

 

BEFORE TIME WAS

Before time was, there was The One; The One was all, and all was The One.   And the vast expanse known as the universe was The One, all-wise, all-pervading, all-powerful, eternally changing.  And space moved.  The One molded energy into twin forms, equal but opposite, fashioning the Goddess and  the God from The One and of The One.  The Goddess and the God stretched and gave thanks to The One, but darkness surrounded them.  They were alone, solitary save for The One.  So They formed energy into gasses and gasses into suns and planets and moons; They sprinkled the universe with whirling globes and so all was given shape by the hands of the Goddess and the God.  Light arose and the sky was illuminated by a billion suns.  And the Goddess and the God, satisfied by their works, rejoiced and loved, and were one.  From their union sprang the seeds of all life, and of the human race, so that we might achieve incarnation upon the Earth.  The Goddess chose the Moon as Her symbol, and the God the Sun as His symbol, to remind the inhabitants of Earth of their fashioners.  All are born, live, die and are reborn beneath the Sun and Moon; all things come to pass thereunder, and all occurs with the blessings of The One, as has been the way of existence before time was.

THE GREAT RITE

Let it be known that nothing masculine is greater than the Feminine

And that nothing feminine is greater than the masculine.

Together:    Each is part of the other and only the balance of the two can lead to enlightenment.

 

As the Athame represents the masculine

And the Chalice represents the feminine

Together:    Only when they are joined can perfect balance be found. For only through balance can the Magick of unconditional love be realized.

 

BLESSING OF THE CAKES & WINE

All life is your own,

All fruits of the earth,

Are fruits of your womb,

Your union, your dance.

Blessed be!

 

CHANT

Bingo!!

 

RELEASING THE QUARTERS

(West, Water)   We thank you Elements of the West, For your presence here tonight.  Stay if you will, Go if you must.  Hale and farewell!

(South, Fire)   We thank you Elements of the South, For your presence here tonight.  Stay if you will, Go if you must.  Hale and farewell!

(East, Air)   We thank you Elements of the East, For your presence here tonight.  Stay if you will, Go if you must.  Hale and farewell!

(North, Earth) We thank you Elements of the North, For your presence here tonight.  Stay if you will, go if you must.  Hale and farewell!

 

OPENING THE CIRCLE

Morrighann: Silver Lady, Golden Lord, we thank you for joining us this night in everlasting laughter and friendship.  Go if you must, stay and play for awhile if you will.  Earth will crumble our circle.  Water will cause it to fall.  Fire will burn what’s left in the urn and the Winds will scatter it all!  May this Play Ground remain open and it’s gates never close!  Merry we meet Merry we part and Merry may we meet again.

CHANT

Barney Song!  X3