Sunday, August 31, 2025

Redneck Esbat 2023 CO1

Redneck Esbat 8/31/23
 Blue Moon, Circle Dragonfly

Cleanse the space
(Maidens - Use incense and walk counter clockwise around the room)
 
Anoint/Smudge
(HP/HPS - Ask the participants to join in line)
(Maidens - Welcome everyone)
 
Introductions/Intent
(HP - Introduce yourself and your Crew)
 
(Light all the candles on the altar, except for the God/Goddess candles)
 
HP:    A Blue Moon is when two full moons occur within a calendar month. Since they only take place about every two or three years, they’re considered a rare and Magickal event. This August not only do we have TWO moons, they're also both Sturgeon Moons, and both are Super Moons! Tonight's super moon will be the closest, biggest, and brightest full super moon of 2023. It’s exceptionally close in moon miles from Earth. The last blue super moon was December 2009, and the next one won't be until August 2032.
 
HPS:    So that makes tonight's Super Blue Moon exceptionally rare. We've all heard the phrase 'Once in a Blue Moon'. It's a time to be silly, have some fun; it's also a time when some of your wildest, most impossible dreams and wishes just might have their moment to become reality. Tonight the Super Blue Moon in Pisces will open the portal between your dreams and reality. And we’re going to take full advantage of that.
 
Cast Circle
(Done with a hand clap 'wave' clockwise around the circle)
 
HPS:    We’re going to Cast Circle tonight with a ‘wave’ around the group. When we start, take the bundle of blue stones and pass it to the person to your left. Don’t start until you’ve received the bundle. Once you’ve passed it on, begin clapping and singing along with everyone else.
 
(Begin in the North tonight; keep repeating the song until everyone is done. Then pour the stones into the bowl on the altar)
 
Sing:    Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky, where the Bullfrogs jump from bank to banky - North, East, South then West, Circle round and seal the rest!!
 
Quarter Call
(HP/HPS invite everyone to stand, facing the quarter to be called.)
 
North:      Spirit of the North, Ancient One of Earth - Bubba we call to you. Ya’ll come on down now an witness this hare shindig!!  Bring with you that there Possum you got.  Enter our circle and be blessed!
 
East:         Spirit of the East, Ancient One of Air - WindyLou we call to you.  Ya’ll come on down now an witness this hare jamboree!!  Bring with you that there Chicken you got.  Enter our circle and be blessed!
 
South:      Spirit of the South, Ancient One of Fire - Cleatus we call to you.  Ya’ll come on down now an witness this hare wingding!!  Bring with you that there Armadillo you got.  Enter our circle and be blessed!
 
West:        Spirit of the West, Ancient One of Water - Bertha we call to you.  Ya’ll come on down now an witness this hare bash!!  Bring with you that there Trout you got.  Enter our circle and be blessed!
 
Unite Energies
(Start by saying the verse, give everyone time to recognize it and join in)
(Then sing the verse 2 more times until everyone has joined in)
 
Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be OK
Yeah, I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, I've got friends in low places
 
Invocation
 
HPS:  I call upon the blessed Lady, Queen of Country, giver of life and plenty since way back when.  Reba, we ask that you bestow upon us your joy and beauty, power and prosperity.  Join your energies with us tonight!
 
HP:  I call upon the blessed Lord, King of Country, giver of riches and protection since way back when.  Garth, we ask that you bestow upon us your strength and laughter, power and prosperity. Join your energies with us tonight!
 
Raise Energy
(Maidens - pass out slips of paper to all the participants)
 
HP:  Tonight we’re going to raise some energy with a lot of silly. Everyone will be getting a piece of folded paper. Don’t open it!! Wait until it’s your turn, then stand up and read what you’ve got so that everyone can enjoy it.
 
(Wait until everyone has their paper, and then choose someone to begin)
(Alternate HP/HPS as you randomly choose people and say…)
 
HP/HPS   You might be a Red-Neck Pagan if…
 
If your ceremonial garb consists of cut-offs and a tube top
If you think a "family tradition" is a dating club
If you've reached the 3rd degree but not the 3rd grade
If your coven's secret names for God & Goddess are "Reba" and "Garth"
If your ceremonial chalice says "I love you man" on it
If you consider chewing tobacco to be a sacred herb
If your Circle Casting includes the words "Hanky Panky"
If your Coven chose it's High Priest during a belching contest
If they chose their High Priestess at a wet t-shirt night
If your anointing oil smells like "Old Spice"
If your outdoor Circle has defunct washing machines for quarter altars,
If the Cakes & Ale are done with a bowie-knife, a can of beer and moon pies
If your pantheon includes Bubba, WindyLou, Cleatus, & Bertha
If your ritual music has ever included Johnny Cash singing "Ring of Fire"
If you think the Wiccan Rede is good for making twig furniture
If your altar cloth says "Holiday Inn" or "Howard Johnson's"
If your Goddess picture has staples in her belly button
If your God statue looks like Elvis Presley
If you have ever written a spell on the back of a Denny's menu
If you have ever cancelled a Coven meeting to watch wrestling on TV
If you’ve ever sold on E-Bay a potato that looked like the Willendorf Goddess
If you’ve ever cast a love spell on livestock
 
Working
Once in a blue moon, impossible dreams & wishes
Blue Glass Gemstones
 
Wishbox
  
Great Rite
 
HP:    Let it be known that no man is greater than any woman
HPS:    And that no woman should ever question her man!!
 
HP:    For when one stays out late drinkin all night
HPS:    The other should remain home a’cookin and a’cleanin
 
HP:    As the Athame is to the male.
HPS:    The Chalice is to the female.
 
HP:    In affirmation of fulfillment to come.
HPS:    In celebration of the balance.
BOTH:  And the union of the life-force within!
 
Cakes & Ale
(Blue Moon Beer & Blue Juice, Moon Pies)

All that we do is in service and in honor to Elvis and Reba.  May we never hunger - May we never thirst.  So Mote It Be!
 
Release
 
Bubba, WindyLou, Cleatus, & Bertha we thank you for your presence here and we release you to return to your journey with our love. We bid you well as you depart, may there be peace between us. May you always, Blessed Be.
 
Open Circle
 
HPS:    May those who guide us with their light, protect us in the dark and walk beside us on the roads traveled. This Circle is Open but unbroken, Elvis has left the building!
 
HP:    Ya’ll come back now, y’hear!!

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