HOW TO CAST A CIRCLE

By Ahonui

CIRCLE CASTING

 

Stand facing north with your feet firmly planted on the ground in your home, outside, or where ever you feel comfortable doing a ritual.

Clear your mind of all thoughts and envision a white light of energy, forming in the solar plexus area of your body, this is the area between your chest and lower abdomen. You don't need to work too hard on this, as it doesn't need to be "the strongest energy you can muster," or you'll feel drained before you've even begun your ritual.

Using your athame, wand, letter opener, pen, or index finger, see that white light moving from your solar plexus out through the tip of your tool. You can either point your tool directly above you, or at a slight angle to the ground. The white light will touch down on the ground, as it does so, slowly move deosil, clockwise, watching the light form a nice circle around you.

At this time, you should also envision your white light forming a dome around you that covers your entire working area. Your working area can include, just your body, your altar, and/or your partner.

Once you've returned to facing north, you are now ready to begin your ritual.
 

CLOSING YOUR CIRCLE
 

Once you've completed your ritual, you will need to close your circle. Why do you need to close your circle? Because you opened it. You wouldn't leave your house without first closing and locking the door behind you.

Facing north again, point the tip of the same tool you used to create your circle, down toward the ground or floor. Envision your white light of protection moving from the atmosphere around you, back into your tool, then into your body.

Turn, widdershins, counter-clockwise, while "picking up" all that energy.

Once you are facing north again, you will want to ground that extra energy so you don't feel "weird." See that white light, leaving your body through the bottom of your feet; give all that energy back to Mother Earth.

At this time, I usually utter a small thanks to whatever energies might still be about.