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10 - 12 YEARS INITIAL DEDICATION

INITIAL DEDICATION, AT AGE 10 -12 YEARS DEPENDING ON THE MATURITY OF CHILD.

COVEN RITUAL, USING ESBAT RITE TO OPEN & CLOSE.

ALTAR SET UP, SEE ESBAT RITE, THEN ADD THE FOLLOWING:

DECORATE CAULDRON WITH WHITE FLOWERS & RIBBONS & PLACE CHILD'S WHITE CANDLE

IN IT, BLIND FOLD, WHITE CORD, PUTSIE OR MAGICAL BOX, LONG BLUE CORD, SMALL

PRESENT OF SYMBOLIC NATURE,[ SUCH AS EQUAL ARMED CROSS, ANKH, CRYSTAL ON

CORD.] A BOWL OF WARM WAT ER THAT HAS BEEN BLESSED,[ HERBS OR OIL MAY BE

ADDED.] & A TOWEL.

PROCEED WITH ESBAT RITE TO WORKING PART OF RITE., CUT CIRCLE & THE GUARDIANS

LEAVE TO FETCH THE CHILD WHO IS BLINDFOLDED & BROUGHT TO THE OUTER EDGE OF

CIRCLE IN THE EAST.

PRIEST ADDRESSES CHILD BY NAME: ........... DO YOU COME TO THIS CIRCLE IN

PERFECT LOVE & TRUST?

HE /SHE REPLIES , YES.

THE CIRCLE & CUT AGAIN, & THE CHILD LED BY THE GUARDIANS ENTER CIRCLE & MOVE

TO THE WEST, WHERE HE / SHE HAS THEIR HANDS WASHED BY HE PRIESTESS, WHO THEN

TIES THE WHITE CORD AROUND THEIR WAIST & SAYS:

BEFORE THE GODDESS, YOU ARE NEITHER BOUND NOR FREE.

WE ARE ONE IN THE WATERS OF LIFE.

WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE WATERS OF REBIRTH.

FROM THE WATERS OF LIFE WE CAME TO LIFE & THROUGH THEM WE SHALL RETURN.

THE BLIND FOLD IS REMOVED, & THE PRIEST LEADS THEM TO THE NORTH & SAYS:

WE ARE PART OF THE EARTH NOT SEPARATE OR GREATER.

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF EARTH & SHE IS OUR MOTHER.

SHE FEEDS & SHELTERS US & BRINGS US PLEASURE.

RESPECT ALL FORMS OF LIFE IN HER HONOUR.

PRIESTESS LEADS CHILD TO THE EAST & SAYS:

YOU ARE ABOUT TO COME INTO A TIME OF SPECIAL GROWTH & LEARNING.

YOU WILL COME TO KNOW MORE OF YOURSELF & THE WORLD THAN YOU CAN NOW IMAGINE.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE CIRCLE OF OUR FAITH. DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE?

HE / SHE REPLIES YES.

PRIEST LEADS THEM TO THE SOUTH & SAYS:

MAY THE GUARDIANS OF THE ELEMENTAL REALMS GUARD YOU DAY & NIGHT.

MAY THE FIRE OF LIFE INSPIRE YOU TO GREAT DEEDS.

MAY IT WARM YOU & COMFORT YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.

MAY THE GREAT LORD PROTECT & GUIDE YOU ON YOUR PATH.

MAY YOU HAVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE GODS.

THE 1ST GUARDIAN LEADS THE CHILD TO THE ALTAR, PRIEST & PRIESTESS PLACE THEIR

PROJECTIVE HANDS ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER ,OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD & HOLD IT

THERE FOR A MINUTE.

PRIESTESS MAKES PENTACLE ON CHILD'S FOREHEAD & SAYS:

BLESSED BE YOUR FEET, THAT WALK UPON THE EARTH.

BLESSED BE YOUR POTENTIAL, THAT WILL CREATE LIFE FROM LIFE.

BLESSED BE YOUR BREASTS & CHEST, FORMED IN STRENGTH.

BLESSED BE YOUR LIPS THAT WILL SPEAK THE SACRED WORDS.

THE CHILD IS NOW MEASURED WITH THE BLUE CORD, WHICH IS KNOTTED AT EACH END,

THEN THE HEIGHT FROM HEAD TO TOE IS MARKED WITH ANOTHER KNOT, THE HEAD IS

MEASURED FROM THAT KNOT, & THE WAIST MEASUREMENT IS THE FINAL KNOT.

THE MEASURING IS DONE BY THE GUARDIANS.

PRIEST SAYS: ARE YOU READY TO LEDGE YOUR MIND TO LEARNING,

YOUR HEART TO LOVE, YOUR SOUL TO THE GODDESS & GOD?

CHILD REPLIES YES.

THE KNOTS ON THE CORD ARE HELD UP FOR THE CHILD TO SEE & KISS IN TOKEN OF

THAT PLEDGE.

PRIESTESS SAYS: PLEASE KNEEL ONCE AGAIN, PLACE ONE HAND UPON YOUR HEAD & THE

OTHER ON THE HEAL OF YOUR FOOT & REPEAT AFTER ME.

I ...............[CHILD'S NAME ] PLEDGE THAT ALL BETWEEN MY TWO HANDS BELONG

TO THE GODDESS & GOD.

PRIESTESS: PLEASE RISE..............., DO YOU HAVE A MAGICAL NAME, CHILD OF

THE GODDESS & GOD?

CHILD REPLIES WITH NAME.

ALL: SO MOTE IT BE.

PRIEST SAYS: WITHIN SACRED SPACE YOU WILL BE KNOWN AS ..................

MERRY MEET MAGICAL CHILD, GROW IN LIGHT. PRIEST NOW TAKES THE CHILD AROUND

CIRCLE & EACH ONE PRESENT SAYS: MERRY MEET ................[CHILD'S NEW NAME

] THEY THEN RETURN TO ALTAR.

PRIEST HOLDS UP CORD & SAYS: HERE IS YOUR MEASURE, TO REMIND YOU OF YOUR

PROMISE TO LEARN , LOVE, LIVE FULLY, WORK FOR PEACE & RESPECT THE EARTH. [

CORD IS PLACED IN PUTSIE OR MAGICAL BOX & GIVEN TO THE CHILD.]

PRIESTESS PLACES SYMBOL AROUND THEIR NECK & SAYS:

PLEASE LIGHT YOUR CANDLE...... PAUSE WHILE THE CANDLE IS LIT.

ALL YE PRESENT! EARTH! AIR! FIRE! WATER! BEHOLD THIS MAGICAL CHILD OF THE

LORD & LADY & AID THEM IN THEIR WORK. GREAT MOTHER, ALL FATHER, BLESS

.........WHO TODAY JOINS THE CIRCLE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

ALL: BLESSED BE THE LORD & LADY.

CHILD IS NOW LEAD TO HIS / HER PLACE IN THE CIRCLE.

RING BELL 3 TIMES, CAKES & ALE, SEE ESBAT RITUAL.

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