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The <strong>of</strong> ritual tools is left to <strong>the</strong> practitioners. The<br />
should include a chalice filled with pure water.<br />
May <strong>the</strong> ritual begin!<br />
howev�<br />
We invoke Hecate, mistress and mo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> wild Nature, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> forests and<br />
meadows that surround us! We seek <strong>the</strong> union with <strong>the</strong> earth on which<br />
we are standing! With <strong>the</strong> air which we brea<strong>the</strong> I With <strong>the</strong> water which<br />
we drink! And with <strong>the</strong> fire that bums on this Our desire is to<br />
<strong>the</strong> call <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Goddess in our souls!<br />
MELEZ!<br />
Lady <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Moon, forest, mountains, and Your mould us as i<br />
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day. You possess <strong>the</strong> secrets <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> soul. You appear at night at <strong>the</strong><br />
darkest woods. You make <strong>the</strong> earth live, brea<strong>the</strong>, and pulsate in its<br />
savage rhythm. Come forth with your servants: dogs, wolves, owls,<br />
serpents, and o<strong>the</strong>r beasts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nocturnal Wildernessl Let us join your<br />
dance with <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> forgotten and desolate places. Hear us! I<br />
Embrace us! Reveal to us <strong>the</strong> mystery <strong>of</strong> life and death!<br />
Visualize now a desolate forest and three women: a young a mature<br />
woman, and a crone. The circle is surrounded by wild animals that come from <strong>the</strong><br />
forest and ga<strong>the</strong>r around.<br />
Hecate! Surround us with your darkness in which we will hear <strong>the</strong> song<br />
<strong>of</strong> mermaids and <strong>the</strong> howling <strong>of</strong> wild beasts. Let your whisper flow<br />
through our and our flesh. a kiss on our foreheads through<br />
which we will and rise rebornl<br />
Draw on your forehead <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lunar gO(lGE!SS: <strong>the</strong> crescent with three<br />
above.<br />
ISIS! ASTARTE I DIANA! HECATE! DEMETERI KALIl INANNAI<br />
Mistress <strong>of</strong> Nature! Mo<strong>the</strong>r! Witch! Queen <strong>of</strong> Life! Aphrattos! Pandeina!<br />
We invoke you through your name and <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> your sisters:<br />
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