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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Quick Question

Do any of you find it hard to plan for Sabbats? Do you do the same thing every year? Do you feel like you're in a rut and want to shake things up?

I find it hard to plan for them, because I feel like I'm just copying rituals out of books or from websites.

Any advice?

Posted by ---Lea Elisabeth at 1:50 PM

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Hexeengel · 801 weeks ago

I spent several months writing my own rituals - yes, I based them on other rituals I had/looked up, but I tweaked things, added and subtracted, and copied/paraphrased a lot of poetry :P Here are some of the poems I used, just to maybe give you a jumping-off point:

Full Moon: “Queen and Huntress” by Ben Jonson and “A Nocturnal Reverie” by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea

Waning Moon: “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and an untitled sonnet by William Shakespeare

Waxing Moon: “The Blessed Damozel” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Imbolc: “The Tyger” by William Blake (I changed 'tyger" to "fire")

Beltane: “O Mistress Mine” from “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare (also check out "Corinna's Going A-Maying" by Robert Herrick and 'Woman to Man" by Judith Wright)

Fall Equinox: “Reapers” and “Harvest Song” by Jean Toomer

Yule: “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman (excerpts only, this is long as hell!!!)
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Dez · 801 weeks ago

I have this problem too. I have started making plans for Imbolc last month, but I still feel very unprepared and will probably just be winging it. I'm okay with that, though. Sometimes impromptu rituals can be really amazing.
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hetshepsit 53p · 801 weeks ago

I tend to wing it too. I'm actually hoping to set up my Imbloc altar this weekend, but who knows how it'll turn out >.<

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