Ceremony opening

Pause for several breaths, consciously leaving your daily concerns aside, allowing yourself to relax. 

Together with the Earth beneath me...

Together with the Sky above me...

Together with the Sea around me…

Feel the earth beneath you and the sky above you, feel yourself grounded and centered.

O Spirit, I ask for your blessings on this my ceremony of  _________. I ask for your blessings, guidance and inspiration on this my ceremony.

Take a few moments to meditate on peace, and to feel peace within you.

Deep within the still centre of my being, may I find peace.

Silently within the quiet of the grove, may I share peace.

Gently within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace.

May there be peace in the North.  …South …West …East

May there be peace throughout the whole world.

Let all disturbing thoughts be laid aside.

Grant, O Spirit, your protection,

and in protection, strength,

and in strength, understanding,

and in understanding, knowledge,

and in knowledge, the knowledge of justice,

and in the knowledge of justice, the love of it,

and in the love of it, the love of all existences,

and in the love of all existences,

the love of Spirit and all goodness.

The horizon is a circle. Of our lives and lands, of time and of the year,

of seasons and of goodness, of birth and of growing, of dying and of rebirth. The enchantment of the apparent world subsides. I stand (in the eye of

the sun/by the light of the stars), here and now, between past and future. The earth below, the heavens above, and the plants and animals around me. 

This is sacred time. This is sacred space. I am fully present, here and now. With every breath I take, I breathe light and life. May the harmony of my life be complete.