Importance of Ritual

Witchcraft without ritual is pretty moot. Witchcraft is just that a craft, a practice. It is action and manifest. You need to be present within it or what is the point?

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But there are problems that can come up-

1. Being busy and struggling to make time

2. Feeling overwhelmed and not knowing what to do

3. Making it a chore

4. "saving" it for only big moments.

Basic ritual

This is a good outline of how I plan my rituals. You do not have to follow this exactly or at all. If you read books you will find many different ideas and suggestions in how people choose to plan out their rituals. I suggest you try different ways and see which fits your flow best.

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Step 1: Plan out your ritual beforehand. Write down or gather writings you may want to say/chant/pray. Plan out spells and what items you will need.

Step 2: Gather all your items needed

Step 3: Prepare yourself- mind, body, energy.
This might be a ritual bath/shower, calming your mind, not being overly tired or stressed, well fed (unless fasting)

Step 4: Prepare space

Step 5: Ground and center yourself

Step 6: Cast circle

Step 7: Invoke the Elements

Step 8: Call to the Goddess(es)

Step 9: State ritual purpose

Step 10: Raise energy, perform ritual/spellwork

Step 11: Give thanks

Step 12: Dismiss Elements and thank the Goddess

Step 13: Take down circle

Step 14: Ground energy/eat/journal

Step 15: Clean up