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Follows: working part of Esbat Circle (any worship Circle)
High Priestess stands in God position before altar. High Priest fills a Chalice with red wine and offers it up to her from his knees.
High Priestess takes Athame between her palms and holds it above the Chalice.
High Priest:
| As the athame is to the male, |
High Priestess:
| so the cup is to the female; |
Both:
| and conjoined they bring blessedness. |
Laying athame aside, High Priestess accepts cup of High Priest (kiss), sips and returns it to him (kiss) who also sips and arises to pass it to a woman (kiss) to sip and hence from woman to man (kiss) and man to woman (kiss) about the Circle. If more work is to be done, the cup makes the round but once and is returned to the altar, else it is replaced in the center of the Circle.
NOTES
- Often published, with many slight variations
- Sources include:
- Janet and Stewart Farrar's Eight Sabbats For Witches
- Grimoire of Lady Sheba
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