Supplies needed: circle casting equippment, chalice of wine, wand, plate of bread, cauldron with an orange or yellow candle in it, fall flowers, leaves and ivy for decoration.

1. Cast the circle.

2. Light the candle in the cauldron and say:

   O Ancient Gods of the Celts, I do ask your presence here. For this is a time that is not a time, in a place that is not a place, on a day that is not a day, and I await you.

3. Set the plate of bread on the pentacle. Stand still and breathe deeply for a few moments; the breath and air cleanse you. When you're ready, say:

   I have purified myself by breathing in the life force of the universe and expelling all evil from me.

4. Lift the plate high, then set it on the altar and say:

   I know that every seed, every grain is a record of ancient times, and a promise to all of what shall be. This bread represents life eternal through the cauldron of the Triple Goddess.

5. Eat a piece of the bread. Put the chalice of wine on the pentacle, then set it back on the altar. Say:

   As the grape undergoes change to become wine, so by the sacred cauldron of life shall I undergo change. And as this wine can give man enchantment of the divine or sink him into the lower realms, so I so realize that all humans rise or fall according to their strength and will

6. Drink some of the wine and say:

   As in the bread and wine, so it is with me. Within all forms is locked a record of the past and a promise of the future. I ask that you lay your blessings upon me, Ancient Ones, that this season of waning light and increasing darkness may not be heavy. So mote it be.

7. Save some bread and wine to be put outside.

8. Close the circle.
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