Supplies needed: Circle casting equipment, cauldron with red candle, chalice of wine, wand, dish for burning, paper and pen, bell, colored eggs and spring flowers for decoration.

1. Cast the circle.

2. Take up your wand, raise your arms in greeting and say:

   Behold, the Lord and Lady of life and the giver of life. Without her Lord, the Goddess is barren. Without his Lady, the God has no life. Each is needful of the other for completion and power, as Sun to Earth, the spear to the cauldron, spirit to flesh, man to woman.

3. Light the candle in the cauldron. Tap the cauldron with the wand and say:

   O Great Goddess, be with me now in your aspect of the Maiden, the fair one who brings joy and new life.

4. Ring the bell once and say:

   O Great God of renewal, be with me now in your aspect of the Lord of the Forests, the Horned God who brings warmth and love.

5. Tap the cauldron again with the wand and say:

   May the strength of the old enter into the new. Great Lord and Lady, make all things strong and giving of new life. Blessed be.

6. Carry the incense burner around the circle clockwise. Put it back on the altar, raise your arms and say:

   Awake! All creatures in the realm of Earth, awake! Greet the Maiden and her Lover, who herald the coming of spring.

7. Touch the paper with the dagger and say:

   Now I cast behind me the darkness of Winter and the past. I look only to that which lies ahead. This is the time for me to plant seeds in the physical, mental and spiritual

8. Write on the paper your wishes for the coming year. Write only one wish on each piece. Fold them and hold them over the altar as an offering to the Old Gods. Say:

   This is a joyous time, a time for planting. With joy and trust, I place these requests in the hands of the Goddess and her Lord.

9. Light the papers one by one from the candle in the cauldron and drop them into the burning-dish. Say:

   These thought-seeds do I willingly place into the hands of the Lady and her Lord, that these desires and dreams may manifest and become reality. Blessed be the Old Gods!

10. Place the wine chalice on the pentacle for a few moments; then lift it high and say:

    Honor to the Old Gods! Merry meet and merry part and merry meet again.

11. Drink the wine, but save some to be put outside.

12. Close the circle.
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