Circle Cast

	Circles
	What is a Circle? A Circle "IS" energy.
	Why use a Circle? Power is latent in the body and may be drawn out and used in various ways by the skilled. But unless confined in a circle it will be swiftly dissipated. (Farrar) It is used to protect from negative outside forces and it prevent power created from dispersing. In one word "containment"
	Circles have three functions: 1. To protect the worker from outside forces. 2. To contain raised energy until it is deliberately directed towards it's goal. 3. Mark off a place in between matter and spirit, a space lying outside the confines of our normal perception of space and time.
	Circles are cast new each time they are needed. Circles be drawn into the ground, outlined with plant, salt or candles or can be a mental image. A Circle is an unseen energy boundary that must be respected. Some traditions allow for the cutting of a doorway in the circle should someone need to pass in and out, though such comings and goings are usually kept to a minimum. Animals and small children seem to be able to move freely across circle boundaries without disturbing their energy field. NO one really knows why, but it may be because they have not been taught to think about the world in terms of what is or is not real. Like animals, young children see psychic phenomena all the time and seem quite comfortable with it until society teaches them otherwise.
	To cast a standard a Circle, you need only yourself and some uncluttered, private space.
	1. It is always good to start with a purified space. To purify the area salt water, salt, Basil, thyme, sage smoke, or incense can be scattered around the area. This clears the negative energy or mundane energies in the working space.
	2. Have everything you need for whatever your doing within the area of the circle. You may also want to identify North, South, East and West and mark the spots with rocks, candles, in your mind, etc..
	3. Sit quietly and ground yourself to prepare your body for the coming energy work.
	4. Walk or imagine yourself at the edge of the circle. Draw, imagine or point to the area and begin to draw the circle.
	5. Visualize energy coming from the end of your finger or tool, creating a wall of intense blue-white light. Clockwise is the traditional direction associated with growth, increase, construction, gain, etc... Most circles cast in this direction are closed by moving counterclockwise.
	6. Continue moving around the circle until you are back at your starting point, visualizing the energy rising and surrounding you, and know that you are protected. Imagine a completion like a wall, a dome growing or a sphere encircling the area.
	Why Close the Circle? The energy you use to cast the circle comes from you. It is created with your own energy. In closing the circle you take back your energy. If it is left up it can drain you and can cause problems for others who walk through the energy field you have created. Close your circles after you are done working.
	Closing the Circle You will close the circle by the same method you cast it, only doing everything in reverse order. Once the quarters or watchtower has been thanked, begin walking the perimeter of the circle counter clock wise. You are now grounding or closing the circle, and should be visualizing the energy you raised to be reabsorbed into your finger or tool back into you. You may choose to do this only once, or you may walk the circle again as many times as you did to cast it. Then make a statement to the effect that the circle is closed.
	Casting a mental Circle Often a rhyme is spoken as the circle is being cast or uncast to keep focused. Here is one example and by no means set in stone. (stone can always be broken) You need to find what works for you.
a.	(Clock wise imagining a blue light/energy in a circle as you turn around three times) Thrice around the circle round I cast this circle on this ground To protect me as I work this day The circle we are now bound.
b.	(Counter clock wise with a few exceptions. Imaging the blue light/energy coming back into your body) Thrice around the circle round I take the energy back from the ground Protection came and the work is done The circle is now unbound.
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