I found in different web
pages this chants and rites about the "Drowing Down the
Moon" ceremonies. I included the ones I liked the most,
or I found more interesting.
FULL MOON RITE
(DRAWING DOWN THE MOON)
FULL MOON LORE
from: Drawing Down the Moon.
The Rite & Rituals of the Coven of the Fyrie Skies
There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that.
You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied.
You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember. You know
how to avoid meeting a bear on the track. You know the winter
fear when you hear the wolves gathering. But you can remain seated
for hours in the tree-tops to await morning. You say there are
no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But
remember. Make an effort to remember.
Or, failing that, invent.
The Shape Shift between the Wind
Iisten! The wind calls me from my left. I look out my window.
The snow speaks to me stories found on the surface of the breathing
Earth.
The snow parts, the Earth breathes, the sun shines. The trees
stand naked with branches definining the wind. The wind appears
speaking of energy, through visionary maps the branches define
on the surface of infinity.
My heart.
My quiet heart returns with stories. Now-my heart beats; the
wind is no longer visible. My fear. My fear of her power, her
sound, her presence. My fear is now lessened.
She is my breath, my aloneness, my joy, my uneasiness. She
is around me. She goes inside and outside of me She is everywhere.
I am transcending. I have become the current in the sky.
I am between her. She is between me. both reaching for the
other side. Both kissing what we are not, Always trapped on the
otherside.
We fight to get out, we fight to get in.
We meet each other after the fight. In the calm In the land
In between Alana.
(woman between the wind)
Once every 28 days, the cycle of the moon reaches fullness,
and Witches mee to celebrate. The Moon and its cycle is associated,
by members of the Craft, with the Woman's Mysteries, Being those
of the Woman's reproductive cycle.
Many Witches eventually have their cycle aligned with the
cycle of the Moon, but to do so does not mean you are a "better
Witch," It is just a coincidence of Nature.
The Full Moon represents the monthly cycle, and the fertility,
of the Goddess. We come together on these times, to celebrate
in this fertility of the Goddess and of the World.
FULL MOON RITE
O Gracious Goddess
Full on this night
And resplendent in your fertility
We come together this night
To Draw Down the Moon
and express our love for thee.
O Gracious Goddess
Beautiful and radiant in the night sky
We your servants have gathered here
To show our love for thee.
I ask you
O Gracious Goddess
To enter into me
At this time that we may show our love
for thee.
My Beautiful Goddess
I Draw you down
Out of the night sky
And into my Heart.
O Gracious Goddess
We thank thee for coming among us
That we may express our
Love for tee.
O Gracious Goddess
I am thankful that you have allowed
me
To be your vessel
This night.
