Personal Temple Razing

Standing in front of the Altar, take up the Bell and ring it three times:

This Circle has come to end - and as we came in peace, so let us return in peace.

With the Bell still in hand, and still standing in front of the Altar, ring it three times.

Blessed are the Spiritual Attendants and witnesses of this rite in Responsibility, Humility, Distinction, Discernment, and Sacred Reverence

Move to the Northern Node and move anti-sunwise around the Circle this time. Stop at each Node, ringing the bell once to dismiss the Kings of each Gate:

Blessed are You, Guardian of the [Direction] Gate; Kindred One … I thank you for your service this night and release you from further duty.

When complete, return to the Altar and replace the Bell. Take up the Sickle and Crystal Wand and move back to the Northern Node. Take a moment there to gather yourself and focus your energy; ground yourself to the Earth’s core through your soles, and the Universal energy through your crown. Center yourself.

When you are ready, then, hold the Sickle in one hand outstretched at the border of the Circle. Hold the Crystal Wand in the other outstretched towards the sky. Begin to walk slowly anti-sunwise around the Circle boundary. As you do so, feel yourself drawing up the Circle’s energy from the boundary, and directing it through the Sickle arm, into your core. Feel it separating, there, into its core forms, and flowing back out through either your soles and into the Earth (if it is Earthen energy), or into the upstretched arm and out through the Crystal Wand (if it is Universal energy)- directing it back into its rightful places.

Return to the Altar. Ground and center yourself for a moment to stabilize your own personal energy. Then ring the Bell three final times:

Earth to Thorn, to Rose, to Earth again; The Temple has been returned!