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When he was finished, he took his place in the circle.
"Tonight we're here to form a new coven,"
he said. "We gather to celebrate the Goddess and the God,
to celebrate nature, to explore and create and worship
magick , and to explore the magickal powers both within
ourselves and without ourselves."
In the next moment of silence, I heard myself say, "Blessed
be," and the others echoed it.Cal smiled.
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"Anyone who wishes not to be of this coven, please break
the circle now,"Cal said.
No one moved.
"Welcome"Cal said "Merry meet and blessed be. As we
gather, so we'll be. The ten of us have found our haven, here
within the Cirrus Coven."
I thought, Cirrus? It was a nice name.
"You nine will now be inducted as novitiates, students of this
coven,"Cal explained. "I'll teach you what I know,then
together we can seek out new teachers to take us farther on
our journey."
The only time I'd heard the word novitiate used was in
relation to priests or nuns. I shifted on my feet, feeling the
dense, soft ground beneath me. Overhead, the moon was
high and white, huge. Every once in a while we heard the
sound of a car or firecrackers. But in this place, in our circle,
there was a deep, abiding silence, broken only by animals'
night calls, the fluttering wings of bats and owls,the
occasionally heard trickle of the stream.
Within myself I also felt a deep stillness. As if being put to
bed one by one, my fears and uncertainties quieted. My
senses were on full alert, and I felt incredibly alive. The,
candles, the breathing of the people with me, the scent of the
flowers and fruit we had brought, all combined to create a
wonderful, deep connection to Nature, the Goddess who is
everywhere, all around us.
In the bowl of earth in the northern position,Cal lit an incense
stick, and soon we were surrounded by the comforting
scents of cinnamon and nutmeg. We joined hands. Unlike the
other two times I had participated in a circle, tonight I was
neither examining nor dreading what might happen. I kept my
mind open.
Matt's and Robbie's hands were larger than mine; Matt's
smooth and slender, Robbie's bulkier thanCal 's had been.
My eyes flicked to Robbie's face. It was smooth and unlined.
I had done that, and within me I felt a recognition of and a
pride in my own power.
Calbegan the chant as we moved deasil around our circle.
"Tonight we bid the God farewell,
In the Underground he'll dwell.
Till his rebirth in springtime's sun,
But for now his life is done.
"We dance beneath the Blood Moon's shine,
This chant we'll sing to number nine.
We dance to let our heart's love flow,
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To aid the Goddess in her sorrow."
I counted as we danced around the circle, and we chanted
nine times. The more I studied Wicca.
the more I realized that witches wove symbolism into just
about everything: plants, numbers, days of the week, colors,
times of the year, even fabrics, food, and flowers. Everything
has a meaning. My job as a student would be to learn these
symbols, to learn as much as I could about the nature
surrounding me, and to weave myself into its pattern and
magick
As we chanted I thought about the end, when we would throw
up our arms to release our energy.
Once again I felt worried as I remembered the pain and
nausea I had felt before. My facade of certainty began to
crack, allowing in tendrils of fear. My power seemed scary.
Just as suddenly, as we whirled in our circle, singing the
chant like a round, weaving our voices in and among one
another, I realized that my fear would cause me pain if I didn't
let it go right now. I breathed deeply, feeling the chant leave
my throat, surrounded by the coven in our circle, and I tried
tobanish fear, banish limitations.
Faces were blurred. I felt out of control. I banish fear! The
words of our chant slurred until it was a beautiful rhythm of
pure sound, rising and falling and swirling around me. I was
having trouble breathing, and my face was hot and damp
with sweat. I wanted to throw off my jacket, throw off my
shoes. I had to stop. I had to banish fear.
With one last burst of sound our circle stopped, and we threw
our arms skyward. I felt a rush of energy whirling around me.
My hand grasped the air, and I pushed my fist against my
chest, seizing some energy for myself. I banish fear, I thought
dreamily, and then the night exploded all around me.
I was dancing in the atmosphere, surrounded by stars,
seeing motes of energy whizzing past me like microscopic
comets. I could see the entire universe; all at once, every
particle, every smile, every fly, every grain of sand was
revealed to me and was infinitely beautiful.
When I breathed in, I breathed in the very essence of life, and
I breathed out white lightIt was beautiful, more than beautiful,
but I didn't have the words to express it even to myself. I
understood everything; I understood my place in the universe;
I understood the path I had to follow.
Then I smiled and blinked and breathed out again, and I was
standing in a darkened graveyard with nine high school
friends, and tears were running down my face.
"Are you okay?" Robbie asked in concern, coming over to
me.
At first it seemed he was speaking gibberish, but then I
understood what he had said, and I nodded.
"It was so beautiful," I said lamely, my voice breaking, i felt
unbearably diminished after my vision.
I reached my finger out to touch Robbie's cheek. My finger
left a warm pink line where it touched, and Robbie rubbed
his cheek, looking confused.
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The vases of flowers were on the altar, and I walked toward
them, mesmerized by their beauty and also the
overwhelming sadness of the flowers' deaths. I touched one
bud, and it opened beneath my hand, blooming in death as it
hadn't been allowed to in life. I heard Raven gasp and knew
that Bree and Beth and Matt backed away from me then.
ThenCal was next to me. "Quit touching things," he said
quietly, smiling. "Lie down and ground yourself."
He guided me to an open spot within our circle, and I lay
down on my back, feeling the pulsing life of the earth
centering me, easing the energy from me, making me feel
more normal. My perceptions focused, and I saw the coven
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