July Full Moon

Full Moon Post written and posted on time? What?

Actually called "The Claiming Moon" This is a time to relax and enjoy the warmth of the days and nights the heat of the nights synchronizes well with the spark of life within us all, slow and sensual leads to passionate.

Like the Sabbats, this is less about writing the ritual and more about what sets the ritual apart. For the Esbat title the page.

This is July, the hottest month of the year. The time when we are drawn to public markets and passionate, temporary, relationships. A time for divination and meditation.  The energy is slowing down, the first harvests are about to begin.  July is an excellent time for prosperity spells and for planning for the immediate future. As sunlight slants across fields of golden grain, we do rituals in the sultry heat of high summer to celebrate sacred fire. Fire has great powers of destruction, but it also has powers of healing and transformation. Shimmering waves of heat rise skyward during the day, and night does not always bring cooling relief. The Moon of Fire reminds us that her brother, Sun, is at his peak. Bask in the heat of this season and think of the sacred flame that burns within us all.

Think of this as the time when human's are batteries, draw in from the natural world.

The Reaping
As Drawing Down the Moon draws the Goddess energies of the moon into you, a Reaping pulls the energies of the Earth into you. This is essential because in working Magick you are putting your hands on the same forces that move the tides and create tornadoes. And that by doing so, you have the potential to harm yourself or others. If you are working magick regularly then your resources will gradually diminish, you must take the time to pull energy back into you.

You will need:
A Place in Nature (where you will not be disturbed, it may sound morbid but I recommend an OLD cemetery, and this is not to be creepy, people will leave you alone, and its as close to nature as you can get in some cities.)
A Bottle of Water (or 2)
Athame 
Incense (Stick is best for this, Sandalwood or Dragons-blood) 
An Offering (I recommend an old piece of jewelry, a necklace or ring)
A Crystal Point (Most of my magick uses crystals)

Bring a blanket, and go get settled in, then take a swallow of water before pouring the rest of the bottle on the ground around you in a circle. Light your incense and poke the sticks into the ground, lift a piece of sod (or dig a hole) and place your offering into the hole, covering it say:

"I give of myself, that I may receive, by the power of three times three, may what I have sent out return to me. With harm to none as jobs are done, as I will it so mote it be!"

This is calling energy into you. After you speak hold your Athame aloft and visualize a vortex forming in the clouds above you, then stab it into the ground as you feel the energy pummel you. Hold the visualization as long as you can then using your Crystal point position the tip to your heart and allow it to flow into you as the visualization fades. It is common to get a headache.