OPENING (Ending) THE CIRCLE 
            
          The High Priestess goes to each of the four directions in turn,  
          and draws a Banishing Pentacle, saying, 
           
           
               Guardians of the East (South, West, North), Powers of Air  
          (Fire, Water, Earth), we thank you 
               For joining in our circle 
               And we ask for your blessing 
               As you depart 
               May there be peace between us 
               Now and forever.  Blessed be. 
           
           
          She raises  her athame to  the sky and touches  it to the  earth, then
          opens her arms and says, 
           
               The circle is open, but unbroken, 
               May the peace of the Goddess 
               Go in your hearts, 
               Mercy meet, and merry part. 
               And merry meet again.  Blessed be. 






































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