| Celebrating the Sabbats is extremely important for | | | | with her. Send the love and warmth that you feel |
| any Witch. It is important to "recharge" your Magick | | | | into the ground beneath your body. |
| batteries throughout the year, and that is one of the | | | | When you are done communing with the energy of |
| purposes for Sabbats. Sabbats are a time to relax | | | | the Earth Mother, and sharing her blessings and |
| and take a break from your Magick work. | | | | yours, then thank her for her patience in your |
| Your energy can be depleted throughout the year, | | | | growth. Send to her the love that you feel as her |
| and you need to relax. Eat good food, spend time | | | | caretaker. Ask her if there is anything that you can |
| with friends, and enjoy all that life has to offer. Don't | | | | do for her during this coming season that will offer |
| focus on spells - but focus on celebrating nature, the | | | | enrichment to her existence. Listen carefully and |
| Goddess, and the Sabbat on hand... | | | | follow through with anything she may ask of you. |
| Here is a simple way to celebrate the Midsummer | | | | When you have spoken again to the Earth Mother |
| Sabbat - as an example of a wiccan holiday... | | | | and have heard her words, it is time to come back |
| Call upon the God and Goddess to come into your | | | | to your physical state of awareness. Ground yourself |
| circle, bringing with them the blessings of Divine Spirit. | | | | and any excess energy into the Earth beneath you. |
| Take the time now to connect with the God and | | | | If you want, have a light snack of raw fruit to help |
| Goddess. Contemplate on the meanings that | | | | ground, and to honor the bounty of the Earth that is |
| Midsummer holds. It is a time for love, healing, | | | | to come. Thank the Spirits and the deities that you |
| protection, and purification. It is a time for the Earth | | | | have called to your circle and ask them to depart, |
| to ripen from the seeds first sewn and coming to life | | | | and then close your circle. When you leave your |
| past the energies of Spring. See these life forms | | | | circle, give thanks again for connecting to the God |
| growing. Send your blessings to their form, as though | | | | and Goddess, and the Earth, on this honored |
| an unborn child about to burst forth from the womb. | | | | occasion. |
| Take time to think about the full season, the | | | | As you can see, the Sabbats do not have to be |
| blossoming of the Earth energies, and the power that | | | | celebrated in full ritual format, but they can be as |
| we receive from our connection to her. Contemplate | | | | simple or complicated as you make them. |
| the joys and blessings of your own life, and share it | | | | |