A RITUAL OF THANKS



Set altar facing East. Use the following items:

One blue candle 
3 kernels unpopped corn 
One apple cut on the cross, showing the pentagram inside

Light your candle with the following words:

"Great Goddess, Lady of the Summerlands, Mother to us all. I welcome you to this 
place of power and offer thanks to you for what you have given me. I am a 
priestess of your path and I see with your eyes. You guide me in the lessons I 
must learn."

Put the bottom half of the apple in front of you. Charging the three kernels of  
corn between your hands, say:

"As the Maiden is ripe with potential, so is my life. 
As the Mother gives birth, so do my thoughts.
As the Crone nourishes life, so do I nourish mine."

Place the kernels in the center of the core-pentagram and melt wax from your 
candle to cover them. Replace the top of the apple while the wax is till warm. 
Let the apple sit on your altar for 3 days and nights. Remove wax token and bury 
apple. The wax token can remain on your altar for as long as you wish.