Invoke Shakespeare!   Brydie Palmore - June, 1996    

                     CALL THE DIRECTIONS AND CENTER:   
 NORTH:
       We call to the North, to the Cold of Night ;
       We speak to the Earth, to the Standing Stones;
       We call to the stag, to death and birth;
       We sing to the silence,  to the new green growth.
       In fields all tilled for Spring.

 WEST:
       We call to the West, to the Vesper song;
       We speak to the Rain, to the tidal pool;
       We call to the Bear, to the courageous dare;
       We sing to the Dusk,  to the new green growth.
       In fields all tilled for Spring.

 SOUTH:
       We call to the South, to the hot Noon Sun;
       We speak to the Fire, to the Spirit Flame;
       We call to the Lion, to destroy and heal;
       We sing to the Zenith, to the new green growth.
       In fields all tilled for Spring.

 EAST:
       We call to the East, to the Rising Sun;
       We speak to the Air, to wind swept hills;
       We call to the Hawk, to vision clear;
       We sing to the Dawn,  to the new green growth.
       In fields all tilled for Spring.

 CENTER:
       We call to the Center, to within and without;
       We speak to the Void, to the quintessential;
       We call to the Sphinx, to the turning wheel;
       We sing to change, to the new green growth.
       In fields all tilled for Spring.

 ALL:
       With healing hands and loving hearts this circle is cast.
       So mote it be.


 ACKNOWLEDGE THE CENTER AND THE DIRECTIONS:
           
 CENTER:
       We praise the Center, the Void and the Sphinx;
       For change and growth and Spring;
       We thank the powers for blessings wrought,
       For loving circle, sacred and strong.
       Farewell and Blessed be.

 EAST:
       We praise the East,  the Air, and the Hawk,
       For change and growth and Spring;
       We thank the powers for blessings wrought,
       For loving circle, sacred and strong.
       Farewell and Blessed be.

 SOUTH:
       We praise the South,  the Fire and the Lion,
       For change and growth and Spring;
       We thank the powers for blessings wrought,
       For loving circle, sacred and strong.
       Farewell and Blessed be.

 WEST:
       We praise the West, the Rain, the Bear,
       For change and growth and Spring;
       We thank the powers for blessings wrought,
       For loving circle, sacred and strong.
       Farewell and Blessed be.

 NORTH:
       We praise the North, the Earth, and the stag,
       For change and growth and Spring;
       We thank the powers for blessings wrought,
       For loving circle, sacred and strong.
       Farewell and Blessed be.