ab:esbat.txt 13jan90 Esbat Ritual Needs: Everything needed to cast a Circle, Wand, Scourge, Priestess' Athame Priest, Priestess Here is the sequence of modules in a standard Esbat ritual. Cast Circle (optional; rare) declaim Ancient Call Drawing Down the Moon Charge (optional; rare) HP declaims Ancient Call Great God Cernunnos Invocation (generally omitted if Drawing Down the Sun) Witches' Rune (or other circle chant, eg. Ancient Call) Cone of Power ---insert optional Circle work here (eg. Sabbat ritual)-------------- Wine Blessing Cake Blessing ---relax and chat; Coven business discussion, teaching, etc. --- Close Circle ---------- -A "standard" BOS usually lists its owner's standard modules so that they follow each other, and optional pieces are probably given seperately with no written explanation of how to put things together. -Obviously, the term "modules" is not traditional. -There are a large number of published sources for the Esbat ritual as a whole. 