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• ' ' I Tree and Bird, Stone and Star The spirituality of witchcraft is experienced through the world around us, through nature, and through the bodies in which we live. The sense of the divine is not remote from the world, but is part of one's own being. To be a witch means living in harmony with the ebb and flow of the seasonal tides and the cycles of sun, 1noon, and weather; to have a love of everything that lives, a respect for and sympathy with tree and bird, stone and star, and our fel, low hu,nans. This is expressed through aligning oneself with the unfolding patterns of the ritual year, and the monthly wax, ing and waning of the moon. Witches believe that working in harmony with these cycles will nourish the spirit of the land while aligning their own spiritual develop1nent with the soul of nature. About the Author Elen Hawke is a British witch who live<; 1n Oxford, Engl,1nJ, with her hushand and a house full of animab. She has one gniwn Jaugh1cr and son. Elen is a photographer, illustrator, and has been a profc!>~tonal astrologer for twenty-seven years and a tarot reader for ten. These days, she divides her time between healing, teaching witchcraft, med itation, and chakra work, and celebrating the moon~ and fesnval5 with the rest of the coven to which she belongs. To Write to the Author If you wish to contact the author or would like 1nore information about this book, please write to the author in care of Llewellyn Worldwide and we will forward your request. Both the author and publisher appreciate hearing frotn you and learning of your enjoy ment of this book and how it has helped you. Llewellyn Worldwide cannot guarantee that every letter written to the author can be answered, but all will be forwarded. Please write to: Elen Hawke % Llewellyn Worldwide P.O. Box 64383, Dept. l-56718-444-8 St. Paul, MN 55164-0383, U.S.A. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply, or $1.00 to cover costs. lf outside U.S.A., enclose international postal reply coupon. Many of Llewellyn's authors have websites with additional informa tion and resources. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.llewellyn.com CRAFTING THE WITCHES' PATH ELENHAWKE 2001 Llewellyn Publications St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0383, U.S.A. In ihe Circle: Crafting cite \'(/itches' Pach r9 2000 by Elen I L1wkc. All right!) reserved. No pan of Lht) book m;iy he u~ed or rcprod11cccl 1n any rnanner whatsoever, including internet u~age, wnhout wrirrcn permission from Llewellyn Publrcation5 cxc.crt 1n the c,1,e of hricf quotations emhodie<l 1n crrtical articles and reviews. FIRST EDITION First Printing, 2000 Book design and editing by Karin Simoneau Cover design by William Merlin Cannon Interior art by Carrie Westfall Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 1-lawke, Elen, 1947- In the circle: crafting the witches' path/ Elen Hawke. p. cm. ISBN 1-56718-444-8 1. Witchcraft. I. Title. BF1566 .H377 2001 133.4'3-dc21 00-062353 Llewellyn Worl<lwi<le does not participate in, endorse, or have any authority or responsibility concerning private business transactions between our authors and the public. All mail addressed to the author is forwarded but the publisher cannot, unless specifically instructed by the author, give out an address or phone nun1ber. Llewellyn Puhlications A Division of Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. P.O. Box 64383, Dept. 1-56718-444-8 St. Paul, MN 55164-0383, U.S.A. www.llewellyn.com (l Printed on recycled paper in the United States of America For my daughter, my sisters, my mother, Stephen, Kate, Mike, and Tereza; for Children of Artemis and all my dear friends at witchcraft_uk; for for my brothers and sisters in the Craft; and Louise, who encouraged me to walk the path. ,, I Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 ' http://archive.org/details/incirclecraftingOOhawk Contents Introduction lX Chapter One: Winter Solstice 1 Chapter Two: Goddess and God 7 Chapter Three: lmbolc 25 Chapter Four: Building a Shrine 31 Chapter Five: New Moon 37 Chapter Six: Oestara 41 Chapter Seven: Magical Equipment 45 Chapter Eight: Beltane 67 Chapter Nine: The Sacred Land 73 Chapter Ten: Fu II Moon 87 Chapter Eleven: Su1n 1ner Solstice 95 VIII Chapter Twelve: The Circle 99 C 0 Chapter Thirteen: Latnmas N T 125 E N Chapter Fourteen: Magic T s 131 Chapter Fifteen: Autumn Equinox 145 Chapter Sixteen: The Quarter Moons 151 Chapter Seventeen: Waning/ Dark Moon 155 Chapter Eighteen: Sarnhain 159 Chapter Nineteen: Initiation 165 Glossary 173