Yule Spells & Rituals

Primary ritual focus: Rebirth and renewal, “saining” or “blessings” in ritual form, burning of the Yule log.

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MAGICKAL IDEAS FOR YOUR YULE SABBAT RITUAL

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Traditional and common ideas for the celebration of you are listed below:

•  Make your own Yule log. (If you don’t have a fireplace, you can carve holes in a log and insert metal tea candle cups.) Decorate with evergreens, ribbons, and ivy.

•  Empower mistletoe for healing and prosperity.

•  Make puppets or statues to represent the Oak and Holly Kings. Place them on the altar or put on a skit for younger members of your household.

•  Research the history of St. Nick (When Santa Was a Shaman by Joseph Cusamano is a good start) and the Christmas/Yule tree.

•  Empower Yule and Christmas cards with loving energy.

•  Empower Yule tree ornaments for prosperity.

•  Empower all gifts you give this season with love and happiness.

•  Build a Yule altar to honor the spirits of the wolf and the stag.

•  Find out what the Belsnickle is and how he fits into the magickal German Yule.

•  Recognize that Yule is a time of closure, especially in relation to solar-driven activities in your life—groups and organizations, major work projects, corporations, etc. Gracefully let go of those things that are no longer needed. Add meditation and prayer, tuned to the lowest ebb of solar energies, to your daily activities over this period.

•  Begin or keep family traditions associated to the season.

•  Yule occurs at the transition of Sagittarius to Capricorn—from a mutable fire sign to an earthy cardinal one. Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, gives us the authority, strength, and business acumen to make wise decisions about our future.

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Yule Prayers & Invocations

MORNING PRAYERS #1

“O! Mighty goddess, in silvery ice,
watching over us as we sleep,
a layer of shining white,
covering the earth each night,
frost on the world and in the soul,
we thank you for visiting us.
Because of you, we seek warmth
in the comfort of our homes and hearths.”

 

MORNING PRAYERS #2

by Silver RavenWolf 

Morning light will flood the chamber

—winter solstice sun.

Energy unfolding,

Saturn’s rule has just begun

Crystals formed of ice and frost

freeze field and forest green.

While Mighty Oak and Holly

fight for favors from our Queen.

The Great Wheel brings conception,

birth, and death as days of yore.

Each bonfire on a leyline

honors what has gone before.

Seven planets, seven spheres,

seven gates swing open.

I lift my arms and call the charge

the incantation spoken!

I conjure water spirits,

pour forth the sacred winds

come hither, O great fire!

The magick now begins!

Solar vapors, starry heavens

clouds and earth and waves

unite in your perfection

on this shortest solstice day!

I hold the key of secrets

and the phantoms will avail

the crossroads shimmer open

as the rod connects to grail.

Seven planets, seven spheres,

seven gates swing open.

I lift my arms and call the charge

the incantation spoken!

Beribboned Yule logs burning

each spark a blessing brings

Red and green, the sacred blood

of past and future kings.

Mistletoe and bayberry,

winter’s leaves and resin.

Spice and myrrh and evergreen

connect the Earth to heaven.

Through scented smoke and sacred prayer

I manifest good will.

Bring peace and joy to hearth and home

and every wish, fulfill.

Seven planets, seven spheres,

seven gates swing open.

I lift my arms and call the charge

the incantation spoken!

 

Yule Elemental Prayer

“As the earth grows colder,
the winds blow faster,
the fire dwindles smaller,
and the rains fall harder,
let the light of the sun
find its way home.”

 

Yule Prayer to the Old Gods

“The Holly King is gone, and the  Oak King reigns—
Yule is the time of the  old winter gods!
Hail to Baldur! To Saturn! To  Odin!
Hail to Amaterasu! To Demeter!
Hail to Ra! To Horus!
Hail to Frigga, Minerva Sulis and Cailleach Bheur!
It is their season, and high in the heavens,
may they grant us their blessings this winter day.”

 

“Great sun, wheel of fire, sun god in your glory,
hear me as I honor you
on this, the shortest day of the year.
Summer has gone, passed us by,
the fields are dead and cold,
all of earth sleeps in your absence.
Even in the darkest times,
you light the way for those who need a beacon,
of hope, of brightness,
shining in the night.
Winter is here, and colder days coming,
the fields are bare and the livestock thin.
We light these candles in your honor,
that you might gather your strength
and bring life back to the world.
O mighty sun above us,
we ask you to return, to bring back to us
the light and the warmth of your fire.
Bring life back to earth.
Bring light back to earth.
Hail the sun!”

 

Yule Forgiveness/Truce Prayer

“Beneath the tree of light and life,
a blessing at this season of Yule!
To all that sit at my hearth,
today we are brothers, we are family,
and I drink to your health!
Today we do not fight,
We bear no one ill will.
Today is a day to offer hospitality
to all that cross my threshold
in the name of the season.”

 

Yule Sunset Prayer

“The longest night has come once more,
the sun has set, and darkness fallen.
The trees are bare, the earth asleep,
and the skies are cold and black.
Yet tonight we rejoice, in this longest night,
embracing the darkness that enfolds us.
We welcome the night and all that it holds,
as the light of the stars shines down.”

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Yule New Start Rite

Lucifer is always there to help us in having the strength to carry through with our intentions. Take this night to start fresh with this simple ritual – perfect to perform with family and friends too.

• Decorate your table/area accordingly
• Personal resolutions can be written on paper
• Each take a turn in sharing what you intend on doing in the coming season/year
• In a burning bowl, burn the paper after the intention is stated
• After the rite, intense celebrating should take place.

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A Yule Cleansing Ritual

It is time to ready your home for the return of the sun. Get organized, and remove clutter. Also, this is a season to show goodwill toward your fellow man, so gather up items you no longer need and donate them to a charity shop or shelter.

• Use a broom to sweep your home from back to front, and visualize yourself sweeping out every bit of negative or stagnant energy as you do so.
• Next, light some  sage, pine needles, rosemary, or frankincense & myrrh incense.
• Carry them through your home in a clockwise direction, making sure the smoke touches every corner of every room.
• Say…

The sun returns, and I cleanse this space.
Clean and bright, and not a trace
Of negativity may linger here.
All unwanted energies disappear.

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References:

Solitary witch