Now on to the celebration of Cakes and Ale in your ritual. (Be sure to have a bowl or libation dish for your offering to the God’s on your altar.) We invite our Lord and Lady to partake of this, our humble feast we hold in their honor. Taking up the food, bread cakes etc...Holding them high above your head say Behold. The bounty of the earth. Provided for our sustenance by our beautiful Goddess and God. We ask their blessing and thank them for this nourishment. Great Lord and Lady, as in the ways of old we share what we have with you and all whom have not. Break off a portion of the food and place it in your libation dish. Hold it again above your head and say... May this offering of the earth please you. As you have provided for us, we remember your words to take only that which we need and no more. Build our bodies strong that we may defend ourselves, Grant us health so our magick and works hold true. Blessed be this our food. Replace the libation dish on the altar and ring the bell. Take up the goblet of ale or wine (refill it if necessary), hold it over your head and say... Behold. The bounty of spirit. Provided to quench our thirst for knowledge and renew our collective soul union with you. We ask your blessing upon this cup and your spirit guidance on our journey. Open our minds to your gentle whisper in our thoughts and hearts so that we may become more perfect. Help us to see through vanity and into the spirit eyes of those who would harm us. Pour a portion of the Ale or wine into the libation dish. Hold it again over your head and say... May this offering of the spirit please you. As truth has guided us to the ways of the Craft, we thank you for your loving wisdom and presence in our lives. We ask you continue to teach us Lord and Lady to love and accept others and grant us the power to protect ourselves. We shall never forget your rule of thrice. Blessed be this our cup. Ring the bell. There are several ways to change this rite to fit the Sabbat or Esbat you are celebrating. As always the Cakes and Ale rite is not carved in stone. Change it to suit yourself. Happy celebrating Brothers and Sisters From Darnack's Book Of Shadows Cakes and Ale First you take the cup and hold it up to the heavens and concentrate for a moment. Then you bring it down to chest level and take your athame in your other hand and dip it straight down into the cup. Then you say "As the athame is to the cup so is the male to the female, ever joined brings blessedness". Then you partake of the cup. Then you hold the cakes to the heavens and concentrate for a moment. Then bring it down to chest level and take you athame in your other hand drawing a pentagram over the air above the cakes saying "Blesses these cakes, may they bring norishment to our/my bodies/body, blessed be". Then partake of the cakes. Goddess Invocation Mother Goddess come and be with me tonight in my circle. Lend the energies of the maiden , mother , and crone to my sacred space. Guard it from evil letting none but love and light dwell with. Blessed Be. OR Gracious Goddess, You who are the Queen of the Gods, the lamp of the night, the creator of all that is wild and free; Mother of woman and man; lover of the Horned God and protectress of all the Witchcraft: Descend, I pray with your Lunar ray of power upon my circle here tonight. So mote it be.