As with Circle Casting, you may well want to customise this with your own preferred names and referents for the Elements. Also, this is obviously a script for a Priestess initiating a Priestess, as anything else is outside my experience and practice; but I can't see any reason why it couldn't be used for a Priest initiating a Priest (or indeed any other combination, since in my tradition there's no reason why you can't initiate someone of the opposite sex if that's the way the Magic guides you) with suitable tweaks to pronouns etc.

Initiation Ritual: Standard Version

This version is for use in the usual situation, where the Initiate's magical name is kept private between the Initiate and the Goddess: the Initiate is always referred to aloud by her normal name, denoted by (normal-name) in the script.

The Initiation starts with the Initiate outside the Circle; she is let in by the Priestess at the proper time. If the Initiation is being performed along with another Ritual (e.g. a Sabbat), the Initiation is done first, so the new Initiate can participate in the other Ritual.

Cast Circle as usual. On the altar are the new Initiate's athame, talisman and (optionally) other ritual tools such as chalice, wand, sacred stone/crystal or pentacle. Also bread and wine (or substitutes) for Communion, and aromatic oil, such as frankincense.

We are gathered here tonight to welcome (normal-name) into the service of the Triple Goddess and the Hornèd God as a Priestess. We call now upon the Blessed Mother, the Hornèd Father and our Elemental Kin to witness this dedication.

(normal-name) , you are about to dedicate yourself as a Priestess to the Triple Goddess and the Hornèd God, and as a Witch. It is a commitment that should not be made lightly, for it is a commitment for this life and all your future lives. If you are ready, then enter the Circle in perfect love and perfect trust.

Priestess cuts a gate in the Circle at East. Initiate steps through, Priestess closes the gate. The Initiate then makes her dedication: she may do this in her own words if she prefers:

Initiate: I enter the Circle in perfect love and perfect trust, pledging myself to serve the Triple Goddess and the Hornèd God for all eternity.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

Priestess anoints Initiate with aromatic oil, in four places, saying:

Blessed be your body, your soul, your mind and your spirit.

Initiate/Witnesses: So mote it be.

Now join with the Goddess, and make known to her your secret magical Name.

Initiate: Every part of me, body and soul, mind and spirit, belongs to the Goddess.

Pause for a few moments; Initiate meditates with the Goddess, silently revealing her secret Name to Her. She may receive a vision or other psychic experience. Priestess then presents the Initiate to each quarter in turn:

East: Power of Air, essence of Gorias, bless (normal-name) with the gifts of honesty and eloquence.

If Initiate owns a wand, at this point Priestess hands it to her; Initiate holds it up to the East, saying:

Initiate: Bless this wand, which is dedicated for magical use, a true implement of witchcraft. May it serve me well.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

South: Power of Fire, essence of Findias, bless (normal-name) with the gifts of passion and love.

At this point Priestess hands athame to Initiate; Initiate holds it up to the South, saying:

Initiate: Bless this athame, which is dedicated for magical use, a true implement of witchcraft. May it serve me well.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

West: Power of Water, essence of Murias, bless (normal-name) with the gifts of vision and wisdom.

If Initiate owns a chalice, at this point Priestess hands it to her; Initiate holds it up to the West, saying:

Initiate: Bless this chalice, which is dedicated for magical use, a true implement of witchcraft. May it serve me well.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

North: Power of Earth, essence of Falias, bless (normal-name) with the gifts of strength and fairness.

If Initiate owns a pentacle or sacred stone, at this point Priestess hands it to her; Initiate holds it up to the North, saying:

Initiate: Bless this pentacle/stone, which is dedicated for magical use, a true implement of witchcraft. May it serve me well.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

Centre: Power of Spirit, essence of the Sídhe, bless (normal-name) with the gifts of magic and perception.

At this point Priestess places talisman round Initiate's neck; Initiate says:

Initiate: Bless this talisman, which I take to protect myself. May it serve me well.

Priestess/Witnesses: So mote it be.

Both return to the altar. Priestess turns to Initiate and gives her communion, saying:

(normal-name) , I welcome you to the Path of the Goddess. Blessed Be!

Initiate/Witnesses: Blessed Be!

Priestess takes communion herself, then raises glass of drink in a toast to the Deities, saying:

To the Old Ones: Merry meet and merry part, and merry meet again.

Now proceed to other ritual(s) or dispel the circle.

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