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Circle Ritual and L 'Axis Mundi

Whether you call ritual circle, trampling the mill , or the compass spins, the intention of this practice is to create a space ritually purified to open a door between the worlds protected so that the ritual can communicate with the gods or spirits from other realms. The method of creating the circle, as is done today in Wicca, is based on that of the Golden Dawn, and also the key of Solomon. "Circle" was already used very time before the magic Wicca (Read the Circle for more details.) , but not with the Wiccan way of invoking the four elements and the element in more than spirit, using staves, invoking an athame (or latro instrument). Despite his young age, this method is very effective and a Wiccan practice for magicians ritualists especially if they are influenced by Gerald Gardner, Paul Huson, or The Key of Solomon itself. Good resources to draw upon for the creation of the circle are Wiccan Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson and A Witch's Bible Janet and Stewart Farrar.

What witches modern witches and pagans today do not realize is that creating a circle are actually and universally regarded as well as access to tree of the Worlds or Axis Mundi.
Create Circle is actually a misnomer. It is not a circle or a ring to be created, but rather a perfect sphere with a dome above the ground and the other side below. In my personal opinion, when you throw a circle by invoking the four elements and spirit Akasha, is only creating one half of the sphere. This is half access to the upper world of gods and ignoring the realm of the dead below. Create a circle is the 'act of duplicating the World Tree, or access the AXIS mundi.
This intention is in all pagan cultures around the world is a polytheistic beliefs and animist. For example, the Egyptians and their djed the god Osiris, who is considered the backbone of the 'axis mundi of the world, just as God Legba Voodoo is associated with the Haitian and African - Poteau Mitan the peristyle hounfour s' , Legba is also seen as the backbone and the World Tree. The Poteau Mitan (pole) is used to draw or write LWA ancestors known as the gedi .

Norwegians and Scandinavians also had piles of wood in the middle of their temples and places of worship outside. These poles were made of wood or where they live plants and have been in the ritual took this representation Yggdrasil - The World Tree in Norway. When the Vikings sailed to settle in Iceland, have brought their poles carved with them and threw them into the sea because it was believed that if the poles floated was a sign that the land had been blessed, and they could settle there.
They also believed that to communicate with the gods must reach them through the World Tree and it was the same for the spirits of the dead and the gods of the underworld. The Mayas, Aztecs, Sumerians, Assyrians, Celts, Greeks, Hindus, as well as the tribes and the natives have all had a world-tree or "tree of life." In some cases, the World Tree is a "world mountain" or a huge stone standing.

In some pagan cultures, the axis mundi itself is considered a god able to keep the gates of all the kingdoms and, instead of creating a circle, the god is called through the use of a tree, pole , pillar, staff or wand that God World Tree is believed clothes. In many cultures where representations come to us, depict men dancing around singing to induce trance.
So this divinity was delighted by the participants, with offers and she was asked to open the gate (for the upper or lower). for the Norwegians was the god Odin and Heimdal, Hermes to the Greeks, to the Gauls on Esus, for Haitians to Papa Legba, and so on. A Roman magician would ever called Hecate, rather than Mercury to open the door to the underworld.
Depending on the culture, there were also the deities that were specifically or guarding a gate of the underworld or realm of the gods.


Create a circle ritual for individuals or groups

There is more than a way to access the World Tree. One is internal and one is external. For the external method, which is of shamanic origin, are called the four directions (north, east, south and west), but do not have elements corresponding to them. So whether the world above and one below are called after the four cardinal points for a total of six directions by invoking the duality of the World Tree and open the door to the afterlife.
When it comes to calling the four main directions could be to invite the four dwarfs associated with them in the Norse faith, faith of the four Maya API, or the four supernatural creatures associated with the four directions in an ancient Chinese belief, depending on what tradition provides for personal practice.
For the above and below, you can use the words the realm of the gods and the dead used in its cultural tradition or mythology.
Drumming (Case ritual of playing the drum) is a common method of convening the six directions and many pictures of the world tree is believed to be the rhythm of the earth or the battery of the earth. Drums were regarded by shamans as they were a horse or a deer, which allowed the shaman to travel up and down the World Tree or invoke the World Tree itself. The frame drum is particularly useful for this purpose.
sing a song while playing the drums is an effective method to create the sphere and access the World Tree.

The following is an outline of what the Ritualist is creating along with two ancient symbols that reflect common. Think of the circle (the ball) as a lift metaphysical moves up or down the 'axis mundi . Such practice in traditional witchcraft that are influenced by the teachings of Robert Cochrane, you can see from the pattern is very similar to the Cochrane stick with the two crossed arrows on it and hung a wreath that surrounds them.

If you practice witchcraft under the traditional, you can use a stick in rituals to access the World Tree. For the ritual, the stick is stuck in the ground outdoors (a fork is the best).
Does the part on land, down to the underworld like the roots of a tree, the branch that is our kingdom, the teeth that reach the sky that unites the three realms and the opening of a door to the afterlife. After asking for directions to the six gods or spirits, or if it can be taken through the stick must be requested or during the ritual. A tree personnel can be used similarly.

Those with an interest in etymology can find the historical significance of the stick very interessante.Nella Scots and Anglo-Saxon which are more commonly called the club " Stang" relates, the mean pole, stick, or shaft, such as a fork , spinning wheel, walking stick, the radius of a plow, or the axis of a machine. If you dig a little 'more depth in the other word takes on different meanings, "Stang" was also used to indicate key, do it, Arrow, snake poisoning, or a means to stimulate the conscience "(Dictionary of the Scots language). Interesting is not it? It certainly explains
with staff usually accompanies the shamans, sorcerers and magicians of history, folklore and mythology. The Norse word for seeresses , translates as "wand bearer."
These carriers have been able to enter the realm of spirit and in communion with the gods and ancestors for the people of their communities.


access the World Tree

The internal method of accessing the World Tree is the basic method. If the World Tree is a plug then we can also consider our own spine as an axis of the miniature world.
Many myths of the culture and folklore say that human beings were created by trees, but perhaps we were created from the tree? I believe in three sacred elements of earth (ground), water (sea) and air (sky) and the fire is the element that more complete and gives us our intelligence and cunning - the fire spirit .
If I want to walk between the worlds in my body I'm going to a place where the three main elements are the leading fire in my own body. When I want to communicate with gods and spirits of my family or leave my body, I call the four elements in my own body, while I trance in order to cross worlds. This is an internal method, because it is made without any movement or external actions, in addition to the use of hand or perhaps breathing methods to induce trance.
Within us all there is a door to the World Tree. Some can access and others do not. If you are in a tradition that is influenced by the Kabbalah, the internal method may already be very familiar. I personally do not use the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, but this method can also be very effective. Those affected by the practices of yoga can use the chakra to access your internal axis mundi. These methods are not needed East to achieve the same effect, those engaged in another culture.
The internal approach is like 'access to witch or shaman, the road to other worlds and walking between them. Some call this method of astral travel, some other hedge shamanic journey to cross.

Bringing the World Tree in the creation of our ritual circle and do not forget the whys and wherefores of what we do in the ritual as witches, shamans, druids, and wizards.