BASIC WICCAN RITUAL OUTLINE #1

1. Decide why you want to conduct a ritual. Make sure that your intention is clear.
2. Decide how you want to perform your ritual; write the words that you want to use during the
invocation and the other steps.
3. Decide when to do the ritual; for example, you may want to time your ritual to a specific phase of the
Moon or to a Wiccan holiday.
4. Decide where to do the ritual, set up an altar, and assemble the tools and other necessary objects.
5. Purify the space.
6. Purify yourself and others participating in the ritual.
7. Cast a circle to create sacred space.
8. Invoke, evoke, or welcome Deity, according to your beliefs.
9. Conduct a ritual observance (for example, celebrate a Sabbat or an Esbat), if you desire.
10. Raise power and work magic, if you have a good reason.
11. Earth the power.
12. Thank (or dismiss) Deity.
13. Take down the circle.

BASIC WICCAN RITUAL OUTLINE #2

1. Purification of Self
2. Purification of Space
3. Creating Sacred Space
4. Invocation
5. Ritual Observance (on Sabbats and Esbats)
6. Energy Raising (during Magic)
7. Earthing the Power
8. Thanking the Goddess and God
9. Breaking the Circle