Yale

    Cleanse yourself and your space in your normal manner.

Yale Altar

     Use a Green Altar cloth, with green and red God and Goddess candles. Decorate the Altar with evergreens, holly and ivy, fir tree boughs, and possibly your Yule Log. Use Ale or Mulled wine and rich fruit cake  for your Cakes and Ale feast. 

    Cast the Circle in your usual manner (there's a suggested Circle Casting Instructions in our Rituals section you may like to try!),  invoking your personal Goddesses and  Gods. Then bring the God candle used on Samhain to the front of the altar. Say:

"As this candle represents the Lord of the Sun, as did it's blowing out represent His passing,
as will it's lighting represent His return."

    Take an altar candle and light the God candle. Bringing the altar candle with you, move around the altar to the Yule log at the rear. Light the first candle, saying:

"Blessed be the Goddess in her maiden form, fresh and young.
May all the world be born young again with her."

    Light the second candle, saying:

"Blessed be the Goddess in her motherly form, lovely and heavy with child.
May all that springs from her womb be strong and fruitful."

    Light the third candle, saying:

"Blessed be the Goddess in the form of the crone, powerful and wise.
Guardian of magic and the wheel of life."

     Now the Yule log has been lit, put the altar candle in it's place. Return to the front of the altar and stand, facing East. Speak these words:

"On this night the Lord of the Sun is reborn and the Goddess and the God are reunited. As the sun returns and the wheel of the year turns once more, we honour the Goddess and the newly born God, our Mother and Father."

    Now is the time for any seasonal activities that you had planned for this evening.
Magic is not really appropriate, though introspection upon Peace, harmony, love, and increased happiness may be taken. Other activities may include Singing, decorating the Yule tree, etc. Once finished, celebrate with Cakes and Ale, then release the circle in your normal manner.