Witches’ Dance Rite

This is a power-raising rite that used rhythmic movement and sound to build and release magical power for magical and ritual workings. Beginning in a whisper, the chant starts slowly, growing louder and faster as the chant progresses. Any form of movement may be used to stir the current. Dancing, swaying, hand and arm gestures, or even the nodding of the head will suffice.

Chant:

Round and round the Devil goes,
Hoof and heel on the hollow road.
Round and round the witches fly,
Smoke in the air and fire in the sky.

Spirits gather, shadows call,
Through the gate, beyond the wall!
Cunning ones and creeping things,
Come to dance where the dark bell rings!

Round and round the Devil goes,
Hoof and heel on the hollow road!
Round and round the witches tread,
Charmed by the quick and led by the dead!

Now is the hour, now is the way!
Night is awake and the wind will obey!

At the final line, stop suddenly, focusing on directing and casting the raised power. I find it is helpful to symbolically direct the raised energy by pointing or fling your arms toward the focus of the working (as if throwing a ball). Or, if the chat is to be used for trance purposes, I sometimes like to punctuate the end of the chat by falling to the ground as a gesture of releasing the raised energy from the body.