Full Dispute Moon Esbat Ritual
August - Ending anger
At the beginning of August is Lughnasa, the Sabbat of the first harvest. Mother Earth is beginning to give birth to the bounty which will support Her creatures through the winter.

Anger is a destructive emotion, which does far more damage to the one who is angry than the one who "caused" the anger. Releasing our hold on our anger allows us to take the energy that we have been using to keep it going and use that energy for more productive things.

As the times of the Waxing and Full Moon are most commonly used for attacting, rather than banishing, energies, this ritual is designed to help us release anger so that there is room in us for peace to take its place. Spirit will not remove that which we are holding onto. Our release of anger is necessary before it can be removed by Spirit and replaced with something better.

This ritual was created for the August, 2000 Full Dispute Moon Esbat.

Purpose: To release anger so it may be replaced by peace.

Tools

Lavender incense, to encourage tranquility
A lavender candle in candleholder, to encourage contact with Spirit
A piece of sugilite or amethyst, to connect us to Spirit energies
A cauldron filled with water
The Working[i]

Oh Full Dispute Moon, Mother Moon, you bring me the opportunity to end anger and thereby achieve peace. I choose to take advantage of this opportunity, using sugilite as my guide.
Hold sugilite in left hand.

I ask the energies of sugilite to remind me of my reasons for being in my physical body and for living on the Earth plane.

I ask the energies of sugilite to help me forgive others, and myself, since forgiveness ends anger, and brings peace.

From that place of peace, I ask sugilite to help me understand the lessons that I have chosen to learn during this visit to the physical realm.

In my left hand I hold sugilite, that I may be filled with love.

I place my right hand into this water, that any anger I feel toward myself or others may be released into this purifying element.

Put hand in water and, moving it widdershins, say:

I have been disturbed by anger about ___. I release that anger now, so that it may be replaced by peace and love.
Repeat until I have named and released all things for which I feel anger. Sprinkle salt into the water in the cauldron.

Into this water, I sprinkle salt, that the angry feelings released into this water may be purified.
Stir water three times deosil, from the North, with right index finger.

By the Power of Three, and by the powers of Water and Earth, the negative energy of my anger is now replaced by the powers of Peace and Love.

So mote it be.

I honor the powers of peace and love that now flow through me.

I ask the energies of sugilite to help me be ever mindful of the power of peace and love in my life and in the world.

Sending the Energy[ii]

She changes everything she touches; everything she touches changes.

As I light this candle, my will be done.

This, or something better, for the Highest Good of all concerned.

Light lavender candle. Imagine goal fulfilled, stand in Goddess position and "let go."

After the Ritual

Let the lavender candle burn out.

Take the remainder of wine and cakes, the ashes from the incense, and the cauldron full of water outside. Pour the wine on the earth and place the cookie and ashes on the ground. Then pour the water from the cauldron on the ground and say:

Under the Light of the Full Dispute Moon, I release the purified energy of my anger into the Earth, that it may be replaced by the love and peace of Spirit.

Blessed be.

Carry sugilite with me until next full moon.

From The Janic Tradition