Banishing and Cleansing Ritual
— Starhawk, The Spiral Dance
Point your Athame at the sky, and then at the earth. Then, pointing Athame horizontally, either spin 360° or walk around the perimeter with the Athame held out in a threatening manner.
Spirits of evil,
Unfriendly beings
Unwanted guests, Begone!
Leave us leave this place, leave this Circle,
that the Goddess and the God may enter.
Go, or be cast into the outer darkness!
Go, or be drowned in the watery abyss!
Go, or be burned in the flames!
Go, of be torn by the whirlwind!
By the power of the Mother and the Horned One
We banish you! We banish you! We banish you!