:: A Sun Amulet

Make a Sun Amulet for the sabbat of Litha, or MidSummer, during the Summer Solstice.
When the Sun is high in the sky, gather materials to create the amulet.
If possible, work outdoors. If not, visualize warmth and brightness above you.
Salute the Sun and call solar energy within as you say and do the following:

As from above energy flows.
(Stand tall, with arms aloft)
Here below my energy grows.
(Kneel, hands on the Earth)
With heart and mind I seek your might.
(Stand, hands to heart, then to head)
Guide my purpose with your light.
(Arms aloft)
That from within light flows from me.
(Touch heart with hand, then gesture outward)
As I give thanks to thee.
(Cross hands over the heart)
This is my will, so mote it be!
(Bow to Sun)

Create your amulet, opening mind and heart for insight as to how best to fulfill your purpose and express it within your world.
For materials, combine nature's offerings with items such as ribbons, strings, and small shiny ornaments in yellow, orange and gold.
Bind supple branches or vines into a single circle to form a solar cross.
After you decorate the form, hold your finished amulet up toward the Sun.
Offer thanks for messages received during your rite.
Hang the amulet ourdoors or in, wherever it will catch the Sun's rays and remind you of the messages received from your Sun.

Maria Kay Simms