Liber ab Nomen (Book of Name)^39
Thanking the Four Quarters
Typically this thanks comes in the form of thanking each of the Quarters for their
attendance, but not banishing them as some suggest. Instead, they are thanked and
told that they may stay if they wish but go if they must. Your hospitality continues.Opening the Circle
The Circle is either walked down in a counter-clockwise motion, or it is simply
opened. I prefer it to be walked down with host and hostess holding hands and walking
the Circle counterclockwise from East to East and then back to the center of the Circle.
Then they return, they hold up their hands so that all can see they are united, and
announce:Host and Hostess: ‘The Circle is open but never broken.’
Host: ‘Merry did we meet.’
Hostess: ‘Merry do we part.’
All: ‘And merry will we meet again.’g WB Chap 0.p65 39 7/11/2003, 5:47 PM