Libation
The pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual, or liquid so poured.
Libation
This is an act of honoring a deity by offering a portion of wine and other liquids. In modern Witchcraft libations are usually given with wine following moon rituals.
Libation
A form of offering in which a liquid is poured on an idol, a symbolic figure of a deity, or on the ground. This offering can contain some (usually soluble and biodegradable) solids when being poured on the ground.
When the moon wanes, disinter the urn and- while repeating a suitable incantation- pour its contents as a libation on to the earth. Then re-bury it.
Chalice: A ritual tool used in libation, this feminine principle tool represents the element water and the west.
Chakra: One of the seven major energy centers in the human body.
Accedant & consecrationes tam de libationibus quam aliis. Confert hic dignitates & confirmationes. Resistentes sibi suo vinculo deprimit, & exorcistæ subjicit. Bonos comparat famulos, & artium omnium intellectum.
It is the first equilibrium of unities; therefore, Pythagoras said that Apollo gave oracles from a tripod, and advised offer of libation three times.
This object will also serve as the physical receptacle of libations. You can get as creative or as simple as you'd like. I just cut a small disc of wood about the thickness of my pentacle.
'"43 (Notably absent from the performance at Caxton Hall, for the audience at least, is the "Cup of Libation.") That is, they are-in content, if not in quality-much like a play.
Then, with the chanting of sacred mantras, they were tied in the knots of holy matrimony. From then, it is believed, that whosoever pours libations in the sacrificial fire accompanied by the sacred name 'Svaha, ...
And the devils, indeed, having heard this washing published by the prophet, instigated those who enter their temples, and are about to approach them with libations and burnt offerings, also to sprinkle themselves; ...
 See also: Ritual, World, Spirit, Sacred, Gods
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