Beltane is an appropriate time to perform spells to ward off disease, as the ancient Celts once drove their livestock through the smoke of their sacred Beltane bonfires to keep disease at bay. To perform this spell you will need a piece of white chalk that has never before been burned. With the chalk, draw a pentagram on the floor about four feet wide. Light the white candle and hold it in your right hand. Step into the pentagram, face east, and recite three times: "Beltane, fire of enchantment, burn without and within. Let the sabbat spell begin! Ofano, Oblamo, Ospergo, Hola Noa, Massa Lux Beff, Clemati, Adonai, Cleona, Florit, Pax Sax Sarax, Afa Afaca Nostra, Cerum Heaium, Lada Frium. So mote it be!"
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