If you are doing this ritual in December of 1998: it should be done at 10:20 AM EST.
You will need a single purple candle and your astral candle, some Sage for smudging and some clary sage oil if you can find it if not sandalwood will do in a pinch.
Try to still your mind while sitting facing your altar. Your astral candle should be on the left and the purple candle on the right. Light your astral candle saying:
Light your purple candle saying:
Light the Sage and begin smudging the altar and yourself. This is a process of having the smoke all around you and everything on the altar. Say:
Keep repeating that chant until you feel calm and then annoint yourself with the Clarey Sage Oil or some Sandalwood Oil if you can't get it. Say:
Stay at your altar until the Sage burns out and then clap the candle out thanking the spirits for their help.