Samhain Ritual 2011

1. Set up candles to cast the circle.
a. Green candle in the North
b. Yellow candle in the East
c. Red candle in the South
d. Blue candle in the West.

Place white tea lights in between each Element to cast the rest of the circle.

As I light each candle, I will say:
a: North:  I call on the Element of Earth, the ground beneath my feet, the sand between my toes, the food I ingest, please be here with me.
b. East: I call on the Element of Air, the breeze that I breathe, the cold chill of the winter, the incense I burn, please be here with me.
c. South: I call on the Element of Fire, the candles that I burn, the Sun that keeps me warm, that cooks my food, please be here with me.
d. West: I call on the Element of Water, that cleanses me, the water that I drink, that purifies my area, please be here with me.

2. Light the incense with the working candle. Draw the circle again with the incense.

3. Sprinkle salt water around the circle.

4. Bring working candle around the circle.

5. Call upon the God and the Goddess.
a. I ask that the Goddess, the Mother, the Moon to be here with me.
b. I ask that the God, the Father, the Sun to be here with me.

6. Begin to state the purpose of the ritual:

"I begin this ritual to honor the loved ones that are no longer with us- Rayden, Tabby, Joe, and Grandmom Rose. I ask them to be here with me and guide me every day. I also begin this ritual to honor my ancestors, even though I am not sure exactly who they are. But I respect and love them, and I ask them to be here with me."

7. Sit and meditate for a little while. Silently ask those to be with you and to protect you from any unwanted energies or spirits, and to hold your circle strong.

8. Draw cards from each Tarot deck.

9. Draw the Pendulum, and ask the spirits that I called upon the questions I have.

10. Meditate.

11. Begin to close the circle:
a.  I call on the Element of Earth, the ground beneath my feet, the sand between my toes, the food I ingest, I ask you to close my circle.
b. East: I call on the Element of Air, the breeze that I breathe, the cold chill of the winter, the incense I burn, I ask you to close my circle.
c. South: I call on the Element of Fire, the candles that I burn, the Sun that keeps me warm, that cooks my food, I ask you to close my circle.
d. West: I call on the Element of Water, that cleanses me, the water that I drink, that purifies my area, I ask you to close my circle.
e. Thank you, Elements, for guiding me and protecting me during this ritual.

12. I call on the God and Goddess to close my circle. Thank you for guiding me and protecting me during this ritual. Thank you for the messages that I have received. Rayden, Tabby, Joe and Rose- I hope you have a safe journey back to the other side. Thank you so much for being here with me tonight. I love you all, and I can't wait to see you again. Until next time, see ya later. :)

 

Samhain Ritual 2011

 

1. Set up candles to cast the circle.

a. Green candle in the North

b. Yellow candle in the East

c. Red candle in the South

d. Blue candle in the West.

 

Place white tea lights in between each Element to cast the rest of the circle.

 

As I light each candle, I will say:

a: North:  I call on the Element of Earth, the ground beneath my feet, the sand between my toes, the food I ingest, please be here with me.

b. East: I call on the Element of Air, the breeze that I breathe, the cold chill of the winter, the incense I burn, please be here with me.

c. South: I call on the Element of Fire, the candles that I burn, the Sun that keeps me warm, that cooks my food, please be here with me.

d. West: I call on the Element of Water, that cleanses me, the water that I drink, that purifies my area, please be here with me.

 

2. Light the incense with the working candle. Draw the circle again with the incense.

 

3. Sprinkle salt water around the circle.

 

4. Bring working candle around the circle.

 

5. Call upon the God and the Goddess.

a. I ask that the Goddess, the Mother, the Moon to be here with me.

b. I ask that the God, the Father, the Sun to be here with me.

 

6. Begin to state the purpose of the ritual:

 

"I begin this ritual to honor the loved ones that are no longer with us- Rayden, Tabby, Joe, and Grandmom Rose. I ask them to be here with me and guide me every day. I also begin this ritual to honor my ancestors, even though I am not sure exactly who they are. But I respect and love them, and I ask them to be here with me."

 

7. Sit and meditate for a little while. Silently ask those to be with you and to protect you from any unwanted energies or spirits, and to hold your circle strong.

 

8. Draw cards from each Tarot deck.

 

9. Draw the Pendulum, and ask the spirits that I called upon the questions I have.

 

10. Meditate.

 

11. Begin to close the circle:

a.  I call on the Element of Earth, the ground beneath my feet, the sand between my toes, the food I ingest, I ask you to close my circle.

b. East: I call on the Element of Air, the breeze that I breathe, the cold chill of the winter, the incense I burn, I ask you to close my circle.

c. South: I call on the Element of Fire, the candles that I burn, the Sun that keeps me warm, that cooks my food, I ask you to close my circle.

d. West: I call on the Element of Water, that cleanses me, the water that I drink, that purifies my area, I ask you to close my circle.

e. Thank you, Elements, for guiding me and protecting me during this ritual.

 

12. I call on the God and Goddess to close my circle. Thank you for guiding me and protecting me during this ritual. Thank you for the messages that I have received. Rayden, Tabby, Joe and Rose- I hope you have a safe journey back to the other side. Thank you so much for being here with me tonight. I love you all, and I can't wait to see you again. Until next time, see ya later. :)

 

connection.

I've been really into Native American culture and spirituality lately. Mostly healing techniques and power/totem animal studies. I've always been into the culture since I was little, but I never studied too much about it.The culture fascinates me and I can't wait to learn more about it. I've been working on power/totem animals for a while now, and I'm finding it kind of difficult to find my own. I do notice certain animals from time to time that try to grab my attention, and I'll work with them for a while, and then they disappear. I'm not sure why that is. I suppose that's the natural cycle of power animals- only coming to you when it's necessary, and then onto the next. It would be nice to finally have a totem animal that I can call my own. I find myself stressing out about it, even though I know I shouldn't. I don't feel particularly rushed to pick one or anything, and I know the process needs to come on a whim, but I feel frustrated when I go through a certain experience or meditation and I have no specific guide to call on to help me. But at the same time, it's nice to have a handful of different guides that I can pick through to try and see if they will aid me in my experiences. Arg! Just typing/talking that out is frustrating me!

Anyway, besides the whole "guide" issue, my spirituality has grown so much in the last few months. I went through a downtime earlier this year and over the summer. Over the summer, I had this intense calling to buy a Tarot deck, specifically the Osho Zen. I didn't want to spend the money on it because it was pretty expensive. My friend bought me the deck for my birthday back in September, and I wanted to cry I was so happy! I immediatly cleansed and charged the deck the next day, and sifted through the cards for them to catch my energy. And I have been pulling cards every single day since. I feel so spiritually connected to all of my cards that I have and it feels wonderful. It's like I constantly have sparks of energy flying out of my fingertips whenever I do a reading. It's really an amazing feeling and realization that I could have such a strong connection to source just from a deck of cards. How you'll get the same reading over and over until you actually listen and pay attention to it.

For instance, I haven't had the best of times this last month. A few heated arguments, a loss of connection, and just overall feeling bad. I kept pulling the "Sorrow" card from the deck and I got upset about it! No one likes getting a disappointing reading. It took alot of shuffling, re-dos, huffs and puffs to realize that I needed to meditate on this card and figure out WHY I kept pulling it. There's a reason why this keeps happening. And so, I did. And the card hasn't been dealt to me since. And it took those moments of upset and frustration to realize how connected I really am. Two days ago, I was hanging around outside and I noticed the Dogwood tree in my yard, and how beautiful it looked. The leaves just turned bright, fiery red. It got me thinking of the beautiful transformation that it goes through throughout the year. How it starts off haggard and leafless, then blooms into beautiful light pink petals with red berry-like blossoms, into a bright green flush of summer, then back into the fiery red decay before the next winter. I started thinking of how my life evolves and changes in the same way- how my life blossoms and decays, and goes through so many changes to the point where I don't even remember who I am. I finally am realizing that it's supposed to happen that way. I'm supposed to go through these changes and realizations in life. I'm supposed to learn from them and take them into the next cycle or journey. I want to take these experiences and helpful hints from nature and use them. I want to officially start my path as a healer and helper.

I know this is a long winded post, and it's probably boring the hell out of whoever is reading, but I needed to get it out. I'm not only posting in this blog to entertain others and to put myself out there for other people to find and relate to, but to also capture a timeline of spiritual awakening in my life. Anyway, I've been diving into creative projects like crazy now, and making some goals coming closer to being achieved. I'm going to buy some dreamcatcher supplies after work today, and try to do a tutorial for my YT channel within the next few days. I also bought three mini-sized composition notepads to journal my spiritual growth. One book is for card readings, one is for meditation journeys, and one will be a "grocery list" of things that I want to buy, or subjects to look more into, or things that I come across that I want to know more about, ect. I'm pretty excited about my new spiritual journey, and I finally feel a huge connection within myself. It's like that feeling when you're on vacation, and you wake up at noon, make yourself a cup of hot coffee and stare out into the ocean? How you feel so free and connected to your surroundings? Yeah, it's kind of like that. :)

Peace, love and light.

new blog!

Hey all! Welcome to my new blog. I know I've said a billion times in the past that I would update my previous blogs all the time, and I never did. But I have good feelings for this blog and I already have something I want to post about! So, it's going to be good. Thanks to anyone who reads or follows me on here. I hope you guys enjoy! :D

Blessings, Patti.