BASIC ELEMENTS OF RITUAL
by Lady Bridget, © 1998
- Cleanliness
- Take a spiritual bath, and you can use special
soap for your purpose. Clean your altar and tools, as well as
the ritual area itself. (Remember everything has vibrations, even dirt!)
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Breathing
- Breathing is vitally important to contact Younger
Self as all spells are done in an altered state of
consciousness. It is important to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Breathe deeply and slowly, centering yourself as you do when you are getting ready to meditate.
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Timing
- Planning is critical, most rituals are done after
dark. (Anything new always begins in darkness) A few spells
are done after sunrise. Timing is very important. Refer to Cycles of the Moon,
plan for the correct Day of the Week and also refer to your
Table of Planetary Hours. Be sure to check out these sections carefully, as more detailed explanations are given there.
Be prepared, have all tools amd supplies lined up and assembled, and have
your ritual or spell
written out. Read it aloud to yourself at least once
beforehand, since hearing it will give you a different feeling than
simply reading it.
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Emotions
- Your own emotions are critical to the spell. Be
"generally specific" i.e. say the qualities of what you want
but leave yourself open for HOW it will
manifest. If you have happiness and take pleasure in the spell, the feeling
will permeate your working and almost guarantee success.
Avoid voicing negatives, put your wants into positive form,
and better it be in rhyme since Younger Self responds better
to rhyme.
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Novena
- Comes from nine (three times three), there should be
a nine in the ritual, or three times three. For example: 9
hours, 9 days, 9 consecutive Fridays, 9 pm, whatever) Nine is
the magickal number of completion and success, a full cycle.
Refer to Numerology for the uses of other
numbers appropriate to your working.
ON CONSTRUCTING A SPELL
Boil everything down to it's barest essentials, to do that -
eliminate the people. Don't involve any people in your spell
itself - this doesn't mean you have to work alone, this means
don't put spells on people! Remember, the only person you can work on
is yourself! The only person you have the right to try to change is
yourself - work on being the person you always thought you would be.
Get down to the nitty-gritty,
what do you want? Be exact: "I want a job where I make X
dollars and hour, I enjoy what I am doing, I get along with
my co-employees and my employer, I work only 9-5 weekdays, I
have Holidays off and other time off as needed, etc." Now I
don't say exactly what or who I will work for, I leave that
to the Universe (and/or God/dess) to manifest that for me.
This is being "generally specific" by saying what I want but
not how it has to present itself.
Also plan to read the want ads and go on job interviews, you
need to put yourself in a place or position where your spell
CAN manifest. If you don't look, you won't find.
Now, fine tune your spell by adding more ingredients in the
way of colors, day of the week, time of the day, runes (if
any), herbs, oil, soap, candles, cycle of the Moon, incense,
etc. The more vibrations you tune in to your spell, the more
fun Younger Self has with it. Also the more energy and thought
and research you are putting in, the more you will get back.
Remember to construct your spell in rhyme, as a chant works
best, and be positive (say what you want, not what you don't
want). See as happening NOW, not tomorrow or some time in
the distant future. Your subconcious mind only knows HERE and NOW.
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