Ritual 🌹

Much of the work that we do at our bovedas is casual. Greeting the Good Spirits upon rising each day, refreshing water glasses, making small offerings, sitting in conversation or prayer.

From time to time, our Good Spirits will call upon us to d something more organized, perhaps even elaborate - for ourselves, for our communities, or as an offering to Them.

Ritual (n.) - 1640s, "prescribed manner of performing religious worship," from ritual (adj.). From 1650s as "book containing the rites or ordinances of a church," also "the external forms of religious or other devotional exercises,"

When we look at the etymology of the word “ritual” - we see that it is a “prescribed manner of performing religious worship.”

Prescribe (v.) - mid-15c., prescriben, "to write down as a direction, law, or rule," from Latin praescribere "write before, prefix in writing; ordain, determine in advance,"

When we are called to ritual by our Spirits, we are called to intentionally make plans for how we worship.

We may look to the existing rituals of our traditions, or we may be inspired to craft rituals of our own (there’s an excellent ritual crafting workshop in Moonshadows called The 4th Cup).

While life is a ceremony, not every moment of this ceremony is ritual.

Ritual takes time, energy, and attention to plan and execute. It requires a commitment beyond the ordinary.

Ritual creates a powerful portal of connection between ourselves and the Spirit Realms. It opens a door that we always have access to, but oft leave shut.

Rituals require opening and closing rites, for keeping that door open too long can cause disruption in our daily lives. Power this great is not meant to be accessed for too long.

If Life is a Ceremony is ice cream, Ritual is the whipped cream, hot fudge, salted peanuts, and cherry on top.

Offerings Oracle is a 33 card full color sacred tool for divining the desires of our Good Spirits.

The Kickstarter for Offerings Oracle begins on Tuesday, February 28th. Learn more about the project here, and sign up to be notified once the campaign is launched.

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