Ritual
The Ritual went in a completely different direction that I intended or ever thought it would and I love it.
First, Sarah (the priestess) showed up and had lost almost all of her voice for as yet unkown reasons. The only other woman there was Kelly, who was supposed to be calling North, so it was a cascade of replacements.
Then the high preistess from the Taji circle showed up, thank the Gods, and took over. And I mean she Took Over, started the ritual in her own way and ran with it.
And it was great. She was a bit melodramatic at times, but she had such energy, such feminine energy, it was so much fun and so sweetly different. And exhausting, but more about that later.
Afterwards we had a true Feast due to a couple fortunate occurances so we all had our fill. One guy brought a couple new people, one of which is a tiny little wallflower that I couldn't resist tormenting. But it turned out well, I actually get her involved in the conversations and laughing with us. It was by far the best ritual I've been too over here.
But oh lord and lady did I pay for it at work. I was utterly exhausted all shift, could barely keep my eyes open. Thankfully it was a really slow night and no brief the next day so there wasn't much to do because it was taking me forever to get anything done. I'd work for a few minutes, nod off for a while, get up and walk around and down another e-drink, then work for a few more minutes.
But a price I'd gladly pay again, it wsa awesome. she won't be here for Beltaine, it'll be me and Sarah, but with time to write our own ritual I have confidence that it'll just as enjoyable.
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined."
First, Sarah (the priestess) showed up and had lost almost all of her voice for as yet unkown reasons. The only other woman there was Kelly, who was supposed to be calling North, so it was a cascade of replacements.
Then the high preistess from the Taji circle showed up, thank the Gods, and took over. And I mean she Took Over, started the ritual in her own way and ran with it.
And it was great. She was a bit melodramatic at times, but she had such energy, such feminine energy, it was so much fun and so sweetly different. And exhausting, but more about that later.
Afterwards we had a true Feast due to a couple fortunate occurances so we all had our fill. One guy brought a couple new people, one of which is a tiny little wallflower that I couldn't resist tormenting. But it turned out well, I actually get her involved in the conversations and laughing with us. It was by far the best ritual I've been too over here.
But oh lord and lady did I pay for it at work. I was utterly exhausted all shift, could barely keep my eyes open. Thankfully it was a really slow night and no brief the next day so there wasn't much to do because it was taking me forever to get anything done. I'd work for a few minutes, nod off for a while, get up and walk around and down another e-drink, then work for a few more minutes.
But a price I'd gladly pay again, it wsa awesome. she won't be here for Beltaine, it'll be me and Sarah, but with time to write our own ritual I have confidence that it'll just as enjoyable.
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined."