A short rtiual for the passing of a friends father.
One of my grove members just lost her father this morning. I received the news at work, and just did this at my desk:
I sat at my desk just now, since I am between calls.
I drummed on my desktop, softly, to not attract too much attention.
I called to the fire that burns in my heart, to open as a gate to the Shining Ones that They may hear my prayer.
I called to the water in my cup on my desk to open as a gate to the Ancestors, that They may hear my prayer.
I called myself to be the Tree between them, to be the gate world in which they meet, and through which the Spirits of Nature could hear my prayer.
I called to the Ancestors that the father of has passed. Welcome him with open arms, ease his passing from this world to his next, and let him know that his family loves him. Teach him what he needs to know on his new coil of his life.
i thanked the Spirits of Nature, the Shining Ones, and the Ancestors for their presence today, and closed the Gates.
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Very powerful, for me. As I opened each Gate, I felt a rush of energy. That energy has subsided some now that I've closed the gates and finished, but I can still feel it running through me a bit, a vitality, a lightness to my limbs. I don't know that I would do it that way again, looking back at it it seems dangerous, but for this time, at least, it worked.
I sat at my desk just now, since I am between calls.
I drummed on my desktop, softly, to not attract too much attention.
I called to the fire that burns in my heart, to open as a gate to the Shining Ones that They may hear my prayer.
I called to the water in my cup on my desk to open as a gate to the Ancestors, that They may hear my prayer.
I called myself to be the Tree between them, to be the gate world in which they meet, and through which the Spirits of Nature could hear my prayer.
I called to the Ancestors that the father of has passed. Welcome him with open arms, ease his passing from this world to his next, and let him know that his family loves him. Teach him what he needs to know on his new coil of his life.
i thanked the Spirits of Nature, the Shining Ones, and the Ancestors for their presence today, and closed the Gates.
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Very powerful, for me. As I opened each Gate, I felt a rush of energy. That energy has subsided some now that I've closed the gates and finished, but I can still feel it running through me a bit, a vitality, a lightness to my limbs. I don't know that I would do it that way again, looking back at it it seems dangerous, but for this time, at least, it worked.