Morning and Night Devotions
Another break while dinner settles and before I start reading the short stories for Thursday nights homework.
Many, many, many moons ago I put up a post updating my Goddess Altar pictures for the year and evegryffindor mentioned an interest in hearing about my daily rituals/devotions. It's taken me *eyes the date* a while to get back to it, but it's remained at the back of my thoughts as something I always knew I'd get back to eventually.
It's evolved a little since that time, but hopefully it's still intriguing.
Morning
1. I draw a card from the Gifts of the Goddess Affirmation Deck. I read the main line and the follow up information on it, trying to keep the seed of the message as clear as possible so I can remember it throughout the day.
2. I open up The Goddess Companion: Daily Meditations on the Feminine Spirit and read the article for the date. The entries start with a pieces of poetry from literature, scripture, mythology, etc. Then there is a two or three paragraph follow up on the theme of the poem or the poem and season, or a history lessons on what used to be celebrated once upon a time.
For a tiny side note, both of these are located on my Goddess Altar. The deck is in the firey Brigid Box, and the book is a in the center.
Night
1. I pick a card out of the Tarot of Transformation. Sometimes I read up on the card in the companion book, other times I simply meditate on how the card fit what happened during my day. Frequently I end up smiling because it's really easy to see why it fits the moment I see it.
2. I read the newest page of I am Woman Raising My Voice: Celebrating the Extraordinary Blessings of Being a Woman by Janet Quin. These are about one half to two-thirds of page and focused on a singular subject, some of which have a few pages of deeper insight into them.
3. I read the newest section of pages from Handbook for the Heart: Original Writings on Love. These are about two to three pages long and each is by a different author. Some of the more widely know contributors are Deepak Chopra, Rabbi Harold Kushner, Betty Eadie, James Redfield and Andrew Weil, but there are many, many more. Each of them is a different view point on paradox that love has become, or is, in this modern age.
4. And last but not least, I read the page that is my present favorite, from The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class. There is only one page in this one again, but based on the day of the week the article is entirely different. Based on a specific day each week is a new lesson from History, Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics & Science, Religion, Visual Arts, and Music. The articles are informative and broad ranged, and at the bottom of each is as additional two or three extra facts about it.
For another tiny aside, the deck is kept on my Goddess Altar at the far right, front corner and the books sit in a stack on the closest corner of my bed table to my bed of blue.
While I will probably finish Night's #2 and maybe be near finishing #3 before January, all of the others are already on my list of the things coming to Korea with me. It will be interesting to see what I come up with as replacements for them over in the far far land of newness next year.
Many, many, many moons ago I put up a post updating my Goddess Altar pictures for the year and evegryffindor mentioned an interest in hearing about my daily rituals/devotions. It's taken me *eyes the date* a while to get back to it, but it's remained at the back of my thoughts as something I always knew I'd get back to eventually.
It's evolved a little since that time, but hopefully it's still intriguing.
Morning
1. I draw a card from the Gifts of the Goddess Affirmation Deck. I read the main line and the follow up information on it, trying to keep the seed of the message as clear as possible so I can remember it throughout the day.
2. I open up The Goddess Companion: Daily Meditations on the Feminine Spirit and read the article for the date. The entries start with a pieces of poetry from literature, scripture, mythology, etc. Then there is a two or three paragraph follow up on the theme of the poem or the poem and season, or a history lessons on what used to be celebrated once upon a time.
For a tiny side note, both of these are located on my Goddess Altar. The deck is in the firey Brigid Box, and the book is a in the center.
Night
1. I pick a card out of the Tarot of Transformation. Sometimes I read up on the card in the companion book, other times I simply meditate on how the card fit what happened during my day. Frequently I end up smiling because it's really easy to see why it fits the moment I see it.
2. I read the newest page of I am Woman Raising My Voice: Celebrating the Extraordinary Blessings of Being a Woman by Janet Quin. These are about one half to two-thirds of page and focused on a singular subject, some of which have a few pages of deeper insight into them.
3. I read the newest section of pages from Handbook for the Heart: Original Writings on Love. These are about two to three pages long and each is by a different author. Some of the more widely know contributors are Deepak Chopra, Rabbi Harold Kushner, Betty Eadie, James Redfield and Andrew Weil, but there are many, many more. Each of them is a different view point on paradox that love has become, or is, in this modern age.
4. And last but not least, I read the page that is my present favorite, from The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class. There is only one page in this one again, but based on the day of the week the article is entirely different. Based on a specific day each week is a new lesson from History, Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics & Science, Religion, Visual Arts, and Music. The articles are informative and broad ranged, and at the bottom of each is as additional two or three extra facts about it.
For another tiny aside, the deck is kept on my Goddess Altar at the far right, front corner and the books sit in a stack on the closest corner of my bed table to my bed of blue.
While I will probably finish Night's #2 and maybe be near finishing #3 before January, all of the others are already on my list of the things coming to Korea with me. It will be interesting to see what I come up with as replacements for them over in the far far land of newness next year.