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Bring
on the Altar!
Bring
on the Goddess!
Bring
on the Healing!
I spent
the last week or so in a fairly deep state of depression. I didn't want to
work, I didn't want to eat, I couldn't sleep when I needed to, and
could only think of sleep when I needed to be awake. The everyday
tasks of life just didn't seem to matter much. I knew they were supposed
to matter, but I just didn't care. In fact, the only thing that
I really wanted to do was play video games, and block out
the world.
The last
thing I wanted to do was spiritual work. I didn't seem to have the
energy to raise myself off the computer chair, let alone raise a
cone of energy. My roommate told me that we were doing a
circle concurrent with some friends we had up north, and to
please be ready at 10:00 p.m. that night. I said, okay. I mean,
what else was I going to say?
So, 9:30
p.m. rolls around, and I feel the feint stirring of interest. I stepped
into the shower to cleanse my body and begin to prepare my mind and my
spirit, and suddenly, I am beginning to become well, perky. After drying
off, donning my ritual robe and my jewelry and lighting some incense, I
began to set up the altar. I've always found the creation of an altar to
be the most wonderfully creative work. All through the setup, I begin to
imbue the altar space with sacred energy. I remind myself where each piece
comes from, what it means to me personally, who gave it to me, how it was made,
where it should be placed, what will it signify through the ritual, and what
point of my mind will it help to focus.
Once the
altar was setup and appropriate music began (I love Celtic music for ritual),
my roommate and I cast the circle, and began to do our work. Throughout
the circle, I felt not only the presence of my friends up north, but the
loving presence of the Goddess and the God so clearly that I could see
them. I did work for the healing and help of the Gods, and I was reminded
that their healing and help is always there, for it rests within. So throughout
the circle, I worked on myself, and brought forth those healing powers
inherent in myself.
The circle
ended about 45 minutes after it began. We opened the circle
and released the energies to do the magic we had created.
Healing
is an amazing thing. Being out of pain is an amazing thing.
I found
a new perspective. And I, for one, will always attempt to remember that
in time of need and in time of plenty to:
Bring
on the Altar!
Bring
on the Goddess!
Bring
on the Healing!
 
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