Ritual Bath

Ritual Bath

I gotten this spell from Witch School: First Degree by Lewis-Highcorrell. I do this practice once a year. (I think it’s best to do this on the Samhain since it is a pagan new year, you might as well start the new year fresh). 

 What you need: 

 Bath tub or shower 

Handful of salt (sea salt is best)

Handful of dried rosemary 

Handful of dried sage

White candles (as many as you want) 

Oil (one of your choice, personally lavender helps me) 

 Your bathroom mirror 

 To begin this spell, pick a time when you know you wont be disturbed. Have all your materials together. 

Run bath with warm water (adjust it to your own preference if needed). While water runs, add your salt, rosemary, and sage in water. 

Light candles, and turn off all electrical lights. 

When bath is ready, take a moment to ground and release before stepping in. And say: 

“O Mother Goddess, help me to cleanse myself now of all that holds me back or blocks me from my growth and progress. Help me as I embrace my fullest potential and I open my heart to growth.” 

 ~Now get in, ask rinse yourself thoroughly. Including you face and hair. 

 ~Lie back. Soak up. Get comfortable. And appreciate this moment. 

 ~Now reflect on your life, think of everything that might be holding you back in any way; pain, sorrow, anxiety, every fear, hesitation and self-imposed limitation. Review every painful memory. And as you think of each thing, make an affirmation: 

 "I release this. It leaves me now" 

~You may say this out loud or silently. 

 ~Release each and every issue, until you can’t think of any others. Say this:

“O Mother Goddess, look within my soul and help me to release whatever remains that I have not seen" 

 ~Now clear your mind. When thoughts come, do not respond to them. Let them drift out of you mind. Meditate in this way for a few minutes. Let the Goddess look inside you. 

 ~Now rinse off. Stand up. Think of all that you have released. Say:

 “All that I have released, I leave behind me. May their energy return to the Mother to be reused” 

 ~Step out, and air dry. Look in the mirror, examine the face that stares back at you. Remind yourself: 

 "This is a good person" 

 ~Mean it! Tell yourself: 

 “ I love this person. This is the child of the Goddess, whom she loves" 

 ~Take your oil, dab a little on your fingertips. Reach down and touch the top of your feet:

 “Blessed be my feet, that I may walk in sacred paths” 

 ~Dab more oil on your knees:

 “Blessed be my knees, that I may kneel at the altar of the Ancient Ones” 

 ~Dab more oil over your pelvic region:

 "Blessed be my second chakra, that I may bring forth life, art, and joy" 

 ~Dab more oil on your chest:

 "Blessed be my heart, which is formed in beauty, that I may love and receive love" 

 ~Dab more oil on lips: 

 "Blessed be my lips, that I may speak the Words of Power in time to come" 

~Dab oil on forehead: 

 “Blessed be my mind’s eye, that I may see the unseen and receive the messages of Spirit”

 ~Now look in the mirror and speak these words: 

 "In the name of the Goddess, I am blessed. Like the flower, I shall open and grow. May all that I have released be replaced with the love and blessings of the Mother. So mote it be.“  

~Now that you are done, clear and release all excess energy in the manner you have learned. You may feel an immediate difference after this practice, or you may not.

My altar before I moved out of my apartment, I have yet to finish setting up one in my new home.  The bottles, and candle in the rectangular votive, are my element representations: the candle is fire, the tall blue bottle has sea-water in it, the round clear jar has wind from a ferry ride, and the last one has dirt and moss.

Spent the whole day harvesting lavender.Love and light!xxx https://www.etsy.com/shop/beautycreek

ARTEMIS is waiting outside my window. I shut my eyes tight and whisper to her, but she just puts a finger to her lips and smiles. She is telling me to wait, and I fall asleep with her weaving moonlight into a blanket. HERA sits in my dining room, fingers arched and an eyebrow raised at my dusty wicker chairs. “What’s for breakfast?” She asks. I make pancakes and she doesn’t eat them. Hera never eats them. APHRODITE peeks coyly from my bathroom, and we laugh as she braids my hair and tells me about the boy down the street who keeps asking her for advice. I do her makeup and we put on matching earrings. The boy down the street waves as we skip down the sidewalk. ATHENA is lounging on my couch. She is unreadable, but Netflix is open and I can hear her muttering about a new episode. I make popcorn and she tells me about the time she taught a film class at a community college. PERSEPHONE is lying down in my backyard, and I put up the hammock. We stay there until late at night and she teaches me the names of all the constellations. I tell her I knew someone named Orion once, and she lets out a tinkling laugh. “Didn’t we all?” She says. We fall asleep to the sound of crickets. ARTEMIS is waiting outside my window. I keep my eyes open and I sit on the roof with her as we tell stories about little girls who grow up to be wishgranters.

no, you are never alone (via fl0wer-kids)

I love to read about Ancient goddesses reimagined in modern times. Also I was totally obsessed with Greek gods and goddesses in elementary school