(David)
One of my daily magical rituals is my morning shower. This was the ritual today. Its magical structure changes as required, along with the deities and spirits that I address in it, but like my other daily rituals it always takes place in parallel with its related mundane routine.
"Lord, please protect me from any injuries and every sort of harm as I get into and out of this shower and while I'm in there, in Jesus's name."
Step into the shower, taking care to avoid slips and falls even on days when my strength is weak and my balance poor, not relying on spiritual protection alone without doing my conscious part.
"Anthony, please find for me the sea-smoothed pebble I brought home from the beach years ago." I visualise the lovely flat pebble, which I know is somewhere in this house, hidden from me unintentionally since our bedroom was emptied to be decorated, and which I would very much like to take its place on my sea magic altar.
Step forward under the water. "I am cleansing, physically, mentally, and spiritually."
Shampoo and condition my hair and beard, then wash my body, a thorough process of routine which has grown in sequences of threes and sevens as I am exploring numerology, everything with magical intent as well as for physical cleanliness.
Step forward to rinse off. "I am losing weight. I am shedding pounds of fat. I am eleven stone and I am healthy, happy, and content in my slim, trim body shape. I am eleven stone and I am happy."
Finish rinsing off. Stand beneath the jet. "I am cleansed, physically, mentally, and physically."
Grip my magically charged bracelet. "I am strong. I am protected. I am Lion. I am Wolf." Breathe the presence of my power animal spirits in me, knowing their strength and protection.
Step out of the shower. "Thank you, Lord."
Towel off in sequences of threes and sevens. Apply oils and creams with magical intent.
Brush my hair and my oiled beard in sequences of sevens.
These deities and spirits I talk to in my shower ritual may well be the subjects of future entries here. They are inheritances of my childhood, of the Christianity into which I was born. I no longer practice that faith, although its personified deities remain present in my world. I've experienced many changes of perception and understanding in my long life, and some particularly significant ones in this regard during this past year. There are instinctual lettings-go underway, which I intend to complete with deeper understanding through historical study and spiritual explorations. This might prove to be my biggest recent shift, and the fact that its clearest manifestation occurs during my daily cleansing is not lost on me.
Do you have any rituals? If so, do they continue without change or are they dynamic events. Do any of your rituals ever prove to be vehicles for change in your life?
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