Healing Circle Template
Will You Work With Us From Your Own Altar or Sacred Space?
Eastwards I stand, for favors I pray
From Goddess Divine, and Lord of the Day
Earth lends Her power and breath sends the spell
Days end will reveal that all will be well!
- Pagan Pow-Wow Charm -
- 1200 "Every other Thursday night members and friends of the Black Forest Clan meet to work magick for those in need. Requests are many and varied, including: Healing, love, money, compassion, business, harmony, balance, opportunity, strength, and much more. What is important is that those working and those we work for are willing to change and help themselves. We don't ever guarantee that any enchantments will work -- that's why, in Pow-Wow, we always say we will TRY for you.
It isn't fancy here. No ornate altar. No hanging tapestries of religious icons. Not many nifty-neatie objects unless they are being empowered for someone upon request. The core is the dining room table. We use few tools and they can vary -- candles, herbs, paper, a big cauldron... sometimes crystals, music or drumming. The magickal vehicles we employ usually include chanting, whispering, sacred breathing and petition magick. Ice and Fire or Water and Fire are commonly our main elements. The fancy...the glitter...the glitz...is really in the work, itself.
Before we begin, we separate the petitions from friends, family, and strangers into the following categories:
* Healing (this can be any kind -- body, mind, spirit)
* Money & Prosperity
* Success (as in a project, business, schooling)
* Love
* Protection
* Banishing (tumors, cancer, anything invasive or negative, stalkers, abusive people)
* Peace (for all)
* Mental (studying, learning, decision making, solution oriented)
* Items to Be Empowered (prayer shawls, etc.)
Everyone gets a chance to participate. Individuals volunteer for the categories so that all can use their own ingenuity and skill. Once the petitions are categorized and selected by those who will be working we begin the actual circle by drawing the group mind together, first with cleansing herbal water and tuning forks or other sacred sounds, and then by chanting and inviting the assistance of Spirit and other selected energies. Once we have created the opening to the Divine, we normally progress with the empowerment of objects such as candles, healing shawls, etc., then move on to the requests that include those from people on FaceBook and MySpace. Interestingly enough, the circle never talks much about the individual requests -- meaning judgments are not made. If someone feels they are in need -- then that is enough for us. We always work for a fair and balanced conclusion. We don't eat during the workings, although water, tea, juice or coffee is provided.
Categories are often balanced. For example, we might start with something upbeat and strengthening, and then follow with a banishing or protection request. Magickal activities throughout the evening are carried by an individual's muse. We may sing for one category, drum for another, whisper for a third. Charms and chants chosen are also creatively encouraged, although we do use a lot of Pow-Wow influence. Petitions of those in need are burned as we raise the energy, then each working is sealed with a specific chant. We normally end our evening with a request for community peace, followed by a closure of thanking the energies invited.
Will you join us from your home this New Year's Eve? If so, you are doubly welcome.
by Silver RavenWolf
copyright 2009
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