Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ritual for the Juno or "Higher Self," based from the Correllian Tradition

Materials

1. lavender or fresh linen incense
2. dull green, bright blue, crimson, black, white, sunny yellow, mild orange, and violet blunt candles (total: 8)
3. a chalice (glass) of pure water or whatever beverage I prefer at the time
4. image of the Higher Self, or a representation (imaginative = artwork or realistic = photograph)

This will require an individual altar which may be temporary (may not take place on the all-purpose altar).
  1. Light the candles in the following order, from left to right: white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, black.
  2.  With each candle, feel a part of the Self manifesting and attaching. It does not matter which parts signify which colors and vice versa. An example, for concrete assignments, might be:
    • White = the Lighter Self
    • Red = emotion
    • Orange = masculine energy
    • Yellow = spirit
    • Green = feminine energy
    • Blue = mentality
    • Violet = magic
    • Black = the Darker Self
  3. Invoke the Higher Self. ("I call upon the Higher Self, the Juno.")
  4. Visualize the Juno. She is me, grown and aged slightly, wise but emotional, pure and white, a girl.
  5. Speak to the Juno. This should be akin to conversation. This breaks the Veil between the Self and the Higher Self.
  6. Offer and chasten the chalice of water (etc.) to the Juno, dedicating it and purifying it. Then drink it. Imagine the light of the Juno filling the water, the glass. Visualize it moving through your body, passing the Juno's strrength and wisdom into you, reassuring you.
  7. Meditate on the Juno, the Higher Self.
  8. Complete the offering with words of thanks and devotion.
  9. Extinguish the candles in the opposite order in which they were lit.
  10. Cleanse the chalice.

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