Self Deidcation for The Solitary Witch

This can be a very exciting time for you as well as a draining one. So try to take a nice warm bath befor you beign to gather your energies together.

  In your bath of warm water add a tablespoon or so of slat and a few drops of scented oil such as sandalwod, or lavander.

   If you have no bath use a shower. fill a washcloth with salt,add a few drops of essential oil and rub your body. if you're performing this ritual att he sea or a river, bathe there if you so desire.

   As you bathe prepare fo the coming rite. Open your consciousness to a higher levels of awareness. Deep breath., Cleanse your mind as well as your body.

   After bathing dry and dress for the journey. Go to a place in the wild where you feel safe. It should be a comfortable spot where you won't be disturbed by others, an area where the powers of the Earth and the elements are evident. It may be a mountain top, a desert canyon or cave, perhaps a dense forest , a rocky out cropping over the sea, a quiet island in the center of a lake. even a lonely part of a park or garden can be used. draw on your imagination to find the place.

   You need to take nothing with you but a vial of richly sented oil. Sandalwood, frankincense, cinnamon or any other scent is fine. When quietly for a few moements. calm your heart if you've over exerted yourself uring your travel. Breath deeply to return to normal, and keep your mind free of cluttered thoughts. Open yourself to the natural energies around you.

   When  you're calm, rise and pivot slowly on one foot, surveying the land aroud you. You are seeking the ideal spot. Don't try and find; open your awareness to the place. Whenyou've discovered it ( and you'll know when ) sit, knell or lie falt on your back. Plce the oil  on the earth beside you. Do not stand contact the Earth.

    Continue deep breathing. Feel the energies around you . Call the Goddess and God in words youlike, or use the following invocations. Memorize these words before the right so that they'll spill effortlessly from you or improvise.

O' Mother Goddess
O' Father Go
Answers to all mysteries and yet mysteries unanswered;
In this place of power I Open myself
to Your Essence,
In this place and in this time I am Changed:
From Henceforth I walk the wiccan Path.
I dedicate myself to you , Mother Godess, Father God.

( rest for a moment silent , still, then continue)

I breathe your energies into my body, commingling blending,
Mixing them with mine,
that I may see the devine in nature,
Nature in the devine,
and divinity within myself and all else.
O Great Goddess,
O Great God,
Make me one with your Essence
Make me one with your Essence
Make me one with your Essence

You may feel bursting with power and energy or calm and at peace. Your mind might be in a whirl. The Earth beneath you may throb and undulate with energy. Wild animals, attracted by psychic occurence, might grace your with their presence.

   Whatever occurs, know that you have opened your self and that the Goddess and God have heard you. You should feel different inside,at the peace or simply powerful.
   After the invocation wet a finger with the oil and mark these two symbols somewhere on your boyd . ( symbols) It doesn't matter where; youc an do this on your chest forhead, arms, legs anywhere. As you anoint, visualize these symbols sinking into your flesh, glowing as they enter your body and then dispersing into millions of tiny points of light.
the formal self -Dedication is ended. Thank the Goddess and God for their attention. Sit and meditate before leaving the place of dedication.

Once Home Celebrate in some special way

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By: Scott Cunningham, Wicca a guid for the solitary practioner