Ceremonies
Thank you Ceremony
Talisman Fire Ceremony
and Fire-walk
Next Offering: January 1, 2010, 1:30p - 8:00p
Begin the New Year with ceremony, celebration and replenished spirit! The Talisman ceremony is a powerful way of collectively inviting in what each of us most desires to have in our lives and doing away with that which no longer serves us. The fire, our great transmuter, serves as central to our focus in this ritual. Previously offered to students in on-going coursework with LightSong, the Talisman Ceremony is open to all those who are interested in abolishing old ways and opening and welcoming wonderful new things in life. The Talisman, which each participant makes at home prior to the ceremony, represents a symbol of what is to be invited into our life, and what we wish to say good bye to. Each of us dances the talisman around the fire and then offers it to the fire in prayer and for transmutation. A powerful declaration to the universe!
This year, after the talisman ceremony, those who wish to walk across the fire will receive guidance and then the invitation to strengthen trust in “I can” through the sacred rite of firewalking. Firewalking changes our whole concept of what is possible, what we believe we can and can not do. Through firewalking, the world of possibilities becomes more infinite. The firewalking ceremony is a great companion to the Talisman, and is of course, optional. This portion of the ceremony will be lead by a professional firewalking instructor.
Make your talisman with ONLY burnable materials, not metal or wire!
THE MAKING OF A TALISMAN
Winter Solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year. This day marks the death period, the turning point from darkness to light. In many cultures this dark time is indicative of a time to release, to let go of the old self, and to prepare for new beginnings; the new growth of the spring. Rituals are performed in order to enact this time of release.
Rituals help us to feel the experience, to have an actual tangible event locked into our memory. Rituals also help us to focus our intention and with focused intention miracles happen. One of my favorite rituals is that of creating a Talisman.
A Talisman is an object which is created that holds a belief of an individual. Many people are trying to rid themselves of a belief, an attitude, a characteristic, a behavior, or even a feeling about another person that has burdened them; making their life less than perfect. From a shamanic perspective the making of a Talisman is a powerful procedure to perpetuate the release process. In fact the Talisman becomes the object of release. This is the incredible power of the Talisman; it isn’t just a symbol of an attitude or belief, but it becomes the attitude or belief. This all comes about through focused intent, and learning how to imbue power into an object.
This is a perfect time of year to let go of the old and to bring in the new. Regardless if it is winter solstice, the first of the year, or any time during the cold winter months, the time is right for the psyche to respond to a releasing/reclaiming ceremony. Being that it also the new millennium (which extends until 2012) the power is even greater, we are only a few that will tap into this MAJOR lifting of the veils. You have been well prepared for this journey, use this time wisely. I highly recommend that you perpetuate this release/creating time by creating a Talisman with great care and intent.
To create your Talisman I suggest you go out into nature. Have in your mind your intention and ask Spirit to help you. Take a walk and start to collect sticks, grass, flowers, leaves, and other objects that you can put together into a Talisman. I suggest that you create a Y shaped talisman; one side representing release and the other side representing what you what to gain/create. Make sure that everything on your Talisman is burnable. We will dance these and throw them into our sacred fire. The sacred smoke will carry your intention out into the universe.
As you are constructing your Talisman bring your total intention and concentration into the fact that the Talisman is your belief . The nature of your object is not what is important; the power and the intention that you put into it is. Do this in silence, in a place where you will not be disturbed and where you can concentrate. Do not share with family or friends what you are intending. Many of us have the habit of breaking the power of the moment by talking about it. You want the power to build inside of this Talisman until you are ready to burn it. When not praying with it keep it covered, preferably in red. You may wish to keep the Talisman with you for a few days, even sleep with it by your bedside. I suggest that you meditate with it, forming strong energy of intention until you feel that the Talisman “becomes” your intentions. Watch for magic, the Talisman can actually start looking different as it shapeshifts into your intentions.
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