Full Moon is an opportune time of the month for purging rituals to
take place. The light the full moon offers illuminates those things that
are interfering with our spiritual advancements. Once we have become
enlightened to ways that are blocking us, the easier to let go. The full
moon ritual is for releasing or purging the things in our lives that no
longer serve us such as addictions to food, drugs, or sex, relinquishing
suffering involved in hurtful relationships, discharging physical and
emotional pains, etc.
Several years ago on an episode of the
television show "Party of Five" the character Charlie was throwing
personal items that were connected to his cancer into a bonfire. His
actions were in celebration of his cancer going into remission. He even
tossed the shirt he was wearing into the fire because it was the shirt he
wore when he was first diagnosed with cancer, or was it his pants? Anyway,
this televised scene could have easily been portrayed as a full moon
ceremony.
Full moon ceremonies I have participated in have been
pretty simple, with perhaps a pinch or two of pagan tradition thrown in.
Each person in the circle takes his turn throwing in scraps of paper into
a fire that is then watched turn into ashes. The scraps of paper have
words written down on them of those things we were releasing or vowing to
change in our lives. Yes, a full moon ceremony can be as simple as
that.
Full Moon Purging Preparation
- Check a moon phase calendar for the next upcoming
full moon.
- Create a sacred space and arrange a time to perform the ceremony
(preferably at nighttime and outdoors under the moonlight).
- Write down on separate slips of paper the things you want to release
or change.
Supply suggestions: fire proof calderon or cooking pot to toss the
burning paper inside, candle with matches or lighter, water (to put out
the fire afterwards), and smudge sticks for cleansing.
Full
Moon Purging
- Cleanse your sacred area with an opening prayer, a sage smudging,
and/or by burning some incense. Invite your guides, angels, masters, or
teachers to be at your side throughout the ceremony.
- Light one or more candles. Look to the skies. Breathe in the night
air.
- One by one, read out loud the words you have written on each slip of
paper. Set your intention to release the item/addiction/attitude from
your life. Set it to fire and place it in the calderon. If you have a
campsite barbecue or bonfire going that's cool, just toss the slips of
paper into the fire one by one. If you are doing this ritual with a
group of others take turns reading your words. If these things are too
personal to read out loud, read them silently to yourself. Just
remember... our words have power. Saying - "Be Gone" audibly and loudly
can be very freeing. Go ahead, howl at the moon if you've a mind to.
Have some fun!
- Thank the spirits. Be safe. Put out the fire.
Monthly Pagan Moon Rituals
- January / Wolf Moon - Plan a ritual of protection around your
home and family.
- February / Storm Moon - Plan a ritual to ask the Old Ones for
help in planning your future.
- March / Chaste Moon - Plan a ritual to plant your desires.
- April / Seed Moon - Plan a ritual to physically plant your
seeds of desire in Mother Earth.
- May / Hare Moon - Plan a ritual to reaffirm your goals.
- June / Dyad Moon - Plan a ritual to balance your spiritual
and physical desires
- July / Mead Moon - Plan a ritual to decide what you will do
once your goals have been met.
- August / Wort Moon - Plan a ritual to preserve what you
already have.
- September / Barley Moon - Plan a ritual of Thanksgiving for
all the Old
- October
/ Blood Moon - Plan another ritual of Thanksgiving.
- November / Snow Moon - Plan for a ritual to work on ridding
yourself of negative thoughts and vibrations.
- December / Oak Moon - Plan for a ritual to help you remain
steadfast in your convictions.
By Phylameana lila Desy, About.com |
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