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Writer's pictureAngelica Gordon

The Essence of Ritual

What is ritual? Ritual in its essence is an empowered prayer. Sometimes this word carries a negative connotation and is associated with various forms of black magic or Satanism, but I want to say whether a ritual is "positive" or "negative " depends completely on the intended purpose and outcome.


Ritual in the sense of healing or white magic involves forming a clear intention and actively co-creating the fulfillment of that intention along side spirit (perhaps in the form of a fire, a body of water, nature, a Hindu diety, a plant spirit, or a variety of other expressions), it is an active form of prayer. In this way, all plant medicine ceremonies are rituals.


I find ritual to be a process involving a masculine and feminine balance and union. The masculine aspect comes in connecting with a desire, creating an intention, and "willing" this intention into manifestation through conscious words or actions, while the feminine comes in the opening and receptivity to the guidance from spirit in how to approach the ritual, flowing with the guidance while actively in ritual, and surrendering to the timing and form of the desired outcome upon completion.


I call ritual "active" prayer because it involves an acknowledgement of your creative power and accountability for whatever shadow stands in the way of the outcome you are desiring, as opposed to a "passive" prayer being one of asking a God somewhere to do something for you while you continue to carry out the same way of thinking and living.


Rose has been a deep, deep teacher of ritual in my journey and exploring and implementing these "downloaded " rituals have helped me to navigate the most difficult and dark healing processes and initiations I've encountered on my path that no human healer or shaman could help me through.


Shameless Promotion :)


Rose guided me to begin sharing this ritual work while taking a bath in my own dieta a couple of years ago and I'm excited to announce that enrollment is open for my 7 week long container "Re-Awakening Elemental Wisdom"--a self paced deep dive into Elemental, Lunar, Rose, and White Blood Magick and Ritual downloaded from my work with Rose over the years, currently flexible between January and March 2025.


This is not just a sharing of information or a teaching container, but one of strong shadow work, Rose lineage initiation, a reclamation of your "witch" archetype, a refinement and deepening of your relationship with your body, your cycle, and spirit, and a liberation of layers of deeply held ancestral and collective feminine pain and suppression from your womb and blood. If you are a man reading this, I will open another co-ed remote dieta space with Rose and some of this ritual work in late October 2024.


We will be working with Rose medicine throughout in the form of guided live ceremony over zoom, developing a relationship with her spirit over the course of 7 weeks, and an optional Dieta of 1-2 weeks for those who wish to go deeper, rotating and flexible at any point during the 7 weeks. Many have asked over the last couple of years about private Mentorship for a variety of things. This is something I very much want to step into, and I feel this container is the perfect pre requisite to a long term relationship of that nature, because it will give you the best idea of what I have to share in such a relationship.


This container is the embodiment and resulting authentic medicine of all I have learned and navigated from a decade of plant work and it is an honor to share with any sisters feeling the call, however 100% resonance and alignment is important, and this is what I am calling in   Due to the nature of this container, it is limited to those born with a womb, post menopausal women or those currently without a cycle are more than welcome to join, the blood magic portion can be done in other ways or omitted. Contact me directly to talk further if you feel this may be you or someone you know. Pricing is somewhat flexible depending on the final group size if you are experiencing financial hardship!




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