The Woman's Garden
RITUALS AND CEREMONIES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE HUMAN RACE HAS BEEN PRACTICING AND PARTICIPATING IN RITUAL AND CEREMONY.
WHETHER TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE YEARLY CROPS, CELEBRATE THE UNION OF TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE, INITIATE SOMEONE INTO A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR TRIBE OR GROUP, OR TO WELCOME A NEW LIFE INTO THE COMMUNITY, RITUALS AND CEREMONIES ARE A DEEPLY INGRAINED PART OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE.
THEY GIVE OUR LIVES MEANING AND PURPOSE. SOMETIMES THEY ARE COMPLEX, SOMETIMES SIMPLE, BUT WHAT REMAINS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF ANY RITUAL OR CEREMONY, IS THE INTENTION
ANCIENT PEOPLES HAD
GREAT RESPECT FOR THE ELEMENTS AND FOR ANY FORCES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOKED DURING A RITUAL OR CEREMONY. THEIR WISE EXAMPLE IS A LEGACY WORTH FOLLOWING. OF COURSE, YOU MAY BE ONLY CARRYING OUT YOUR DAILY RITUAL OF COFFEE AND TOAST IN THE MORNING, BUT HERE, TOO, LIES THE SACRED. THIS ACTIVITY GROUNDS YOU EVERY MORNING; WITHOUT IT, YOU MAY FEEL AS IF SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM YOUR DAY. YOU ARE UNCONSCIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE
EARTH ELEMENT.
NOTICING AND HONOURING THE RITUALS AND CEREMONIES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES IS A WONDERFUL WAY OF FEELING MORE CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US. FURTHER EXPLORATION OF RITUAL AND CEREMONY MAY LEAD US TO THE DISCOVERY OF PARTS
OF OURSELVES - AND THE WORLD AROUND US - THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HIDDEN FROM OUR CONSCIOUS VIEW. THE POSSIBILITIES, ARE ENDLESS.