As we approach this year’s Winter Solstice, we are invited to bring our focus inward to search the depths of our shadow selves. This time of deep reflection is rich with opportunities for self-discovery and transformation. Shadow work encourages us to bring greater aspects of our authenticity and “quintessence” to the surface by letting go of limiting thoughts, beliefs and patterns, emotions that are incongruent to our highest good.
What are you looking to transform, create and emerge from during this time of introspection and Great Shift ? As we collectively experience the processes of breakdown to breakthrough on a planetary level, we are called to the threshold of our personal patterns of breakthrough.
Full extrapolation and assimilation of wisdom from life lessons and experiences at the soul level, requires we reflect, embrace and honor all of the twists and turns along our journey. Where have you transmuted the points of pain and suffering within to places of empowerment? What is here now to be transformed through your love and compassion?
I offer this DIY ceremony to you as a means for greater self discovery. Ceremony and ritual are rooted in ancient traditions as a practice of alchemy in the processes of transmutation, transfiguration and transformation. Whether in solitude or in group, we shine the light on those aspects of ourselves longing to evolve and we SHIFT. This creates the clarity and space within to embody more of our life force and “quintessence.”
Winter Solstice Ceremony to Honor the Light & Embrace the Shadow Within
You will need:
One white tea light candle
Goddess Hecate Spray or Oil (Or the DIY Formula Below)
Selenite Crystal
Paper with a Golden Infinity Symbol (drawn by your own hand)
Sacred Synergy
1 drop Cinnamon cassia (Cinnamomum cassia) essential oil
3 drops Bergamot (Citrus bergamia) essential oil
2 drops Fir (Abies sibirica) essential oil
Add to 1 TSP carrier oil (jojoba, olive, coconut)
Place a few drops of your sacred oil on the palms of your hand and inhale deeply for 30 seconds. Anoint your candle while inviting the clarity of your intention.
Place your candle in the middle of the Infinity symbol and invoke the Infinite Light of Divine Consciousness to flow through you and your intention. Hold your crystal in your left hand and lovingly review the last year of your life, and any other past points in time that come to the surface. Embrace them, bless them, release them.
Invite all the places of healing, and the “success points” of the past year, invite them to integrate and expand your experience of self love and worth. Next, invite in all the places held in shadow, ready to transform and lend their wisdom and light. Embrace them, bless them, release them.
Invite a greater experience and expression of compassion for yourself and your journey to emanate through your being. When you are ready, anoint yourself with a few drops of your oil on the forehead and heart.
Add the remaining oil to your paper, and safely burn it with the flame of your candle, once it has burned down. Bless the elements and presence of Light in your ceremony and in your life, and journal your experience for later reflection.
Blessings in the Light,
Adora
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