How do you consecrate a
ritual item? I prefer the use of two particular methods of consecration: auric
consecration and ritual consecration. Auric consecration is a simple technique
that can be used on any object at any time. First, you must relax and achieve a
meditative state (this is the way we feel when we daydream, or the feeling that
overcomes us prior to falling asleep). Next, visualize yourself surrounded in a
sphere of pure white or golden light. Now, hold the object that you wish to
consecrate - look at it thoroughly. Feel it with your physical senses.
Close your eyes and let the
image of the object appear before you, as if it were being displayed on a
screen. First notice any colors that may appear to you; allow any thoughts,
feelings or impressions to enter your mind. Does this object feel good or bad
to you? Now, visualize the same light or energy that you are surrounded in
entering your tool. See all things that existed within your object being wiped
clean by this purifying light. I find that it aids in my visualization to move
my hand physically across the object while filling it with light.
You have now created a tool
with neutral energies; the next step is to make this item yours. Get in touch
with your own energies and try to fill yourself with the feeling of unconditional
love. This emotion should not be difficult to feel, your tool is willing to
devote its life to you! Now, take your energies and see/feel them pour from you
into the object, As you do this, state (either mentally or audibly) your
purpose to the object and ask it's permission to be used for these reasons.
State that this should be according to free will and the good of all. This is
auric consecration.
Ritual consecration is a
physical technique, which involves passing the new tool through each of the
elements. This ritual requires consecrated water, incense (frankincense and
myrrh will do nicely), a white candle and a well rested you! Until you have
prepared a regular space for ritual, it does not matter where or how you
arrange these items; place them in a manner that best suits you. Now visualize
yourself and the area in which you are working surrounded by a pure white, or
golden light. Try not to leave this area until your ritual is finished.
Consecrated water is
usually made and charged by the practitioner, but you may also use water
obtained from a holy place. To make your own, you will need spring water or
well water; if you must, use water straight from the faucet. You will also need
some sea salt, or ordinary table salt. Now, using the techniques contained in
the auric consecration, purify the energies of both the salt and the water.
Place a few pinches of the salt into the water (the water represents the
feminine element and the sea salt, the masculine) and stir it clockwise with
your index finger. Pour your energy through your finger into the water, and
bless it in the names of the God and Goddess. Some Witches will add rose water
to the finished product.
Light the candle and
incense - they represent the elements of fire and air, respectively. Attain a
meditative state, and then bathe the object in the consecrated water (if this
is not possible, simply sprinkle a few drops of the water over your item.).
While doing this, speak these words, or simply focus on these thoughts: "I
consecrate this (name tool) with the element of water."
Pass the tool over the
candle flame and say: "I consecrate this (tool) with the element of
fire."
Pass it through the smoke
of the incense while saying: "I consecrate this (tool) with the element of
air."
Now, stand with your feet
firmly planted and let the energies from the earth come up through your body
and pass into the object you are consecrating. State: " I consecrate this
tool with the element of earth." [Never forget that the body itself is a
majickal tool.]
After you have done these
things, hold the item high above your head and say: "I consecrate this
(tool) in the name of the God and Goddess, Lord and Lady, May you bless and
energize this item, so that I may use it in your honor and service, according
to free will and good of all, in ways that are most correct and harm none. So
mote it be."
Thank the God and Goddess,
and each of the elements. You should keep this newly consecrated tool with you
for three days and nights. This ritual is best performed on the new moon; your
tools may always be "recharged" on the full moon. You may feel free
to make this ritual as elaborate and lengthy as you like - simplicity often
works best for me.
*Note: There is also
another way I consecrate/cleanse/charge an item, especially if it is a
gemstone,**doll, talisman, charm or the like.
Take your item, place it on a cloth (cloth the color for the element
corresponding to the item) and pour some water over it, which you had earlier
in the day collected from a stream or river. If you don't have access to a
stream or river then use bottled water that you have left open in the moonlight
all night. Feel your energies flowing through you and joining with the water to
cleanse the item. Leave it on the cloth and set outside, if you can, in the
moonlight overnight where it won't be touched. If you can't put it outside,
then in an open window where the moonlight will shine on it for a significant
portion of the night. In the morning, take the object; bring it inside your
working space. Hold it in your hand and transfer to it the job you wish it to
do.
**If
your doll is made of cloth, don't do it in this manner. I will state how in
that section.
