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First thing in the Morning.

  
 
Digital Hermes
17:32 / 27.10.06
I've been lazy in the last few months, when so many other things in life sidetracked my (very nascent) mystical explorations.

I've read my way through two Crowley books, the Disinfo Book of Lies, and tried to work through various Chaos books, without any of it really sticking or 'speaking to me' as it were. (I've since found a real love for some of the Gnostic worldviews, but I'm still not sure how to incorporate it into any workings yet. (I'm not even sure what workings to do!))

I've been very slowly trying to work on a personal Kaballah, as well as re-aquainting myself with the tarot, but it still feels like I'm really only dabbling and studying, not doing. I'm just not sure what to do.

Self-pity aside, it would seem like a morning ritual or something along those lines might be a good way to get myself in the proper mindset, or generally empower my life throughout the day.

I tried writing a mantra, which either needed to be re-worked or simply didn't work. Does anyone bless their toast before eating it? Vigorous yoga in the morning? It'd be nice to share some techniques.
 
 
electric monk
19:07 / 27.10.06
I'd recommend a morning banishing. It's a good way to get yourself moving in the morning and it helps freshen you for the day ahead. I had good results with a morning LBRP, but use whatever you're comfortable with.
 
 
gale
19:07 / 27.10.06
This is such a personal thing, all I can do is offer a few suggestions.

When you wake up, open your eyes and become totally aware of your body. Really spend 60 seconds or so IN your body. When you eat breakfast, be aware and thankful that you have this meal to eat.

So much can be tailored to your beliefs and your outlook--what is meaningful to you? You may find that you don't have to DO any magic. Just greet the day and whatever it may hold. That's magic enough!
 
 
ghadis
20:01 / 27.10.06
I'd say set up an Altar. Doesn't need to be much but it needs to be special to you. A bit of cloth, a candle etc etc. An Altar is an extension of you. All obvious stuff, maybe, but i think an Altar is one of the most beautiful, wonderful,magical things you can do. Get that sorted out, then sit at it each morning, light a candle, add to it with things that you have collected, and that have jumped out at you during the day.

Maybe, if you are drawn to a particular God or Goddess, dedicate the Altar. Bhakti. Light candles. Make offerings.

KEEP AT IT!!!
 
 
EmberLeo
20:49 / 27.10.06
I don't know about day beginnings (I'm not a morning person, so my days begin with a $3.50 offerring to Starbucks), but my day end habit that has drastically affected my practice has been to Journal my day from a magical perspective.

What did I notice? What did I DO? How did I interpret what I experienced?

I can't keep a daily journal, and these days I'm involved in enough ritual and such that I no longer make logs of all of them, but that's because I don't need to anymore. When I first started it was amazing how much I realized I was already steeped in what makes the "mundane" world a deeply spiritual place.

--Ember--
 
 
Unconditional Love
21:02 / 27.10.06
I basically do what armed with madness has described, i see the altar as a representation of myself, so i venerate the altar, and work with placing various elemental attributes into myself, and a particular god form.

I then follow with light exercise and am slowly seeing the benefit of taking a little time out to practice reiki on myself.
 
 
Princess
22:59 / 27.10.06
(apologies if this post is as drunk as I am)
In the morning? Just a dream journal. Later I'll build up to lucid dreaming.
(/apologies if this post is as drunk as I am)
 
 
EmberLeo
23:36 / 27.10.06
IMHO Though brief, your post seems reasonably lucid. I hope you're drinking for fun/social/ritual, not because something's made you unhappy!

--Ember--
 
 
Princess
08:27 / 28.10.06
Worry not Barbeloids. All is well. My night was pretty stellar. This morning I added "The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Vomiting in the Toilet" and a meditation on "Why oh Why oh Why did I /ever/ think a garlic pizza was a good idea?".
I'll stop rotting now
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:25 / 28.10.06
Put on bra and shoes. Getting dressed properly is favourite, but slobwear is fine so long as bra and shoes are also deployed. I'm cleverer in my bra and shoes.
 
 
Papess
12:17 / 28.10.06
I light my altar, give offerings and then I do a Goddess meditation followed by Surya Namaskar.

I finally have a space that is specifically a Temple room so, I insist on making use of it because I have wanted it for so long. No more rituals in the living room where the telly is.

Starting my day off in my own sanctuary and connecting to the Divine is like breakfast for my mind, body and spirit. I find when I don't start my days with magick, I start having very bad days. I'm a huge grump in the morning and most people know to stay away from and don't talk to me until I am done my morning routine.
 
 
iconoplast
18:17 / 28.10.06
I'd been trying to work morning prayer and meditation into my daily routine for the longest time, but I just couldn't get the hang of it - before coffee and closing my eyes and sitting still is an invitation to be late for work. After coffee, and the serenity isn't there.

Then I just heard someone in passing mention how, every morning, he takes his coffee outside, has a cigarette, and runs through his routine of morning prayer.

So, yeah: whenever possible, I try to be alone for my first coffee & cigarette of the day, and to go out on the balcony and share a cuppa with the almighty.
 
 
Zanzibar Hexidos
06:22 / 29.10.06
I've used chi kung for the past 4 years. I try and get an hour in before doing anything else after getting up (besides taking a slash in the loo and having a good few gulps of water). Then shower then eat. Just seems to get the body doing the right things, first thing and my mind seems to always be much more able through out the day.

The routine varies a bit. Sometimes I'll do some moves to get the flow going after lying around for most of the night. Sometimes I'll do standing forms, which get the circulation going to a degree and get the consciousness bang on target. Seated stuff doesn't seem to really get the wheels turning for me in the dawn hours.

The still stuff is for bed time. Well, not all bed times...
 
 
Saturn's nod
07:12 / 29.10.06
At the moment I have a practice of writing. I write three pages of A4, longhand, usually before getting out of bed. It's anything that's in my mind, jumbled together, shopping lists and dreams and wild ideas and prayers and remembering people's birthdays and deathdays. My pages are a dedicated space between me and God: I'm offering what's on my mind as the material for divine work to be done on. It's my intention that by holding up the trivia to divine compassion and inspiration it can become an avenue for grace.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
00:34 / 30.10.06
I drink a big glass of orange juice every morning. Gotta have that vitamin C, baby. Also the antioxidants protect my DNA from free radicals (I smoke and drink coffee like a fiend and those loose electrons will punch holes in you SUPER FAST, so it's good to have antioxidants). Since I started this ritual I haven't caught a single cold.

Not sure if it's magical, but I would recommend it to everyone. Gets the day started right.
 
 
calgodot
03:01 / 31.10.06
I wake up in the morning, run my fingers through my thinning hair, peer through the blinds at the outside world, and mutter, in my best Martin Sheen: "Hollywood. I'm still only in Hollywood." Then I pour beer all over my naked body and punch the dressing mirror.

Actually, each morning begins with coffee, a Gnostic banishing, some light yoga, and a little meditation, and more coffee, usually while listening to jazz.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
07:16 / 31.10.06
a. glass. of. orange. juice.

whew. Ritual, eh? Teh Poworz.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
11:21 / 31.10.06
I can see turning the daily drinking of a glass of OJ into a magical act.
 
 
Papess
13:06 / 31.10.06
Especially if you can fit him in the glass.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
16:44 / 31.10.06
Arf!
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
17:39 / 31.10.06
Snooze button is usually the first order of the day before finally emerging from the coccon of my duvet. Thereafter it's into the kitchen for toast and coffee which is supped whilst checking the news and making sure my bicycle is still rideable.

Fianlly, after the daily ablutions, it's out for a 12 mile thrash through Central London. Rips, track stands, turtles, switch-turns and channeling of the Sneaky Butcher are all part of the run which may not be magical but is certainly very spiritual. Highly recommended.
 
 
EmberLeo
17:52 / 31.10.06
I just realized what qualifes as my Morning Ritual.

Every day when I choose my clothing, I also choose which devotional necklaces are appropriate to wear. This necessarily includes the understanding that whichever necklaces I choose, aside from matching my clothing, affects which of the powers I work with will commune with me the most that day. If I know I need to focus, I oughtn't choose powers that like to chat about other things entirely. If I know I need support, I should choose those who make me feel safe, etc.

Some days the power I choose is my own - I have a necklace I have worn daily for long periods, on and off since highschool that I consider my personal symbol.

But lately I have gotten used to not wearing any necklaces at all many days.

Today I'm going to wear my Ancestor necklace.

--Ember--
 
 
Digital Hermes
17:59 / 31.10.06
Actually, each morning begins with coffee, a Gnostic banishing, some light yoga, and a little meditation, and more coffee, usually while listening to jazz.

What sort of gnostic banishing? Is it like the LBRP? I'm getting quite a bit from Gnostic readings lately, and I'd love to hear about workings and rituals that come from that (very broad and deep) background.

In some response to:
The Nutrient Value of Decay

I'm not sure if that was intended sarcasm or humour, but I'll use it as an excuse to explicate a little. Since the first post, I've started doing the very little Shaolin that I know, a few short exercises, some contemplative breathing, and a reading from a Gnostic Bible.

The general point or hope is that action follows intent; if I create a mental inertia towards a productive day, then I will be able to get more done, then if I just drift and hope that I'll be up to whatever comes without preparation. Like an athlete stretches and warms up before physical activity, an occult exercise (hopefully) prepares one for whatever work they might need to get done...
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
01:18 / 01.11.06
I can see turning the daily drinking of a glass of OJ into a magical act.

Rah! Me too. Oranges are sacred to a very special Lady I know. After my Large Fast this year, my first nourishment was very carefully selected oranges, squeezed by hand and drunk (i CRIED) Woah. Accidental capitals. Though there are, of course, no real accidents. Fingers ahoy.

I took the remnants of the juicing to a nearby beautiful Heathland and buried them, somewhat reverently, in the Earth which transformed the Sun into their rather splendid fruity form. Much prayer and mantra. Sacred food. Sacred Earth. Sacred Sun. Birth, Growth, Transformation, Consumption and Return.

I meant no nonsense. Just the style of post brought out a style in me, is all.

Moi?

Abwoon d'bwshmaya
nethqadash shmakh
teytey malkutakh
nehwey tzevyanach aykanna d'bwshmaya aph b'arha
hawvlan lachma d'sunqanan yaomana
washboqlan khaubayn aykanna d'aph khnan shbwoqan l'khayabayn
wela tahlan l'nesyuna
ela patzan min bisha.
Metol dilakhie malkutha wahayla wateshbukhta l'achlam almin.
Ameyn.

Pai nosso que estais no ceu
santificado seja o vosso Nome.
Vamos nos ao vosso Reino
seja feita vossa vontade
assim na Terra como no Ceu.
O pao nosso de cada dia nos dai hoje Senhor.
Perdoai as nossas dividas
assim como nos perdoamos os nossos devedores.
Nao nos deixe Senhor
cair em tentacao
mas livrai-me e defendei nos Senhor
de todo mal
Amem, Jesus, Maria e Jose.

Ave Maria cheia da graca
O Senhor e convosco.
Bendita sois vos entre as mulheres.
Bendito e o fruto do vosso ventre Jesus.
Santa Maria, Mae de Deus,
Rogai a Deus por nos pecadores
Agora e da hora da nossa morte
Amem, Jesus, Maria e Jose.

Desejo Harmonia, Amor, Verdade, e Justica a todos os meus irmaos.

Com a forca reunida da silenciosas vibracoes dos nossos pensamentos, somos fortes, sadios, e felizes, formando assim um elo da fraternidade Universal.

Estou satisfeito e em paz como Universo inteiro, e desejo que todos os seres realizem as suas asiracoes mais intimais. Dou gracas ao Pai Invisevel por estabelicido a Harmonia, a Amor, a Verdade e Justica entre todos os seus filhos.

Assim seja.

Amem.

I am Satisfied.

Satisfied that I am alive and that this is enough.

I am Satisfied.

Satisfied that the invitation to awaken is always and already extended through Time, Space and Consciousness, that freedom is eternally available in the Everpresent Now to all beings, in all ages, in every realm.

I am Satisfied.

Satisfied that Love surrounds me, supports me and flows through me, and is eternally and unconditionally available to me as the Very Ground of All Being.

I am Satisified.

Satisfied that the Universe is unfolding exactly as it should, each moment a sublime, manifest expression of Everpresent Perfection within the eternally evolving and convolving process of Change.

I am Satisifed.

Satisfied that anything less than complete satisfaction with this everpresent, eternal perfection is delusion, a clinging to attachments I abandon in this instant, the mirage of Ego realised and relinquished.

I am Satisfied.

Satisfied that the 'I' who is satisfied is a convenience of language, nothing more - temporary, illusory, ephemeral - and that Satisfaction is all there is, ever was, or ever can be.

I am Satisfied.

Satisfied that by declaring this satisfaction an energetic cycle is completed with humble, sincere gratitude, and that breathing between satisfaction and gratitude, I am One with All Being.

I am Satisfied.

Followed by yoga. And maybe a few songs at the keyboard.

And maybe even a glass of OJ!
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
01:33 / 01.11.06
(though it's a bit acidic, actually)
 
 
Dead Megatron
08:56 / 01.11.06
I train/meditate kung fu. It doesn't work well every day, though. Today, I just couldn't put my mind into it.

Well, there's always Barbelith
 
  
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