This document is provided as inspiration for creating a ritual for the community. Feel free to modify it, skip parts that don’t resonate, and / or create something entirely different!
- Native land acknowledgement
- Call to the spirits of the land / local guardian spirits
- Cleansing of the space & participants
- Casting a circle / creating a ritual container
- Elemental / Directional Evocations
- Air (East, Opening, Intellect)
- Fire (South, Passion, Inspiration)
- Water (West, Emotion, Intuition)
- Earth (North, Grounding, the Body)
- Above (Sky, Spirit, Cosmic)
- Below (Earth, Roots, Ancestors)
- Center (Here-and-Now, Community, Heart)
- Inviting participants to invite their personal gods, guiding spirits, etc.
- Weaving & casting the collective intention
- Focusing on the group intention
- Energy raising
- Movement / dance
- Sound / chanting
- Drumming
- Visualization
- Touch / connection
- Focused release of energy at the peak
- Gratitude expression
- Thanking directions, ancestors, guides, etc.
- Physical connection with earth and grounding