Healing Dark Moon Ritual

In preparation: Designate a quiet time and space for the rite. Phones
silenced, message machines on… "do not disturb" signs are on the door. Let
everyone in your life know you will be occupied at this time and ask for their support in giving you space.

Decide where you will do the ceremony. Those who wish to, and who have AOL or AIM, are welcome to join me to do the ritual together in chat. It’s not necessary, however, to be online for this, if sisters prefer otherwise. The most important thing is to be in synch and focussed… these are two of the ingredients that make the magic effective with real results.

Prepare an altar with items on it appropriate to the theme of healing. Green
candles, green stones are good… green growing things… Goddesses
associated with healing and nurturance such as Isis, Hygieia, Medicine
Woman…We have also talked about invoking Durga for the undoing of ills in our world…so an image of Durga would be appropriate. Smudge yourself and the space with sage or other incense of your choice. 

Duality

Well I felt the setting up of dark and light as opposite, one representing
good, the other evil, is an inherent part of dualistic thinking. True, they can
be understood as parts of a circle, flowing in and out of one another. But
light is not always good, nor is dark always bad.

There’s the bright light that flashes just before a nuclear bomb detonates… there’s excessive sunlight sometimes, that dries everything
up and parches things to death… there’s the dark of the womb, the
dark of the moon, the fertile dark of the earth where seeds begin their
growth…

Yes light and dark are part of a circle. But when we only name two factors,
there is a tendency to slide into dualism, and to choose one side over the
other, or consider one to be desirable, while the other is discarded. It’s
easier, I think, to avoid this, if we add a third factor… three is a circle,
while two tends to be seen as points at the ends of a line…

Dark Moon Rite

Before beginning take some time to center and clear your energy, relax and
focus inward. Whether you are working alone or with others, on or offline, be in a quiet space where you will not be disturbed. Phonesound is turned
off…friends and family have been asked to honor this time…"please do not
disturb" signs are on the doors…

Light some candles for protection, inspiration, success, connection among us all, and universal love.

Close your eyes and visualize travelling to a beautiful forest nestled into
the Paps of Anu, ancient mountain of the Mother in Ireland.

You arrive in the forest, and it is evening. The stars sparkle when you look
up between the leafy branches of the trees. The forest is lush and thick with
foliage, hushed with expectation. You arrive in a sacred grove; a circular
clearing lit by the stars. Sisters are arriving from places all over the
world, and joining hands to make our circle. You look into each other’s eyes
and give greeting and recognition of the Goddess in each woman there. 

Why An All Woman Ceremony for the Dark Moon

I feel deep in my soul that unifying the sister energy is so important. As we get closer and closer to this event and the anticipation builds, the power builds. Be aware that forces of resistance may arise, as what we are doing is radical. You may find yourself pulled to do something else on that night at the appointed hour. It takes determination to prioritize women, sisters, and the Goddess. Yet these are the catalyzing energies so needed for true world healing… the world urgently needs widespread and consistent emanations of concentrated, unified woman energy…

Witches know that with an UNDIVIDED focus shared by a group of like-minded individuals, manifestations occur. Folks of many spiritual pathways know that prayer works. (Remember, Xtians on the radical right are praying too- HARD!) To allign in a commonly held vision and wish for it together is the greatest social power. This is the inner side of politics; magical activism. Currently there is a lack of ummixed female invocation. When women allign in concentrated female invocation ongoingly, consistently, and with commitment, balance can be restored to the earth.

This is not a rejection of anyone. There are countless events and rituals happening with women and men together… and countless constellations with men only. In Goddess reality there is room for all. How come if it’s okay for all those other gatherings, are all-woman gatherings still questioned, still
trashed, still at lower priority, still continually eroded away, still endangered…? Think about it. The very thing that is missing from this picture is the very thing that’s needed the most. Us. Sisters linked in common trust, committed, nourished and nourishing, empowered and healing, using our magic
together.

In Her Love,
Shekhinah

Moonspells October 9 2004

Contributed anonymously