Urban Shaman Series HANDOUT #4 - Ritual & Ceremony
Urban Shaman Series HANDOUT #4 March 24, 2009
*** Ritual & Ceremony ***
Aumdoc (Richard J. Clofine, DO) 770-633-4257
aumdoc@aumdoc.com www.aumdoc.com
(OPENING INTENTION)
Review & Introduction
Ritual & Ceremony
The Purpose of Ceremony
“Ceremony, whether or not it’s shamanic, is typically magical, creative, and healing, and provides a bridge between the material and spirit worlds. It’s a felt demonstration of how the power of the universe works, and it provides an excellent way to honor all those events in our lives that we want to sanctify. Participating in sacred ceremony helps us bring our being into alignment with the natural flow and rhythm of life.”
Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D.
The Sacred Circle Circle of One Small Group Circles Community Circles
Types of Ceremony
Healing All Ceremonies are Healing! Personal, Small Group, Community Pachamama (Mother Earth)
Transition Passages, Milestones & The Life Cycle (Births & Babies; Childhood & Adolescent Transitions; Male Initiations; Female Initiations; Adult transitions; Business/Home; Croning/Saging;Marriage & Divorce; Farewells; Passing Through The Veil; Funerals & Memorials)
Celebration Social & Religious Celebrations
Celestial Cycles (Stellar, Solar, Lunar, Solstice, Equinox)
Earth Seasons (Wheel of the Year) - www.naturalrhythms..org
All Season (lodges, quests, give aways, ayni offerings)
Communion
Ceremonial Flow & Resonance Purpose Timing Location
Ceremonial Intent
Speaking to Spirit Sacrifice Worship Exorcising Purification Symbolic Death Rebirth Community
Calling the Light Communing Clearing Release/Renewal
Ceremonial Tools & Actions
Invocations Offerings Prayers Altars Elements Directions Sound Makers Power Objects
Incense & Smoke Song & Sound Storytelling Power Plants Fasting & Feasting Talking Stick Drums & Rattles
Dance & Movement Immersions Tying/Untying Burying
Ceremonial Progression
Intention
Preparation
Invocation
Separation
Transformation & Communion
Incorporation & Integration
Closure
(AYNI OFFERING CEREMONY) Inspired by the Despacho Ceremony of the Qero Nation.
From THE ANDEAN CODEX by James Williams:
"Harmony and peace come when our feelings, thoughts, and actions are in balance."
“To the Andean, mystical inspiration comes from attunement with nature, the source of love, beauty and wisdom.”
These five principles constitute the eco-spiritual template for our times.
1- Munay – the way of love and beauty – means feelings and emotions. Its most refined character is loving-kindness and its outer expression is the loveliness of nature.
2- Yachay – the way of knowledge – represents thought and logic, and means to learn, know, and remember.
3- Llanka’y – the way of action – means to work at right livelihood that is ecologically sound, benefits the welfare of others, and encourages community service
4- Kawsay – the way of life – includes the matrix of energy that makes up the web of life and that links all things on Earth.
5- Ayni – the way of reciprocity – means the interchange of love, knowledge, and work. It represents the law of universal responsibility.
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