Home altars have been used since ancient times throughout the world, by people from many backgrounds and traditions. They offer a place to pause and reflect, to breathe, to smile. An altar can be as simple or intricate as you wish, holding momentos of loved people, pets, items from the natural world - rocks, a bowl of water, a candle, a plant or bouquet of flowers, some smudge or incense ... I have little altars on surfaces all around my Rose Cottage. A couple of years ago, our creativity teacher shared her process of gathering and Blessing water for our altar. From Dr Maseru Emoto's work on water, we know that water responds to intention and spoken words, and can be patterned! My African teacher Eric Vormanns suggested we hold a cup of water, and beam imaginary rainbows into it, then use or drink it! Altar with Magïc brushes and Holy Water 💙 I may "charge" water by placing it in a bowl in the moonlight, sometimes with crystals in it. Th...
In SoulCollage Evolving, (p 31) Seena wrote, "the Community suit was actually the initial suit of this process." As a final project in her studies with Jean Houston in the 1980s, Seena made cards honoring each participant in the three year program. She created over 100 cards during their 6 months between sessions, drawing a participant's name each day! After completing the course, Seena's love of the practice led her to keep going with it, and to developing SoulCollage®. The community suit in the SoulCollage® deck contains cards "for those beings that impact your personal story with their special energy. ... (they) offer the 'net' of their love and wisdoms" - and may also "'net' you with their demands and challenges." As we begin to craft our own deck, we're invited to list beloveds who cross our lives, and influence who we are: ancestors, family, friends, teachers, siblings, healers, pets ... plus historic figures - Moth...