Consecration

Consecration 

Consecration: association with the sacred.

This a process that is at once a blessing and a transmutation. It is taking fermented grape juice and turning it into holy wine. It is taking a substance (water, salt, wine, oil) and dedicating it to spiritual, ritual or religious work.

Different faiths do this in different ways.

Salt is using blessed on an altar. It is usually charged to cleanse in the name of a specific deity or in the names of the Lord and Lady.

Sometimes it is very ritualised.

"I cleanse you oh of creatures of salt. I awaken you to cleanse the way. To remove all malignity. In the name of..."

Of course saying the words and drawing a star doesn't awaken anything if you are still sleeping.

Sometimes it is charging a space with power and channelling it all into an item (a wand, cup of wine, crystal). Touching it with your breath and seeing it awaken.

Consecration is difficult for those looking outside themselves for their power. It is about drawing in what is holy in you, reaching out and digging deep within and connecting with that light, and connecting that light to a simple bowl of salt.

Bright Blessings xxx

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