Prayer vs Ritual
August 21, 2011
Tomorrow I start peeing on sticks. I've never used an ovulation kit before. I've also started taking my temperature in the mornings, but I think I started doing that a little too late to really figure out my average.
I did a fertility ritual, I'm through with prayer although I know there's some that would argue that there isn't much difference. I feel that there is. Prayer feels like begging and I will not do that. I will not beg a god that took away the greatest gift I've received. I spent some time looking up the patrons for my cause. There are quite a few I'm asking for assistance from, and from all different backgrounds. I won't include their stories, but I will include their backgrounds so that it will be a little easier to search for them if anyone should want to know more.
For Fertility: Amun - Egyptian, Aphrodite - Greek, Cernunnos - Celtic, Coatlicue - Aztec, Hina - Hawaiian, Kichijoten - Buddhism, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic*, Our Lady of Regla - Catholic, Patecatl - Aztec, St. John the Baptist - Catholic
For Pregnancy: Artemis - Greek , Atahensic - Iroquois, Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Catholic, St. Anne - Catholic
And some cover both areas: Gaia - Greek, Hathor - Egyptian, Hera - Greek, Isis - Egyptian, Phanes - Greek, St. Brigid of Kildare - Catholic, Celtic, Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Catholic, St. Gerard Majella - Catholic, St. Philomena - Catholic
*I would like to note that I do know that there are other belief systems that use the saints (Voodoo, Hindu, etc.), I only use the Catholic notation as that is what I am most familiar with.
I don't know how Mike will feel about my doing this. I think he will leave it up to me to do in private, as I have no desire to try to include him in it either. I just prefer to talk to these spirits in private. If he asks I will tell him about it. There is one in particular I would like to share with him, and with others that I wasn't aware of before: St. Philomena. Her story (or lack thereof) is what caught hold of me. I shall go into it at a later time. But it was the artists' portrayal of this little girl that really caught my attention. Something about her appearance just resonated in my memory, like it's a face that I could have known.
Like I said, I'm not going to pray. If others want to pray for me and it makes them feel like they're doing something productive, then by all means go ahead. My doing things this way makes me feel more proactive. Sitting and saying a prayer is relying on the whim of a higher being (who by the way is being inundated with requests, watch Bruce Almighty), but lighting candles and creating something is sending my energy out into the universe. I feel like I'm doing my part to manifest what I desire most.
I did a fertility ritual, I'm through with prayer although I know there's some that would argue that there isn't much difference. I feel that there is. Prayer feels like begging and I will not do that. I will not beg a god that took away the greatest gift I've received. I spent some time looking up the patrons for my cause. There are quite a few I'm asking for assistance from, and from all different backgrounds. I won't include their stories, but I will include their backgrounds so that it will be a little easier to search for them if anyone should want to know more.
For Fertility: Amun - Egyptian, Aphrodite - Greek, Cernunnos - Celtic, Coatlicue - Aztec, Hina - Hawaiian, Kichijoten - Buddhism, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic*, Our Lady of Regla - Catholic, Patecatl - Aztec, St. John the Baptist - Catholic
For Pregnancy: Artemis - Greek , Atahensic - Iroquois, Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Catholic, St. Anne - Catholic
And some cover both areas: Gaia - Greek, Hathor - Egyptian, Hera - Greek, Isis - Egyptian, Phanes - Greek, St. Brigid of Kildare - Catholic, Celtic, Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Catholic, St. Gerard Majella - Catholic, St. Philomena - Catholic
*I would like to note that I do know that there are other belief systems that use the saints (Voodoo, Hindu, etc.), I only use the Catholic notation as that is what I am most familiar with.
I don't know how Mike will feel about my doing this. I think he will leave it up to me to do in private, as I have no desire to try to include him in it either. I just prefer to talk to these spirits in private. If he asks I will tell him about it. There is one in particular I would like to share with him, and with others that I wasn't aware of before: St. Philomena. Her story (or lack thereof) is what caught hold of me. I shall go into it at a later time. But it was the artists' portrayal of this little girl that really caught my attention. Something about her appearance just resonated in my memory, like it's a face that I could have known.
Like I said, I'm not going to pray. If others want to pray for me and it makes them feel like they're doing something productive, then by all means go ahead. My doing things this way makes me feel more proactive. Sitting and saying a prayer is relying on the whim of a higher being (who by the way is being inundated with requests, watch Bruce Almighty), but lighting candles and creating something is sending my energy out into the universe. I feel like I'm doing my part to manifest what I desire most.
Posted by Amanda Hill. Posted In : Spiritual