Crafting rituals to raise power is not simple. Working alone, or in a group, it can take an enormous amount of concentration to truly connect to that place within ourselves that feels most sacred, most magical. Many traditions have developed their own unique liturgies and techniques for inducing trance, ecstatic experience, and relationship to the numinous. But across all of these varies rites and rituals there are core principles and ideas that we can use to create, iterate, and engage with our own meaningful rituals.
In this class, we’re going to delve into some of these techniques and explore these principles. We’ll look at dance, chant, and movement as well as seated meditation techniques that can all raise the power necessary to work magic and to touch the divine--within and without us. We’ll touch upon some of the most common pitfalls that kill the energy of our rites as well as tips for maintaining focus and control during magic.