Devotionally & ritually attuned -virgin coconut soy candleTHE MEDICINE: Bridging the mundane into the language of living prayer.THE EVOCATION:Layers of temple incense smoke. An open air shala surrounded by citrus trees in bloom. Powdery clouds set you adrift to far off lands.THE MANTRA:I marry the Divine into my daily human experience. STORY OF THIS PIECEBefore she was named Devotion, she was named Bhakti...a Sanskrit word from the root bhaj, meaning to adore or worship God. Bhakti is also a yogic practice of meeting, seeing, feeling, acknowledging connection the Divine in everything. That might begin with the moments when we are struck by the beauty of what our eyes and hearts behold or the offering of a craft we pour our whole selves into. And it extends into the spaces where the beauty is harder to perceive. With devotion as the foundational mortar of all we build, there can be no failure and no separation.Supports:~ Making offering of your creative expression~ Alchemizing the mundane into the language of living prayer. ~ Prepping all systems for meditative states, practices, and healing workCorrespondences:~ Plant teachers: Frankincense, Myrrh~ Archetypes: the alchemist, the healer~ Chakras: all but especially the crown, the throat, the root~ Spiritual teachers: Archangel Michael, the Priestess/Sorceress, Mother Mary~ Stones: clear quartz~ Frequencies: Bhakti, the vow, "moving heaven & earth", a clear and alive central channel
