New Moon Ritual Suggestion: Self as Collaborative Project
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[Note: Below is an excerpt from the Leo Season Witch Guide, available today for download for my paid subscribers. It includes ritual guides, journal prompts, recipes, tarot spreads, ecology, community, and creativity suggestions to help you stay connected to your practice all month long. If you’d like to get your copy, become a member today].
New Moon Ritual: Self as Collaboration
In conversation with my friend – the astrologer Rob Brezsny (check out his Substack, it will inspire you!) – this past week, we were discussing how the discrete self of the capitalist imagination is a myth. It doesn’t exist.
We are not isolated individual selves. We are collaborations, made up of our ancestors, the land, stars, time, bacteria, our cultural influences.
We do not and cannot exist alone. Remembering and acting upon this truth is not only pleasurable, and a cure for loneliness, it’s the essence of enchantment.
Speaking of himself, his goals, actions, and desires, Rob referred to himself as, “The Rob Brezsny Project”, which I thought was so cute.
We ARE the collaborative project of many beings: bacteria, our ancestors, our culture, water, soil, the plants we eat, the sun, the mites on our eyelashes. What does that mean for us, for who we are?
This New Moon let’s have a meeting with our collaborators and discuss our visions for the [insert your name here] project.
When we mine for the wisdom of the group, we find answers that lead us in stronger directions than we could ever go alone.
Journal Prompts
Who are your collaborators on the [insert your name here] project? Write about the goals, visions, gifts, and requirements of your collaborators (including “you”).
What are the conditions of success for your project in the short and long term? Remember, you’re not just considering your ego’s desires, but the desires of all of your collaborators. How can everyone feel seen, heard, and satisfied?
Based on what you’ve learned in your past experiences, how can you collaborate so that everyone feels good about what you’re doing? Where are some areas you’d like to grow or develop your collaboration skills?
Altar Prompt
After you’ve completed your journaling, build an altar to your collaborative project (you can use the correspondences at the end of the PDF attached below). Consider what you’d like to call in, what you’d like to let go of, and how you’d like to participate in the collaborative project that is you this month.
With love,
Amanda
Leo Season Witch Guide Download
I’m so excited about this month’s download. I think you’ll love the new format. You get guidelines for a two minute daily practice, plus one prompt per week for the month of Leo. That way you don’t have to think about what to do and when to do it. It’s all laid out for you!
Download includes:
Reflection on the meaning of Leo season for each of us.
A Daily 2-minute Somatic Practice
Altar and journal prompts.
Spiritual Ecology Prompt
Creativity Prompt
Community Prompt
Lammas Bread Recipe
Tarot Spread
List of Correspondences for Leo Season