On Dedication

On Wednesday, the full moon, I’m going to be performing my dedication ritual, hopefully with a friend. Even though I’m not entirely sire what I believe in yet, I know that this is a good path, and I’m dedicating myself to my journey. To courage, strength, wisdom, curiosity, etc. To finding myself and finding my way.

On this page (http://bluemoonwicca.org/initiation.html) I found some nice descriptors of dedication, which explains nicely what I’m planning on doing. Here:

“Introductions - The main point of Self Dedication is to introduce yourself to the god(s) and goddess(s). At this point you do not have to have chosen a particular god and goddess to work with. You may not even be clear on who or what they are. What you will be declaring in your Self Dedication ritual is a desire to get to know them and to understand what you can do for them. You may also want to take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the elementals (Air, Fire, Water, Earth). Again, you do not need to have a full understanding of the nature of the elements at this point. You need only to have a desire to get to know them better.

Promises - At the very least a Self Dedication rite will include a promise to the god and goddess that you want to get to know them and that you want to understand what it fully means to be Wiccan, and that you will do your best to learn how to honor them and the Earth. Sometimes more specific promises are made during a Self Dedication ritual such as a vow to recycle, do volunteer work, read a certain number of books, meditate on a regular basis or anything else which seems appropriate to you. You may also want to made promises to each individual Element.”

For the dedication oil, I took olive oil with some Sandalwood oil and added:

Rosemary - Protection, Love, Lust, Mental Powers, Exorcism, Purification, Healing,Sleep, Youth
Sage - Immortality, Longevity, Wisdom, Protection, Wishes
Fennel - Protection, Healing, Purification
Bay - Protection, Psychic Powers, Healing, Purification, Strength
Parsley - Love, Protection, Purification
Thyme - health, Healing,S leep,Psychic Powers, Love, Purification, Courage
Marjoram - Protection, love, Happiness, Health, Money
Cinnamon - Spirituality, Success, Healing, Power, Psychic Powers, Love

I’ve been concentrating energy on it once a day since I put it together, and will continue to do so until the 11^th.

I just finished my wand. At some point I’m going to have to consecrate it, since I’d like to use it in the ritual itself.

As usual, I take my own ideas and combine them with rituals I find online or in books. I generally combine at least 2 or three, and replace anything I feel doesn’t fit right with better suited words or phrases. Luckily there’s no copyright infringement in ritual :) I’m taking a lot from the New Moon ritual, as I already did a lot of the rewording and such there.

I also bought a Book of Shadows to copy the ritual into. It’s black, with a celtic knot on the front and a nice design on the spine. I rather like it. The problem is my atrocious handwriting, and trying to get everything to fit right, haha.I might have to rewrite everything at some point. Probably in pen so it doesn’t smudge.

The ritual itself is 7 pages in Word, so it’s… rather long. I’ll post it if anyone asks :)