Drowning Ceremony

Last updated on: January 23, 2020 at 5:30 pm by Annwyn Avalon

Drowning Ceremony 2020-01-23T17:30:59-08:00 Annwyn Avalon

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Burning Ceremonies around the waning and dark moon are really great, powerful and popular! They help us to shed the old, work through blocks, shadow work and releasing things that hinder our progress. As a Watery person, you may not feel very connected with fire and its energy. However, there is another way for us watery people! Rather than burning the paper, why not drown it?

In Folklore and Mythology, Mermaids are not usually full of love and light, they represent the darker aspects of ourselves and are often known for drowning men. So for us watery people sometimes channeling our own inner Mermaid and just drowning the paper in water till it becomes mush and returning it to the earth is just as effective as burning the paper. If you work with Mermaid spirits you can also call on their aid to help banish and drown your sorrows.

It is important to note that you want to be very careful with the wording here. Do not write or say something like ” I banish all that does not serve me” Not everything serves you or your higher good, but they don’t always need to be banished. Your 9-5 job may not serve you, but it does pay the bills. Getting fired will not serve you either so be careful not to cultivate that energy.

You may want to spend time in meditation before you decided what you need to banish, you may wish to do a little divination with cards, runes or a pendulum.

How to do this…

You will need a sacred vessel dedicated to dark moon work, pen and paper, dark moon water
Take your vessel that is dedicated to nocturnal and banishment work and set it in your workspace. You will want to have a different vessel for this type of work. This will keep the energies different than your full moon, healing, manifesting type vessels.
Pour your dark moon water in the bowl. Dark moon water can be made the same way as full moon water, just during the dark moon cycle
Charge your water with intent by speaking to it and telling it what you need
Write what you want to banish on the paper and charge it as well
Now focus your intent and drown the paper in the water, crumple it up, tear it apart and let it turn into mush as you do release all your negative feelings into the water.
Take your vessel outside and pour it onto the ground and bury the paper mush, if it is personal work, emotions and healing, work with your local land spirits and let them recycle the energy
Walk away and let the magic work

Give this a try next time you are in the mood for some banishing work and wish to reach for a watery vessel over a candle flame! If you haven’t already selected a bowl for the dark moon and nocturnal work you may wish to add one to your collection. Here I am using a hand made octopus bowl but a black bowl would also work wonderfully!

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