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Rituals & Ceremonies
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Rituals & Ceremonies

Building rituals and ceremonies can be used to prepare the land for use, to clear out unwanted energies in existing buildings, to bless or consecrate land or buildings for a particular purpose, and even to help with serious problems such as illness or misfortune.

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Space Clearing
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Space Clearing

Space clearings are procedures designed to change the qualitative content of an environment. They can be performed to prepare a space or a site for habitation; to revitalize the energies of a space exhausted by use, stress, or suffering; to shift the energies of a space for a new or different purpose, and to dispel malaise, disease, unwanted spirits, or other detrimental forces.

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Yu Wei Rice Blessing
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Yu Wei Rice Blessing

As a blessing, this ritual encourages new growth, harmony, development, and prosperity, and is an appropriate ceremony for moving into a new home or office, before any construction, or as a general blessing of the land. It can also be used during times of misfortune, or performed as a cure for predecessor problems, such as bankruptcy, illness, death or divorce.

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Daily Spiritual Practice
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Daily Spiritual Practice

In order to activate your personal energy body and increase your capacity to hold energy, it is important to maintain a daily practice. This practice can be done in conjunction with any other physical, spiritual or energetic practices you are currently doing. With a little creativity you can combine some of these practices with your own and create hybrids.

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Altar Construction
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Altar Construction

An altar is an energetic device that has infinite practical applications. It can be used as an adjunct to meditation and spiritual practice, as a vehicle for communication with sacred and spiritual forces in nature, and as a way to promote healing, wellness, and good fortune.

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Clearing Objects
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Clearing Objects

Objects accumulate energetic charges from the environment around them. That includes the emotions, thoughts, and events in our lives. Hence it is important to periodically cleanse them, particularly, if the objects have personal resonance or if they are used for spiritual or sacred purposes.

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Cairn Construction
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Cairn Construction

A Cairn is a sacred monument usually dedicated to a Mountain Spirit. It typically consists of a rock pile of varying dimensions. Often these piles are located at strategic crossroads, at sacred places, as markers to power spots, as markers for star configurations, or as personal devices in home surroundings.

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Despacho Ceremonies
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Despacho Ceremonies

Despacho ceremonies are performed to promote health, well-being and prosperity, or when calamity or misfortune befalls the client. They are also used to thank for special events, to celebrate good luck, or to help the soul of a deceased person journey into the beyond. On very special occasions, despachos are also performed when larger cultural or ecological events threaten the entire community.

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The Initiation Process
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The Initiation Process

All initiatory processes are designed to introduce an individual into the next stage of their life and development. With adolescents, for example, this means that they are being introduced to adult society, and to the responsibilities, privileges and obligations this entails. Birth, Marriage, Eldership, and Spiritual initiations are all important rites of passage which need to be honored and observed.

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