Remembering Ritual for Halloween.

This is a very simple but powerful ritual for remembering all the loved ones and friends that have passed on this year (or when ever). All you need is a tea light and incense for each person you want to honor. The best time to do this is just after midnight on the 31^st / 1^st; for this is the time when the gate between the worlds is open the widest, up till sunrise on the 1^st. The door between the worlds stays open to some extent all the way till the winter solstice. It is also good to have some type of food to sit out, but no meat, milk and something sweet works well. So this is what you do…..

At the right time, sit out some food and drink, just like someone was going to be physically there. Light the tea light and the incense and think or talk about the person, remember them, the good and the bad. Talk to them; say all the things you did not or could not say to them before. When you are finished say good bye or till we meet again (that’s the one I like best). That’s it, do this for everyone that has past this year or in your life. Levee the food and drink outside (it’s better to do this ritual outside to begin with), till after sunrise.

Don’t be surprised if something happens when you are doing this. You might get the feeling that someone is there, here someone talking that’s not there, ETC. Just go with it.

When you work with the energies of essential oils some strange things can and do happen. This is just one story.

The other day I has a lady come in to Massage Envy to get a massage, she had a lot going on and the girl in the front suggested me. She knew I did Reiki and was thinking that would help this lady. When I talked to her she only told me she was under a lot of stress and to work on her back and shoulders. About 15 min into the massage I start to smell neroli and I get the feeling she has had something tragic happen in her life not to long ago. After about 10 more min I was smelling palmarosa and I got the feeling of insecurity from her. Then bergamot and I was pulled to do reiki over her heart. After about 45 min I could not take it, the smell s were over powering. I was getting noshes from it all. The thing is, we cannot use essential oils at massage envy. This was all in my head. I finally yield in my head “stop it, I cannot use the oils here” and then it was all gone. After the massage she started talking, she told me that her home was broken into 2 day before and she got home right as the burglar was leaving. To me this explained the oils I smelled. Neroli is good for traumatic events that bring grief; Palmarosa helps with feeling of insecurity, helping to make them feel they are safe. Bergamot is good for opening and protecting the heart chakra. I started talking to her about using essential oils and told her she should try the ones I smelled, I did not tell her I smelled them when I was working on here, she told me she would look into them.

This smelling oils when I’m working on someone, thinking about them or even just talking to them started about 4 years back, but in the last 6 months it has been going strong. This just shows that there is just some much more to the oils and us then we know about yet. In time……