Day 17 - September

Soulcollage card by Hettienne

A puja is a ritual dedicated to the worship of one's personal deity.
(ishtadevata) As in all ritual there is a certain set of actions;

each one designed with a particular focus and effect

in mind.  In these Thirty Days with Mary we

are devoting our focus, intent, emotion,senses,

passion and vision to evoke our

spiritual selves and to connect with our

own divinity through our devotion to Mother Mary.
Our devotion and adoration invoke the sacred presence
of Mother Mary into the sacred space and the statue
and altar is blessed by Her Presence.

Through repeated entry into the spiritual realms

we shed the perceptions and projections of the mind

and access a wider vision, a deeper connectedness to

all of life and  transpersonal wisdom.

In preparation of the puja I share a prayer with you.
You may want to use it for the puja to Holy Mary.

There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to doing

a puja.  It has certain elements that one always follows.

Usually it is done by a priest or priestess and in this

case you are the priest or priestess of your own temple.

An altar has to be prepared.  In the video you will see that

we are using the red altar.  The red ties in beautifully

with the red thread of the Suit of Distaff.

   

Please gather fresh flowers, incense or a smudging stick,

a bell, or a drum or a music instrument,

a glass of water and something to eat which you can

place on the altar.

We bring offerings through incense, fragrance, voice,
music and fresh flower petals.  At some point you will experience
the stillpoint within where the inner and outer meet
and where your actions are no longer a ritual, but you
become the ritual and the Divine Love within.

A puja by a solitary person is different to a group ritual, but the intent

is still to raise the energy and to invoke the sacred presence.

Repeating the mantra or prayer and keeping a rhythm with your

hands or musical instrument, adds to the shamanic state

of trance meditation.  You may want to repeat the puja in the days

to come if you do not feel confident at first.

The solitary puja on the video is done by

Kamala Maria Devi, a Flamekeeper in the Temple of Mary.

You will find her on Instagram as @terrykamala and

her retreat house page where she runs sound healing retreats,

is @littlesamadhikaroo.  

The mantra to be used is our thirty day mantra

Om Jai Mata Mary Ma

Jai Jai Ma

Prayer :

Hail Queen of Heaven

Hail! Lady of the Angels

Salutation to Three, root and portal

Whence the Light of the world has arisen

Hail Mary 

Ave Maria

I am the maiden of the joy

I am song in the wind and rain upon the rocks.

I am fair love and holy hope

and the flight of the dove.

I am earth, betrothed

I am Mystical Rose.

Hail Mary

Ave Maria

I am the Mother of mystery

I hold opposites together

I birth children and sever the cord with my teeth

Those I love I send away to their lives

I am the cauldron of fire and the cup of milk

I am the two-edged sword

Hail Mary

Ave Maria

In me Sophia speak :

I am the marriage of opposites

I am beauty,

right order in creation,

the balance of all being.

I contain all the secrets whose names are beads,

I am the cosmic necklace.

I am the daughter of silence and

I bring forth the word of truth.

I am the serpent and the dove.

I am the soul of the Christ

Hail Mary

Ave Maria

I am the flour and I am the hands

that kneed the dough.

I am the fire and the loaf.

I offer and I am offered.

I eat and am eaten.

I am food for the world and

I am the world.

Hail Mary

Ave Maria

Hail Queen of Heaven,

Hail! Lady of the Angels

Salutation to Thee, root and portal

Whence the Light of the world has arisen

Hail Mary

Ave Maria

blessings to you
Hettienne