Q&A for Walking with Mary

 

I have received some questions about timing, structure and a few other tips.

If you are familiar with all these preparations, you can skip reading this post,

but I share here for those who are not so familiar with energy work.

Also keep in mind that this is a creative journey and you have the freedom

to change things around and to apply your own timing and this also means that I may change things 

and add and take away archetypes - nothing is set in stone and this creative freedom is

part of my path of feminine spirituality.

I will be sharing with you some of my personal tools 
and practices which I garnered

through my experiences and 
intimate realizations over the years.

I have found these practices and dikshas to be of great value in my own journey 

towards self-realization  and you may find them of valuable as well. 

I am not teaching a specific practice complete in itself 
with precise lists of what you

have to do, but rather I will share with you 
some of the key practices and prayers

which you can adapt to suit your own truth.

Some aspects may seem particularly vague, but that is done on purpose

as it will enable you to fill the gaps with your own inner understanding 
and to stretch

yourself into ever-deepening layers of connection 
with self and the Divine.

May these practices and energy transferences (diksha) lead you to the threshold of the thundering waterfall which is your own Wisdom.

Energy Clearing

I have previously shared with you to create your 
sacred space in advance before you start

with the meditations. 

It is also important to clear your space before you start with the consecration

of your altar and shawl, etc and before you receive the first mantra for the blessing (diksha) and meditations.

There are various ways of clearing your space :  
burning sage or mpepho (a local indigenous

plant in South Africa); burning aromatherapy oils; 
 holy water; sacred waters and salt.

My favourite way of cleansing is the following :

A whole lemon placed in the room and one on the altar. 
 I leave the lemons in place

for weeks (until it has naturally dried out).  
When the lemon starts to rot it has absorbed negative

energy and you have to put it into the compost or garden and replace it with another fresh lemon.

Lemons are powerful energy clearing fruit and 
one of the oldest holy fruits that we know.  

The lemon also absorbs the sacred energies of the activated altar
 and space and you can eat it as prasadh (blessed food) after your sacrament.

Secondly I use salt.  I place a bowl of salt on my altar and this is replaced with clean salt regularly.

It is also a good practice to sprinkle a bit of salt in the corners
 of the room and to sweep them out regularly.  

You are all familiar with bathing in water with a few tablespoons 
of Epsom salts added to it.  I also add slices of lemon to my bath water or to my shower, especially

after I had done personal clearing or healing work on others.

In preparation of my sacred space and before any meditation or healing work, I burn frankincense

and myrhh granules or a good quality vegan incense.

I clear the entire room with the smoke of the frankincense.

I also clear my space by sprinkling blessed water on everything.

And music is also a powerful energetic cleanser.  We all have different vibrations

and resonate with different frequencies.  I have my favourite music which includes

classical music by Mozart and Beethoven, prayers by Dr J J Hurtak, chants by Krishna Das and my

absolute favourite are the chants of Lourdes.  You can find these online :

Les 20 plus beaux chants pour la messe and Lourdes : 150 Ans de chants

Blessing of the Altar

Placing sacred items and images on your altar, sanctifies and blesses everything

that is within the energy field of those items.  If you work with a pendulum you can

prove this fact to yourself.  You can test the frequency and vibration of a space

without a sacred image.  
Then place the image or holy water or rosary which had

been used for prayers, back into the space and test the space again.

You may be amazed at the increase in vibration.  
Our cells consists mainly of water and prana and these vibrate in resonance with its surroundings. 

That is why people and their energy around us affect us so much.

Essential oils

I will share with you the secret recipes for meditation blends

during the weeks to come.

Candles and colours over the four weeks

You can keep the same candle for the four weeks or you can

change the colour and/or image of the candle that you work with..

Feel free to change the colour of your altar cloth and flowers too.

We will draw a card from the relevant suit of the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck

for each week, but you can use any image of Blessed Mary for your altar.

Week 1 - BLUE, white, silver

Week 2 - RED, green

Week 3 - GREEN, purple

Week 4 - GOLD, red, black

If you have any questions or you would like further support please write

to me at hgsacredart@gmail.com

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at www.patreon.com/thefrenchmadonna

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blessings

Hettienne