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Unprepared
Ack! The Men's Retreat is in less than 1.5 weeks and I'm supposed to lead a Men's Circle. I thought I had written a ritual for this last year, but it turns out that I had only prepared the outline. Ack!
So now I need to write this ritual in the next week, which shouldn't be a huge deal since I have a fair idea of how I want to do it. This is going to be a Sacred Spear Warrior ritual. The metal spearheads have already been prepared, so the guys just need to find the wooden staff to which they can be tied. I want each guy to bind promises to himself and he binds the spearhead to the staff, creating a sacred bond between the man and his weapon (the bringer of change).
I need to do some research on deities, male archetypes, and warrior philosophy so I can say the write stuff during the ritual. When I say "warrior", I'm referring to the spiritual warrior archetype as explored by Kerr Cuhulain (read exerpt here).
The danger is cheesiness (of which I am frequently guilty of). I want to design something that can inspire the participants in a way to awaken their subconscious minds, but not take it so far that it smacks of cliché or stereotypes.
So now I need to write this ritual in the next week, which shouldn't be a huge deal since I have a fair idea of how I want to do it. This is going to be a Sacred Spear Warrior ritual. The metal spearheads have already been prepared, so the guys just need to find the wooden staff to which they can be tied. I want each guy to bind promises to himself and he binds the spearhead to the staff, creating a sacred bond between the man and his weapon (the bringer of change).
I need to do some research on deities, male archetypes, and warrior philosophy so I can say the write stuff during the ritual. When I say "warrior", I'm referring to the spiritual warrior archetype as explored by Kerr Cuhulain (read exerpt here).
The danger is cheesiness (of which I am frequently guilty of). I want to design something that can inspire the participants in a way to awaken their subconscious minds, but not take it so far that it smacks of cliché or stereotypes.