Ceremony for the Wounded Waters of Our World
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About 15 of us gathered at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, (a wetland once damaged, degraded and now partially restored). This is the 6th year there has been a Ceremony for the Wounded Waters of Our World at the Laguna, as part of the annual Radical Joy Earth Exchange. This year, one of us offered a water blessing to each participant, pouring water over the hands of each person who passed over the threshold we created with bay leaves and Calendula flowers. Within the circle thus created, we gathered around an altar, decorated with ocean shells, and a large bowl of water at its center. This year, for the first time, we used hand-made rattles made from kelp bulbs, driftwood sticks and fine sea-rounded pebbles—the rattling creating a container in which each person could speak their sorrow and joy. When the words were complete, each person took some water from the bowl, using shells or handmade ceramic cups, and offered it to a tree, bush, flower or some part of nature nearby.
About 15 of us gathered at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, (a wetland once damaged, degraded and now partially restored). This is the 6th year there has been a Ceremony for the Wounded Waters of Our World at the Laguna, as part of the annual Radical Joy Earth Exchange. This year, one of us offered a water blessing to each participant, pouring water over the hands of each person who passed over the threshold we created with bay leaves and Calendula flowers. Within the circle thus created, we gathered around an altar, decorated with ocean shells, and a large bowl of water at its center. This year, for the first time, we used hand-made rattles made from kelp bulbs, driftwood sticks and fine sea-rounded pebbles—the rattling creating a container in which each person could speak their sorrow and joy. When the words were complete, each person took some water from the bowl, using shells or handmade ceramic cups, and offered it to a tree, bush, flower or some part of nature nearby.
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