* BREATHING
Close your eyes, then take four deep breaths. Our breath is one of our closest links to nature and one of the primary ways we take in the world. When our breathing is relaxed and natural, we come closer to nature and to God.
With four more deep breaths, relax your belly and throat. It is easy breathe fully, deeply and naturally if we get out of our own way. So, focus on relaxing, this allows your body to take over, and your body knows how to breathe.
* CLEANSING
Bathe if it's appropriate. It that's not possible, you can at the very least, wash your face and your hands. Comb your hair. Do what feels comfortable to get your physical self in order.
Clear the area in which you will be working. Any tools, candles, stones, or objects should be lovingly cleaned and cleared in whatever way you feel is best. Do a cleansing of anything inside yourself that might make you less than you could be.
Get comfortable, close your eyes and look for any and all inner blocks that might interfere with things like focus, pleasure, spirituality, effectiveness, intuition, power, and a relaxed state. One way to release these blocks would be to imagine that you are holding them in palm of your hand, (if there are a lot of them, it might require 2 hands) and then gently whisk them away by tossing them in the trash, dropping them into the toilet and flushing it, blowing them out the window, or whatever action appeals to you in the moment. (Be sure to wash your hands afterwards.)
* INVOCATION AND DEVOCATION
An invocation means to invite the God and/or the Goddess to be with you. A simple heartfelt prayer, such as "Please be with me and help, guide, and watch over me," will be fine.
The important second half of invocation is devocation, which means saying good-bye and thank you to the powers that assisted you. The Gods are always with us, but we say good-bye because we are respectfully releasing a certain way of communicating with them.
~From Goddess Initiation
by Francesca de Grandis
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