All Acts of Love and Pleasure Are…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth.

“Let  My  Worship  be  within  the  heart that rejoiceth, for behold: all  acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.

And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,  honor  and  humility,  mirth  and  reverence within you.”

— “The Charge of the Goddess,”

attributed to Doreen Valiente.

I shake off a meditation  with the phrase replaying in my head: “All  acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.” I’ve  been  shown  something  startling  and  beautiful.  I don’t know if it’s instructional or something of the future or both.

The specifics are private, sacred. As are the results.

I’ve been shown two different rituals, same man. Intense rituals.  Life-changing  rituals.  Beautiful,  loving,  intense, profound. I cannot, to my satisfaction, describe the Scorpionic intensity of his feelings.

Both rituals  are  combined  with  hypnosis  or guided visualizations, and the man in them is bound. Not in a sexual way. This is not a sex act but it is most definitely an act of love and an act of healing. Yet he is literally tied down to keep from doing himself or others physical harm and to reach a place of deep mental concentration.  I’m told  that  he  cannot  withstand  the  intensity  of  this  removal of darkness in any other way because elsewise, he would flee from facing his shadows and eliminating them.

He must trust me completely to be his guide in this terrifying process. Because when each ritual is done and he has  worked through their meanings  in his head, the manifestations will be an increase in light, love, warmth, trust, self-respect. The symbolism  astounds  me, touches me deeply. From what I see, it touches him, too.

I’ve been  shown  every  little  detail  and the reaction each step will affect. I have been shown the beauty and strength,  the power and  compassion,  all of it. It seems too personal to write it, and I think it can only be lived.

I have experienced  these rituals on the inner planes but not in the physical. Maybe they’re rehearsals for later. Or maybe the inner work is all that needs to be done, and I’ve sent the energy of these rituals along to him, knowing that some things will soon lighten and progress for him. What I’ve been shown is so….

It is so very sacred.

I’m not sure what to do with this knowledge. But I’ll file it away for when the time is right.