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Permalink Reply by Align Progress on March 3, 2011 at 10:32am

Greetings all, Here is an essay from this class, enjoy, Align Progress
Class 6
February 2011

What a Sacred Circle is and How to Make and Use One
by Align Progress

Sacred Circles have been used for creating a safe, empowered space for healing, prayer, and evoking the spirit guides, ones own higher self, master beings, and/or other ethereal powers for ritualistic purposes, Once a Sacred Circle has been created, the maker of the circle utilizes the space to protect themselves from negative outside energies and uses the area to focus their intention. I am only promoting loving and healing uses of a Sacred Circle.

The American Heritage Dictionary describes Sacred as:
adj.
1. Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2. Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
3. Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
4. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
5. Worthy of respect; venerable.
6. Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices. 1
The experience of a Sacred Circle is meant to empower and infuse these elements into the maker of the circle from the divine creative source.
Before making a Sacred Circle, it is encouraged to prepare yourself for the experience. This is done by using a pure soap to cleanse the physical body and hair, removing the debris of environmental toxins picked up during the processes of the day. A salt body scrub can also be done to remove dead skin cells. This will refreshed you. Also recommended, is to drink a few glasses of water so that your physical body is supported to receive the energy which will be received.
Determine where you want to create the Sacred Circle, going into nature is preferred, however you can create one anywhere. If you find yourself inside of a building, bring in leaves, grass, flowers, shells or anything that is organic and not man made. These items will be used to create the radius of the circle. If you are going to make one outside, choose a private place (preferably), where you will not be interrupted or distracted by other people, cars, or noise from noise coming from man made devices.
Once you arrive to the place that you have chosen, focusing and centering the mind and grounding the body is done. To do this begin by:
Standing relaxed , the head held high, with legs apart, eyes closed, arms to your side with palms forward......
Breathe through your nose, expanding into the belly, Exhaling through the mouth, which is slightly open, tongue pushed up against the back of the upper teeth and gum. Breathe in the vital light force, peace, calming the thoughts of the mind and centering on the breath. Exhale the old, stale energy out through the mouth. Do this three times, visualizing the fresh vital force coming in and the used up old stale energy being released and going out......
Eyes still closed, visualize and see the spiral of white light emanating from your belly button. See the spiral in an up and down direction rotating in a clockwise direction. Breathing in effortlessly, watch the spiral expand and turn so that it rotates around you and becomes parallel to the ground. Watch this spiral of white light energy expand from the center of your belly button......
Now the spiral begins to move down the body, becoming two separate smaller spirals at the hips and leg joint. Spiraling down each leg, through the soles of each foot and continuing into the ground beneath you. Breathe and feel the energy moving down your body and through your feet......
Visualize the spiraling energy from the soles of the feet entering the ground, continuing down through the upper crust of the Earth, down through the mantle, and reaching the core center of the Earth. The spiral is extending itself, boring an energetic pathway. As it moves downward, it remains functioning and present. When the spirals reach the center core, they go underneath the core, each spiral adjacent to the other one, they go around the core and begin the spiraling journey back up the path of the opposite leg. This produces a continuous energetic spiraling motion, in which the upward spiral is moving in the opposite direction of the spiral which is moving downward. The motion looks like a DNA strand......
As the returning spirals reach the belly button area, they merge back together creating a spiral spinning counter clockwise, without canceling out the originating spiral. This produces a vibrant energy ball. Feel the Earth energy anchoring you to itself. Breathe, allow as much time as you want until you experience this stabilizing, empowering, revitalizing energy. When this link is complete, you will feel stable, strong, level headed and centered.
Now, integrate the cosmic universal connection with the grounding earth energy. The purpose of doing this is to bring the consciousness of spirit into the matter of Earth, (in other words, your body).
While continuing to effortlessly breathe, experience the ball of light , created by the spirals going to the core of Earth and returning to you at the belly:
Visualize the pool of cosmic golden light gathering about 3 inches above your head. This pool is the result of the infinite Love of the Creative Source, containing all life, knowledge, choice, awareness, and spirit of our being. Allow your self to recognize this pool of light. As you watch it come into form above your head, breathe.
When you are ready, open the crown energy enter at the top of your head and bring a tube of this golden light energy from the pool of light down , Feel it washing you from the inside, as it passes through the brain, forehead, eyes, ears, cheeks, nose, mouth. Golden loving healing knowing energy extending down your body, permeating every cell of your existence, through all of the bodies of the vital body, mental body, physical body, auric body, non-linear body. Illuminating all of your being, in every dimension of your being, bringing love and healing with it as it journey down your spine. Removing all concepts of time and measure as it reaches the heart. Now the breath is filled with the nectar of the universe. Consciously breathing in, bring it into the lungs and down into the belly.
Experience and breathe as this golden light energy merges with the ball of energy at the belly. Feel and observe the sanctity of blending the two energetic forces of spirit into matter.
Next, bring this blended energy up through the heart center. Continue to bring it into the throat center. Let it rest there for a moment before it splits into two individual conduits of light , breathe in. and before the exhale, keep the arms to the side of the body, raise them up to shoulder height, palms down, thumb in towards the palm of the hand, the first finger extended out with the hand bent so that the first finger is pointing downward toward the Earth, (the rest of the fingers folded over the thumb in the palm of the hand).
When you exhale the breath, shoot this energy through the arm and forefinger and down into the earth. Do this several times so that you can feel the energy pooling above the head, being brought down the center of the body, cleansing and energizing into the belly, merging with the ball of earth energy, traveling back up the center of the body through the heart and resting at the throat. Then being sent powerfully out the arms, hands and fore fingers directing the energy into the earth.
You are ready now to create your Sacred Circle. Holding the energy in your body, stand where you want the center of your circle to be (you may want to mark it with a stone or flower). Take 3 steps out from that point (approximately 4½ ft.),and walk in a large circle around your center point, while you sprinkle the natural elements, (salt is traditionally used). This will create a parameter.
Next, light four candles (you may want to use colored candles, see below), place them in the parameter to mark the four directions. Acknowledge the intention and qualities that you are designating to them.
Each of the four directions have properties and spiritual entities connected to them. For example:
Archangels:
Auriel , associated with the color green, direction of North, element of Earth,
Michael , associated with the color red, direction of South, element of Fire,
Raphael , associated with the color yellow, direction of East, element of Air, and
Gabriel. associated with the color blue, direction of West, element of Water.
It is very important to offer your appreciation to the energetic forces represented by each candle, as you are establishing a reciprocal relationship and one of respect.
Now return to the center of your Sacred Circle. Connecting with the grounding Earth energy and the Universal White/Golden light energy coming into your being through the top of the head, repeat the exercise of merging the energies at the belly, bringing them back up through the heart and send the energy out again through your dominant arm, with forefinger extended as before.
However, this time, rotate yourself in a circular direction clockwise, and direct the energy out of your forefinger toward the parameter you have created, directional quadrants, marked with candles, and visualize an arc of energy extending back toward you, above you and below you, as you complete your rotation This creates an energetic sphere, within which, you are in the center. This is a spherical Sacred Circle, a bubble of energy to support you, providing protection from outside interference, and a space in time for you to perform your intention.
Within this circle, you can evoke your guides, inner dimensional Beings, Ask for their participation, give acknowledgment and appreciation. These entities will be with you, to support you, and assist you in your intention.
Now perform your ceremony, whether it is to activate yourself, send love, contemplate change, healing, or perhaps forgiving your past, or to clear blockages in your cellular memory. You choose the purpose of the circle.
When you have completed your ceremony, give thanks to all that have come into the Sacred Circle to assist you in this experience. Allow them to depart. Take a moment to feel the results in your body, breathe deeply. Take the time you need to conclude your ceremonial experience before you close your Sacred Circle.
To close the portal of energy of the Sacred Circle, If you have moved around in the circle, return to center of your circle. You will again repeat the process that was done to create the circle by again, connecting with the grounding Earth and the Universal White/Golden light energies coming into your being through the top of the head; repeat the merging the energies at the belly, bringing them back up through the heart and send the energy again out through your dominant arm, with finger pointing at the parameter of the circle. This time however, rotate yourself in a counter clockwise direction. While doing this, visualize the removal of the spherical circle that you have been in. Opening and releasing the contained energetic field held within it. After this is done, sweep the area so that it shows no signs of the circle. Make sure that the candles are put out and are removed from the area.
You can use the Sacred Circle to heal yourself and others, remember that this is a sacred experience. What you set forth during this ceremony will be with you, so choose wisely what you call in and the intention that you set.

1 American Heritage Dictionary: sacred http://www.answers.com/topic/sacred#ixzz1EBGQ9TyG