Rite of Passage Ceremony
Celebrating our huge transitional markers in our lives is incredibly important, especially amongst our young ones, but equally honouring amongst our elders.
Since urbanization, industrialization, 9- 5 paradigm of survival, moving from our simple village life over generations, we have forgotten these truly valuable Sacred Rites.
We have replaced these markers with materialism, rather than Ceremony and honouring.
The old indigenous ways remind us to come back to this vitally important honouring. We are remembering now what was lacking and amiss in our lives at these pivotal times. These Ceremonies are re-igniting within our culture again, and are portals of growth that hold a lot of value when embarking upon new cycles.
For my 50th CRONE Ceremony I really wanted to honor myself for the five decades of life lived; all the trials and tribulations, all the travelling and growing, all the relationships, becoming a Mother and Wife, and Teacher, becoming a CRONE; all of it leading to this very special Marker upon my Journey. It was a beautiful creation of reverence and honoring, plus dancing and celebration., remembering that we embody all attributes and cycles of the Sacred Hoop of Life!
I have facilitated coming of age Ceremonies for both girls and boys, incorporating honouring sharing circles, Sweat Lodge ceremony, and other additional components according to the desires of the guardians and the young adults, and the group.
I wanted to do something special for him to mark this very special occasion, to set the right Intentions going forward. I was told that Michelle and her beloved husband Gordon were the right people to help me with this.
Michelle and I spoke a few times about Matthew to help her prepare. Well she was spot on, her altar she built for him and her words to him were just beautiful, it felt like she had known him for years.
We felt so welcomed when we arrived and the whole process of Matthew’s Ceremony and him being rebirthed into his teenage years will be a day which we will never forget. His friends couldn’t stop talking about it and Matthew said it was the most special thing he has ever done.
Any families wanting to experience and celebrate one these very special rites of passage with their loved one should be in touch with a Michelle and Gordon.
