plural_magic | Entries tagged with ritual

We were reading Dyscalculia, which is an interesting web-zine by the Desired Constellation about plurality, and discovered the notion of system-mate specific jewellery. The idea is that each person can have a piece of jewellery that only they wear, and it helps the stay focused on their presence in front, as well as helping others who know the system to identify who is in front.

I bought myself a ring yesterday at a market, and today, Fuzzy and I performed a small ritual to try to give it a little extra staying power. I cannot always stay in front reliably, so it would be nice if I could simply wear a ring and solve that problem. :)

The ritual feels a little personal to post online, but I will say that it involved a thematic altar cloth, an item from each of us, a candle, a singing bowl, and statements of trust and responsibility. I suppose I will update later about how well it worked!

fuzzyjayling

I struggle a little with coming up with a term for this topic I want to write about today, but perhaps that's a good enough approximation ("shallow co-fronting"). Today's post is all about the this-world end of things, with borrowing/sharing. My language here will be plural-heavy, because that's what I'm familiar with. I should also preface this with a larger than normal "this is just how it works for us, hope it helps"!

What do I mean by shallow co-fronting? Well, let me back up for a moment.

What do I mean by co-fronting? (Or "normal" co-fronting.) In general, co-fronting is when two or more people are very close to front (see above, re: borrowing/sharing). This is like when you are viewing a YouTube cat video, and several people are standing to the side or behind you, looking over your shoulder. They may be commenting to you or to each other, laughing at what you are laughing at (or sometimes things you aren't laughing at, and vice-versa). In the case of co-fronting, the people near you are your guides/Others/headmates. Say you're web browsing, sometimes you might type a comment for them (or they for you), choose a different thing to look at based on their interests, and so on. Just like many people sitting around a computer.

For some, I think co-fronting is the only term here, and it means what I'm about to talk about. For us, there is a distinction, though, which I'll explain below.

For us, when switching, we start out in that place. When we actually want to switch, it moves to something that's a lot like co-fronting, but even closer. In that situation, we are occupying the same "physical" space. Each of us feels as though it's our body, but only one of us is actually controlling it. I call this shallow co-fronting, because of how close everyone is to the surface of this world, in front. And it has a variety of potential uses in ritual!

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For some, this may come naturally, but for me, it's moving a little past "plural 101". :D I'll still file it there though.

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angelinflight

Tonight I was able to participate in another ritual with the three of us, this time (for the first time) actually being the main participant among us.

When your people (or Others, if you like) come from another place, they often have their own sense of skills and interests, talents and abilities. For me, I consider singing to be one of mine. It's a magic kind of singing that is typically intended to calm and heal.

The ritual tonight involved a lot of singing, but because of the limitations of Fuzzy's body, it was difficult to really get to it. There is a difference between idea and execution in this meaty world. :) It was really interesting, too, working with others with actual sheet music and practice. I don't think I've ever done this sort of thing. So instead of worrying about it, I simply rolled with it. What a neat experience!

I suppose that's what I was really trying to get around to saying: things do work differently here. I recommend using it as a tool for learning, humility, and enjoying it for what it is. Relaxed and in a positive mood is almost always the best way to do meaningful magic.

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Special jewellery and a ring ritual

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