walkingwithmary – Page 11 – Her Grace Sacred Art

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day Seven – Blue cloak of protection

Welcome to Day Seven

Today is the final day of the first week. By now you are familiar with the

daily ritual of the Immaculate Practise.

Today is dedicated to Mary’s blue cloak of protection.

Below is a special prayer and step by step instructions on how to receive the

special diksha.

Feel free to add it into your daily ritual in any way.

Hail Mother Mary

Under your mantle

We take our refuge

This very simple painting done by myself

carries the vibration of this diksha

The Blue Cloak of Protection

Mother Mary has given the Blue Cloak of Protection diksha to all those who ask Her. The Blue Cloak will cover your entire aura and with repetition of the meditation, its vibrational energy will increase and strengthen.

Diksha of the Blue Cloak of Protection – How to receive this diksha from Mother Mary

Sit comfortably and quieten your mind. Visualise the image of Mother Mary
in your mind’s eye.
You can use the image of the painting above if you wish to.

See her energetic Blue Cloak that surrounds her mystical form and aura.

Call on Her presence.
‘Oh Divine Mother, please come to me;
reveal thyself;
bless me with your Presence.
You may become aware of a colour, a sensation or a strong rush of emotion.
Allow, allow, allow. You may want to stay in the awareness of her Grace for a few moments before continuing.

Ask her to grace you with the Diksha of the Blue Cloak of Protection.

‘Oh Divine Mother, by the power of Love vested in you and in myself, I ask to receive your Blue Cloak of Protection. I am willing to open my heart and mind to receive this energy transmission and to allow it to act in my energy field;
for it to cover my entire aura and protect all my energy bodies.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Jai Maa! So Be It’

Allow yourself to receive the energy and see/sense/visualise the Blue Cloak encircling your body. It covers your entire body down to the toes. The hood slips over your head and the two front seams meet down the length of your body.

Spend time, experiencing the energy of the Blue Cloak and take it with you,
into your energy field.

Stay in this energy for 10 minutes until you feel the energies dissipate. You can repeat this meditation as often as you like. You can call on the Blue Cloak for Protection in times of anxiety or stress. The more often you meditate on the energy received during this Diksha, the stronger the energy will become.

thank you, Beloved Mother Mary, for this powerful and divine gift.

You are invited to share these meditations and gifts with others

blessings
love
Hettienne

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day Six

Blessings to you on Day Six of Walking with Mary

Today you can add an oil burner to your altar and

burn lemon oil. I like to add water to my oil in the

burner and some people add salt.

Later on in the practise I will share with you a powerful

meditation blend of the other two oils listed previously.

You can continue to burn lemon oil every day.

It is also a good practise to burn lemon oil throughout your

house and even to add lemon oil to a water spray bottle,

add holy or blessed water as well, and spritz in the rooms.

A few years ago I became obsessed with both the smell and taste

of lemons. I started with drinking lemon in my water, burning lemon oil,

wearing lemon oil and eventually I travelled to the south of Italy

to immerse myself in the culture and traditions related to the use of lemons.

Since then I have uncovered so much research on this sacred fruit!

The lemon is a citrus which is a variegation of the Etrog, also known as

Citron and Citron Medica. I am sharing the following from the website

that I share below.

The etrog originated in India. From there it found its way to Persia

(modern-day Iran), Aram-Naharayim (modern-day northern Syria),

Israel and Egypt. Archaeologists have discovered etrog seeds in

Iraq (ancient Babylon) dating back to 4000 BCE, and etrogs

were found in Egyptian tombs and wall murals dating to 1500 BCE.

We can learn about the antiquity of the etrog

from Jewish sources. According to one tradition, the “Tree of Knowledge” i

n the Garden of Eden was an etrog tree. One basis for this tradition is the

biblical description: “and the woman (Eve) saw that the tree was good for eating

and a pleasure to look upon” (Genesis 3:6).

In the Midrash, the Sages taught that one of the distinguishing features

of the earliest trees was that all of their parts were edible.

“Go and see which tree …can be eaten just as its fruit.

You will only find the etrog” (Breishit Rabba 15, 8). In the time

of the Mishna and the Talmud, it was customary to eat the sprouts

and the young leaves of the etrog tree.

It is still customary in the Jewish tradition to gift others with

and etrog or citrus on the religious feast day of Sukkot.

In Italian folklore and herbal craft and tradition, it is a practise

to plant a lemon tree at your front door for protection.

It is also still a practise in some areas to keep a branch

from a lemon tree in your kitchen, as well as a bowl of the fruit.

At many hotels and guesthouses you will still see a bowl of lemons

at the front door – for purification and protection!

At the feast of the Madonna in Tropea entire

bouquets were created from lemons and her statue

had lemon trees on either side.

a wreath that I created from lemons and oranges

In India you will see lemons perched on to the trident of Shiva

and after the puja or ceremonies, the lemons are handed out

as sacred items to be taken home to bless and protect the home.

Today we follow the Immaculate Practise with the special

Meeting with Mary meditation.

blessings and love

Hettienne

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day Five of Walking with Mary

This first week is dedicated to the Suit of Vessels

in the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck and the

archetypes as they unfold in the Mysteries

of Vessels.

VIII of Vessels, Miriam the Prophetess

The Hebrew Miriam is the first woman prophet mentioned in the Christian and
Jewish scriptures. In Greek Miriam is translated as Mariam and in English as Mary.
Thus we see that Moses’ sister has the same name as Mariam/Mary, the
Holy Woman in the mysteries of Mary. The scholar Phyllis Trible,
in her piece Bringing Miriam out of the shadows, argues that the
Song of the Sea is Miriam’s song of liberation of the Hebrew
people from Egypt. She and other feminist scholars, make the case
that the Song of the Sea attributed to Moses, should actually
be attributed to Miriam.
Miriam’s Song as a song of liberation is also echoed as the song of
deliverance sung by Virgin Mary as the Magnificat.
This is the start of the Miriamic or Mariamic tradition of the Priestesshood
of the Rose.

The Mysteries of Mary tarot deck start off with Mara, the Holy Fool
whose name is the root of Miriam/Mariam and means the bitter one.
Miriam’s name is also understood to mean ‘Bitter Sea’ (mar-yam) thus evoking
the bitterness associated with Miriam and her connections with water.
The story of Miriam’s well tells of Miriam’s prophetic water
divining ability. She could lead the people through the desert because
she could always find springs and riverbeds.
Wherever Miriam led, her people were assured of having water to drink.
In the sacred Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Tau Malachi we read that
a legendary well appeared in the desert wherever the prophetess
Miriam travelled with her people. In this tradition the well is called
Miriam’s well and it is a direct reference to Holy Mary and the outpouring
of her living waters of consciousness. The prophetess and priestess
of the Holy Mother will always lead others to the living Well of Divine waters.

The Immaculate Practise – Day Five

As always we start with a prayer to Mary

Daily Prayer
Oh Mary, Mother of All, grant our hearts be filled with love,
compassion and peace no matter the circumstances of our lives
OM

Oh Mary, the Wise, grant to us ever wider eyes with which to see the
true power and beauty of your world and our world. Let harmony and
wholeness be established within all kingdoms.
OM

As it is above. so it is below

When you have said the prayer with intent and focus, pick up your rosary and repeat the daily mantra.
Please complete the rosary at least twice and a 108 bead mala at least once.
As you become more comfortable, or if you are already a seasoned meditator,
then repeat this mantra up to 6 times around the rosary.
For a mantra we use the rosary in the same way as we do a mala or prayer beads :
you move the beads one by one through your fingers, repeating the line of the mantra on each bead.

This mantra is to be repeated daily for seven days. The more we work with a mantra, the more
it vibrates through our cells and energy and transforms our mind and energy bodies.

Om Jai Mata Mary Ma

After the sacred mantra, you can repeat the Meeting Mother Mary meditation.

Sit quietly for a few minutes, just allowing yourself absorb the energy you have invoked.
Enjoy it …… feel the presence of the Sacred embracing you, flowing all around you.
We rejoice in our physical nature, appreciating this time to pause and remember the holy
purpose of our lives. We feel gratitude for those travelling with us on this path of love
and freedom. Feel a smile forming on your face. You are happy to be here in this
peaceful inner place. Let there be peace. Gently refocus on the outer world and carry this peace
with you into the world.

You may want to keep your journal or a piece of paper at hand

and make a few notes every morning.

Every morning when you sit down for your communion with Mary, gaze on the card

that you picked a few days ago,
and when you have completed your mantra, write down any

thoughts, feelings, sensations, without judgement and analysis.

At the end of the seven days you will have a deeper understanding of not only the

card, but of Mary and of yourself.

Close your communion with repeating the prayer again.

As you feel your heart filled with peace and gratitude to the blessings received from
Mary, the Rose of the World, you can scatter some of your fresh flower petals, or sprinkle some
of your blessed water, over her image.

thank you
thank you
thank you

And so it is.

blessings to you
love
Hettienne

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day Three – Fire and Water

Blessings to you on this our third day of Walking with Mary for thirty days.

Today is the third day of working with the prayer and mantra.

Tomorrow, on Day Four you will receive an audio recording of a very beautiful

meditation called Meeting Mother Mary

This first week of the Thirty Days with Mary is dedicated to the archetype of
Mary as Virgin-Mother, Prophetess and Priestess of the Temple and Temple Mysteries.

Ace of Vessels
The Woman as vessel of the Divine Feminine

During this stage of the Mysteries we mystically enter the alchemical process of the miraculous
conception within our soul and we prepare to birth the Sacred One in our own psyche.

In the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck the suit of Vessels (traditionally Cups) is
dedicated to this archetype. Here we encounter her as the element of water.
Mary is a derivative from the Latin ‘Maria” which means waters.
In French the word ‘mare’ means water.
Water has the power to drown us or to quench our thirst.
In the Mysteries we know Mary as the loving comforting mother, but also as
the Mater Dolorosa, the grieving mother consumed with bitter grief at the loss
of her son. She is also the Black Madonna, the mysterious shadowy Black Virgin who is known to
maim and even kill those who act against her.

In Lourdes you will hundreds of pilgrims carrying large containers of water from the sacred
spring every day to be used for food and bathing at home. Her healing waters has
miraculous powers to heal and cure.

I added the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes to my altar

Mary is called a Vessel of Spirit, a Vessel of Honour and in Lourdes she is the
Vessel of the Sacred Waters. She represents the oceans of consciousness as well as the
energetic flow of the soul and her powerful emotions. Vessels also relate to the
metaphor of the Cosmic womb of the soul and the dark void of the Source of all creation.

We see the element of water represented in the blue robes of Mary.

During this stage of the Mysteries we mystically enter the alchemical process
of the miraculous conception within our soul and we prepare to birth
the Sacred One in our own psyche.
In alchemy the vessel is the container in which the various ingredients are mixed and
transformed by each other. It was believed that the alchemists were looking for a way
to turn lead into gold, but it is also the belief that it is actually a metaphorical journey
of transforming ignorance (symbolised by darkness)
into light (symbolising gnosis or knowledge) as well as a
journey of finding joy and peace amidst sorrow and hardships
as we live in a world of holy paradox.
Mary is a metaphor for the spiritual vessel
in which opposites combine : both human and divine.

The Immaculate Practise – Day three

As always we start with a prayer to Mary

Daily Prayer
Oh Mary, Mother of All, grant our hearts be filled with love,
compassion and peace no matter the circumstances of our lives
OM

Oh Mary, the Wise, grant to us ever wider eyes with which to see the
true power and beauty of your world and our world. Let harmony and
wholeness be established within all kingdoms.
OM

As it is above. so it is below

This mantra is to be repeated daily for seven days. The more we work with a mantra, the more
it vibrates through our cells and energy and transforms our mind and energy bodies.

Om Jai Mata Mary Ma

You may want to keep your journal or a piece of paper at hand

and make a few notes every morning.

Every morning when you sit down for your communion with Mary, gaze on the card

that you picked a few days ago,
and when you have completed your mantra, write down any

thoughts, feelings, sensations, without judgement and analysis.

At the end of the seven days you will have a deeper understanding of not only the

card, but of Mary and of yourself.

thank you
thank you
thank you

And so it is.

blessings to you
love
Hettienne

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day 2 – Fire and Water

Welcome to Day 2.

On a practical note, my posts will from this evening go out much earlier
to accommodate all the different time zones. This may seem confusing
at times but dawn in South Africa are many hours ahead of the US zones for instance.

This morning we step into our sacred space once again.
Over time you may become aware of how the energy
‘builds up’ and gather in your space.

The more often we repeat the same prayer and mantra, the more
powerful it becomes.

Yesterday we started with a mantra to invoke a blessing and sacrament from Mary on our sacred work
Should you want to, you can repeat this invocation daily.

Today, place your deck of cards on your altar for consecration. We will draw a card for the week.
If you own a set of Amulets of Mary, then place these onto your altar as well.

My deck of cards placed on altar

Today I also added my journal and will start writing down any insights
that flow to me.

Then repeat the mantra of invocation to bless your deck of cards.

Mantra for blessing and sanctification of altar and cards

Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
OM

Repeat the full mantra 3 or 6 times. You can keep count with your rosary
or prayer beads. Then place your hands on your shawl and move to the rosary
and all items on your altar. Place your hands on the container with water. If you choose
to drink the water afterwards, keep a small amount for the next day. You can
daily add to the water and by the end of the thirty days you will have water
with powerful healing properties.

You can add this healing (holy) water to your bath or food or drink it.

As always we start with a prayer to Mary

Daily Prayer
Oh Mary, Mother of All, grant our hearts be filled with love,
compassion and peace no matter the circumstances of our lives
OM

Oh Mary, the Wise, grant to us ever wider eyes with which to see the
true power and beauty of your world and our world. Let harmony and
wholeness be established within all kingdoms.
OM

As it is above. so it is below

This mantra is to be repeated daily for seven days. The more we work with a mantra, the more
it vibrates through our cells and energy and transforms our mind and etnergy bodies.

Om Jai Mata Mary Ma

Now pick up your deck of cards and choose one card. Place the card on your altar and leave

it there for the remainder of the week. Do not interpret the card as you normally would,

but let her speak to you. You may want to keep your journal or a piece of paper at hand

and make a few notes every morning.

Every morning when you sit down for your communion with Mary, gaze on the card

for a second and when you have completed your mantra, write down any

thoughts, feelings, sensations, without judgement and analysis.

At the end of the seven days you will have a deeper understanding of not only the

card, but of Mary and of yourself.

thank you
thank you
thank you

And so it is.

blessings to you
love
Hettienne

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Day 1 Fire and Water

Sacred Altar in the Temple of Mary garden

Welcome to the Temple of Mary where we will dedicate ourselves to the Sacred Heart
of the Mother for the next thirty days.

Together we will tend to the holy hearth within and fan
the fires of devotion and transformation.
The Yoga of the Mother leads us to the mystical marrying of the physical
and spiritual in the bridal chamber of the heart.

Today we step into our sacred spaces.
(See my previous posts on preparing and purifying which
you can do before you sit down to start this communion with Divine Mary.)

Never underestimate the power of ritual and ceremony.

You only need a small table or surface on which to create your altar.

The ritual of preparing the altar, lighting candle and incense, etc

indicates to the subconscious and unconscious that you are now entering

sacred time and space.

I use white for my altar cloth and prefer a white candle. You can add
the colours of the elements of each week if you choose to do so.

Work at your own pace. You can catch up at any time.

If possible, enter into sacred communion with Mother Mary more or less at the same time

of day every day. The most powerful time for meditation is just before dawn

as the energies are new and fresh and it is a daily re-birth. And on a practical level, one is

often too tired to do so after a long and busy day. But do not let that stop you.
If the practise does not fit in with your lifestyle then you will not keep it up, so no
hard and fast rules here!

The sun rising over one of the Mary shrines in the garden

I will try to keep things as simple and straightforward as possible.

I will start slowly by sharing only one or two sacred practises and rituals at a time.

These will build the heat in your inner furnace and ignite the sacred fire

slowly and gently.

The Immaculate Practise
This body of ritual and devotion is called
the Immaculate Practise of devotion to Mary.

Today we will invoke a blessing and sacrament from Mary on our sacred work
to be done over the next month. We will also sanctify our meditation shawl, rosary
(and/or mala) and any other items to be used as sacred altar. It is a good idea to place
a glass or bottle of water on your altar. You can drink this water after the
blessing ritual.
Should you want to, you can repeat this invocation daily.

After you have blessed your space, open the ritual with a prayer to Mary.
You can use one of your own and if you want to, (you can share it with the community.)
Or you can use one of the prayers that I am sharing with you.
The first prayer follows below.

This mantra is to be repeated daily for seven days. The more we work with a mantra, the more
it vibrates through our cells and energy and transforms our mind and etnergy bodies.

Close your communion with repeating the prayer again.

As you feel your heart filled with peace and gratitude to the blessings received from
Mary, the Rose of the World, you can scatter some of your fresh flower petals, or sprinkle some
of your blessed water, over her image.

thank you
thank you
thank you

And so it is.

The sanctification of our sacred altars

Mantra for blessing and sanctification

Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
Ave Maria Sanctum Gloriae
OM

You can add this healing (holy) water to your bath or food.

Daily Prayer
Oh Mary, Mother of All, grant our hearts be filled with love,
compassion and peace no matter the circumstances of our lives
OM

Oh Mary, the Wise, grant to us ever wider eyes with which to see the
true power and beauty of your world and our world. Let harmony and
wholeness be established within all kingdoms.
OM

As it is above. so it is below

Mantra
The Sanskrit word ‘mantra’ means protection of the mind.

Om Jai Mata Mary Ma

blessings to you
love
Hettienne

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Walking with Mary Q&A

I have received some questions about timing, structure and a few other tips.

If you are familiar with all these preparations, you can skip reading this post,

but I share here for those who are not so familiar with energy work.

Also keep in mind that this is a creative journey and you have the freedom

to change things around and to apply your own timing.

I will be sharing with you some of my personal tools and practises which I garnered

through my experiences and intimate realisations over the years.

(You can read a summary of some of my experiences in the profile in the side column of my blogs)

I have found these practises and blessings to be of great value in my own journey towards self-realisation and believe that they may be of value to you as well.

I am not teaching a specific practise complete in itself with precise lists of what you

have to do, but rather I will share with you some of the key practises and prayers

which you can adapt to suit your own truth.

Some aspects may seem particularly vague, but that is done on purpose

as it will enable you to fill the gaps with your own inner understanding and to stretch

yourself into ever-deepening layers of connection with self and the Divine.

May these practises and energy transferences (diksha) lead you to the threshold of your own wisdom.

Energy Clearing

I have previously shared with you to create your sacred space in advance before you start

with the meditations.

It is also important to clear your space before you start with the consecration

of your altar and shawl, etc and before you receive the first mantra for the blessing (diksha) and meditations.

There are various ways of clearing your space : burning sage or mpepho (a local indigenous

plant in South Africa); burning aromatherapy oils; holy water; sacred waters and salt.

My favourite way of cleansing is the following :

A whole lemon placed in the room and one on the altar. I leave the lemons in place

for weeks (until it has naturally dried out). When the lemon starts to rot it has absorbed negative

energy and you have to put it into the compost or garden and replace it with another fresh lemon.

Lemons are powerful energy clearing fruit and one of the oldest holy fruits that we know.

The lemon also aborbs the sacred energies of the activated altar and space and you

can eat it as prasadh (blessed food) after your sacrament.

Secondly I use salt. I place a bowl of salt on my altar and this is replaced with clean salt regularly.

It is also a good practise to sprinkle a bit of salt in the corners of the room and to sweep

them out regularly. You are all familiar with bathing in water with a few tablespoons of Epsom salts

added to it. I also add slices of lemon to my bath water or to my shower, especially

after I had done personal clearing or healing work on others.

In preparation of my sacred space and before any meditation or healing work, I burn frankincense

and myrhh granules or a good quality vegan incense.

I clear the entire room with the smoke of the frankincense.

I also clear my space by sprinkling blessed water on everything.

And music is also a powerful energetic cleanser. We all have different vibrations

and resonate with different frequencies. I have my favourite music which includes

classical music by Mozart and Beethoven, chants by Krishna Das and my

absolute favourite are the chants of Lourdes. You can find these online :

Les 20 plus beaux chants pour la messe

and

Lourdes : 150 Ans de chants

Blessing of the Altar

Placing sacred items and images on your altar, sanctifies and blesses everything

that is within the energy field of those items. If you work with a pendulum you can

prove this fact to yourself. You can test the frequency and vibration of a space

without a sacred image. Then place the image or holy water or rosary which had

been used for prayers, back into the space and test the space again.

You may be amazed at the increase in vibration. Our cells consists mainly of water

and prana and these vibrate in resonance with its surroundings. That is why people

and their energy around us affect us so much.

Essential oils

I will share with you the secret recipes for meditation blends

during the weeks to come.

Candles and colours over the four weeks

You can keep the same candle for the four weeks or you can

change the colour and/or image of the candle that you work with..

Feel free to change the colour of your altar cloth and flowers too.

We will draw a card from the relevant suit of the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck

for each week, but you can use any image of Blessed Mary for your altar.

Week 1 Friday 11 January to Thursday 17 January 2019

Mary as Virgin and Temple Priestess

BLUE

Week 2 Friday 18 January to Thursday 24 January

Mary as Bride in the Sacred Marriage

RED

Week 3 Friday 25 January to Thursday 31 January

Mary as Sophia, Our Lady of Wisdom, Shekinah

GREEN

Week 4 Friday 1 February to Monday 11 February

Mary the Immaculate Conception Our lady of Lourdes

GOLD

On Friday 11 January 2019 (South African time) I will post the instructions on the mantra and the meditations to receive the Sacred Heart of Mary diksha.

I will also share the mantra for the seven daily meditations of the

first week.

I will share posts during each week with support, discussions and other tools such

as creating soulcollage cards, keeping a journal, dream work and so on.

The Thirty Days with Mary will conclude with an in-person

retreat of three days in the Western Cape, near Cape Town, South Africa.

If you live in South Africa and would like more info, you can write to me.

If you have any questions or you would like further support please write

to me at [email protected]

blessings

Hettienne

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

Preparation for Thirty Days of Mary

Thirty Days with Mary

Meditation shawl and rosary

#thirtydayswithmary

The Temple of Mary started off as a community of people who felt called by the Great Mother. For four years initiations I offered initiations in person during three and four day retreats in the

Western Cape, South Africa. As I worked on the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck I started to offer the dikshas* and initiations on-line to a wider group of people. The Thirty Days with Mary is part of the first initiation into the Temple of Mary. This is a course of self-initiation. In the ancient mystery schools these initiations were conferred upon initiates by priests and priestess. But a new mythos is being born in our consciousness and we are each and everyone to midwife this birth within ourselves. It is no longer necessary for a guru-initiate relationship.
You can be your own guru. You do not need another human being to hold you accountable nor to oversee your spiritual practise.

In these Thirty Days with Mary you will enter and re-enter into a direct and personal relationship with the Divine and in particular the Divine Mother.

I will share with you the initiation mantra as well as the mantra through which you can receive the dikshas and blessings.

An initiate is one who chooses to turn his or her focus inward, into a metaphysical reality and upward into a wider context and upward into a higher consciousness.

An initiation is a ritual which takes the initiate through a doorway and threshold from the mundane ordinary reality into the sacred life.

You can share on Instagram with #thirtydayswithmary and also on Facebook on The Temple of Mary page @TempleofMary

Creating a sacred space

It is a powerful practise to have a sacred space in which to meditate and focus on your activities.

You can prepare this space beforehand with a special chair or space on the floor to sit on.

If you already have a meditation shawl, place it in your sacred space. I suggest that you find

a special white shawl with which to cover your shoulders or head.

Create your altar with candles, incense, an essential oil burner, fresh flowers and of course a statue

or image of Mother Mary. You will probably add to the altar over the thirty days.

Blessing and consecration of space and items

On the first day of this journey I will share with you the diksha to bless and

consecrate all your items.

You will need to gather the following items :

meditation shawl

rosary or mala or prayer beads

a few fresh lemons – at least one or two

one or two cups of coarse sea salt

candles : white, blue, green, red and gold

small bottles of essential oils : eucalyptus, lemon and rose

a journaling book

a couple of old magazines, calendars or picture books for cutting out images

*diksha is a blessing or energetic transference of spiritual power and spiritual gifts (siddhi)

blessings

Hettienne

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Hettienne Grobler

A month of walking with Mary

Walk with Mary for thirty days

When you pray to Mary, mother of Jesus, you pray, without knowing it,

to the World Mother in her many forms. – The Mists of Avalon

You are invited to join me and the Temple of Mary in a 30 day practice with the metaphor, Sacred Presence and iconography of Blessed Mary.

We will start on Friday 11 January 2019 on my birthday and continue till Monday 11 February, the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Sunday 3 February 2019 is the start of the Art Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes whose feast day we celebrate on Monday 11 February and it will be included in these thirty days.

You can participate wherever you are and you can spend as much time as you can afford to on the daily practise. The month of Walking with Mary will include special prayers, contemplation, spiritual exercises and tools to uncover your own Sacred Heart and strengthen your relationship with

the Blessed Mother Mary.

This is a free event and open to everyone

Over the next few days I will share here a few items that you have to collect and prepare beforehand.

If you own the Mysteries of Mary tarot deck and/or the Amulets of Mary Healing Oracle,

you can bring them to this event.

We will consecrate our decks and we will set up a special Walking with Mary altar.

Subscribe to this blog on the right hand side under the tab ‘subscribe by email’ and you will receive weekly blog posts setting out the teachings of Mary and her many roles; I will share sacred healing practises with you and you will receive instructions on how to do the Silent Heart meditation and how to receive the Sacred Heart diksha which you will practise on a daily basis.

You will experience the flowering of peace and joy and you will see the changes in your personal life unfold as you walk these thirty days with Mary.

The outline of these thirty days are :

Week 1 Friday 11 January to Thursday 17 January 2019

Mary as Virgin and Temple Priestess

Week 2 Friday 18 January to Thursday 24 January

The Sacred Heart of Mary
and the archetype of Mary as Bride in the Sacred Marriage

Week 3 Friday 25 January to Thursday 31 January

Mary as Sophia, Our Lady of Wisdom, Shekinah

Week 4 Friday 1 February to Monday 11 February

Mary the Immaculate Conception
Our lady of Lourdes

blessings

Hettienne