Four Element Ceremony for a Great New Year
Happy new year everyone. On the spur of the moment last night (New Year’s Eve) I had the urge to do a 4 element ceremony for releasing the old year and anything I did not want in my life and bring in the new year and everything I want in to have in my life this year.
I was joined by four generations of my family to do this, which made it really special.
If you would like to do this ceremony, New Year’s eve is a great time, but if you are reading this and the New Year has already started, you can still do this any time you like and you will still get great benefit from it. You can do this by yourself, or in a group. After you have finished you should feel, refreshed, cleansed up-lifted and excited.
If you are doing this in a group, one person is needed to conduct the ceremony – or alternatively you could have one person lead for each element.
You will need
A pen and two pieces of paper for each person
A candle – you can have more than one if you like
A bowl of water
A rock for each person
A bell – one for each person is good, or you can share it ( or you can use anything that makes a light sound. You could use a wind charm, you could even use your own voice to make a high pitched sound if you want to)
A fireproof dish
Begin by having everyone write two lists on two different pieces of paper. The first list is for the things you no longer want in your life. They can be physical things, emotions, personality traits, people, behaviour of yourself or other people, illness etc. These lists are kept private so everyone can feel free get everything written down that you don’t want or is not working for you. A good question to ask is what am I putting up with, that I would rather have different?
Once you have got down everything you don’t want, start on your do want list. I know many people have so much to say about the importance of wording etc with these things, and if you have a way that you think it should be done, then please do it that way. However for me, your intention is more important than the words themselves so if you don’t have a set way for doing these things, just make a simple list and it will do the job.
Give everyone time and space and quietness so they can get everything they want on there list.
Ok now you need to set up your objects. This is best done outside, weather permitting and only if you feel comfortable doing something like this outside, otherwise inside is fine. But if you are inside try to put some pot plants on the table, this will help you to connect to the earth more strongly.
Place all your objects on a table – a round table is great if you are in a group. Place any individual items in front of each person and the rest in the middle of the table – hopefully within easy reach of everyone.
T he following words are just a guide, please change them as you see fit and if you are moved to say something during the ceremony please feel free to express it.
I will write this as if it is New Year’s Eve and you are doing this in a group. Please adjust it according to your circumstances, if you need help doing so send me an email and I’ll see if I can help.
The Ceremony
I would like to welcome everyone here tonight for this ceremony and blessing of the four elements to release the old year and bring in a wonderful new year.
We will start with the element of earth. If everyone will pick up their rock, your rock come from the earth and is your connection here to the earth.
Hold your rock and focus on it for a few moments. ( Have a few moments of silence)
The earth is our source of strength, energy and protection. Feel the earth benefit your feet and start to breathe up the earth energy through your feet. As you breathe in feel the energy from the earth come up through your feet and all the way up to the top of your head. As you breathe out release anything you no longer want in your life, let it go down your body and out of your feet and into the earth. The earth will transform this energy, cleanse it and bring it back to you as positive energy. So spend a few minutes breathing in and out the earth energy. Bring in the positive in on the in breath and let go the negative on the out breath. (After a few minutes get everyone to place their rocks back on the table)
Ok we will move on to the element of water. Will you all please put your hands in the water and you can splash some over you if you want to. Feel the water and connect to it. Water is the element of emotions. Close your eyes and feel a river flowing through you, cleansing you and helping your release any negative emotions. Let the water flow all around you and then out of you. Let the water take with it any hurts, resentments, any anger or fear, guilt, or worry. Anything negative that has happened to you, or you have done in this past year just let the water wash it away. It is in the past now, it is gone, let it go, don’t let it hold you in a negative pattern any longer, just let the water take it and cleanse you, you will feel so much better afterwards. (Have another few minutes of healing silence here)
Fire is the next element. Fire has the power to create and destroy, it has the power to turn one thing into something else. In your solar plexus chakra which is located a few inches above your belly button, you have a tiny flame. Feel this flame now. Let this flame grow bigger. Feel it get bigger and bigger, burning away any negative emotions that might still be left over. Let the fire burn it up and fill you with passion and energy and joy for the great things that will come your way in the new year. Feel excited about the potential for everything you may create this year. (again have another few moments of silence)
Now take this list of things you want to release and burn it in the flame of the candle – you can say something like I ask for the power of fire and the power of the universe to release these things from my life and I give thanks for having them gone. (let everyone, one at a time burn their list in the flame. Please make sure no one burns themselves, get them to drop the burning paper into the fireproof dish when it is nearly burnt)
Now take out the list of things you want, again we will burn these in the fire. This time we will say something like, I send my requests out to the universe with the power of fire, I am so happy and grateful and trusting that everything that comes to me this year is for my highest good and for the highest good of all. (let everyone, one at a time burn their list in the flame. Please make sure no one burns themselves, get them to drop the burning paper into the fireproof dish when it is nearly burnt).
Finally we come to the element of air. Air is every moving, every expanding and seeks to fill everything and is for clarity of thought. Breath air into your heart now, feel you heart feeling with love, joy, gratitude and forgiveness. Spend a few minutes letting your heart feel and expand with unconditional love , feel the energy of your heart going out to surround those with you, your friends and family not with you and then all around the world to everyone and everything. See a pink glow of unconditional love covering everything. Just breathe this energy in and out, spreading love and joy everywhere.
Now pick up your bell and say something like, we ring this bell to celebrate the air element and bless it and ask for its blessing. Let the air bring us love peace and clarity of thought. Let it help us release any negative and doubtful thoughts and bring us good and positive thoughts now and for this New Year.
To finish I thank all the elements for their powers and blessing and may this New Year bring may blessing to everyone here and to the world at large. And I would like to thank all of you for sharing this special time with me
The End
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The article is really very original and interesting. It reminds of feng shui harmony of the four elements. I think that no matter whether a person believes in all this stuff, writing it down on the paper will be a really good job to have done to get rid of every unpleasant thing.