Ritual

  The Dictionary defines the word ritual as any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner. Most people when they hear the word ritual they think of something for a religious manner (well more satanic then anything).That is kind of disapointing to hear.When i think of a ritual i do think of something i do often and do in a certain way.I have a ritual when i draw. First i can never draw in some place i feel is messy or dirty, so before i even set up to draw i have to clean the place i am in.Next i get everything i need to draw may it be charcoal or pencils and some sort of sketchbook.Then i decide what i want to draw and get to drawing it.Now lets speak about religious rituals i am not a christian or do i claim to be but i have been in a chruch i have seen some of their rituals.One religion that have rituals that intrigue me are those of Pagans/Wiccans.One that i have seen is a Pagan blessing of the dead ritual.It was after a relative of friend had passed away.We had went to her mothers home and her mother and grandmother where there and we getting ready to peform this ritual. They had gathered in the backyard and four women including my friends grandmother and mother where each of them holding something that represented one of the four elements.After standing in the direction that represented the element North=Earth, East=Air,West=Water,and South=Fire.Then my friends mother started to say somethings i can not really remember what her exact words were.After she finished speaking they took the deceased ashes and scattered them.After the whole thing we went inside and my friend explained the whole thing to me and to this day i can still remember that day.