Dance Trance and Laughing at Yourself

It's not that hard to lead a dance. I thought it'd be more difficult with 11 more people involved. But, for this May's full moon ritual, I found that with a little help from someone that knows how to drum the dance takes care of itself. You don't have to do much more than pull along another person who pulls along another and so on. Pull them along and laugh. Suddenly everyone else is laughing and following suit to what you wanted them to feel. I remember laughing, but I can't remember the drum beats. Funny. I felt it so strongly, heard it so clearly. And, when the dance started, all I remember is the laughter and the movement. Everything came together. I'd say we were successful.

I decided not to do a typical ritual, seeing as I'm not Wiccan. I wanted to shake things up a bit. Others called it more of a Druidic style. I just felt like doing something closer to home. A storytelling. Everyone tells part of the story. Everyone shares a part of themselves. We laughed so hard. Magic is everywhere. If magic isn't fun, well..at least a little..., then I think you're not doing it right. Serious can be fun. But, we all take ourselves way too seriously sometimes. I figured, doing a ritual centered around that would help. The real, heart-of-the-matter reason I did this ritual (with the wonderful help of two lovely people who drummed and polished up the rough bits), was it was something I needed. I needed to remind myself that life shouldn't be so bitterly tense. I needed to make my ass a little less tight and shake it just a little bit more. Full moons are good enough reason as any. *smiles*

Now, that was ritual. I'm not used to ritual or spellcraft in general with others. Still just not as used to it as I could be. But, it's good experience. You never know when you'll need to work with another or a group of others. Practice makes perfect. Eh, that's about it for now. Elections are coming up for the next Council of Elders for our little group. I don't know that many people who will volunteer, save for me. Two people have already called 'not-it' and are already getting burnt out. But...I like this group too much to let it just go. So, I'm probably going to be part of the next leadership group. Ah, politics....never liked politics. *chuckle*