Monday, June 18, 2012

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A month or so ago…
Before the builder's crew came…
Before a roadway was put in…
I, along with a few friends, my sister, her husband...
My builder and his foreman and son...
Walked into the heart of my jungle…
With a local shaman (my friend, Donna).
There she burned copal resin incense...
Used in purification rituals.
Gifts were offered...
Tequila, cigarettes, cigars, sea glass & cacao beans...
For the alux...
Those mystical Mayan spirits who live in the jungle...
So they wouldn't become mischievous during building.
And then Donna asked for a blessing...
From the spirits of the four corners of the earth...
From Mother Earth and Father Air...
And of course God, creator of all.
Here are a few shots of the ceremony.
  
 






 











 And then of course... 
After the ceremony...
We smoked those Cuban cigars. 

 





 














Because smoking cigars is a ritual...
The women in my family 'The Baldwin Women' ...
Do whenever we get together.
So?
What kind of family rituals do you have?
And do you believe in mystical creatures?

Always, Em-Musing



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Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

One puff on a cigar and I'd pass out!

Jennifer Shirk said...

Ha! Fun! I smoked quite a few cigars in the 90's. Would always regret it in the morning...

Talli Roland said...

Love the photos! I have smoked cigarillos... ugh. I feel ill just thinking about it now.

Anonymous said...

When I was a kid someone on my dad's softball team thought it would be cute to teach my little brother and his friend to smoke cigars. My brother was, of course, sick all over the inside of the guy's car. It scared me off them forever, but my brother fancies himself something of a connoisseur.

Gossip_Grl said...

Loved the posting and your ritual. :) Have only taken a puff of a cigar on a dare once. We don't really have a family ritual unless someone getting into an argument counts. :)

Hart Johnson said...

Oh, that's great. I'd love to have a better set of rituals, but we somehow don't. I had a neighbor in Portland who burned sage to purify.

We have a couple holiday rituals, but we've just been sort of bad about it...

Mis Anthropy said...

I believe you are a mystical creature.

Carol Kilgore said...

I've never smoked a cigar. And I can't think of any particular ritual we do when we're all together. Mystical creatures? Dunno.

farawayeyes said...

Been back a couple of times. First few I was too sick to think about cigars. Today, still not up for one, or ever probably, but to each his own. Family rituals are important no matter what they be.

Anonymous said...

Hey there.... it was a great ritual! The cigar smoking brought me back many years ago to when I would smoke cigars and drink cognac for fun... rather than ritual.
Mystical creatures? Why not write about the aluxes in the area. I am sure they were at the ceremony too. We just didn't see them!

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