For centuries, in group rituals and solo spells, witches have walked specific paths in the form of symbolic shapes that hold potent spiritual meaning. All you need for this ritual is a stone that brings you special inspiration.
Maybe it is your birthstone; perhaps it is your jade talisman or calming quartz or intuition-boosting amethyst or labradorite. Put the stone in your pocket and you are ready. You may find one walking pattern to be especially enriching for you. I recommend walking the figure eight, the “eternity” symbol from the magician card in the tarot deck. Otherwise, choose from among the universal shapes below. I suggest always walking sunwise, or clockwise. It can be a distance of your choice, in your living room, a bigger shape in your own backyard or whatever feels right to you, intuitionally. For the more complicated patterns you can draw them on paper and place it where you can see it to use as a guide:
* Oval: The shape that designates the spirit and divine being.
* Circle: The shape of the sun and moon, designates the whole, the complete, that which never ends and encompasses all.
* Cross: The form of a human figure with arms outstretched from the center. The importance of this symbol predated Christianity by millennia.
* Hexagram: In the Jewish tradition, the beloved. It is two triangles intersecting, the meeting of heaven and earth.
* Five-pointed Star: This resembles the human form with arms and legs outspread—Leonardo Da Vinci’s favorite.
Prepare for your pagan pilgrimage, your walking meditation, when the moon is in Sagittarius, Aquarius, or your natal moon sign. These prayer walks represent a journey to our own center and back again out into the world, some of the inner work we witches need to do now and again. Keep your eyes closed for the first step, then open your eyes and pray aloud:
Guide my steps; help me to walk in wisdom.
What I seek on this day, I shall find as I go
With an open heart and mind.
Today, I receive the blessings of the sun.
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