A Ritual of Gestures

I'm hoping to get a video done on this, but since that requires a little more energy than I have a this time, and my 

blog has been sadly neglected for this very reason, I thought I'd share it with you all now.

Ritual of Gestures

Stand in the ritual area.  Still your thoughts.  Breathe deeply for half a 
minute or so until composed and calm. Turn your mind to your Deities. 

Face North. Lift both hands to waist height, palms down. Press your fingers 
together,  creating two solid, flat planes. Sense solidity, foundation, 
fertility. Invoke the powers of the Earth through the gesture. 

Moments Later, turn toward the East. Raise your hands a foot higher, your palms 
facing away from you (no longer parallel with the ground), and elbows slightly 
bent. Spread your fingers and hold this position, sensing movement and 
communication. Invoke the forces  of Air through the gesture. 

Face South. Lift your hands fully above your head.  Keeping the elbows straight, 
grasp  your fingers  into tight fists. Feel force, power, creation and 
destruction. Invoke the forces  of Fire through the gesture. 

Turn to the West. Lower your hands a foot or so. Bend the elbows, turn your 
palms  upward and cup them, pressing the thumbs against the forefingers. Sense 
fluidity, the  ocean, liquidity. Invoke the forces of Water through the gesture. 

Face North again. Throw your head back and raise both hands to the sky, palms 
up, fingers spread.  Drink in the essence of The One, the unknowable, 
unapproachable ultimate source of all. Sense the mysteries within the universe. 

Lower your projective hand (your writing hand) but keep your receptive hand 
high.   Pressing the third, forth and fifth fingers against the palm, lift the 
forefinger and thumb to  create a rough crescent shape. Sense the reality of the 
Goddess. Sense Her love, Her fertility, Her compassion. Sense the powers of the 
Moon in the gesture; the force of the eternal seas - the presence of the 
Goddess.  Lower your receptive hand; lift your projective hand. Bend down the 
middle and forth fingers toward the palm, and trap them with the thumb.  Lift 
the forefinger and little finger up to the sky, creating a horned image.  Sense 
the reality of the God. Sense the power of the Sun in the gesture; the untamed  
energies of the  woodlands -  the presence of the God. 

Lower your projective hand. Lay down flat. Spread your legs and arms until 
you've created the pattern of a pentagram. Sense the powers of the elements 
running through you; merging and coalescing into your being. Sense them as 
emanations from The One, the Goddess and God. 

Meditate.  Commune.  Communicate. 
When finished, simply stand up.  Your rite of gestures is over.