Ritual for Releasing Anger


Materials:

  • a red and a black or a white candle.
  • paper and writing implement.
  • cauldron
  • matches

Ritual

Face the east; call upon the air to help you express your rage clearly, to help you focus mentally while you release your emotions safely in the circle.

Face the south, and call upon the fire to help your rage burn up and out of you, burning away the past and the trauma that has enraged you.

Face the west, and call upon the water to help your emotions flow freely within the circle, cleansing your spirit and restoring yourself.

Face the north, and call upon the earth to allow you to safely ground your rage, and to sustain and support you through the releasing process.

As you call in the directions, visualize a circle of white light forming around your working space, shielding you and protecting you with the elements you've called in. Invoke the higher Powers to work with you and shield you during the course of the ritual.

Light the red candle. By it's light begin to write or draw what it is that is enraging you. Focus on making the issues clear to yourself and the Higher Powers that you've called in. Focus on how you feel, not on another person's guilt or motivations, or on revenge against another person.

Hold the paper between your hands, focus your awareness on the red candle, and begin to chant, shout, scream, or make whatever sounds help you to feel the rage come up and leave you. Send the rage into the red candle. Focus your rage on the candle, watching the flames burn brighter and hotter as the force of your anger fuels them. When you feel that you've released the red rage as much as you can, light the paper on which you've drawn or written your problem down and drop it into the cauldron so it can burn out.

After the paper has begun to burn down, light the black or white candle (black for energy of transformation or white for energy of peace and purification). Focus on what you'd like to replace the rage with -- peace, self-esteem, happiness, Etc. Let the energy of the new emotions fill you up. Write or draw on a new piece of paper those things that you want to find in yourself and your life now that you've released the poisonous rage that was holding you back. Feel the healing begin.

When you are comfortably calm again, release the energy of the circle. Visualize it sinking back into the earth as you thank the elements at each direction for watching over you. Thank the Higher Powers for their insight and help. Let the candles burn completely out.