The Magical Writing Grimoire by Lisa Marie Basile

Author:Lisa Marie Basile
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

A Letter to Your Younger Self

For this ritual and writing prompt, you will examine the inherent power of letter writing—as a tool for reconciliation, healing, closure, acceptance, and honor. Sometimes this healing comes from forgiveness or love—and sometimes, these words come from rage, jealousy, and fear.

To prep, think on your childhood, your teen years, and who you are now. What was lost? What had to go? What remains? Who we are now has changed so much from who we were. At the same time, there are things that have a lasting impact, good and bad. Ghosts linger. Sometimes that ghost is you.

Our traumas, our growth, our pain, our losses, our loves, our whimsies, our accomplishments—these are the things we’ll be writing to in this practice. Writing these letters can help us honor and heal our old selves, and by doing this, we can heal who we are today.

Light a candle. Look into the flame and take note of what thoughts arise when you think upon your younger self. As you look at the flame, conjure the person you were. Quietly welcome them into the room. What are they wearing? What are they feeling?

Choose a memory or an era in your life and write a letter to yourself. What is the goal? Is it to remind your younger self of the love they have but have never felt? Is it to congratulate them on their resilience? Is it to say that their weakness and struggles were beautiful? Perhaps you will pull a tarot card to find illumination or specificity in this process. Perhaps you will think on how your birth chart influenced the person you were. Life goes by so quickly. We are so busy existing in the middle of it that we rarely look back and study what happened:

What went right?

What went wrong?

What led to who you are now?

What would you tell your younger self?

How did they feel in their bodies—and how has this changed?

What do you want them to let go of?

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