A Vessel for Sacred Waters

I am Shiva prepared

to invite, welcome, honor, and sustain

the Goddess Shakti in all Her forms

I welcome Her as Lakshmi, beauty, grace, abundance,

I welcome Her as Saraswati,

wisdom, refinement, mantra, and sacred speech.

I welcome Her as Parvati,

tenderness, loyalty, discipline, and divine partnership.

I welcome Her as Kali…

fire, truth, destruction, liberation, and holy transformation.

if there is anything within me

that cannot bow before the Goddess,

may Kali come and cut it away.

May my discipline mold me.

May my devotion refine me.

May my inner alchemy strengthen me

hold, honor, protect, pleasure, and worship Shakti

without fear, without control, and without collapse.