New Year's Eve Rituals with Alicia

Beloved,

I wanted to do something different this year as we close this year and welcome a new one. This is my first New Year’s Eve where I spend it alone. Part of me feels sad about that, the other side of me is excited about what it all means. I am in a new home, with a new look, in a new city, without a phone—like everything feels different and while this excites me it also makes me a bit nervous. Life is exactly like this. We can be mourning one moment and laughing the next.

To commemorate and honor this new beginning I am planning a private ritual this Saturday for New Year’s Eve and wanted to invite you. I will who you how I close cycles, honor my dead, prepare my home and ready myself for new beginnings. Below is a list of things to bring to our gathering.

I look forward to spending NYE with you! Link in bio to join!

Love you,

Alicia

THINGS TO BUY:

**PLEASE keep in mind you do not have to buy EVERYTHING—get what you can find, don’t break the bank!

Plants (fresh or dry)

Romero - dry

Ruda/rue (dry—we will burn this

ruda

Plantas dulces / sweet (baths) -- ask your neighborhood botanica what they have

Plantas agria / sour (cleansing the house)  -- ask your neighborhood botanica what they have

sábila, salvia, menta, lavanda, romero, laurel, albahaca, palo santo, abre camino

Cleansing with fire

Candles

Incense

Sage

Copal

Francinsense

Myrrh

Fruit

Cocoa butter stick

Cotton

Cascarilla agua florida

I will add to this list. Xo

PS. CHAMPAGNE!