Hello all

A few friends of mine have been discussing a Great Hunt ceremony that we plan to do in the Spring. This will involve wearing masks of our more animal selves.

My partner and I have begun working together magically on a few levels, and I had an idea to craft a mask as a sort of talisman or magical tool that would serve as an aide in shape-shifting, based on the shamanic traditions of wearing an animal costume during a ceremony to aid in shifting the consciousness into that animal.

Shas had a few definate mind-shifting experiences into animal beings (mostly of deer). She also has a strong, natural capacity to work with energy (Reiki, creating psi-balls, etc). Finally, as I discuss in another thread, she has a marvelous capacity of contacting and communicating with spirits ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Yes, she's my girl!)

So I came up with the idea to utilize all her gifts to somehow craft a mask and charge it to use as a shape-shifting tool. But the problem for me is...how? It is a little different for me to be blank on this. My mind is usually teeming with ideas and methods and so forth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mf_popeanim.gif) But this is a very specific task that I have read many historical and anthropological references on, but no practical information.

So...anyone got any ideas? Please, anything would be helpful.

Thanks