Cleansing & Charging A New Talisman (ring) Options

Hello all, looking for a little help & guidance.

I am looking to cleanse & charge a new ring as a talisman. It is a silver ring (92.5) with a big Lapis Lazuli stone & engraved with JohnnyScience. I did not make the ring myself, but had a jeweler make it for me. I realize if you can make it yourself it is a much stronger talisman, but I'm not a jeweler. I haven't "worn" the ring yet, but have tried it on for fit & looks.

I was reading around the internets & found this cleansing ritual:
http://www.enchantedworks.com/db/view_article.php?story_id=20050516144925

I am hoping to perform this on the full moon of the 29th of this month with all of the materials listed within that ritual.

The only thing I'm confused about is the South being fire, I've read some where that North is Fire? Which one is correct? The rest seems to be correct right? East is Air, West is Water & Earth is whichever one isn't Fire.

What do you guys think of that one? Do you have anything to edit or add?

Would adding my blood to the ritual at some point be even better?

Hello all, looking for a little help & guidance.

I am looking to cleanse & charge a new ring as a talisman. It is a silver ring (92.5) with a big Lapis Lazuli stone & engraved with JohnnyScience. I did not make the ring myself, but had a jeweler make it for me. I realize if you can make it yourself it is a much stronger talisman, but I'm not a jeweler. I haven't "worn" the ring yet, but have tried it on for fit & looks.

I was reading around the internets & found this cleansing ritual:
http://www.enchantedworks.com/db/view_arti...=20050516144925

I am hoping to perform this on the full moon of the 29th of this month with all of the materials listed within that ritual.

The only thing I'm confused about is the South being fire, I've read some where that North is Fire? Which one is correct? The rest seems to be correct right? East is Air, West is Water & Earth is whichever one isn't Fire.

What do you guys think of that one? Do you have anything to edit or add?

Would adding my blood to the ritual at some point be even better?

For the directions - The south pole is the positive or electric pole, and the north pole is the negative or magnetic pole. My own quarters run South for fire, north for water, east for air and west for earth. I place air in the east because the sun rises and passes from east to west - carried on the wind, as it were, from that direction. I place earth in the west because this is where the sun sets, entering the 'underworld' symbolically placed under the earth. Different traditions do it different ways. The elements rest in every direction, however, the purpose of calling quarters is symbolic of balance and focus of energies in most cases. Some traditions base it on geography, some on astrological correspondences, some on mythology, some on traditions no longer properly understood. So meditate on the directions and the elements and decide for yourself, or use the directions/elements given to you in your tradition if you are a traditionalist.

The only thing I see missing from this ritual is a technicality - but there isn't a point at which the practitioner acquires their own spiritual authority, yet the wording is "I bless this pendent..." If you're going to work with deities, then you want to ask for their blessing upon the object. You can consecrate an item to a deity yourself, which is a kind of dedication, but you're either asking for a higher authority to give aid, or you are acquiring spiritual authority to make the karmic change upon the object yourself.

Either begin with some ritual to acquire this authority - invoke the goddess into yourself, or otherwise identify with the goddess, or with another deity, for instance. Otherwise ask for the blessing. This is a subtle thing, the difference is significant to your unconscious mind, however. Think about how it is possible to believe "I can't handle this responsibility" or, "I don't deserve this relationship" etc., the basic belief in some people and in different ways that they are incapable of something or otherwise undeserving in some way. Both the acquisition of spiritual authority and the request for blessing from a higher power circumvent this very common unconscious thing. We develop inherent spiritual authority over time by, in part, overcoming that element. Or, overcoming that element is part of what helps develop spiritual authority. They are the same thing, kind of like the chicken and the egg question.

Other than that, of course you need to actually have some relationship with these deities called upon, or otherwise want to have a relationship. Too many people call upon deities willy nilly, but the whole nature of the practice is that they come when you call them if they know you, which point they get to when you make offerings to them, pray to them, etc. So if you don't have a relationship with these goddess aspects, then call for some other deities that you know.

With these minor comments, the ritual itself is structured just fine. cleansing and charging is in part about focus and intention, so be clear about what you think these things do.

peace