Jeff Russell

No need for apologies, and I appreciate you taking the time to write out a detailed response. Also appreciate the glimpse into your prayer practice. I haven't been able to be so structured yet, but I'll keep some of these approaches in mind as possible ideas when I get my altar set up properly. So far I've mostly been doing some "freeform" prayer at the end of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram, often centered around gratitude (partially inspired by Kimberly Steele). Since I often bake bread, I've also found a habit of offering the first slice of each bread to Frey as a way to show appreciation for the blessings of grain and field.

As I might have mentioned before, I also started with the Heathen LBRP/MP back when JMG first posted them, and also floundered a bit because I wanted a more complete system. So coming back to it now is like coming full circle in many ways. And you're right that vibrating ALU features in the aptly named ALU Ritual, ie. the Rose Cross analogue. Plus many of the planetary rituals IIRC, but that'll be above my grade for a while yet.

Finally, if you don't mind a couple more quick points about the Rosary: first, while I like the detailed instructions on your blog post, I think it'd be very helpful to have a picture to go with it, to get an idea of how all this fits together. Or if putting up a picture of your own beads would be too personal, maybe a drawing/schematic? Second, I'm curious why the focus is on Idun rather than Frigg? To my mind She would be the closest analogue to Mary, but of course I respect that you've probably based this on divination and prayer and don't mean to argue, just curious.

Again, thanks for the guidance and for doing this project! After looking at some videos of the Catholic version I'm even more intrigued to try this in a Pagan context.