As we enter the darker phase of the wheel, it is a time of quiet and slow reflection. We can look back over the year and see where we’ve been, the good and the bad.
December is a time for Yule, but it is also the month that Lokeans dedicate to the Norse God of Chaos. This often troublesome deity 
(I say that with love 
) is wonderful with the darker time of the year and has inspired a ritual if you wish to channel his energy. This ritual can be done anytime between November through to February.
The ritual helps to unbind yourself from any energy and memories that you’ve collected throughout the past year that you no longer want to carry. It uses the symbol of the spiral.
This symbol means many things to different traditions but for this ritual it represents the cycle of life that we take inwards to find our true-self, face our darkness and come out stronger and wiser.
So why Loki? Because of his time bound in a dark cave, having to face himself only to come out, stronger and maybe wiser 
(just messing beasty, don’t throw pie in my face ).
For this ritual you’ll need:
2 pieces of rope.
Black eyeliner or charcoal to draw the spiral.
A bowl of water.
A candle if there’s no wind otherwise a lantern.
This is best done at midnight or after.
Sit or stand, whatever feels right (I sat)
Draw the spiral on the palms of both your hands.
Wrap the rope gently around each wrist.
Place your bowl infront of you.
If you use circles in your practice then open one, otherwise it’s not necessary.
Light your candle or lantern and place it by the bowl.
Invoke Loki by drawing in the air the rune:
3 times infront of your face. (We are using the rune’s fire and transformative energy, to light up the darkness inside of ourselves so we can shed what we don’t want to hold onto)
Say out loud:
I invite you, Loki, into my space tonight. Please help me to search deep within for what I no longer want to carry into next year. Give me the courage to see it, feel it and let it go.
Now sit and close your eyes and let Loki guide you inside your cave.
(You can bring your hands together like in the video connecting the spirals if you like)
As you let go of whatever you want, unbind yourself from the ropes and drop them to the ground.
Then take the bowl of water and pour this over the ropes cleansing away all the negative energy.
Blow out the candle/lantern.
Thank Loki.
Close your circle if you’ve used one.
If you want to give an offering (he’s cool with a thanks) he likes alcohol, nice coffee and chocolate . You can place this offering on your usual altar, or safely burn it if you have a cauldron or fire-pit.
Dispose of the rope anyway you feel moved.
Feel free to modify this ritual, you’re invoking the god of chaos, if he moves you to make changes go with your intuition.
This ritual was inspired by a beautiful musician Vigundr and here’s the video which you can play in the background. The song is in honour to Loki.
Skoll 
How did I never think of ritually binding and unbinding myself? 
I should have plenty of supplies 
but I’m not disposing of them! 
Thanks Loki, I needed that. I think he’s saying that I should leave my seriousness in 2024 
I let the spider enjoy its feast and then moved it elsewhere. When we poured the dough out on a baking plate, there was a spoon in it 
The electric mixer unfortunately is history 
Maybe I need more of an offering to Loki than a single piece of chocolate for the next time I’m contacting him! 
