When women talk about “the wounded masculine,” what they mean is a pattern of men who drain them, fail them, and refuse to rise.

What you’re trying to purge is NOT literally “men". It’s:

• abandonment
• emotional neglect
• being the caretaker
• being the one who waits
• being the one who forgives
• feeling small so he can feel big
• feeling unsafe
• being the stabilizer for unstable men
• giving more than you receive
• being chosen last
• being disappointed again and again.

This is how you sever something safely, without harming yourself or others,
and without slipping into spiritual narratives that punish you.

It’s a ritual of severance + reclamation.

Purpose:
To symbolically cut the energetic/emotional imprint of wounded masculine influence and return your power, autonomy, clarity, and self-authority.

Length: 10–15 minutes

Tools:

• A bowl of water
• Something that symbolizes “the old pattern” — a piece of paper, a string, a stone, anything
• Your voice (or breath)
• A safe, private space

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✦ STEP 1 — CREATE A PROTECTIVE CIRCLE (GROUNDING)

Sit on the floor or in a chair.
Put the bowl of water in front of you.

Place both hands on your chest or your legs and say:

“I am here. I am in my body. I am safe in this moment.”

Take 3 slow breaths, in through the nose, out through the mouth.
This brings your nervous system out of fight-or-flight.

This is not magic.
It’s physiology: a way to stabilize your body before we begin.

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✦ STEP 2 — NAME THE PATTERN, NOT THE PERSON

Take your symbolic object (paper, string, etc.).

Hold it and whisper (or say internally):

“This represents every piece of energy I ever gave to men who could not meet me.”
“This represents the wounded masculine imprint that drained me.”
“This represents the parts of me that kept trying to heal what was not mine to heal.”

You are NOT calling in anyone.
You are NOT binding anyone.
You are NOT doing anything dangerous.

You are identifying what you want to release:
the pattern, not the people.

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✦ STEP 3 — THE SEVERING STATEMENT

Still holding the object, say:

“I return this energy to its origin.
It is not mine to carry anymore.”

And then:

“What is mine, returns to me now.”

This is the core of the ritual.
It separates your identity from the wounds, expectations, and emotional labor placed on you.

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✦ STEP 4 — THE RELEASE

Gently place the object into the bowl of water.

Do NOT burn anything.
Do NOT cut yourself.
Do NOT do anything unsafe.

Just let the object sit in the water.

Say:

“I release the wounded masculine from my path.
I release the roles I was forced into.
I release the pain I was expected to carry.
I release the burden of healing anyone but myself.”

Let the object soften in the water.
Let the symbolism do its work.

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✦ STEP 5 — THE RECLAMATION (THE MOST IMPORTANT PART)

Put your hand on your chest and say:

“My power returns to me.”
“My fire belongs to me.”
“My future belongs to me.”
“My body and energy are my own.”

Then one final line:

“I walk forward free.”

This part rewires the internal narrative, it tells your mind and body that the old pattern is DONE.

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✦ STEP 6 — CLOSE THE RITUAL GENTLY

Dispose of the water in the sink or outside.
Throw away the object.

Not violently, calmly.

This signals:

“The old pattern leaves my life quietly and permanently.”

Take one final breath and say:

“It is done within me.”