Messages In This Digest (10 Messages)
- 1a.
- My Newest Project From: holly@ravenmadness.com
- 1b.
- Re: My Newest Project From: LAdy Raven (val)
- 1c.
- Re: My Newest Project From: holly@ravenmadness.com
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- Calling The Pumpkins Spell From: Silver Fox
- 3a.
- Cauldron Banishing For Samhain From: Silver Fox
- 4a.
- Celebrating Samhain From: Silver Fox
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- Celtic Crones Of Samhain From: Silver Fox
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- DVD REVIEW - Cunningham's Herb Magic From: Mike
- 7a.
- Merry Meet Everyone! From: cathy
- 8a.
- black kats From: Jim.BR549
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My Newest Project
Posted by: "holly@ravenmadness.com" holly@ravenmadness.com hollyberrysheart
Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:16 am (PDT)
Last weekend at the powow at Long Hunter Park I saw one booth had some
small stained glass feathers and I said immediately .. WHY DIDN'T I
THINK OF THAT!!!
So yesterday I designed 4 of my own feathers .. only these feathers are
much larger than those from the powwow .. lol
The pow wow feathers were made of 3-5 pieces of glass and were 5-6
inches long
These aren't much more complicated .. they have a few more pieces than
that but are 12-15 inches long .. so these are BIG feathers ... I only
have one done so far .. have a look via the link below .. I'll finish up
the other 3 hopefully this weekend.
http://s365.photobucket. com/albums/ oo97/raventalker /new%20stuff/
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
www.ravenmadness.com
Blog: http://wordsofraven.blogspot. com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raventalker
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Re: My Newest Project
Posted by: "LAdy Raven (val)" magic_dragons_valkyris@yahoo.com magic_dragons_valkyris
Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:09 pm (PDT)
oh Raventalker I have got to get up there to see you, thats all there is to it. My mother collected window ornaments and many have cracked but are still so beautiful. One of your feathers would be perfect to fit in the collection.
LAdy Raven
--- On Fri, 10/22/10, holly@ravenmadness.com <holly@ravenmadness.com > wrote:
From: holly@ravenmadness.com <holly@ravenmadness.com >
Subject: [Earthwise] My Newest Project
To: "EarthWise" <EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. >, MurfreesboroPagans@com yahoogroups. , PaganBookOfShadows@com yahoogroups. , The_New_Pagan_com Way@yahoogroups. , TNWitchesCircle@com yahoogroups. , which_witch_com is_witch@ , witchology@yahoogroyahoogroups. com ups.com
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:16 AM
Last weekend at the powow at Long Hunter Park I saw one booth had some
small stained glass feathers and I said immediately .. WHY DIDN'T I
THINK OF THAT!!!
So yesterday I designed 4 of my own feathers .. only these feathers are
much larger than those from the powwow .. lol
The pow wow feathers were made of 3-5 pieces of glass and were 5-6
inches long
These aren't much more complicated .. they have a few more pieces than
that but are 12-15 inches long .. so these are BIG feathers ... I only
have one done so far .. have a look via the link below .. I'll finish up
the other 3 hopefully this weekend.
http://s365.photobucket. com/albums/ oo97/raventalker /new%20stuff/
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
www.ravenmadness.com
Blog: http://wordsofraven.blogspot. com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raventalker
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Re: My Newest Project
Posted by: "holly@ravenmadness.com" holly@ravenmadness.com hollyberrysheart
Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:33 pm (PDT)
hee hee :-D -------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Earthwise] My Newest Project
From: "LAdy Raven \(val\)" <magic_dragons_valkyris@ yahoo.com
<mailto:magic_dragons_valkyris@ > >yahoo.com
Date: Fri, October 22, 2010 12:59 pm
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. >com
oh Raventalker I have got to get up there to see you,
thats all there is to it. My mother collected window ornaments
and many have cracked but are still so beautiful. One of your
feathers would be perfect to fit in the collection.
LAdy Raven
--- On Fri, 10/22/10, holly@ravenmadness.com
<mailto:holly@ravenmadness.com > <holly@ravenmadness.com
<mailto:holly@ravenmadness.com > > wrote:
From: holly@ravenmadness.com <mailto:holly@ravenmadness.com >
<holly@ravenmadness.com <mailto:holly@ravenmadness.com > >
Subject: [Earthwise] My Newest Project
To: "EarthWise" <EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. > >,com
MurfreesboroPagans@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:MurfreesboroPagans@yahoogroups. > ,com
PaganBookOfShadows@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:PaganBookOfShadows@yahoogroups. > ,com
The_New_Pagan_Way@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:The_New_Pagan_Way@yahoogroups. > ,com
TNWitchesCircle@yahoogroups. com
<mailto:TNWitchesCircle@yahoogroups. > ,com
which_witch_is_witch@ yahoogroups. com
<mailto:which_witch_is_witch@ > ,yahoogroups. com
witchology@yahoogroups.com <mailto:witchology@yahoogroups.com >
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:16 AM
Last weekend at the powow at Long Hunter Park I saw one booth
had some
small stained glass feathers and I said immediately .. WHY DIDN'T
I
THINK OF THAT!!!
So yesterday I designed 4 of my own feathers .. only these
feathers are
much larger than those from the powwow .. lol
The pow wow feathers were made of 3-5 pieces of glass and were
5-6
inches long
These aren't much more complicated .. they have a few more pieces
than
that but are 12-15 inches long .. so these are BIG feathers ... I
only
have one done so far .. have a look via the link below .. I'll
finish up
the other 3 hopefully this weekend.
http://s365.photobucket. com/albums/ oo97/raventalker /new%20stuff/
<http://s365.photobucket. >com/albums/ oo97/raventalker /new%20stuff/ \
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
www.ravenmadness.com <http://www.ravenmad ness.com >
Blog: http://wordsofraven.blogspot. com/
<http://wordsofraven.blogspot. >com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raventalker
<http://www.twitter.com/raventalker >
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Calling The Pumpkins Spell
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:11 am (PDT)
Calling The Pumpkins Spell
By Ellen Dugan; Spell-A-Day
October 26th, 2007
Color of the day: Coral
Incense of the day: Carnation
Try carving up four small pumpkins and then tuck tea-light candles inside. Imagine using these for quarter candles on this October Full Moon. Halloween/Samhain is only a few days away�why not get into the spirit of things and add some enchantment to your group's Full Moon celebration? Carve the pumpkins in whatever design you prefer: simple faces, stars, a triple Moon, a pentagram, or elemental symbols. As you go to place them at the quarters, try this quarter call.
In the eastern quarter I call knowledge and intuition true.
At the southern quarter I call for passion and courage in all that we do.
Here in the west grant us visions and bless us with love.
In the north I call for security and strength from the gods above.
Silver Fox
"It is all true, it is not true. The more I tell you, the more I shall lie. What is story but jesting Pilate's cry. I am not paid to tell you the truth."
Jane Yolen; The Storyteller
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Cauldron Banishing For Samhain
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:11 am (PDT)
Cauldron Banishing For Samhain
Source: Unknown
Into your cauldron, place a large black votive candle. On small pieces of paper write what you wish banished from your life, one banishment per paper; fold each paper once away from you. When you are ready, light the candle inside the cauldron. Now light one piece of paper in the flame of the candle and drop into the cauldron. Keep going until all papers are gone. There will be a lot of flame, so please use caution and make sure no flammables are nearby (i.e. curtains etc.). In fact, it would be wise to keep a box of baking soda or salt near your work area (just in case). Let the cauldron burn itself out; then clean when cool.
Silver Fox
"It is all true, it is not true. The more I tell you, the more I shall lie. What is story but jesting Pilate's cry. I am not paid to tell you the truth."
Jane Yolen; The Storyteller
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Celebrating Samhain
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:12 am (PDT)
Celebrating Samhain
By Cosette Paneque
For many modern Pagans, Halloween is known as Samhain. It is a magical night when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. It is the final harvest, a time to give thanks, remember those that have passed on, and as the Witches New Year, it is time to make vows for the future.
Getting children into the spirit of Halloween is not very hard, but teaching them about Samhain can be, especially when the holiday is so closely tied to death and often associated with fear. Pagans are not afraid of the spirits of the dead, however. We see them as our beloved friends and ancestors. While nobody really knows what happens when a person dies, most Pagans believe we move on to somewhere pleasant � Summerland, the Land of Youth, Avalon, and so forth.
It�s important that children understand that Samhain is not an evil holiday and that scary things like witches and ghosts aren�t really scary at all. Regardless of whether or not you want to address the issue of death with your child, teach him/her the origins of Halloween and the true significance of Samhain. Stress that the ghosts of our friends and ancestors are friendly and can help and guide us. Remind them that real witches are not bad. You don�t have to do this all at once of course. Most families don�t trim the Yule tree, buy and wrap the presents, decorate the house, bake the cookies, and send out cards all on the same day (at least, I hope not for sake of sanity). You have all month. Here are some ideas to get you started. You�ll have to decide what�s appropriate for your child given his/her age and level of maturity.
Decorate
Decorate your home in the spirit of the season. Use pumpkins, ghosts, witches, black cats, and everything else you can think of. Involve your children as much as possible. This is a good time to explain the origins of Halloween and the real meanings of these images of witches, skeletons, and ghosts.
Create an altar
Make a big family altar. Put symbols of the seasons on it, like pumpkins, fall leaves, pomegranates, and corn. Put pictures of your beloved dead on the altar, as well as anything that reminds you of them � an aunt�s string of pearls, a grandfather watch. Encourage your child to add to the altar. They can add a drawing, a favorite picture, photo of a beloved pet that has passed away, or just something that evokes the spirit of Samhain like a witch doll or a small scarecrow. If possible, make the altar low, at your child�s eye level.
Have a special meal
Set an extra Ancestor Seat to your dinner table and let the children decorate the chair. If your children are older, you could hold a Dumb Supper, where dinner is served and eaten in complete silence in honor of the Spirit. Be sure to give thanks. If your children are younger, you could have them leave a plate outside for wandering ghosts on Samhain (like leaving cookies for Santa).
Visit ancestors
Pick an especially beautiful day and visit a cemetery with your children. Choose an interesting cemetery � one that is especially old, has leaning headstones, statues, and beautiful gardens. Walk around examining the headstones, piecing together stories from the family burial plots or mausoleums, reading about lives well lived. See the old headstones and image what life was like in the 1800s and early 1900s. If you find a neglected grave, tidy it up a bit. Leave flowers and other offerings such as breads or sweets. This is a good time to answer children�s questions about death, ghosts, and other mysteries. In the bright sunshine and peaceful quiet of the cemetery, they�ll be less afraid, more likely to respect death, and find added joy in life.
Visit family
Let your child spend time with older family members, a grandmother for instance. Encourage your relative to tell your child stories about the family. What is the family history � did someone immigrate from Ireland, Russia, and so forth? Did anyone grow up during the Great Depression? How did grandpa and grandma meet? Share your family stories with your children. Bring out old photos.
Carve pumpkins
This is practically a Halloween must. If you can, go to a pumpkin patch. Later, as you help your child carve the pumpkins, tell them the history of pumpkin carving and Halloween in general.
Make special treats
If you�re not too handy in the kitchen, you can buy ready to bake cookies in the frozen aisle of your grocery store. At this time of year, you�ll find many already come decorated with Halloween themes. If you�re really handy in the kitchen, borrow from Mexican tradition and make sugar skulls. Prepare any dough for sugar cookies as you normally. Divide the dough into golf-size balls and sculpt them into skulls, using toothpicks and other kitchen tools to make the skull�s features. Decorate them with frosting.
Share a great story
There are many Halloween books for children, but beware if you�re trying to pass on positive images of witches to your children. Be sure to look a book over before giving it to your child. The same goes for movies. Some book recommendations appear at the end of this article. You can also share your own stories and stories about the Goddess and God and their roles at Samhain.
Create simple rituals
Keep your rituals simple if you�re going to include young children. They�ll be able to follow better and are less likely to get bored. A ritual can be as simple as lighting candles for your ancestors at your altar and saying some simple words. One simple ritual you can do with your family is having everyone write on one piece of paper something he/she would like to leave behind (like a bad habit, for instance). Write down a wish for the future on another piece of paper. The first piece of paper can be burned (by mom or dad) and the ashes blown into the wind. Tell your children to imagine the wind taking these bad habits far away from your home. Take a small pumpkin and cut slits into it, one for each family member. Have everyone insert their pieces of paper containing their wishes for the future into the pumpkin. Bury the pumpkin in your front or backyard. Be sure to bury it as deep as you can because a local animal might be able to scent it and dig it up.
Go trick-or-treating
I didn�t really have to tell you this, did I? Remind the kids to leave a little candy for the ancestors.
Perform divination
Samhain is an excellent time to do some divination. Choose your favorite tool and do a reading for and/or with your child, but be sure to keep it positive. If you use a tarot deck, avoid using one with dark images that might frighten your child. Samhain also provides a great opportunity to introduce your child to the tarot. Present him/her with his/her very own deck. Even if your child is too young to do readings, he/she will begin getting familiar with the images. Some recommendations for tarot decks for children appear at the end of this article.
Make a witch�s cord
Witch�s cords are beautiful and make great decorations. The Samhain witches cord should be an expression of what you wish or hope for the New Year. Take three strands of ribbon or silk cord in three different colors, each about three feet long. Choose colors that symbolize your hopes for the New Year. Fold one end down about five inches and tie together in a knot to make a loop so the cord can be hung. Braid the strands together, reciting your wishes and hopes and tie at least three knots on the tail. You can add anything you want to the cords � feathers, stones, herbs, little toys, tokens in remembrance of a loved one, etc.
Samhain is a great time to look for a wand. Venture outdoors with your children, to a park perhaps, and look for branches or fallen pieces of wood. When you�ve found your wand, be sure to thank the tree and leave an offering. Once you�ve cleaned it up by whittling it and sanding it if necessary, let your child decorate it.
Halloween is a fun time for children, but it�s also a celebration of the cycles that bring growth and transformation. With its deep connections to family, our rituals and stories are perfect for sharing with our children, teaching them about the past, and giving us all hope for the future.
Silver Fox
"It is all true, it is not true. The more I tell you, the more I shall lie. What is story but jesting Pilate's cry. I am not paid to tell you the truth."
Jane Yolen; The Storyteller
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Celtic Crones Of Samhain
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:13 am (PDT)
Celtic Crones Of Samhain
By Ketutar; Copyright � 2005
The Celtic mythology has several crone Goddesses. It is possible that they all are just different names for the same aspect of Goddess, but I find these old ladies very interesting.
"The Crone aspect of the Goddess is seen as the keeper of knowledge, the guardian of secrets and the bringer of the death without which there could be no rebirth."
-- http://www.mum.org/religcel. htm
Cailleach Bheur, the Blue Crone, is a Gaelic Goddess. She is reborn as an old woman o�n every Samhain and rules over the winter, and o�n every day gets younger, until o�n Beltane she is the beautiful and young May Queen.
Blue Cailleach was the Winter Queen. She had a staff that froze the earth when Cailleach tapped the ground. She brought the storms and snow, ice and cold � winter.
Cailleach's main role was to watch over the animals. She is very similar to the European Crones, who provided the abundance, but also watched very carefully that the people were worth Her gifts. The European Crones rode the Wild Ride in the mid-winter and punished all who had been mean to their animals and other people they had in their power servants and the poor.
The Crone is probably the most misunderstood Goddess. People do not seem to understand that the punishment is fair and deserved, and all you need to do to avoid it, is to live well and as you should. Instead, the people turned the Goddess into Black Annis, murderous cat hag, who ate people, and who is partly responsible for the threat towards black cats at Samhaintide.
Cailleach is associated with all standing stones, especially those with winter connection. She is able to turn to stone when she is very sad, regretful or angry. Some stories say that she turns into stone every Beltane, and therefore cannot be seen during the summer. This could have a connection with the troll stories, when the troll turned into stone when the sunlight touched it. It is interesting that most of the standing stones are told to have a conscience and become alive in the dark.
Cailleach's sacred trees were the holly, alder, yew,and the gorse bush. It is told that she threw her freeze staff under the gorse before turning to stone. Another interesting thing with Cailleach is that even though She is the Winter Queen harsh, cold and terrifying. Her epithet, title is "Duineach" � Cailleach of the people.
Cailleach is also the Goddess of Sovereignty, who gives the kings the right to rule their lands. She reminds o�ne very much of the Mediterranean Hekate. She is o�ne of the oldest living deities, "the o�ne, the Grandmother who ate the apples in the beginning".
She is also known to be the old, ugly woman asking men to sleep with her, and if the man "has mercy" and agrees, she will turn into a beautiful, young woman and give the man the night of a lifetime and other rewards o�ne can o�nly dream of. This "joke" is often done by the Morrigan, Celtic war Goddess Trinity. She reminds people of two things � old people are people too, just as anyone, with feelings, desires, dreams � old people are not stones or dead trees, even if they look like it. The other thing is that old people have usually more compassion than young people, with more experience it is easier to live o�neself up to the other's situation and feel for him � so the crone turns herself into something desirable making the "task of righteousness" into a pleasure. That is what the Goddess do � if you do your part � what is right, fair and compassionate � She will do Her part and reward you in a way that makes your wildest dreams true. She IS omnipotent.
Samhain is sometimes called "Feile Moingfhinne" or "Fide Moingfhinne" � the feast of the White-Haired o�ne, the feast of the Snow Queen. The Crone aspect of the Celtic Goddess is the Great White Goddess. As Cerridwen, White Sow, White Crafty o�ne, she is the Goddess of transformation, magic, inspiration, knowledge, and death. The story of Cerridwen and Gwion also symbolizes the turn of the year.
Silver Fox
"It is all true, it is not true. The more I tell you, the more I shall lie. What is story but jesting Pilate's cry. I am not paid to tell you the truth."
Jane Yolen; The Storyteller
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DVD REVIEW - Cunningham's Herb Magic
Posted by: "Mike" gleason.mike@comcast.net gleasonm01915
Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:39 am (PDT)
Cunningham's Herb Magic DVD by Scott Cunningham © 2010 Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 978-0-7387-2283-2 Running Time:Approx. 1 hour $19.95 (U.S.)
I reviewed this when it was only available as a VHS tape (2003) and, while is basically just a transfer from VHS to DVD I wanted to take another look at it.
It is presented by one of the better known herbalist of recent memory, the late Scott Cunningham. Although Scott was a highly respected author, his nervousness in front of the camera comes through in more than one spot. It makes him all the more appealing to some who might be intimidated by "experts."
Scott spends several minutes outlining his views on magick and herbs and explaining his perception of how to do magick works. He lays out a basic understanding of respecting plants (never harvest young plants, never harvest more than 25% of any given plants, etc.). He shows the basic tools you will need (and explains why). He shows how to make basic incense, amulets (or sachets), tinctures (or macerations), and bath salts.
If you follow the directions Scott gives you, you will be in a position to start making your own incenses and tinctures, thus helping to imbue them with your own magickal energies. Do not expect this disk to make you an herbalist – it won't. After viewing this CD, however, you will be a bit more familiar with the appearance and use of various North American herbs.
He stresses, throughout, the need to trust your own instincts. He also makes a serious effort to make the procedures as non-mysterious as possible. He doesn't expect you to obtain obscure tools to do the work; household objects are just fine.
The entire presentation is set in areas, such as an uncluttered work area and a garden, which are not at all esoteric in appearance. Although Scott obviously has a specific work area, it is also equally obvious that you could do the work sitting at your kitchen table.
He shows how to use herbs as an adjunct to scrying. This is a method which is not much used in our society, but it serves a good purpose to help make the connection to our subconscious minds
The last portion of the CD is mostly dedicated to showing the appearance of many different herbs in the garden, as well as some of the more obscure herbs only available from reputable herb shops and occult suppliers; as well as providing instructions in the preparation of herbal products.
The one problem with this video is an inconsistency in the audio quality. It would have benefited from being remastered to remove some of the wind noise. Having said that, I must also say that it is an excellent introduction to the topic and well worth the price. I heartily recommend it for anyone who is interested in beginning to work with herbs in a magickal setting.
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Merry Meet Everyone!
Posted by: "cathy" drmwvrx3@yahoo.com drmwvrx3
Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:08 pm (PDT)
Hi,
My name is Cathy and I joined this group yesterday in hope of connecting with others here in the eastern part of Virginia. I'm hoping this is an active group and communication is free flowing.
I've been a seeker of truth all my life and when I began researching my geneology in the mid 80's I found Native American heritage from my mothers' side of the family. Researching this I found I had many earth based beliefs within me that did not come from my Baptist upbringing. I also began "remembering" things I had no way of knowing. Around this time I joined a drumming group that met every full moon and in time I came to realize I have walked this earth under many names in many lifetimes.
As a child I had questions none of the ministers or elders were able to answer to my satisfaction. This was a good thing, it made me dig deeper for answers. It also made me realize I must "always consider the source". And ultimately, that all the answers I was seeking were within me.
That being said, I have been on the pagan path for most of this lifetime, and have been an active solitary witch for over 23 yrs. At one time I was part of a sisterhood in Newport News but then life took our members in different directions. Several of us are still in contact but distance prevents us from gathering together anymore. I miss the energy of my sisters within the circle under a full moon. But all is in perfect love & perfect order I trust.
Looking forward to getting to know others on this path.
In Love & Light, Cathy
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black kats
Posted by: "Jim.BR549" jim.br549@yahoo.com jim.br549
Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:44 pm (PDT)
i have two black ones <grin>.
one is very stealth, one is a loud-mouth.
Both trip me up, mostly when it's close to feeding time <LOL !!!>
jim
--- In EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups. , Leigh Miller <crystalrose1961@com ...> wrote:
>
> as far as i'm concerned the only time a black cat is unlucky.....is when my
> black cat is weaving between my feet and i trip over him :)
>
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