luni, 20 decembrie 2010

[Earthwise] Digest Number 2493

Messages In This Digest (12 Messages)

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1a.

Prosperity Candles

Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com   trickster9993

Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:12 am (PST)




Prosperity Candles
From Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life by Pauline Campanelli

Burn a pair of bayberry candles on Yule as a charm to insure growth and prosperity for the New Year. To enhance the magic of the candles, anoint them with Magnetic Oil (oil in which a magnetite crystal has soaked from New Moon to Full)

Note: In spells and rituals, intent is key! Focus all your energy on what you want, visualizing it coming to pass as clearly as you can.

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

2a.

Simple Yule Prayer

Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com   trickster9993

Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:13 am (PST)




Simple Yule Prayer
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/greenwitch/simpleyule.html
From the Grimoire of:Mossfaeri Autumnmyst

The night or day before yule say:

"We have passed through the time of
darkness. The Goddess has carried us gently. I
now welcome the newborn Sun child.
May his birth bring good cheer to all the world!
May this yule log (or candles three) bring him
strength and comfort.
Blessed Be!"

Light three white or yellow candles or a yule log with three candles. Let the three candles burn 'til dawn or until they burn out. At dawn first light a black then red then white candle and say:

"Blessed be the Great Mother who is at
once Maid, Mother, and Crone. Blessed is she,
Creatrix of allthings Great and small.
Now begins the cycle again."

Let the candles burn out.

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

3a.

Ten Easy Ways To Add Holiday Sparkle To Your Home

Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com   trickster9993

Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:14 am (PST)




Ten Easy Ways To Add Holiday Sparkle To Your Home
Author Unknown

Too busy to do much holiday decorating? Between work, home, and family obligations, sometimes there is little time to do more. However, if you start simple, build traditions, and try not to overdo it, you'll be able to add sparkle to your home without getting overwhelmed.

Choose from these ideas for 10 simple holiday touches to help create a holiday mood at your house.

Most are easy, many are free, and all take a minimum of time and effort.

1. Put bows on everything - Add bows to candlesticks, wreaths, garlands, basket handles, drapery tie-backs, banisters, chair backs, houseplants, or doorknobs. These not only look festive but tie together your decorating theme throughout the house.

Buy several bolts of ribbon in a pattern that will work well with your decorating. If you have navy furniture, for example, look for a Christmas plaid ribbon with red, green, and navy. If your taste is peach, find a peach and gold floral ribbon. If nothing looks quite right then turn to plain red or a metallic silver or gold. Select a ribbon that will hold up over the years and won't be crushed in storage. Then, see these instructions to make your own floral bows of all sizes. By using wire to make your bows you'll be able to attach them to many objects without having to tie and untie them each year.

2. Use holiday tableware for every meal in December. Get out your holiday dishes and use them each day. To start a collection of dishes, begin with several dinner plates, or make a tradition of purchasing 1 or 2 new place settings every year. One family friend chooses a new pattern for each purchase, making a wonderful display on a shelf with holiday mementos.

3. Turn off the lights. Light a fire each evening. Dine by candlelight, even if you're having pizza. Put pillar candles in the bathroom[/link]. (Note: Due to fire dangers, if you have very small children you may want to wait a few years before using so many candles.)

4. Add wreaths. A wreath or swag on the front door, the back door, inside and out, over the mantle, or in all your front windows.... Decorate them with bows, pinecones, ornaments, birds, dried materials, fruit, or candy. If you are worried about them drying out or dropping needles, then purchase some good quality permanent wreaths to use year after year.

5. Add color. Put up the perfect Christmas tree. Swag garlands (real or artificial) on banisters, mirrors, armoires, and the mantle.

6. Add sound. Play Christmas music from CD's or the radio whenever you're home. Tie some sleigh bells onto the front door. Wake up your kids each morning with bells and "ho, ho, ho". Watch some Christmas specials on TV. Rent or buy "It's a Wonderful Life", "A Christmas Story", "Scrooge", or "The Santa Clause".

7. Add sweetness. Put out a candy wreath with small scissors to cut off candies for guests. Put a basket on the coffee table and fill it with pretty candy canes. Set a gingerbread house on the buffet. Put a bowl of fresh fruit or holiday cookies on the entry table when guests arrive. Bake little tea loaves and wrap with plastic wrap and ribbons, and hand one to each person who visits your home. Add sweetness to your guestroom with these tips on preparing for holiday houseguests. Create ornaments with your kids, then sign and date them for instant heirlooms and memories.

8. Add natural touches. Make a few quick arrangements with natural greens and put them on tables, in bathrooms, and on bookcases. Collect pine cones and pile them in a basket with a few ornaments and bows. Tie up small bundles of greens with a gold bow and hang them on windows inside your home. Put small poinsettias next to bathroom and kitchen sinks. Hang evergreen swags on each bedroom door. Decorate candles with a few evergreen boughs and balls.

9. Add sparkle. Fill a glass bowl or vase with shiny ornaments. Hang decorations from your houseplants and indoor trees. Put up a celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.

10. Add happiness. Make a ritual of opening the doors of an advent calendar each day after breakfast or dinner. Enjoy lighting the tree each evening. Take a small decorated tree to a shut-in. Give the Hunger Site. Share the light and the joy of the season with your family, friends, neighbors, and strangers.

Happy Holidays!

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

4a.

Solstice Spell for Healing

Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com   trickster9993

Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:14 am (PST)




Solstice Spell for Healing
Author: Unknown

Adorn the Altar with Mistletoe and Pine Branches and place a gold candle in the center. Burn Frankincense or another appropriate incense. In a small cauldron (or other similar container) place a ripe apple, three bay leaves and a pinch of rock salt or sea salt. Light the candle, visualizing the rebirth and return of the God banishing the cold of Winter. Recite this Solstice Chant:

Geese and standing stones and mist,
Baying hounds and hooting owl,
Sparkling Stars, and snow is crisp,
Herne is here, bring forth the Bowl.

As this is said, sprinkle spring water into the cauldron using a sprig of evergreen, visualizing the strength and healing power of Herne's rebirth. This power flows into the Apple, energizing it with all the power of the God. Lift the apple from the cauldron. If the spell of healing is for another, visualize this person receiving the healing power within the apple, picture them gaining strength, becoming well. Replace the Apple into the cauldron and finish with a chant of thanks:

May the Goddess of Night,
Fair Lady of the Moon,
and the God, great horned hunter of the sun,
May the power of the stones and the oceans,
the Winds and the Flame,
Bless me this night in my sacred work,
Which is right and just in your name.
Blessed Be.

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

5a.

Re: Look what I created!

Posted by: "jeni matthews" witch_uk_381@yahoo.com   witch_uk_381

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:54 pm (PST)



Thanks! I had to make some more for a friend as she is making a green wizard of oz themed hamper as a christmas pressie for another friend. I also had some green polished stones that I wrapped in wire and turned into pendants with the idea that if the emerald city was real there would be touristy stands who would sell "pieces of the city" :D 

--- On Thu, 16/12/10, annitta <annittabrvo@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: annitta <annittabrvo@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Earthwise] Re: Look what I created!
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 16 December, 2010, 0:59

 

WOW these are really nice!

--- In EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <witch_uk_381@...> wrote:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarthwiseBOS/photos/album/797604072/pic/list
>
> The first photo is a meditation necklace I made for my mum and the goddess eyes are what I've made as Yule pressies!
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jeni
>

6a.

Re: Starhawk on Tax Cuts - Immoral and Legalized Theft

Posted by: "Bluely" magicbluely@yahoo.com   magicbluely

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)



Thank you Martha, I feel the same way.

Bluely

~A witch, like the Earth, can be both immeasurably ancient and forever young~

"The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn." {Alvin Toffler}

--- On Fri, 12/17/10, Martha Dickinson <mensachickie@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Martha Dickinson <mensachickie@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Earthwise] Starhawk on Tax Cuts - Immoral and Legalized Theft
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 8:08 AM

 

It's very partisanly political and I find someone who makes no secret of her deep far left leanings to speak for me and the growing number in the pagan community that are conservative.  There are politcal pagan groups maybe that would be a more appropriate forum.  I come here to learn about faith not politics.  I like starhawk as a leader, she has some good ideas but she does not, in any way shape or form speak for me polically.  If this will keep developing into a polical forum (I've seen several posts like this by this same person) please let me know and I'll leave. 

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Karen Tate <karentate108@ca.rr.com> wrote:

 

Greetings,
I think its very interesting it takes a WICCAN LEADER to speak out about the morality of the politics going on in the world. And for those who might deem this post inappropriate because it's "political" - I'd ask you perhaps try to see it as commentary on ideals and morality
which in my mind are about our spirituality.

SOME OF HER QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE....


* In a time of massive unemployment, huge deficits and falling income for
the middle class and the poor, tax cuts for the wealthy are a form of
legalized theft.

*  The rich benefit from society and should give back.....Moral people give back.  Moral people care for others, sharing both wealth and burdens. Moral people ask, not "What more can I take from society" but "What more can I contribute?
To read the whole article --
http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/starhawk/2010/12/moral_people_give_back.html?referrer=emaillink

--
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6b.

Re: Starhawk on Tax Cuts - Immoral and Legalized Theft

Posted by: "Brett Haley" bhaley333@gmail.com   bhal333

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:56 pm (PST)



I am a relatively new member here: I have not found the posts been overtly
political – That's why I am still here. People may post a stand point that
may lead you to read a stance/ political point that you may read into their
post. Without your "heads-up", I (for one) never saw it (I?).

BB
Brett

From: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Martha Dickinson
Sent: 17 December 2010 10:09 AM
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Earthwise] Starhawk on Tax Cuts - Immoral and Legalized Theft

It's very partisanly political and I find someone who makes no secret of her
deep far left leanings to speak for me and the growing number in the pagan
community that are conservative. There are politcal pagan groups maybe that
would be a more appropriate forum. I come here to learn about faith not
politics. I like starhawk as a leader, she has some good ideas but she does
not, in any way shape or form speak for me polically. If this will keep
developing into a polical forum (I've seen several posts like this by this
same person) please let me know and I'll leave.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Karen Tate <karentate108@ca.rr.com> wrote:

Greetings,
I think its very interesting it takes a WICCAN LEADER to speak out about the
morality of the politics going on in the world. And for those who might
deem this post inappropriate because it's "political" - I'd ask you perhaps
try to see it as commentary on ideals and morality
which in my mind are about our spirituality.

SOME OF HER QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE....


* In a time of massive unemployment, huge deficits and falling income for
the middle class and the poor, tax cuts for the wealthy are a form of
legalized theft.

* The rich benefit from society and should give back.....Moral people give
back. Moral people care for others, sharing both wealth and burdens. Moral
people ask, not "What more can I take from society" but "What more can I
contribute?

To read the whole article --
http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/starhawk/2010/12/moral_p
eople_give_back.html?referrer=emaillink

--

Karen Tate
www.karentate.com <http://www.karentate.com/>

http://www.examiner.com/x-22579-LA-Womens--Goddess-Spirituality-Examiner
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1291934676
<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1291934676&ref=profile> &ref=profile
http://www.myspace.com/karentate108
fOLLOW ME On TWITTER @karentate108

Voices of the Sacred Feminine Radio....Extended Edition
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/VoicesoftheSacredFeminine

Voices of the Sacred Feminine Radio Program Archives
http://www.karentate.com/Tate/radio_show.html

Author of Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations &
Walking an Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth

You-Tube....http://www.youtube.com/isisisis13









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7a.

Re: The Year of Open Doors

Posted by: "mary" marydaze19@yahoo.com   birca658

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)



i was glad to read this, thanks

________________________________

Mary

http://birca658.imagekind.com


________________________________
From: "holly@ravenmadness.com" <holly@ravenmadness.com>
To: EarthWise <EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com>;
MurfreesboroPagans@yahoogroups.com; PaganBookOfShadows@yahoogroups.com;
Tennessee_Witches@yahoogroups.com; The_New_Pagan_Way@yahoogroups.com;
TNWitchesCircle@yahoogroups.com; which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com;
witchology@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 12:46:30 PM
Subject: [Earthwise] The Year of Open Doors

Let this coming year be the year of Open Doors... May there be plenty
for you to choose and may all doorways be filled with positive light ..
Opening not just a door but a path of light, love and success in all
that you do.

~~Raventalker - The Winged One

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

www.ravenmadness.com

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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/raventalker

8a.

Re: Letter to Goddess....working with the lunar eclipse energies

Posted by: "mary" marydaze19@yahoo.com   birca658

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)



thanks

________________________________

Mary

http://birca658.imagekind.com


________________________________
From: karentate108 <karentate108@ca.rr.com>
To: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com"
<which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com>; Pagan_Friends@yahoogroups.com;
PantheanCommunity@yahoogroups.com; EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com;
wombshamans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 8:50:57 PM
Subject: [Earthwise] Letter to Goddess....working with the lunar eclipse
energies

Letter to Goddess...working with lunar eclipse energies
http://exm.nr/h4WCe3

Whether one calls it a prayer or working a spell, meditation or doing a
positive affirmation for the coming year, writing a Letter to Goddess
will be how I'm personally working with the natural universal energies
brought on by the lunar eclipse, which will occur about 10PM this Monday
night, if you're in California.

Take a look at the above link and feel free to leave your comments.

May the Great She embrace you in her golden wings,

Karen Tate
www.karentate.com

9a.

Re: Was wondering if someone could help me?

Posted by: "grace" gracenfla@yahoo.com   gracenfla

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)




Greetings Rabbit,

When I was first learning to ground and shield I felt like that too.
I was lucky enough to have several close friends who mentored me, and it
seemed for me that I wasn't grounded enough. So whenever that happened,
I was told to go back and reground and it actually worked for me. I also
used a clear quartz that was polished and rounded for my stone, but I do
believe you need to find the stone for you that fits you.

Good luck and peace

Grace
--- In EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com, luther Pendragon
<orderofystrad@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi
> Â Â Â Â When i use a shield i use a nos stone think of it
as a booster they are
> linked to awen paths/earth element/earth mother take it to a place of
power to
> "charge" or have it "charged " for you have a look at this site it
give you info
> www.dragonsbreathblessings.com
> Â Â Â Â Â martin
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: rabbit hunnie302@...
> To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 9 December, 2010 14:30:37
> Subject: [Earthwise] Was wondering if someone could help me?
>
> Â
> I'm pretty new to all of this, and I have to be self-taught as I'm
from a small
> town. After reading a few different methods for sheilding and
grounding I
> decided to put it into practice and used visualisation to set up a
sheild.
> However, as soon as I opened my eyes I felt... not dizzy exactly but a
little
> disoriented. I let the sheild fall because I'm guessing that's not
what it's
> meant to feel like. Any advice as to what is the cause of the
disoriention, or a
> different method to use which will prevent this? Thanks, any help is
greatly
> appreciated.
>

10.1.

Re: Hello

Posted by: "Brett Haley" bhaley333@gmail.com   bhal333

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)



You want my addy? NO <SMILES>

Welcome

BB
Brett

From: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of karla mata
Sent: 12 December 2010 09:03 AM
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Earthwise] Hello

oh choose me!! i would totally like to have an e mail buddy. sounds awesome.

_____

From: Crissy Hughes <crissy.hughes@ymail.com>
To: EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 8:28:17 AM
Subject: [Earthwise] Hello

Merry Meet to all! I would like to introduce myself, i'm crissy and i've been practising as a solitary witch for the past 4 years. I have 2 teenage children and married my wonderful husband on 1st of May this year. My family are very supportive of my chosen path, but I sometimes worry that the books I read or the websites I find may not always be the best info, although while i've been going through the messages on here, i've found that I actually have a better knowledge than I thought! It's good sometimes to have confirmation that what I am learning is right or right for me

I'm here to carry on learning and maybe make a few email buddies along the way
Blessed Be x

11a.

Re: Gobekli Tepe on History Channel's Ancient Aliens show

Posted by: "grace" gracenfla@yahoo.com   gracenfla

Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:55 pm (PST)




Hello there! I also watched the Ancient Alien episode on Gobekli Tepe,
it was great! Here is a wonderful article link about it
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html
<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html>
They also talked about the "stonehenge of Armenia" here is a link to it
as well, which predates Stonehenge in England by thousands of years.
http://www.carahunge.com/ <http://www.carahunge.com/>

Peace

Grace
--- In EarthwiseBOS@yahoogroups.com, karentate108 <karentate108@...>
wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> I know a lot of us have been interested in the discovery of Gobekli
> Tepe, Turkey and there's been a limited amount of pictures available
of
> the site. History Channel is currently running a series called
> Ancient Aliens in which Gobekli Tepe is highlighted.
>
> If you aren't yet aware of this site, only 5% of the site has been
> excavated in the yeast 13 years, so the site has much more yet to
> reveal. The site is 12,000 years old, older than Stonehenge, Egyptian
> Pyramids and 7,000 years older than Mesopotamia. They've found no
> agricultural or stone cutting tools and the megaliths depict a
menagerie
> of animals carved in stone. And no, they didnot show the sheela na gig
> found at the site and I'm told is hidden away.
>
> You'll have to check your local cable listings - but the particular
> Ancient Aliens episode had something to do with Unexplained
Structures.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Karen
>

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