Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
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- How to Turn a Bad Week or a Bad Day Around From: holly@ravenmadness.com
- 2a.
- Croach Patrick From: Silver Fox
- 3a.
- One Persons Perspective On Saint Patrick From: Silver Fox
- 4a.
- St Patrick From: Silver Fox
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How to Turn a Bad Week or a Bad Day Around
Posted by: "holly@ravenmadness.com" holly@ravenmadness.com hollyberrysheart
Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:18 am (PST)
How to Turn a Bad Week or a Bad Day Around
We have all had them.. a bad day, a bad week, a bad month .. heck even a
bad year!!!
The question is when that bad day, week, month, year gets us down.. how
do we pull out of it and turn it around.
How do we cheer ourselves up and look at the bright side?
Heavy sigh… good question!
Let's see a raise of hands for those who have the answers…
Oh wait … that's what I'm suppose to be doing here … giving you
some help .. some answers.. some ideas to turn that bad into a "not so
bad" situation.
Well, I certainly don't have all the answers … but I can tell you
some of the things that have helped me through the years. These ideas
won't solve any problems… but they will help you get your mind off
your troubles.
Meditation is a good start to help relieve stress from a bad day …if
you don't know how to meditate.. Google is always an easy fix… so
many techniques out there for meditation.. do a little research and find
something that best fits you.
Get out! – Take a walk .. a hike in the woods or near a lake .. go do
something to take your mind off whats going on… take in some fresh air
and scenery.
Get a hobby! hahahahaha you should notice I have many… hahaha …
there is a good reason for that .. creating is my way of dealing with
stress, depression and just about any other problem that may be a
burden. When working with your hands and creating or crafting
something.. for that time you are only focusing on what is in front of
you .. you can't think about the bills or someone with a bad attitude
or the leaky roof or the kids grades or grocery shopping, laundry, or
whatever else may be bothering you… so it's a good and productive
escape.. it may not solve your problems but it certainly gets your mind
of it for a while.
Friends! My friends have been my life savers so many times… just being
able to call up a friend to talk it out … get a little input… vent
and laugh or cry together .. that has helped far more than anything else
ever has!
Laugh! Watch a funny movie/tv show… send out some jokes to all your
friends…. remember the fun times …. whatever it is you need to do to
laugh … just make sure you do.. plan some practical jokes … people
watch… hahahaha just do something that makes you feel good.
Whatever it is you decide to do .. you have to be able to step outside
the situation for a moment .. gather yourself.. regroup… release the
tension … You'll find when you can do this … your view of whats
going on may change… things may or may not be as bad as they seemed…
You may see new ways to fix the situation … and if nothing else .. you
will have at least had some time away from it … we all need to "take
a moment" from time to time.
Don't feel bad or guilty… because you took some time out … that
"time out" moment may be just the thing to catch that much needed
second wind, or give you a fresh new look at the problem .. or relieve
the stress that has built up from the situation.
So go ahead .. "take a moment" and enjoy it!
Many Blessings,
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Croach Patrick
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:20 am (PST)
Croach Patrick
St. Patrick's Day information
http://www.sacredsites.com/1st30/ mtcroach. html
Rising to 2510 feet (765 meters) near the town of Westport in County Mayo, the quartzite peak of Croach Patrick was a pagan sacred place long before the arrival of Christianity. For the Celtic peoples of Ireland it was the dwelling place of the deity Crom Dubh and the principal site of the harvest festival of Lughnasa, traditionally held around August 1. According to popular Christian stories, St. Patrick visited the sacred mountain during the festival time in AD 441 and spent forty days and forty nights banishing dragons, snakes, and demonic forces from the site. Were there dragons and demonic forces actually living atop this mountain, or does the legend have a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning? To shed light on this matter it is important to know something of the person known as St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Patrick is not actually Irish. He was born in Britain around AD 385. Captured in his youth by Irish pirates raiding the Scottish coast, he was sold into slavery in Ireland. Later escaping to Europe, Patrick spent some years studying at the monastery of St. Martin of Tours in France, where he was ordained as a priest. Deeply affected by the Christian missionary zeal so prevalent in the early fifth century, he decided to return to Ireland to undertake the conversion of the Celtic pagans and their Druid priests. Arriving in Ireland in AD 432, Patrick spent nearly thirty years traveling about the countryside, bringing Christianity to the local people and establishing churches and monastic foundations upon many Druidic sacred sites (Patrick later retired to Glastonbury, England, where he died at the age of 111). It was common for early Christians to view pagan religious practices as devil worship; thus the legend of Patrick slaying dragons and demonic forces on the sacred mountain is actually a metaphor for his subjugation and conversion of the pagan priests. By the seventh century the holy mountain had become one of the two most important Christian pilgrimage sites in all Ireland (the other being Station Island, also called St. Patrick's Purgatory, in Lough Derg near the town of Sligo). Prior to AD 1113 the pilgrims came to the mountain during Lent, but following a wild storm in which thirty pilgrims died upon the peak, the pilgrimage period was changed to summer, with the most popular days being the last Friday and Sunday of July. Currently it is estimated that nearly one million pilgrims climb to the summit each year, as many as forty thousand on the last Sunday in July. In the Irish Christian tradition the ascent is undertaken as an act of penance for wrongdoing, and many of the pilgrims climb barefooted or even on their knees. I feel it is important to note that the ancient worship at Mt. Croach Patrick had nothing to do with matters of penence and supposed wrongdoing. The holy mountain was a sanctuary for the giving of thanks and the celebration of life's abundance. Similar to what has occurred at so many other prehistoric sacred places, at Croach Patrick Christianity has warped, stifled, and corrupted the natural human tendency to venerate life and the Earth's beauty, imposing ideas of fear, guilt, and control. This great sacred mountain certainly does not wallow in such limiting, life-denying concepts nor does it require or support humans in doing so. Mt. Croach Patrick was - and still is - a place to experience and give thanks for the exquisite sweetness of life.
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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One Persons Perspective On Saint Patrick
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:20 am (PST)
One Persons Perspective On Saint Patrick
Source: Brother Atticus
St. Expedite Spiritualist Temple (New Orleans)
http://www.geocities.com/BrotherAtt icus
Snakes are the symbol used by the Christian church to symbolize Pagans. The legend of the removal of all the snakes from Ireland (which never had any snakes to begin with), stems from the symbol of the snake to represent Paganism.
Well it seems that you have also been made victim of that propaganda. When did the Christian church ever identify snakes with Pagans? Please reveal your source. And are you saying that there is not ONE snake in Ireland...anywhere? The story of St. Patrick has absolute nothing to do with Paganism. This story is about the divine power to God bestowed upon St. Patrick in order to save his country from snakes (literally). In order to become a saint, the church requires some sort of "physical" sign of God, and that was his. The purging of "Pagans" would be no sign of Divine action. Pagans were being eradicated all over Europe; that was no big deal to accomplish. The stories of the Saints are not fairy tales, it's not mythology. They are factual recounts of actual events. What would be the good of saying snakes, if snakes are not what they meant?
St. Patrick�s Day
From: About.com
St. Patrick and the Pagan Snakes of Ireland: St. Patrick is known as a symbol of Ireland, particularly around every March. One of the reasons he's so famous is because he drove the snakes out of Ireland, and was even credited with a miracle for this. What many people don't realize is that the serpent was actually a metaphor for the early Pagan faiths of Ireland. St. Patrick brought Christianity to the Emerald Isle, and did such a good job of it that he practically eliminated Paganism from the country. While it's true that snakes are hard to find in Ireland, this may well be due to the fact that it's an island, and so snakes aren't exactly migrating there in packs. The real St. Patrick was believed by historians to have been born around 370 c.e., probably in Wales or Scotland. Most likely, his birth name was Maewyn, and he was the son of a Roman Briton named Calpurnius. As a teen, Maewyn was captured during a raid and sold to an Irish landowner as a slave. During his time in Ireland, where he worked as a shepherd, Maewyn began to have religious visions and dreams -- including one in which showed him how to escape captivity. Once back in Britain, Maewyn moved on to France, where he studied in a monastery. Eventually, he returned to Ireland to "care and labour for the salvation of others", and changed his name to Patrick, which means "father of the people."
Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in many places on March 17, typically with a parade (an oddly American invention) and lots of other festivities. However, some modern Pagans refuse to observe a day which honors the elimination of the old religion in favor of a new one. It's not uncommon to see Pagans and Wiccans wearing some sort of snake symbol on St. Patrick's Day, instead of those green "Kiss Me I'm Irish" badges. If you're not sure about wearing a snake on your lapel, you can always jazz up your front door with a Spring Snake Wreath instead!
From Silver Fox: Frankly, I look at Saint Patrick�s Day as a day to celebrate my Irish Heritage... granted I tend to favor Orange over Green though given my Irish Ancestors are all Protestants and not Catholics. So yeah, Greens for the Catholics and Orange is for the Protestants. And yes, growing up, I can remember my Dad cutting out Orange shaped Shamrocks for me and my brother to wear on Saint Paddys.
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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St Patrick
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:22 am (PST)
St Patrick
From Neamh
St. Patrick (AD 385-462) was captured and enslaved in Ireland as a youth, escaped, and finally returned as an adult to spread Christianity as a Catholic missionary. He was not Irish by birth, but was believed by some accounts to be either the son of a Roman Officer, or a British Celt. In his confession, one of the few documents known to be written by Patrick, he describes his father as "Calpornius, a deacon, son of Potitus, a priest, of the village Bannavem Taburniæ"
In legend, Patrick is given credit for driving the snakes out of Ireland. In reality, the 'snakes' may well refer to the Druids, who were discredited and finally driven underground with the coming of Christianity. Patrick is credited with establishing Christianity in Ireland, and in the following centuries it either ousted or assimilated the old, pagan beliefs. Pagan festivals and holidays were adapted into Christian holy days, and many of the local god and goddess stories converted into tales of Irish saints. The most famous example is the Celtic goddess Brigit, or Bride, who is now known in the Christian Church as St. Brigit, Ireland's premier female saint.
St. Patrick's birth name was Gaewyn and the estimated date of his birth was 390 A.D. in Roman Britain. At age 16 the man who would later be known as the patron saint of Ireland was kidnapped by Irish raiders and sold into slavery. He escaped slavery six years later and fled to the European mainland where he received his religious training at Catholic monasteries. He took the name Patrick upon joining the priesthood and eventually attained the rank of Bishop. It was then that Patrick set out to do missionary work in Ireland. In around 432 A.D., he arrived in Ireland and began to compete with the priests of the pagan faith for followers.
St. Patrick's struggle with the pagan order of the time began during the Celtic springtime fire festival known as Beltane. The ritual commenced with the ceremonial lighting of the High King's fire, from which all the other fires in the land would be lit. According to legend, St. Patrick lit an Easter fire on a nearby hill. The High King sent nine chariots to vanquish Patrick and put out his fire. Circling counter to the sun's path, the chariots attacked, but were unable to prevail against the holy fire.
Still, Patrick's work was cut out for him. In his struggle to discredit the Druid elders and gain the confidence and later the souls of the Irish population, he was (in his own words) forced to "curse their fertile lands, so that they became dreary bogs; to curse their rivers, so that they produced no fish; to curse their very kettles, so that with no amount of fire and patience could they ever be made to boil; and as a last resort, to curse the Druids themselves, so that the earth opened and swallowed them up."
St. Patrick began teaching Catholicism and the Holy Trinity to the Pagans by using a three leaf clover (a plant used in many of their rituals) to represent the father, the son and the holy spirit.
His efforts were successful in converting the Gaelic population to Catholicism and making Ireland a fortress for the Catholic faith.
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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