Messages In This Digest (9 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: The Gift From: Beth Patterson
- 2a.
- The Gift--Trying Again From: Lady Nightshayde
- 2b.
- Re: The Gift--Trying Again From: Sibyl Walski
- 2c.
- Re: The Gift--Trying Again From: Lady Nightshayde
- 3a.
- I Give UP on 'The Gift' From: Lady Nightshayde
- 3b.
- Re: I Give UP on 'The Gift' From: LadyHawk_Jax
- 4a.
- Re: [13Witches] Fun Friday - Fw: Noo Simon's Cat: " From: Lady Nightshayde
- 5a.
- Re: What People in 1910 Thought the Year 2000 Would Be Like From: Lady Nightshayde
- 6a.
- Re: Looking Back at the New Age of Witchcraft From: Wizard of Tacoma
Messages
- 1a.
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Re: The Gift
Posted by: "Beth Patterson" purrrpaws4444@yahoo.com purrrpaws4444
Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:33 pm (PDT)
Thanks :)
Beth
Blessed, Mystical, Magickal Cats
&
Curious, Creative, Clever Bunnies
--- On Sun, 6/19/11, Lady Nightshayde <LadyNightshayde9@aol.com > wrote:
This didn't come through for me Lady N. :(I'm trying to resend it with a different program.
- 2a.
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The Gift--Trying Again
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:49 pm (PDT)
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 2b.
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Re: The Gift--Trying Again
Posted by: "Sibyl Walski" antakarana@cot.net marachela2002
Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:25 pm (PDT)
IS this what you are sending? It did come through for me, if so.
Sibyl
----- Original Message -----
From: Lady Nightshayde
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com ; whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:49 PM
Subject: [13Witches] The Gift--Trying Again
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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Re: The Gift--Trying Again
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:34 pm (PDT)
IS this what you are sending? It did come through for me, if so.
It didn't come through on my AOL. It was a blue hand reaching out. It was from Photobucket, but I can't remember the name of the album.
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
- 3a.
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I Give UP on 'The Gift'
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:53 pm (PDT)
I don't know why it won't come through. I tried copying and pasting, forwarding, but it just doesn't want to be sent. Some gift, huh!
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
- 3b.
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Re: I Give UP on 'The Gift'
Posted by: "LadyHawk_Jax" ladyhawk_jax@yahoo.com ladyhawk_jax
Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:41 am (PDT)
It came through for me... it was a great pic. :)
Love, Light and Abundant Blessings,
LadyHawk
--- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lady Nightshayde <LadyNightshayde9@aol.com > wrote:
From: Lady Nightshayde <LadyNightshayde9@aol.com >
Subject: [13Witches] I Give UP on 'The Gift'
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com , whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 11:53 PM
I don't know why it won't come through. I tried copying and pasting, forwarding, but it just doesn't want to be sent. Some gift, huh!
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
- 4a.
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Re: [13Witches] Fun Friday - Fw: Noo Simon's Cat: "
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:55 pm (PDT)
Have you looked under your fridge lately Lady N. ?
I have 3 cats......I'm scared to look under mine! That goes for under the stove as well!!
hahahahahaa
I try not to look under or behind my frig or stove. My 2 cats often swipe at things under there, and I don't want to know what they are.
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
- 5a.
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Re: What People in 1910 Thought the Year 2000 Would Be Like
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:56 pm (PDT)
You're a great group Mom.... :)
Awww, I feel special !
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
- 6a.
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Re: Looking Back at the New Age of Witchcraft
Posted by: "Wizard of Tacoma" wizard_of_tacoma@yahoo.com wizard_of_tacoma
Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:36 am (PDT)
As it was with our predecessor that practiced occult traditions in the 1800s and
early 1900s. Few people talked openly about Witchcraft or Paganism in the 1970s
for some into the 1980s, and attended church on Sunday and kept a very low
profile. For some Christo Witchcraft is a transition of letting go,of the
indoctrination of cultural tradition of the Christian religion. A good example,
is when someone is coming to terms with their own sexuality, in the coming out
processor they may identify themselves as bisexual, until they come to accept
that they are gay. First few years of my practice of Witchcraft, I went through
a process of letting go of all the beliefs and long held traditions.
Looking Back at the Witchcraft of the past and the Witchcraft of today. As I
start reflecting on my learning from where I have been, and the beginnings of my
training. I see how much my religion has evolved, over the 40 years I have been
practicing Witchcraft.
This book set me on my journey, to explore pagan past. The Two Babylons by
Alexander Hislop. First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in
1858. The classic 323-page book detailing the pagan origins of various Roman
Catholic traditions.
I was most influenced by the books of Sybil Leek, my first introduction to
witchcraft was "Diary of a Witch" by Sybil Leek: Books.(1968) In the 1970s and
1980s any book on contemporary witchcraft or magick would certainly have
something about Sybil Leek. Nowdays we don't hear much about Sybil Leek and I
think the current generation of 2011, is probably not that much aware of her.
Youtube Sybil Leek
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bPN3Kl9U8xk
Youtube Christo Witchcraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5DY4bGmRrrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qNVM93Idp_ I
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LIoQx8hwK1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=l_zynVRPSzs
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=aLEeeLCcFl4
Have a wonderful day in every way.
Blessed Be and may the Lord and Lady go with you.
A Coven devided against it self can not survive.
)0( So Mote It Be )0( Blessed be )0(
Wizard
Disclaimer:
I am dyslexic, so words can be missing or the spelling at time's can be off, in
my writing. I try to keep my words and actions honest with No hidden agenda..I
am one that is uncomfortable with the attention, that come from being a leader.
_____________________ _________ __
From: Lady Nightshayde <LadyNightshayde9@aol.com >
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com ; whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 5:50:58 PM
Subject: [13Witches] Looking Back at the New Age of Witchcraft
Looking Back at the New Age of Witchcraft
As we Witches, Pagans, Heathens, and Wiccans venture forth into the unknown of
another new year, I am struck by the notion that we are also in another decade.
It has become a strong belief of mine that we can only see our path ahead by
reflecting on and learning from where we have been. With that in mind, I took a
look back at my own past and the beginnings of my training. I paused to reflect
on how much our religion has evolved, even in the seventeen years I have been
practicing Witchcraft.
It was not long ago that Witchcraft was the shining child of promise that
heralded in a new era for those of us who wanted something other than what
mainstream religions have to offer. It wasn't all that long ago that a Witch
was only a "true" Witch if he or she had been initiated into a coven. Today,
solitary Witches have become the new way of our religion, while covens have
become all but obsolete. All of this leads to questions like: How did we get
here? Where did all of this information come from, and what can we expect in
the future?
During the early years in the resurgence of Paganism, the terms occult and
witchcraft were scarcely mentioned, never mind discussed openly, in public. In
the late 1800s and early 1900s, our predecessors would not have dared perform a
public ritual in a local park or downtown square. And many of those who
practiced occult traditions attended church on Sunday and kept a very low
profile with regard to their extracurricular and few, if any, occult authors
published works. Few people talked openly about Witchcraft or Paganism the way
we do today. On the surface the world probably seemed much like the movie
Pleasantville. Underneath that calm surface, however, the womb of a new age was
swelling, churning, and growing.
Up until the 1800s fraternal orders, secret societies, and individual families
were the ones who maintained occult knowledge and passed this information down
to subsequent generations. Then in the late 1800s, something interesting
started to happen. The womb of the occult became heavy with new life, ideas,
thoughts, and energy. People such as Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant),
Charles Godfrey Leland, Margret Murray, and Aleister Crowley began to publish
occult works, which sometimes made public the secrets earlier groups had
protected. They based their works on earlier theories and speculation, on older
texts, and on their own research. The momentum that began with their work has
lasted more than one hundred years.
During the late 1940s, we were just emerging from the Great Depression and World
War II. Europeans seemed to turn a blind eye to people like Crowley, and the
new emergence of occult societies simmered back down--at least on the surface.
The story of the rebirth of Witchcraft may have ended here as a footnote in
history books except for one important event. In 1951, the Witchcraft laws of
England were repealed. This set the stage for what was soon to become the
explosion of the neoPagan movement. Suddenly Witches and their covens were
everywhere. People like Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente, Alex and Maxine
Sanders, Janet and Stewart Farrar, and Raymond Buckland became the new voices of
Witchcraft, and ultimately they would change the map of the neoPagan movement
forever.
Through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, in both Europe and the United States, there
was a strong resurgence of both Paganism and Witchcraft. This was largely made
possible because of technological advancements and the media. With the rise in
media coverage and the seemingly odd interests of reporters in Witchcraft, it
was now being publicized everywhere. Books were being written and published
yearly, and when combined with a greater ability to print and ship things
globally, it is easy to see why there was the rise in the number of occult
authors. The Pagan movement continued to make its way into the mainstream.
The world itself seemed to grow smaller as Paganism grew larger and more
widespread. As news traveled ever more quickly, people could no longer turn
away and ignore what was happening. Witches were alive and well, Paganism was
making a comeback, and suddenly people were coming out of the broom closet to
reclaim the right to practice the traditions of magick. Many Pagans during this
time still lived a double life, keeping secret their involvement with a coven.
If word got out, these people sometimes lost their jobs and family ties, and
some were even ridiculed by their communities.
Therefore, those within the coven would take oaths of secrecy to keep safe the
practices that they were taught. In addition to protecting the coven, this was
done because of a long-held belief that those who were not initiated should not
have access to the coven's activities. So even though the neoPagan religious
movement had come far, there were still very real dangers that people faced and
in some places still face today.
As more and more people joined the new movement of Paganism, covens became more
plentiful and the numbers of people who practiced Paganism grew. By the late
1970s, neoPaganism had largely replaced the word Witchraft, because it was
considered a less negative term than the latter. Witchcraft had also finally
succeeded in penetrating the United States and other areas of the glove. It was
clear by now that this new religion was not only NOT going away, it was
spreading like wildfire.
Today, people like Maxine Sanders and Janet Farrar are considered the elders of
our faith not simply because of age, but because of their experience and how
they conduct themselves. And many new occult authors, including myself, have
been inspired by their poetry, prose, theories, stories, and instructional
books.
The craze did settle down as the media began to lose interest, and what was once
new had become commonplace. The original materials set down by Gardner,
Valiente, the Farrars, and Buckland continue to serve us today. My hope is that
they will not be forgotten and that they will continue to enrich our
understanding of this newly forming religious practice for a great many years to
come. Though this was the birth and evolution of a New Age movement that we now
lovingly refer to as neoPaganism, our story doesn't quite end there.
As we pushed forward in the early 1980s and 1990s, which is my generation,
occult works became more common, yet it was still difficult to find books on
Paganism and the occult in your average book store. The few books that were
easily accessible in the New Age or World Religion sections were mostly
entertainment-style, fortune-telling books rather than occult teachings. This
trend would continue into the first decade of the twenty-first century, with a
few notable exceptions.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Laurie Cabot (from Salem, Massachusetts) was leaving
her mark in the world of Witchcraft. Cabot was dubbed by Gov. Dukakis in 1977
the "Official Witch of Salem." She did for Salem, Massachusetts, what Walt
Disney did for Disneyland. Salem once again became a popular place to visit,
both for its history and for the chance to gawk at its Witches. Cabot (and
sometimes other members of her coven) made appearances on television and with
the media, which furthered the national media's attention to Salem. During the
height of her work, Cabot was even featured in National Geographic Magazine.
As a teenage Witch growing up in Massachusetts, I was ecstatic when one of my
class projects, which involved reading The Scarlet Letter, included a trip to
Salem. As soon as it was possible, my best friend and I snuck off and checked
out the local Witch shops instead of visiting the historical sites we were
supposed to see. Our insatiable teenaged curiosity led us into the shop that
Laurie was said to own at the time, Crow Haven Corner. Twas to be the first
time I met the woman known as Salem's Official Witch. Since then Laurie and I
have met on several occasions, and though I am sure she would scarcely remember
me, she has left a lasting impression.
Curious Pagans, like myself, who lived outside of the large cities had few
opportunities to find a local coven or group to train with. The Internet was
still new, and although it was growing rapidly, it did not hold the vast amounts
of information and online groups that it does today. Still, determination and
luck were often enough to help us find or order books to study and learn from as
we practiced on our own.
By the late 1990s, access to books by Silver RavenWolf, Ray Buckland, Gerina
Dunwich, Edain McCoy, Scott Cunningham, Dan and Pauline Campanelli, and many
others became easier as more books appeared on the shelves of local book
stores. The time of scrounging for information was ending as more was now
essentially at "the tip of your wand." The new Paganism authors provided an
even wider range of information and gave rise to the trend of solitary
practice. For virtually the first time ever, people were able to train
themselves from the comfort of their homes without having to relocate or travel
great distances to find a coven.
The only drawback to this form of training was that the larger community still
considered solitary practitioners uninitiated Witches. But neoPagan religious
practices were growing faster than ever--definitely faster than a coven-centered
community could support. The once hard and fast rules of initiated and
uninitiated began to break down. And even though many Witches still sought out
a coven from which to be trained, many more of us joined the growing ranks of
solitary practitioners.
As fewer traditional covens were set up and more and more a la carte teachings
became the norm, people have had to make up their own minds about what, when,
and how to follow the Pagan path. The uninitiated Witch and Wiccan became the
new way within the community and the coven structure began to take a back seat.
Solitary Witches were forming loosely based groups or not associating with a
specific form of community at all. They were no longer concerned with being
associated with a lineage or even with a tradition. Instead, they were
interested in what Wicca and Witchcraft had to offer them individually.
A majority of the Witches I speak with today say they have trained solitarily or
with instructors who offer classes to the public. Though many of them take
classes with other members of the community, most Witches remain somewhat
removed from the organized forms of practice that were once common, citing
politics, ego trips, an unhealthy community, and other forms of abuse as the
main reasons for choosing not to join organized groups.
Fortunately, the solitary Witch shares equal footing with the initiated Witch
and does not need the support of an organized group. The community has become
less interested in lineage and more interested in how well you know your craft.
I believe many of us have found solace and healing in working through our
training on our own, taking what is perceived as dogma out of our spirituality,
and choosing, instead, to empower ourselves.
The recent changes in the Craft have begun to cause a new death of sorts. The
religion is again shedding the older form of community and is now experiencing a
rebirth and the evolution of a more loosely tied-together community than
previously existed. Being a solitary, self-trained, and self-initiated Witch,
as well as a trained and coven-initiatedWitch, I can vouch for the fact that
each path has both good and bad to offer. Each style of learning has a valuable
place in the life of a Witch.
The path of neoPaganism has grown not by the hundreds, but possibly the
thousands, since 2001. A study conducted by ARIS (American Religious
Identification Survey) out of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, showed
that new-movement religions (Wiccan, Pagan, or Spiritualist) have increased by
four percent since their 1990 poll, which leads researchers to believe there may
be as many as 2.8 million, if not more of us, living in and practicing our
religions in the United States today. A statement on the ARIS website
contributes to this finding by saying that this religious movement is growing
faster now than it has in the previous years' surveys. This is just another
testament to the fact that our new-age religion is not only alive and well, but
it is still emerging and blooming in its own unique way.
Evolution is painful, but it is necessary if we are to grow beyond the original
vision of our foremothers and fathers. In looking back over our evolution, we
can see that it has been a healthy process of give and take. I believe that
with time the pendulum will once again swing back to a more organized way of
practicing, not out of politics but out of our natural desire to unite and
bond. I believe that we will do this while incorporating the new lessons that
have been learned. I believe that the child of promise is now becoming an
adult.
There are very few secrets left in the Craft. Many things that were once hidden
are now available for everyone. This creates a certain sense of nostalgia and
sometimes a concern for what may have been better left unsaid. In some sense,
it is like handing your teenager the car keys and hoping they understand the
full responsibility of how to use that power wisely. Any parent will tell you
that sometimes you have to give in and let the child make the choices so that
they will know the full weight of responsibility is resting squarely on their
shoulders. Then you cross your fingers and hope. For myself, serets are best
kept secret or else they should never be kept at all. I personally do not keep
many secrets, yet that does not diminish the mystery that is me. I feel the
same is true of Witchcraft; knowing does not cheapen the mystery of
self-discovery. Since we are, after all, a mystery tradition, I believe we
travel into this next decade with keys in hand and mystery in front of us. It
will remain to be seen if we are wise enough to be responsible with the power
given to us.
The mystery itself is a mystery that is all our own to discover, because that is
the way of magick. Our current era will herald new Witches and authors to it;
it will be our own experience to explore and expand on. There will be new
ideas, perspectives, and ways to do things. The community will grow, and we
will continue to share our rich heritage together. It will see the rise and
fall of various ways to practice the Craft and the torch will be picked up once
more. It will pierce the darkness and shine its light upon us, moving us ever
forward to an unknown future.
by Kimberly Sherman-Cook, who is a cofounder, director, and teacher at the Pagan
Education Network in Massachusetts. She has been involved in magick studies for
over seventeen years, and is the leader of the Raven Star Coven, which she
helped establish in 2006.
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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