Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)
- 1.
- Daily Insight – Change – Letting Go From: holly@ravenoriginals.com
- 3a.
- A Samhain Spell To Let Go From: Silver Fox
- 4a.
- An Autumn Chant From: Silver Fox
- 5a.
- A Solitary Samhain From: Silver Fox
- 6.
- Sacred Sound w/Devaa Haley on Voices of the Sacred Feminine this MON From: Karen Tate
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Daily Insight – Change – Letting Go
Posted by: "holly@ravenoriginals.com" holly@ravenoriginals.com hollyberrysheart
Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:18 am (PDT)
Daily Insight – Change – Letting Go
Life is all about changes and how we adapt to those changes.
The thing you must realize is that you have a choice about how you
handle the change that comes your way. You can cling to that part of
your life that's changing and try to force it into not changing (which
is inevitable.. it will change anyway) or you can let go of that part of
your life and allow it to change in a natural manner.
Think about it this way.. what you lose now during this time of change..
has never truly belonged to you anyhow. Knowing this can give you a new
kind of stability and rational thinking with much greater clarity about
your life and your feelings.
Change can be hard to deal with… clinging to things in your life and
fighting against the changes that are coming only prolongs pain and
torment for yourself and others that may be involved.
Many Blessings,
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Posted by: "rhonda sharp" Unicornatheart@aol.com unicornatheart
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:21 am (PDT)
- 3a.
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A Samhain Spell To Let Go
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:25 am (PDT)
A Samhain Spell To Let Go
Source Unknown
October is a good time to tidy up the soul. First, make a
list/petition of things that have got to go, such as resentment of friends or enemies,
anger at yourself (potent and common garbage). Just think through your life to
see what you no longer need. Go through your soul as if it were a long
forgotten attic and see where cleaning up is way overdue, then write down what
you find. I am not talking about resentments like those you feel if you're just
divorced; if you got ripped off, if you had to leave a job due to harassment.
These oppressions are not your own doing, so please don't blame yourself for
them. Find groups with which to work them through and channel your anger into
your Craft or the earth, which can give your life more meaning.
Create an altar with black cloth, the color of the universe,
the color of chaos, where everything comes from and to which everything must
return. Place on the cloth some fallen leaves, representing the natural order
of the seasons and the discarded past. The fallen leaves are beautiful, but
they are meant to become compost. Place your list of psychic garbage on the
table, light two black candles, one on either side, and some dispelling
incense. If you can't find incense specifically made for this purpose, use
sandalwood, frankincense, myrrh, or cedar.
When you pray to the Goddess, always talk normally and say:
"Dearest
Goddess, I have come a long way this year, carrying my burdens. I would like to
take them off my shoulders and give them back to you to recycle, to bury, to
compost. Here, I offer you my resentments against friends, family, and [fill in
your own needs here] and ask you to absorb them into your black universe.
Relieve me of them and allow me to walk more lightly."
Burn your list in the flame of your candles. Now imagine all
these feelings evaporating into smoke, and say something like:
"I feel all
light, happy and cleansed now. Dearest Goddess, you are my true strength and
guide. I thank you for being accessible and answering your children's call. I
honor you and thank you."
Gather all the things that were part of your meditation and
cast them into a living body of water. When you cast them off, don't look back.
Even let go your thoughts about the ritual.
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.
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An Autumn Chant
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 am (PDT)
An Autumn Chant
By Karen Bergquist; Celtic
Whispers E-zine
I will dance
The dance of dying
days
And sleeping life.
I will dance
In cold, dead
leaves
A bending,
whirling human flame.
I will dance
As the Horned God
rides
Across the skies.
I will dance
To the music of
His hounds
Running, baying in
chorus.
I will dance
With the ghosts of
those
Gone before.
I will dance
Between the sleep
of life
And the dream of
death.
I will dance
On Samhain's dusky
eye,
I will dance.
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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A Solitary Samhain
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 am (PDT)
A Solitary Samhain
From
www.branwenscauldron.com
Many covens and circles celebrate this most sacred of pagan
holidays as groups, often opening their circles to non-initiates and others who
wish to participate. I find myself preferring a solitary ritual, perhaps with
some socializing earlier or later in the evening. For me, much of the meaning
of Samhain suggests such a practice, though traditionally it is a communal
celebration.
Samhain is pronounced as sow-in (in Ireland),
sow-een (in Wales),
and sav-en (in Scotland).
It marks the end of the harvest, the end of the year, and the death of the god.
Self-reflection becomes not simply a custom, but a necessity. One cannot (or at
least should not) allow the Wheel of the Year to turn without some kind of
examination of what has occurred. How have I spent the last year? Did I grow or
remain stagnant? Did I live according to the values I claim to embrace? These
are questions which must be addressed in solitude and solemnity.
Just as Samhain ends the old year, it must begin the new,
though many witches do not celebrate the New Year until Yule. Reflection should
continue during this dark time, but reflection should be accompanied by a
growing sense of the changes to be made and the light to be sought. I sometimes
make many lists during this time -- lists of what I have accomplished and what
I still want to accomplish, things I have neglected and those I have tended,
and other similar lists. Samhain symbolizes both the past and the future,
illuminated by the cycle of the seasons, forever linked as steps on the journey
we must all make.
The Goddess tells us: "And you who seek to know Me,
know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the
Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will
never find it without." We must look inside ourselves for self-knowledge
and for the spirit that will sustain us in life's trials. Silence is one of the
keys to seeking truth, for we cannot hear the answers in the midst of this
noisy world in which we walk every day, nor in the noise of holiday
celebrations however joyous.
Samhain is also said to be the time when the veil between
the living and te dead is thinnest, allowing us some communication with those
who have departed. How befitting this is for such a time of endings and
beginnings. Reflections on death can be as instructive as the self-examinations
just mentioned. When we think of those who have died, it reminds us of time
passing by and of things we could have or should have done. These reminders,
coupled with our lists of past and future actions, encourages us to take our
New Year's resolutions far more seriously. We know our time is limited, and
most of us have much to do in our allotted time. Most of us have to make a
living somehow, but death reminds us that we had better spend some of that time
in pursuit of our other dreams lest they be lost in the struggle merely to
survive.
Samhain Ritual
The Samhain rituals I follow change a little from year to
year. I don't like to have a set of mandatory words or actions that might
prevent me from exploring new possibilities in meaning. However, I do include
the traditional Samhain rituals of sharing a feast (even if I am alone) and
some form of divination. Since it is best that you write/say your own words in
performing rituals, I will only include an outline here.
Prepare your house or room
Use black and orange candles, pumpkins (carved or not) and
other traditional "Halloween" items if you wish (most are actually
traditional for Samhain).
Prepare a table for the Feast of the Dead. It should be
covered with a black table cloth and set with black dishes (black paper plates
will do just fine). Place a chair at the head of the table, draped in black
cloth, to represent the spirit. The spirit's place is set with a plate with a
white votive candle on it. Set places for each of the dead that you hope will
join you, and place black votive candles on their plates. Plates for the living
(in my solitary ritual, just one) are empty, of course, awaiting the feast food
to be served.
Food preparation
My feast is usually very simple: bread, fruit, nuts, and
juice or wine. If you've invited living guests, it is common to make the feast
potluck. However, since the actual feast will take place in silence, try not to
have too many things that would have to be passed or requested.
Light the candles and turn out the lights
Call the quarters (ask the Guardians of the Watchtowers to
witness and protect your circle).
Cast a circle (use whatever method you've been taught).
Invite the deities
There are certain Goddesses that I always invite to my
rituals. It seems especially important to invite them on Samhain, as I will
want to thank them for their help during the past year, and of course, ask that
they continue to help me in the coming year. If the departed loved ones were
especially close to any deities, I invite them as well.
Feast of the Dead
Light the candles on the plates of the dead and the spirit.
The feast should take place in silence so that you can think about your
departed friends and relatives. Think of their passing and your hopes for their
joyous return. If someone is recently departed, try to put aside your sadness
and think of that soul as well and happy in the presence of the Goddess.
Speak in silence an invitation to these loved ones, asking
them to join in your feast. Use your own words for this. You know these
individuals and can speak to them in a way to which they are likely to respond.
Sit at your table and eat the food you have brought to it.
Feel the presence of those who have joined you and rejoice in their presence.
Allow them to speak to you of whatever they want to communicate. Take as long
as you wish at the table, listening to those you have invited and speaking to
them in silence.
When the feast is over, thank your spirit guests for coming,
bid them farewell, extinguish the candles on the plates, and leave the table.
Banishings and
Resolutions
Now is the time to bring out one of those lists! Before
Samhain, write a list of things from the last year that you want to banish: bad
habits and addictions, unkind feelings toward others, unkind feelings toward
yourself.... anything you do not want to carry over to the New Year. Light a
black candle and burn the list, asking the Goddess and God to help you get rid
of these and all negative things in your life. If you prefer, you can put about
1/4 cup of alcohol in a cauldron, light it, and burn the paper there. Speak to
the deities (you can speak aloud now) about your sincere wish to remove these
things from your life. Use a banishing chant, if you wish.
Now you should speak to the deities about those things you
want to bring into your life in the New Year. I do these things rather
informally, but there are many poems and prose pieces in books that you might
want to use. Asking the deities for future rewards must be accompanied by
resolutions as to how you will accomplish your goals. They will help you if you
are sincere in your efforts to help yourself.
Divination
Because the two worlds are so close at Samhain, it is the
perfect time for divination. I prefer to use a cauldron of water for scrying,
since the cauldron seems to fit the mood of Samhain (not to mention Halloween
tradition). You may prefer Tarot cards, a pendulum, or runes....whatever method
works best for you. Obviously, the goal of this divination is to see what lies
ahead in the next year.
Meditation
All of my rituals include some form of meditation. This is
when I ask my personal Goddesses to guide me, advise me, and generally keep me
on the right path. I also use this time to thank them in a more personal way
than by reciting a poem of thanksgiving. At Samhain, I thank them for all their
gifts in the last year and ask them to continue helping me in the New Year.
Sometimes this part of the ritual takes the form of a
shamanic journey in which I am taken to a far away place (sometimes familiar,
sometimes not) and where I may be given signs that will help me know what I
should do (either in general or in specific situations). Take as long with your
meditation as you need.
Thank the Deities
Give thanks to the deities you have invited by offering them
food. I usually say something like "all things come from the Earth and to
the Earth they must return." Whatever food and drink I offer (usually
bread and wine), I eat a little and save the rest to place or pour on the Earth
later.
Open the circle
Thank and dismiss the Guardians
Blessed Be!
A word about
invitations to the dead
For my solitary Samhain Feast of the Dead, I invite not only
departed humans but special animals as well. I doubt that this is customary
since the feast is usually for one's ancestors. However, when one of my beloved
pets has passed away, his or her passing leaves an empty place in my household
and in my life, just as the passing of a person would. I choose to believe that
the Goddess takes these creatures and cares for them as She would any human.
They are far purer in heart than any human could be, and their love is perfect
and unconditional. Surely their spirits deserve whatever rewards await the rest
of us. So, at Samhain, I invite these loving creatures to join in my feast
where I can once again feel their presence and their uncomplicated devotion to those
they love. In their honor, I also invite either Bast, the Egyptian Cat Goddess,
or Diana, Goddess of the hunt and mistress of dogs, both wild and tame.
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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Sacred Sound w/Devaa Haley on Voices of the Sacred Feminine this MON
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Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:04 am (PDT)
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