Messages In This Digest (8 Messages)
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- Birthday Reminder From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
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- Saturday's Correspondence...December 31 HAPPY NEW YEAR! From: Cher Chirichello
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- Today's Goddess:.HEKATE Hekate's Day (Greece/Rome) From: Cher Chirichello
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- Conjuring a Goal Spell From: Cher Chirichello
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- Daily Aromatherapy Tip...Hangover Cure From: Cher Chirichello
- 6a.
- Indian Devotional Song To Kali From: Cher Chirichello
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- New Year Inspiration to Help Light THe Way From: Holly Stokes
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- Happy New Years From: Grandfather Oak
Messages
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Birthday Reminder
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Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:40 am (PST)
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Saturday's Correspondence...December 31 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:55 am (PST)
Saturday's Correspondence...December 31 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Today's Influences: Conjurations, Predictions, Knowledge, Writing, Eloquence
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Deities: Saturn, Hecate, Aset [Isis], Demeter, Ceres, Spider Woman, Bona Dea, Oya, Devi-Kali, Hella, Rhiannon, Coatlique, Maman Brigette, Sekhmet, Het Heret [Hathor]
Incense:Â Â Cinnamon, Cinquefoil
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Aromas: Sweetpea, Lavender, Mastic, Frankincense, Cloves
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Candle: Purple
Color: Black, dark purple, Grey
Planet: Saturn
Metal: Lead
Gemstones: Apache tear, obsidian, hematite
Herbs & Plants: Thyme, mullein, cypress
Associations: Agriculture and creativity, fortune and hope, protection and banishment of negativity
Use for magick involving mental issues, learning, higher education, addictions, communications, travel, young people, messages, perception, self-expression, artists, poets, and writersÂ
What's Happening Today:
Kwanzaa, Day 6: Kuumba (Creativity)
New Year's Eve
Hogmanay Day (Scotland)
Annual World Peace Meditation Day
Make Up Your Mind Day
Noche de Pedimento (Wishing Night)
Omisoka Day (Japan)
Congo Republic Day
St. Sylvester's Day
Watch Night
Namahge (Japan)
Comoros Independence Day
Unlucky Day (Astronomy)
National Champagne Day
Fairy Eve's Year News (Fairy)
Check the Smoke Alarms Day
Revolution Day (Ghana)
Cowbellion de Rakin Revel (Alabama)
No Resolution Day
Samoan Fire Dance (Western Samoa)
You're All Done Day
Allendale Baal Fire Festival
Aztec Malinalli Day. A day for persevering against all odds & for creating alliances that will survive the test of time
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New Year's Eve - Out with the old and in with the new. Before midnight, sweep and clean your house and take out all the trash because you don't want to sweep tomorrow (you will sweep the good luck away) or take anything out of the house (you only want to bring new things in to insure abundance during the coming year). Be sure you finish any work you have in hand for a task carried over will never prosper.
Everything you do on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is freighted with significance. The American custom of spending the night with the one you love and kissing them at midnight insures that the relationship will flourish during the coming year. In Vienna, the pig is the symbol of good luck. Pigs are let loose in restaurants and everyone tries to touch it as it runs by for luck. In private homes, a marzipan pig, with a gold piece in its mouth, is suspended from a ribbon and touched instead. In Sarasota Springs, New York, it's a peppermint pig that brings good luck and good health for the coming year. The pig is cracked with a hammer after a holiday meal and shared among the guests.
The first person to cross your threshold after midnight brings luck into the house. In medieval Britain, the best possible first-footer was a tall dark-haired handsome man, who brought gifts of whisky, bread, a piece of coal or firewood and a silver coin. He entered in silence and no one spoke to him until he put the coal on the fire, poured a glass for the head of the house and wished everyone a Happy New Year. If this concept doesn't work for you, figure out what would and make sure it happens.
One popular method of divination, used to determine your future in the new year, is to prick a newly-laid egg at the smaller end with a pin, and let three drops of the egg white fall into a bowl of water. Interpret the designs it makes to get a glimpse of what will happen to you in the new year. Another traditional method of divination is to open a Bible at midnight and interpret the passage beneath your finger. Kightly, Charles, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, Thames & Hudson 1987 Spicer, Dorothy Gladys, The Book of Festivals, The Womans Press 1937
Kemet/Egypt: Lucky Day of Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess whose worship center was Memphis. Nursing mothers would pray to her to let down their milk.
Scotland: Hogmanay - the Scottish New Year. It was traditional for men to dress in animal skins ,wear horns or antlers, and
smoke sticks called Hogmanays to ward off evil spirits. At the moment of the new year, people opened all doors and windows to
let out the old and let in the new. Pots and pans were rattled to drive off the last vestiges of the old year and welcome the new.
Zoroasterianism: Maidyarem - the mid year or midwinter feast. Continues through Jan. 4th.
Greek: The last day of each month is sacred to the Goddess Hecate (Hekate). In ancient times, worshippers would leave a
"Hecate's Supper" with specially prepared foods as offerings to Hecate. The offerings were also gifts to appease the restless
ghosts, called apotropaioi by the Greeks. These offerings are best prepared for the goddess on the eve of the new moon, to be
left behind at crossroads at night, without looking back.
Let’s celebrate! - In Denmark the New Year is brought in with even more noise than in most countries. Young people go around pounding on their friends' front doors. To raise the New Year spirit even more, they throw shards of pottery, collected throughout
the previous year, against the sides of houses. And we thought we had it loud!
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Greece: On New Year’s Eve [St Basil’s Eve] children sing kalanda, from door to door; they carry an apple, an orange,
a paper ship, a paper star and a green rod cut from a cornel-tree. They tap the family members on the back with the
rod for luck. The householders give them treats. On New Year’s day this continues, sometimes with customary acts
such as stoking the fire and sprinkling wheat in the yard.
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In many parts of the world the New Year is greeted with a lot of noise, sometimes made by church bells. Originally this was to frighten away evil spirits that might try to sneak into the New Year and try to spoil it. People in the Northern Hemisphere sometimes lit bonfires for the same reason.
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New Year is celebrated at different times according to various calendars, eg Jewish, Chinese, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
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We have records from 4,000 years ago in Babylon of resolutions, as part of their New Year festivities. Often these were made publicly. To make good any outstanding debts and return anything borrowed were the most common. Today to lose weight and give up smoking are the most common, followed by - making good any outstanding debts and returning borrowed goods.
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The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all had the tradition of parading the first babies born in the year. In the 14th century the custom of showing a baby with a banner of the New Year around it began, in Germany.
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In Germany prowling demons & spirits of darkness must be routed this night by mummery & lots of noise. People used to dress in straw clothing with deerskin masks of animals & run through the streets, clanging & dragging chains (Birt?).
Mobile, Alabama: COWBELLION HERD ESCAPADE & REVEL honors Michael Krafft, who founded mystic society, "Cowbellion de Rakin" in 1830, first of all the mystic societies & crewes which stage the Mardi gras extravaganza in Mobile & New Orleans.
Japan: NAMAHAGE. Men dressed as devils go door-to-door screaming,
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St Silvester's Eve - Austrians consider this a rauchnacht or smoke-night when all rooms and animals must be purified with the smoke of incense and holy water, a purification ritual.
In The Winter Solstice, Matthews describes another Austrian custom, involving a masked figure called the Sylvester (from the Latin sylvan, meaning "from the woods"), a sort of Green Man who hides in the corner at inns throughout Austria and leaps out when a young man or woman passes to give them a kiss. The Sylvester wears a wreath of mistletoe, perhaps an emblem of fertility which he bestows with the kisses. When midnight comes, he is driven out of the room as a representative of the old year.
Matthews, John, The Winter Solstice, Quest 1998
Yemaya - Yemaya-Olokun, the Mother of the Sea, is honored on New Year's Eve. In Brazil, people dress in white, go down to the ocean, light candles in the sand and throw white flowers into the waves for Yemaya. Alma Guillermoprieto, the author of Samba, asked an older woman how she should pray and the woman suggested she say something like this:
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Yemanja, our Mother, please make [this year] a better year than [last year]. Not that [last year] was a bad year; don't get me wrong; I received many benefits, many good things happened to me and I'm not complaining. But now, thinking over everything that's happened, I would like to ask you for something from the bottom of my heart:: please bring me twice the amount of good things and take away half the number of bad. [p. 123] Luisah Teish provides suggestions for a beautiful Yemaya ritual in her book Carnival of the Spirit, along with good ideas for a New Year's ritual. Guillermoprieto, Alma, Samba, Vintage 1990
Teish, Luisah, Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage, Harper San Francisco 1994
Vesta - This day is set aside for honoring the Roman goddess of the hearth (see Hertha, Dec 21). As Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth, she was credited with the art of building houses (since every home was built around the sacred central fire).
Robert Graves speculates that the archaic white aniconic image of the Great Goddess found throughout the Eastern Mediterranean represents a heap of glowing charcoal, kept alive by a covering of white ash. It was tended by the woman of the house and was the center of family life and clan gatherings. He also mentions the Pythoness who induced trance by burning hemp, laurel and barley over an oil lamp in an enclosed space, and suggests that burning the same herbs over hot ashes would be just as effective for producing visions because of their narcotic fumes. Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Penguin 1955
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Today's Goddess:.HEKATE Hekate's Day (Greece/Rome)
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:57 am (PST)
Today's Goddess:.HEKATE
Hekate's Day (Greece/Rome)
Themes: Moon; Beginnings; Magick
Symbols: Serpent, Horse or Dog (her sacred animals); Light (specifically a torch); Myrrh; Silver; Moonstone
About Hekate: This Greco-Roman Goddess rules the moon and opportunities.
Tonight she
opens the path through which the old year departs and the new one
enters.
People customarily worship Hekate at crossroads, where the
worlds meet, which may by why she became a witch's Goddess.
On this, her
festival day, she bears a torch, lighting the way to the future.
To Do Today: At the eve of a new year, take a moment and pat yourself on the back
for a full year of Goddess-centered thinking and action.
Note your
achievements, and thank Hekate for helping you find the way when your
vision seemed clouded. An additional benefit here is that
speaking this
goddess's name today banishes unwanted ghosts, including those
figurative ghosts of past negative experiences.
Let Hekate take those
burdens so your new year will begin without anything holding you back.
To accent this
Goddess's power in your life throughout your celebrations today, wear
white or silver items, and light a white cande in her honor.
For a token
that will emphasize Hekate's magic and lunar energies whenever you
need them, bless a moonstone, saying :
Hekate, fill this silver stone;
keep your magick with me where'er I roam.
Carry this, keeping the Goddess close to your heart and spirit. Happy New Year!!
.By Patricia Telesco
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Conjuring a Goal Spell
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:09 am (PST)
Conjuring a Goal Spell
Our collective
focus now turns to the coming year, and to our goals, resolutions, and
new beginnings. To strengthen your focus on a new goal, select a card
from your favorite tarot deck that symbolizes your desire. If it's an
increasing or attracting goal, choose a night during the waxing Moon to
cast this spell. If it's a decreasing or releasing intention, choose a
night during the waning Moon. Light a white candle. Place your tarot
card in front of you. On a clean piece of paper write down your goal
three times, and place it in your wallet. Place the tarot card on your
altar. When the goal is achieved, burn the paper and return the card to
your deck.
By: Karri Allrich
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Daily Aromatherapy Tip...Hangover Cure
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:14 am (PST)
Daily Aromatherapy Tip...Hangover Cure
For those of you planning to ring in the New Year with a few cocktails we have just the blend for you.
Take the time to prepare this before going out.
Fennel 5 drops
Lavender 3 drops
Sandalwood 5 drops
Lemon 10 drops
Blend and bottle.
This will come in handy when you wake up with a hangover.
Use 8 drops of this blend in the bath. These essential oils will help the body return to it's pre hangover state.
p.s. Don't forget to drink plenty of water and remember sleep is the best remedy for a hangover.
Have a safe and Happy New Years eve and please do not drink and drive.
Enjoy!
Happy Holidays!
AromaThyme.com
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Indian Devotional Song To Kali
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:15 am (PST)
In the world's great market
sits a mother, flying a kite.
A hundred thousand kites
fly in the air above her.
She has covered her kite-string
with fine powdered glass.
It cuts the string of another kite.
Then, as that kite soars upwards
into free infinity, the mother laughs.
How she laughs! How she
claps her charmed hands!
~Indian Devotional Song To Kali
Everything must end. It should be possible to find as much joy in endings as there
is in beginnings. Yet we cling to the present, and resist acknowledging when it is time
to move on.
Each year we are given a small opportunity to learn to release the past. Each year ends,
moving into our memories. On New Year's Eve, we think about starting the new year. But
we are also ending the old one. It is a good time to examine our lives, seeking to discover
what we cling to that needs to be released. That release can bring joy. We only have to open
our hands, and let it drift away - the relationship, the ambition, the craving, the addiction.
Whether it was once good or not, whether it was something we had held for a long time or a
short time, we need to let it go. And as we do so, we can laugh in the freedom that follows.
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By Patricia Monaghan
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New Year Inspiration to Help Light THe Way
Posted by: "Holly Stokes" hollylstokes@gmail.com hollyberrysheart
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:42 am (PST)
Tonight we say our goodbyes to 2011 and and we welcome in a new year…
a new year of possibilities… a new year of second, third, fourth, etc
chances… a new year of becoming your own personal best… a new year to
set your own records… a new year to hope … a new year to love… a new
year to dream… and a new year to make those dreams a reality.
I keep hearing this commercial on television and radio about this
speaker who encourages our young to go after their dreams the quote
the commercial ends with is " If you do nothing to make your dreams
happen… your dream dies with you". If you take a moment to think
about that statement… you can imagine how sad that must be. I also
think about all the dreams in this world that were never realized and
that must have died within the dreamer. The question of the day is:
Will you be one of those dreamers who's ideas and dreams die when you
do or will you be one of those dreamers who goes after your dreams to
make them happen.
If you have passion about something, why not at least try your best to
make it happen. If it happens or not, at least you tried and maybe
someone around you caught that same passion and maybe .. just maybe
they will carry on with your vision after you are gone. You never know
unless you go after it.
Tonight here are a few things you may want to try:
~ Light a green candle with the intent of creating your future in a
positive and productive way.. imagine your dreams coming true and your
reality just as you dreamed it to be. Allow this candle to fully burn
out. Light it before the end of his year and let it burn over into the
new one. (Green can be substituted with any color if you don't have a
green one handy. Green is the color of health, wealth, success and
prosperity)
~ Do something productive to help manifest your dreams. (even if it's
simply writing down your vision)
~ Create a vision board of things you want to make happen this year
and keep it visible so that you can be reminded daily of your dreams
and of what you wish to manifest in the year to come.
~ Think postive thoughts…. sounds simple … but as you go through your
day pay attention to your thoughts and when a negative thought pops
into your head … push it away. Negative thoughts damper our
productivity and progress and are useless to us or anyone else.
Be sure and do at least 1 thing each day to help manifest your
dreams.. even if it's something as simple as meditating on that dream,
recognizing that dream, reminding yourself of the tasks you need to do
to make that dream a reality. Every day doesn't have to be filled with
huge tasks… but every day does need to be filled with a type of energy
that someday will help you realize your dreams.
Masny Blessings for a great year ahead!
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Happy New Years
Posted by: "Grandfather Oak" robert_patti@windstream.net grandfatheroak_wizard
Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:54 pm (PST)
Life is always changing, yet as we move into 2012 there’s one thing you can count on that never changes â€" the law of attraction! It’s your best friend - loyal, unbending, truthful, and it will never fail you. Whatever you think, say, and feel, comes back to you every single time! So bring glory, joy, and abundance to yourself and every other person with a good heart and a positive mind! Happy New Year! â€" Rhonda Byrne
Merry Meet everyone -
I wish to express upon everyone that no matter how bad we think we’ve had it this year â€" there are 1000’s that has had it worse. There’s nothing wrong with wanting better, it’s only human nature... however, never forget to give thanks for the many blessings received. With that being said â€" from me and mine to you and yours we wish you the very best in 2012. May the blessings be plenty and your worries few.
Blessed Be
Oak
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