Messages In This Digest (7 Messages)
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- New Czech Review of Haitian Vodou Handbook From: Kenaz Filan
- 2a.
- Ancestor Ritual for Samhain From: Silver Fox
- 3a.
- Ancient Greek Samhain Festivals From: Silver Fox
- 4.
- Are You Superstitious About Black Cats? From: Silver Fox
- 5.
- Autumn: The Croning Time From: Silver Fox
- 6a.
- hi From: Kenaz Filan
- 7a.
- Full Moon Ceremony - Gathering of Spirits From: New Pagan Journeys
Messages
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New Czech Review of Haitian Vodou Handbook
Posted by: "Kenaz Filan" kenazfilan@gmail.com houngancoquilledumer
Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:59 am (PDT)
I just discovered a Czech
review<http://moje-kniha-stinu. >ofblog.cz/1010/ haitske-woodoo- kenaz-filan
*The Haitian Vodou Handbook*, or as they say in Prague, *Haitské Voodoo:
Magie duchù a kouzel*. Alas, I am utterly lacking in knowledge of Czech, and
so I must rely on the rather rough Google
translation<http://translate.google.com/ >.translate? hl=en&sl= cs&u=http: //moje-kniha- stinu.blog. cz/1010/haitske- woodoo-kenaz- filan&prev= http://blogsearc h.google. com/blogsearch% 3Fhl%3Den% 26ie%3DUTF- 8%26scoring% 3Dd%26q%3D% 2522kenaz% 2Bfilan%2522% 26lr%3D%26sa% 3DN
But if is to be believed, Mika found that:
*Je velmi ètivì napsaná a vìøím ,¾e mi jako¾to nezasvìcenému ètenáøi
poskytla pomìrnì slu¹nou základní pøedstavu o tom ,co to vlastnì woodoo je a
pøedstavila mi nìkteré nejznámìj¹í Lwa.*
*(In Googlespeak "It is written very readable and I believe that I, as the
uninitiated reader gave a rather good basic idea of what it actually is a
voodoo and introduced me to some of the most famous Lwa.")*
I was especially fascinated to discover the similarities between the Kongo
and pre-Christian Slavic view of the crossroads and graveyards as holy
places: the description of possession among Slavic magicians in 1071 were
very interesting as well. Hearty thanks are in order to Mika, and to
Knihkupectví Fontána for giving me voice in another tongue.
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kenaz filan
kenazfilan @ gmail.com | 917 267 7469
kenazfilan.blogspot.com | www.kenazfilan. com
author:
the haitian vodou handbook
vodou love magic
drawing down the spirits (w/raven kaldera)
vodou money magic
the power of the poppy (forthcoming)
the new orleans voodoo handbook (forthcoming)
--
kenaz filan
kenazfilan @ gmail.com | 917 267 7469
kenazfilan.blogspot.com | www.kenazfilan. com
author:
the haitian vodou handbook
vodou love magic
drawing down the spirits (w/raven kaldera)
vodou money magic
the power of the poppy (forthcoming)
the new orleans voodoo handbook (forthcoming)
--
kenaz filan
kenazfilan @ gmail.com | 917 267 7469
kenazfilan.blogspot.com | www.kenazfilan. com
author:
the haitian vodou handbook
vodou love magic
drawing down the spirits (w/raven kaldera)
vodou money magic
the power of the poppy (forthcoming)
the new orleans voodoo handbook (forthcoming)
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Ancestor Ritual for Samhain
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:02 am (PDT)
Ancestor Ritual for Samhain
By Tempest Owlsbard
Purpose: to honor the ancestors and friends whom have gone before us. This ritual also gives honor the witches and pagans that died before us in the Burning Times.
Materials:
One large black candle in a high sitting holder
Birthday candles (white)
Sand
Cauldron
God and Goddess candle.
Procedure: Gather all the supplies and place them on the alter table. Put the sand into the cauldron.
Cast the circle.
Call the quarters.
Invoke the deities.
Say:
Crone, Goddess of the Cauldron of rebirth, on this night when the weil is thin we invoke you. Lady of the summerland, matron of death and rebirth, in this rite we honor you and our ancestors. We invoke yea wise crone! So mote it be!
Lord of winter and of shadowed sleep, co-ruler of the under world we invoke thee! So mote it be!
Light the black candle. Say:
We light this candle to all the witches and pagans that died in the Burning Times. We honor their sacrifice for our freedom. So mote it be!
We call our ancestors and other positive spirits to this circle to share in our honoring rite. We stir only those who can and wish to come. This rite is in your honor.
Anyone present may light candle(s) in memory of friends, family, pets, etc. and place them into the cauldron. Feel free to say afew words or remain silent.
Thank the ancestors.
Thank the deities.
Thank and dismiss the corners.
Uncast the Circle.
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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Ancient Greek Samhain Festivals
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:05 am (PDT)
Ancient Greek Samhain Festivals
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~ mclennan/ BA/GSF.html
Introduction
Because Ancient Greek festivals were held according to a lunar calendar, which was often out of step with the solar year, it is difficult to say what festivals would correspond to Samhain.
In Homer's time the cosmical setting (first visible setting on western horizon at sunrise) of Orion, the Pleiades and the Hyades, which marked the beginning of the winter, herding season, occurred at the beginning of November (Nov. 5-10, by various computations). (Orion was the son of Poseidon and Euruale, daughter of Minos and sister of Ariadne, about whom more later.). Significantly, these constellations, which mark the seasons, are at the center of the Shield of Achilles (Iliad XVIII), that famous mandala of the Homeric Universe.
In classical Greek times there were several important festivals that nominally occur at the end of October and beginning of November. Two of these, which occur on the same day
(7 Puanepsion), are especially interesting; they are followed on the next day by the
Theseia (for Theseus), which is intimately connected with the first two.
Festivals
Puanepsia
Oskhophoria
Theseia
Puanepsia
The Puanepsia is in honor of Phoebus (Bright) Apollo, Helios (the Sun) and the Horai
(the "Hours" or Seasons) - all solar deities connected with the turning of the year.
The festival celebrates late autumn fruit gathering and seeks divine blessings for the
autumn sowing. In the cycle of the year it balances the (nominally late May) Thargelia,
a first-fruit festival for Apollo (marked by the first appearance in the east at dawn
of Orion, the Pleiades and Hyades - their heliacal rising).
In the procession, every child with two living parents carries an Eiresiônê: a wand of
laurel (sacred to Apollo), 2-3 feet long, decorated with fruit and pastries in the
shape of lyres (sacred to Apollo), and cups and vine branches (for Dionysos; see
below). As the children come to each house, they sing:
The Eiresione bears rich cakes
and figs and honey in a jar, and olive oil
to sanctify yourself, and cups
of mellow wine that you may drink and fall asleep.
If you give the children a gift, then they will give you an Eiresione, which will bring
good luck all year long if fixed above the door. If your house is off the path of the
procession, you can place your own Eiresione to bless your house.
The Puanepsia gets its name from "puanon epsein" (to boil beans), in reference to the
special Panspermia (Allseeds) served at the festival; it is composed of boiled beans,
leguminous vegetables and cereals boiled in a cauldron. This is in celebration of the
return of Theseus (see below), for these were the only provisions they had left from
which to make an offering. Sowing rituals typically involve a Panspermia.
Oskhophoria
The Ôskhophoria, in honor of Dionysos, occurs on the same day as the Puanepsia. It may seem odd to honor Apollo and Dionysos, so often taken as polar opposites, on the same day, but we must remember that They share Delphi, and this is the time of year when the changing of the guard occurs. An ancient pot shows Them shaking hands over the Omphalos (World Naval) at Delphi.
The procession is led by the Oskhophoroi, two men dressed as women in ankle length tunics; this commemorates the two youths whom Theseus disguised as maidens to protect the other maidens (see below). They carry vine branches still bearing grapes (ôskhoi).
The herald carries a wand with a garland wrapped around it, rather than on his head, to signify the triumph of Theseus return mixed with the grief for his father's death. The procession also includes "Dinner Carriers," women bringing the Sacred Meal, which represents the meat, bread, and encouraging tales that the parents brought to the Twice-seven Children, who went to Crete with Theseus. When the procession, which starts at temple of Dionysos, arrives at the Shrine of Athena Skira (Athena as protectress of the grape harvest), there are cries of "Eleleu! Iou! Iou!" This is a paradoxical combination of encouragement (Eleleu) and woe (Iou), which recalls both Theseus' return, and the death of Dionysos by which He is reborn.
The Oskhophoria balances summer (nominally mid-June) festivals, the Arrhephoria (for
Athena) and Skiraphoria (for Athena, Dionysos and Poseidon; see below).
Theseia
The Theseia, in honor of Theseus, is celebrated by processions, sacrifices and athletic
contests. The sacred meal includes meat, distributed to the people, for Theseus was a
benefactor of the people, and Atharê, a porridge of husked wheat and milk.
Ariadne and Theseus' Descent into the Labyrinth and Return
To throw some additional light on these festivals, and provide a subject for meditation, I will retell the story of Ariadne and Theseus' Descent into the Labyrinth and Return Home.
King Minos of Crete was a son of Europa the Bull and of Zeus, and was especially dear to Him (they met in the Idaen Cave every nine years to renew his kingship), but had angered His brother Poseidon. For he had promised to sacrifice to the Sea God his most beautiful bull, but when the time came he could not bring himself to do so. In this and other ways Minos (lord of a maritime empire!) had neglected the God of the Sea. Therefore Poseidon caused Minos' queen Pasiphaê to fall in love with the bull (for she had also neglected the Rites of Aphrodite). Through the contrivance of Daidalos, the master craftsman from Athens, they were able to mate, and so was born the monster Minotaur (from Minoos Tauros = the Bull of Minos), who was named Asterios (Star). Minos ordered that Daidalos build the Labyrinth to house it; like Hades' realm, it is easy to go in, but difficult, if not impossible, to come out again.
Crete and Athens were in conflict for many reasons. First, Daidalos, an exile from Athens, was instrumental in bringing the shame of the Minotaur upon Minos, but he also collaborated in Minos' plans. Also Androgeos, a son of Minos, had won all the games at the Panathenaia (the Athenian festival for Athena!) and befriended the enemies of King Aigeus of Athens, but then had been killed, either by treachery of accident. But most of all, Minos, son of Zeus, was alienated from Poseidon, a patron of Athens. (Recall that Athena and Poseidon had competed to see which would be the principal patron of Athens.)
When Athens was struck with a terrible drought the oracle of Apollo was consulted, and the God said that Minos had to be appeased. Therefore Minos demanded that every nine years, seven youths and seven maidens, chosen from the noblest of Athenian families, were to be sacrificed to the Minotaur.
Now the hero Theseus was taken to be the son of King Aigeus, but everyone says his real father was Poseidon, perhaps because He came to Theseus' mother Aithra (the Bright) when she was wading in the sea at Sphairia after having sex with Aigeus.
When Minos came for the Twice-seven, Theseus was chosen for the sacrifice. Theseus picked seven valiant youths and seven brave maidens to go with him to try to slay the beast. But in place of two of the maidens he picked two boys with girlish features, and trained them to walk and talk like girls, so that they could go among the maidens and protect them with their greater strength. The parents of the Twice-seven brought food down to the boats, and in spite of their grief tried to encourage the children with songs and stories.
While the black-sailed ship was returning to Crete, Minos began to molest one of the maidens, Eriboia, but Theseus stopped him, by his authority as a son of Poseidon. Minos asserted that he was a son of Zeus, and in proof called upon the Father to make a sign, whereupon the heavens shook with thunder. Then Minos threw his golden ring into the sea and challenged Theseus to prove his parentage by recovering it. Theseus immediately jumped into the water, where he was led by dolphins to his father Poseidon. In addition to the ring, Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon and Queen of the Sea, gave him a crown and cloak of royal purple. Athena was also there to encourage him. When he returned to the ship with these treasures, his pedigree was proved.
Ariadne (whose name means "Very Holy") was the daughter of Minos, son of Zeus, and of Pasiphae (All-shining), daughter of the Sun. Nevertheless she hoped for some means of escape from the her father's tainted kingdom, where she was Mistress of the Labyrinth. When she beheld Theseus disembarking from the boat, she immediately fell in love with him, but also saw him as her means of escape. She consulted with Daidalos and he taught her that the only way to ascend out of the Labyrinth was by the exact same path by which one had descended into it. And so she devised the method called Ariadne's Thread (Linon Ariadnês), by which Theseus might escape after the monster was killed.
Ariadne also had a radiant circular crown of gold, made by Aphrodite, which Dionysos had given her in token of His love. She gave this to Theseus, and Ariadne's Crown (Stephanos Ariadnês) illuminated his journey and guided him along the way. The Beast was slain and the Athenians were able to return from the Labyrinth. Before the admiring eyes of Ariadne, Theseus played a lyre (given him by Athena) and led the Twice-seven in a labyrinthine dance of celebration on the Dancing Floor (Choros Ariadnês), which Daidalos had made for her. Ariadne placed her Crown on Theseus' head in token of victory.
The Athenians broke holes in the hulls of all the ships but their own and set sail on it with Ariadne. However, a strange wind blew the ship to the isle of Dia (Divine). There, Theseus and Ariadne were offered "mellow wine that you might drink and fall asleep." While they slept, Dionysos came to Theseus in a dream and claimed the princess as His bride; when he awoke, Athena led him away and told him that his destiny was in Athens, and that he must leave Ariadne behind. Theseus sadly boarded his ship and the wind carried it quickly from shore.
Dionysos arrived in a chariot drawn by black panthers and awoke Ariadne from her deathlike sleep in time for her to see the ship disappearing over the horizon. First she offered him her cup and He filled it with His divine wine. Then He returned to her the Crown of His Love, and the two ascended together into the heavens where Her Crown is still visible (the constellation Corona). She is now a Goddess and dwells with Dionysos, Her Olympian husband. She bore Him two boys, Oinopion (from oinos = wine) and Staphulos (from staphulê = a bunch of grapes).
Theseus forgot, either because he was consumed with sorrow for having to leave Ariadne behind, or perhaps because Athena or Dionysos made him forget, that he had promised his father that if he was successful and killed the Minotaur he would take down the black sail and put up a white one. When King Aigeus saw the black sail come over the horizon, he threw himself in grief from the Acropolis, at the place where the Temple of Athena Nike stands, and so Theseus became king.
The ship touched land and Theseus and the Twice-seven made an offering of the only provisions they had left: beans, leguminous vegetables and cereals, which they boiled in a cauldron. Soon a herald arrived from Athens with a laurel wreath with which to crown Theseus in token of victory. But when Theseus heard of his father's death, he refused the wreath, and with the wreath wrapped around his staff, the herald led the Athenian children back to the city in a procession of grief for the old king and triumph for the new. So also each year dies to make way for the next.
Sources
Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, pp. 248-249, 260-277.
Carl Kerenyi, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames & Hudson, 1951, pp. 269-272.
M. P. Nilsson, Greek Folk Religion, Harper & Row, p. 29, 34-35.
Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1996, s.vv. labyrinth, Minos.
Ginette Paris, Pagan Grace, Spring Publs., pp. 39-44.
H. W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians, Cornell Univ. Press, pp. 75-82.
E. Simon, Festivals of Attica, Univ. Wisc. Press, pp. 75-77, 89-92, 107.
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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Are You Superstitious About Black Cats?
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:06 am (PDT)
Are You Superstitious About Black Cats?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ blogs/pets/ detail?entry_ id=49608# ixzz0VWnrYASu
Let me begin this Halloween-inspired post by stating the obvious: a cat, no matter what its color, cannot influence fortune. But, of course... this hasn't stopped people from believing in the "special powers" of black cats for centuries.
In many countries, having a black cat cross your path is considered lucky.
Whether you believe that these inky felines are good luck or bad could largely depend on where you grew up: If you hail from the United States or most European countries, walking in a black cat's wake might make you quake in your boots. But if you come from the United Kingdom or Japan, seeing a black cats cross your path will likely make you grin because your luck is about to change for the better.
The direction the cat in question is traveling also counts for a lot. Leave it to the Germans to have the most precise rule about black cats: if they cross your path from right to left it's considered a bad omen. But if they saunter left to right, the cat is granting favorable times for you. In most parts of the world, a black cat walking towards you is considered a sign that good luck is coming your way, but if they turn around before they reach you, all bets are off.
In Italy, many hold the superstition that if a black cat lies on a sick persons bed, death is not far off. In China, some believe black cats are harbingers of famine and poverty. But when Latvian farmers discover coal-colored kitties in their grain silos they dance with joy. They believe these black beauties embody the spirit of Rungis, a god of harvests. And in Scotland, finding back kittens near your home is a sure sign of riches and happiness to come.
The ancient Egyptians revered black cats and treated them as royalty. In fact, killing a black cat was considered a capital offense. These favored felines were mummified upon their death to preserve them for the afterlife.
Chasing black cats out of your house is thought by some to ensure that yours will not be a lucky home. It is also believed that stroking the fur of black felines will bring health and wealth. Many people around the world claim that there is a single white hair to be found on even the blackest of cats. And if you can pull out that hair without getting a scratch, you'll have a long, happy and prosperous marriage.
So, how did black cats become associated with witchcraft? In the 15th century, witch hunts spread like wildfire across Europe in a horribly misguided effort to put the kibosh on pagan religions. Many people believed that all witches kept "familiars" — small creatures including frogs, birds, snakes and very often cats — to help them cast evil spells. And if that cat was black — a color associated with magic and sorcery — look out. It became "proof" that the unfortunate victim was a witch or warlock and was a sure ticket to a date with some rope and a few stakes.
Puritan Christians believed that witches had the power to transmute themselves into black cats to avoid death, which inspired many stories and legends. While being sentenced to death, a German witch is said to have cackled at the judge, spat threats at the priest and cursed her executioner. As the story goes, she was dragged from the court and tied to a stake for burning. As the flames rose around her there was a flash of light and a black cat leaped from the flames and ran through the astonished crowd.
King Charles I of England is reported to have kept what he believed to be a lucky black cat as a pet. He was so fearful of losing it that he had it guarded day and night. The cat reportedly died the day before Oliver Cromwell's parliamentary troops came and arrested the king for high treason. Not long after, the king was beheaded. Alas, his luck had truly run out.
Regardless of what superstitions continue to circulate about cats — of the black or other varieties — it's safe to say that most people feel very lucky to have them in their lives.
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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Autumn: The Croning Time
Posted by: "Silver Fox" silverfox_57@hotmail.com trickster9993
Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:06 am (PDT)
Autumn: The Croning Time
By Lady AbigailHigh Priestess Ravensgrove CovenGreenfield, IN area Copyright © 01102009Source: Celtic Whispers E-zine
Spirited away, my energy gently glides above the tree tops like a down feather blown within the circling wind. Below, I see the quilted workings of Mother Earth in the patches of green grass, freshly plowed ground and fields of grain ready now for the harvest. The air is sweet and cool as it moves round my body and delights me like loving whispers of voices unknown. Faeries dance on wing; their joyous laughter calling my spirit ever on. Reaching down, I try to grasp a bright purple leaf from atop the sugar maple. As my energy moves within the magickal moment, I feel the sun warming me as it moves through the essences of my being, giving glimmers of what possibilities lie just beyond... And then, in a sound, a spark of light, the cracking of a twig, I find myself laying atop the freshly cut hay ready for baling.
Yet looking down I find within my hand the big and beautiful purple leaf from the top of the old sugar maple. Did I pick it up in my dreams or from under the tree? In my heart I shall always believe it came within that veil of magick just between dreams and what others call reality.I always looked forward to sharing my adventures with my Great Grandmother. She, in her wisdom, would listen to each of my quests with attentive wonder and delight. It didn't matter if they were ones of my chasing a frog down the creek bank for a few short and muddy hours, or those that carried me above the tree tops and into the veils of magick and possibility. She was there for me, smiling and teaching; teaching me many lessons I still remember even today.
Now that Autumn is here and Samhain is quickly approaching, I cannot help but remember the magick I felt and still feel today in this time of changing. The energy seems to rise within my spirit, as it sparks and dances across the essence of my soul. It touches me in memories and stories shared as my Great Grandmother would teach the old ways and the understanding of the Seasons of Life. In this, I again feel I can soar above the tree tops in the arms of Autumn.
Fall is more than a season or that time of transition from summer to winter. Fall is what my Great Grandmother called the "Croning Time;" that time where the giving of life moves to the teaching of life within wisdom, no longer giving birth to new life, but nurturing all that is life and all that life brings.
Autumn is the "Spirit Goddess of the Changing." She is guardian of the Croning Time." Autumn in Her feminine form, is welcoming us unto Her as She, in wisdom, changes to the Crone. Autumn is a Grandmother Goddess and a keeper of the Cauldron of Life. She is wise with great knowledge and the understanding which has grown within and of her experiences. Proud and strong, She dresses in the glorious colors of all that She is and shall be again.
As the Great Crone, Autumn, welcomes us with understanding of our own personal changes within the seasons that are life. She teaches us that Fall, as the Croning Time, is a time of celebration and joy. As we celebrate the seasons and ourselves, we find the wisdom within to see the beauty held in all the colors that make life the magick that it truly is.
Today in the eternal goal of everlasting youth, we find disgrace in and hide the changes of our personal seasons of life. Wrinkles are no longer seen as the lines of knowledge and understanding from the roads in life we have traveled and conquered. Now they are marks of shame for what nature brings us. We fight and pull and dug until sometimes, we can not even recognize the reflection looking back at us in the mirror.
Graying hair is no longer a crown of wisdom, but a symbol of old age to be hidden. Age is no longer held as a destination of honor but is approached with the fear that we will be cast away, unimportant and forgotten. For our society finds it easier to lock away the wisdom of the aged behind closed doors than to seek the secrets held within. Perhaps age causes us dread because it uncovers within what our emotions fear. For when we are faced with those aged by life it reminds us each of the approach of inevitable death. Death no longer being a new beginning but the end of what was.
Autumn, as the Great Crone reminds us, that time life and death are but a thought, a moment flashing past eternity. Not to be feared but each to be relished and enjoyed. For as with the seasons, each holds it on gifts. Spring, Her excitement of the possibilities of the magick life holds anew. Summer, Her knowledge growing as She gives birth to new beginnings and eternal hope. Autumn, in Her wisdom and beauty reminds us of all that we have and all we have to give. Winter, wraps us in Her soft blanket of white that we might rest within the arms of Mother Earth to be reborn again in Spring. For this time shall come again as time circles forward in the Great Wheel of Life.
For thousands of years, women of wisdom and age were honored, valued and revered as the Elder Women. Autumn, as the Spirit Goddess of the Changing, is also the guardian of the Croning Time. Dressed in Her radiant colors, She reminds us of the respect held by those who are entering The Croning Time. Autumn allows us to reclaim our identity and status of the ancients, as Crones and Elders. We are coming of age; accessing our wisdom and acting upon it. Croning is the process of becoming active wise women.
Croning can begin at any age and is particularly relevant for women 45 and older. Yet, even men can become Crones within their on understandings of this passage. Personal experiences of aging provide the understanding of your path within this Time of Changing. It is up to us to decide how the circumstances of life transform us and move us forward.
We can no more hold back time and aging than we can stop the Great Wheel as it moves forward in its seasons. Perhaps the reason we all find such a joyous renewal in the energy of fall is the power that Autumn gives us over the fear of change, in both life and death. Change should not be feared but celebrated, for life has given us another year of wonder, magick and beauty. My Great Grandmother opened my eyes to the magick of the seasons. She walked with me as I found the Goddess all around me, dressed in Her bright and fiery colors of reds, oranges, purples, and gold's. When I became tired, she encouraged me to walk forward on the hillsides and watch the morning rise as the glistening dew gave a kaleidoscope of color on the leaves. When I became weak, she would carry me until I could once more hear the sweet mystical voice flowing in the breeze that would renew my spirit.
Autumn is the Croning Time, a time of magick, a time for renewal of spirit. As you experience the mysterious energy of this mystical season, allow the child within you to replenish your soul . . . and again look to the tree tops in their beauty and touch the veils beyond. Now I am the Crone, proud to teach those within my life in honor to my Great Grandmother. Let the magick of the Season truly touch your spirit as you walk forward in the colors 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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Full Moon Ceremony - Gathering of Spirits
Posted by: "New Pagan Journeys" friends@newpaganjourneys.com new_pagan_journeys
Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:40 pm (PDT)
Description: full moon.jpgNew Pagan Journeys
would like to invite you to a,
Full Moon Ceremony - Gathering of Spirits,
a Circle of Witches, and open to all seekers. The particulars are as
follows:
Type: Open Witches Circle & Full Moon Ceremony
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 6:30pm
Location: New Pagan Journeys
11945 SW Pacific Highway, Suite 306
Tigard, OR 97223
Description
Looking for an activity group based around Neo Paganism?
. Interested in finding a coven?
. Have no clue where to start looking?
. Let's start a group to talk about the pagan community, what
resources are out there for us?
. Who can we look to for teaching?
. Where are all the Esbats and Sabbats?
. Want to practice magick with a group, but you've never done it
before?
. Worried about your skill level and the degree system in place as a
witch or a wiccan? No worries, this isn't the place for the degree system,
this is a place of magick and intelligence.
This is a group for the generation of searching souls. The ceremony tonight
will be for the full moon ritual filled with light, energy. Snacks will be
provided including Homemade Apple Pies.
This group is lead by Lilith Silverkrow of New Pagan Journeys Metaphysical
Shop and Community Center for learning. Please RSVP and bring a friend the
more the merrier and we have lots of space to fit you :)
Lilith Silverkrow
Owner, Shamanic Soul Coach
LilithSilverkrow@newpaganjourneys .com
http://www.NewPaganJourneys. com
New Pagan Journeys
11945 SW Pacific Hwy, Suite 306
Tigard, Oregon 97223
(503)488-5486
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This Earthwise Book of Shadows group holds the expectation
that a tolerant, mature and respectful dialogue be strived
for in our communications with each other. Members are
encouraged to challenge anyone not adhering to these
principles and to notify the list owner Astarte if you are
offended by a posting, write to me at
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Earthwise is a world wide group.
We are based in Western Sydney, NSW. Australia.
Located in the valley before the beautiful Blue Mountains were
we hold sacred rituals, workshops, social events and outings,
for more information see our calendar of events at Witches Meetup
http://witches.meetup.com/1293/
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Astarte also works full time as a Psychic Counsellor, Medium,
Clairvoyant, Healer and Teacher.
If she can be of assistance to you, please see her home page at
www.earthwise.net.au
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Astarte is always sourcing new suppliers of quality pagan
related items, to purchase wholesale or even put on consignment,
she willing to purchase worldwide items for the Earthwise Store.
If you have something of interest please contact Astarte
earthwise@bigpond.com
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ø¤º°` Earthwise ø¤º°`
<:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::]]======0
The Worldwide Spirit of Paganism
in Australia, America & Worldwide!
Take a Look at Our Huge EBay Store
For all your Magickal & Ritual Supplies
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Astarte-Earthwise
___________________________________________________________________________
This Earthwise Book of Shadows group holds the expectation
that a tolerant, mature and respectful dialogue be strived
for in our communications with each other. Members are
encouraged to challenge anyone not adhering to these
principles and to notify the list owner Astarte if you are
offended by a posting, write to me at
earthwise@bigpond.com
Thank you.
___________________________________________________________________________
Earthwise is a world wide group.
We are based in Western Sydney, NSW. Australia.
Located in the valley before the beautiful Blue Mountains were
we hold sacred rituals, workshops, social events and outings,
for more information see our calendar of events at Witches Meetup
http://witches.meetup.com/1293/
___________________________________________________________________________
Astarte also works full time as a Psychic Counsellor, Medium,
Clairvoyant, Healer and Teacher.
If she can be of assistance to you, please see her home page at
www.earthwise.net.au
___________________________________________________________________________
ARE YOU CREATIVE?
Astarte is always sourcing new suppliers of quality pagan
related items, to purchase wholesale or even put on consignment,
she willing to purchase worldwide items for the Earthwise Store.
If you have something of interest please contact Astarte
earthwise@bigpond.com
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