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- "Share a Deity Day", 1/5/2011, 9:00 am From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
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- Prayers to Rita having Surgery From: Cher Chirichello
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- Metaphysical Study Group open to All, 1/5/2011, 7:30 pm From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
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- Blue Ridge Beltane 2011 From: Jenn Hawthorne
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- Thursday's Correspondence...Jan 6 From: Cher Chirichello
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- January 6 - Triple Goddess Day From: Cher Chirichello
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- Today's Goddess: KORE Festival of Kore (Greece) From: Cher Chirichello
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- Daily Aromatherapy Tip . Winter Protection From: Cher Chirichello
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- Homeric Hymn To Hera From: Cher Chirichello
Messages
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"Share a Deity Day", 1/5/2011, 9:00 am
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:45 am (PST)
Reminder from: which_witch_is_witch Yahoo! Group
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"Share a Deity Day"
Wednesday January 5, 2011
9:00 am - 10:00 am
(This event repeats every month on the first Wednesday.)
Notes:
"Share a Deity Today" Share info about a God/Goddess you are close to or work with, why do you feel so close and if it's around a holiday/sabbat/esbat/season/ occasion please Explain why and be prepared for any questions.
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Prayers to Rita having Surgery
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 7:38 am (PST)
Please send prayers and Energy out for Rita having Gallbladder surgery on 1/6, she goes by EarthMother on
the Yahoo group! We're here with you Rita!
Cher
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Metaphysical Study Group open to All, 1/5/2011, 7:30 pm
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Wed Jan 5, 2011 2:26 pm (PST)
Reminder from: which_witch_is_witch Yahoo! Group
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Metaphysical Study Group open to All
Wednesday January 5, 2011
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
(This event repeats every month on the first Wednesday.)
Location: Burlington County, New Jersey http://ourfavoriteplace.org
Notes:
Monthly Adult Study Group, held on the first Wednesday of every month, 21 years of age or older please, We discuss various topics on all things Wiccan/Pagan/Spiritual. If you have any questions please contact Ladi Ravyn at ladiravyn@verizon. net
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Blue Ridge Beltane 2011
Posted by: "Jenn Hawthorne" myautumnkitty@yahoo.com
Wed Jan 5, 2011 6:59 pm (PST)
We are pleased to announce a most wonderful venue for this year's Blue Ridge Beltane Festival--and hopefully the venue for years to come. This year's festival will be at:
Stoney Creek Resort
277 Lake Drive
Greenville, VA 24440
Check them out online at www.stoneycreekresort.net to see pictures of the land, check all the great amenities, get directions, see the menu to their on-site restaurant, and much more!
You're going to love Stoney Creek Resort! The owners can't wait to welcome us to the land and even join in some of the festivities!
Stoney Creek has something for everyone. Thanks to their great on-site restaurant, which offers meat and vegetarian dishes, we are working on a meal plan that we can offer this year. Many of the campsites have electricity at no extra charge--they will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. There is a lake for swimming, a club house if it gets rainy, miniature golf, volleyball, and many other recreational activities.
One of the best things of all about Stoney Creek is the layout. Thanks to Stoney Creek's wonderful land and the smart layout of the campground, we'll have a mostly self-contained stretch of land that won't require much walking to get from one activity to another. There will be lots of showers and bathrooms. You can find more, including maps, at their Web site.
We would like to extend our thanks to the family owners of Stoney Creek Resort for welcoming us with open arms. We also want to welcome all of you to join us at this incredible campsite, nestled in one of the most beautiful (and still accessible) areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains, for what promises to be the best Blue Ridge Beltane Festival to date!
For more info visit us at www.blueridgebeltane.org
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Thursday's Correspondence...Jan 6
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 8:12 pm (PST)
Thursday's Correspondence...Jan 6
Today's Influences: Destination, War, Courage, Surgery, Physical Strength
Deities: Thor, Zeus, Jupiter, Juno: Aset [Isis], Soorejnaree, Pingalla, Anna, Aine, Danu, Yngona, Bellona, Aida Wedo, Sun Woman
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Aromas: Hellebore, Carnation, Patchouli
Incense: Lignum Aloes, Plantain
Candle: Light Blue
Color: Royal blues, greens
Planet: Jupiter
Metal: Tin
Gemstones: Turquoise, amethyst, lapis lazuli
Herbs & Plants: Honeysuckle, oak trees, cinquefoil
Associations: Honor and family loyalty, harvests, clothing and riches, fealty
Waxing Moon - Time: From New Moon To Full (Approx. 14 Days)
Invoking Beginnings, New Projects, Ideas, Inspiration, Energy,
Vitality, Freedom. Workings On This Day Are For "Constructive" Magic
(Love, Wealth, Success, Courage, Friendship, Luck Or Health.)
Perform Spells involving courage, physical strength, revenge, surgery, and the breaking of negative spells.
What's Happening Today:
Twelfth Day (aka Twelfthtide)
Epiphany
Blessing of the Waters (Turkey)
Swap Day
King of the Bean (aka Bean Day)
Apple Tree Day
La Befana (Italy)
Maroon Festival (Jamaica)
Greek Cross Day
Three King's Day
Feast of Aesculapius (Greek God of Healing)
Perch Tenlauf (Austria)
Take a Poet to Lunch Day
Children's Day (Uruguay)
St. Peter Baptist's Day (patron of Japan)
Army Day (Iraq)
St. Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchoir's Day (patron of travelers)
Old Christmas Day
St. Macra's Day (patron against breast disease)
National Shortbread Day
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Christian/Pagan: Epiphany, Twelfth Night, Three Kings Day, Tirer Gâteau/Les rois (Voudun)
Greek: The sixth day of each month is sacred to the Goddess Artemis.
Greek/Roman: Koreion, the festival of Kore, also known as Persephone. In Roman-occupied Alexandria, water was drawn from
the Nile as part of the ceremonies. Theodosia celebrated the Gift of God on the island of Andros of ancient Greece, when it
is said that the water drawn of the spring nearby and drunk at the temple of Dionysos tasted like wine, starting on this day
and continuing for a week. The miraculous birth of Aion (Aeon), Kore's child of a virgin birth, was associated with Dionysus and
Sarapis, and this may be why Christians associate the Epiphany of January 6th with the miracle at the wedding feast of Cana,
when Jesus turned water into wine (of even better quality than the wine which had been served by the family of the newlyweds!).
Although the celebration of Aeon's birth to Kore is far older than the story of Mary giving birth to Jesus, Christians were
scornful of it and thought it mocked the story of the birth of the Christ child. They were also disgusted with the ritual where
the naked statue of Kore was brought up from underground, adorned with jewels, and paraded around Her temple seven times
for protection. Despite their scorn, Christ's birth was celebrated on the date of the Koreion, January 6th, rather than
December 25th, until the fourth century.
Celtic: Day of the Three-Fold Goddesses: Maid, Mother, Crone.
Slavic Pagan: Turisi is the holiday of the bull, Jar-tur, a symbol of the powerful forces of life and fertility. People
celebrate by wearing masks and parading in imitation of the Great Bull. Young and old alike join in playing games, ending
the New Year holiday. http://www.irminsul.org/arc/ 010sz.html
Koreion - An early Church father, St Epiphanius complained that in Alexandria
in the temple of Kore-Persephone, a hideous mockery was enacted on
Epiphany. “And if anyone asks them what manner of mysteries these might
be, they reply saying, ‘Today at this hour, Kore, that is the virgin,
has given birth to Aeon.’†Part of the ritual involved bringing the
naked statue of the Kore up from underground, adorning Her with jewels
and parading Her around the temple seven times for protection.
Despite Epiphanius’s scorn, the myth of Kore giving birth to Aeon, the
year-god, is much older than the story of Mary giving birth to Jesus
which he thought it mocked. Until the fourth century, Christ's birth was celebrated on January 6th rather than December 25th. Source: Rahner, Greek Myths and Christian Mystery
Epiphany - The Epiphany (which means apparition or manifestation) honors the
arrival of the Magi and the first public presentation of the Baby Jesus. In Belgium, children dress up as the Three Kings and go from door to
door singing a begging song. In Spain, the Magi leave gifts in the shoes children have set out on balconies or by the front door the previous
evening, filled with straw and grain for the camels. Children who awaken to find a charcoal mark on their face are said to have been kissed by
Balthazar. Since the twelve nights of Christmas are a liminal time, when evil spirits, like the Greek kalikatzari, can roam the earth, people
protect their houses by chalking the Three King’s initials C or K (in
Hungary G), B and M (for Caspar, Balthazar and Melchoir) on their doors.
In Bulgaria, housewives rise early and carry the family crucifix, icons
and plough to the village fountain. There they wash them with salt and
water saying, “May the wheat be as white as the plough, as wholesome as
the salt.†The clergy also bless homes with holy water. If the water
freezes on the priest’s boxwood whisk, the year will be good and the
crops fruitful.
In Danube port towns, they bless the waters. In Philippopolis, the most
important town of southern Bulgaria, the priest throws the cross from
the bridge into the Maritza River. The man who recovers it is allowed to take it around from house to house and receive money gifts, then
returns it to the priest who bestows his blessing.
A similar blessing happens in Hungary only the priest uses salt and water and blesses houses and puts the initials of the three kings (K, M and B for Kaspar, Balthazar and Melchior) on the doorstep.
Italians believe that animals can talk on the night of Epiphany so owners feed
them well. Fountains and rivers in Calabria run with olive oil and wine
and everything turns.
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night was written in 1600 for the popular celebrations
that used to take place in Britain on January 5, the Twelfth Night
revels.
The Bean King
In olden times, a bean (or a pea or a penny) was baked into the Twelfth
Cake eaten on Twelfth Day, January 6. As the ancient Romans used to do
at the festival of Saturn at this time of year, people elected a “kingâ€
for the day. The British had their “king†when someone found the bean in his slice of cake.
Druidic customs
Old British customs for Twelfth Night abound, with scholars telling us some are Roman and some probably Druidic. A “king†was elected for the
evening, and went through the house chalking crosses on the rafters
against devils. After this, the master and mistress of the house went
about the home with a pan of incense, a candle and a loaf to prevent
witchcraft.
Who were the Magi?
The Wise Men of the East who brought gifts to the baby Jesus are known as
the Magi (Latin for wise men). Tradition calls them Melchior, Caspar or
Gaspar, and Balthasar. They offered gold (emblem of royalty),
frankincense (divinity) and myrrh (woe and death). The latter, a herb
used in mummification and embalming, symbolised the persecution Jesus
would receive, that would even take him to death.
Kalikandjari
In Cyprus the souls of unbaptised babies, kalikandjari, arrive on
Christmas day and leave tonight. They are evil demons who steal infants. Tonight housewives customarily knead pastry dough in total silence,
frying it up and flinging it on the roof for the kalikandjari, while
they sang,
Little piece, piece of sausage,
Knife with a black handle,
Piece of pancake,
Eat and let us go.
Carnival begins
The period from Epiphany (January 6), until Shrove (or, Pancake) Tuesday
(Mardi Gras in French) is called Carnival. In Roman Catholic countries
it is a period for amusement and revelry, hence the fairground meaning
of the word. It comes from the Latin carnis, flesh, and levare, to
remove. Lent, when flesh may not be eaten, immediately follows Carnival. On Shrove Tuesday, people ‘shrive’(confess) their sins and might eat
pancakes to use up the last of the eggs and butter before the fast of
Lent … which is why the French called it Fat Tuesday.
Source: EarthMoonandSky, Wilson's Almanack and School of Seasons
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January 6 - Triple Goddess Day
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 8:15 pm (PST)
January 6 - Triple Goddess Day
Also Day of the Lord of the Dance. Honors Shiva, seeking His aid for prosperity and wisdom in the New Yea
Celtic: Day of the Three-Fold Goddesses: Maid, Mother, Crone.
Cher
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Today's Goddess: KORE Festival of Kore (Greece)
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 8:17 pm (PST)
Today's Goddess: KORE
Festival of Kore (Greece)
Themes: Luck; Cycles; Youthful Energy
Symbols: Coins; Corn; the Number Seven; Flower Buds; Pomegranate
About Kore: An aspect of Persephone before her marriage to Hades, this youthful Goddess motivates good fortune, zeal, and a closer affinity to earth's cycles during the coming months.
Kore, whose name means "maiden," is the youngest aspect of the triune goddess. She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, as beautiful as spring's blossoms and as fragrant as its breezes. It was this beauty that inspired Hades to tempt her with a pomegranate, a symbol of eternal marriage. Because she ate the fruit, Persephone spends her winter with Hades as his wife and returns to the earth in the spring
To Do Today: Traditionally, on this day the Greeks carried an image of Kore around the temple seven times for victory, protection and good fortune. Since your home is your sacred space, consider walking clockwise around it seven times with any goddess symbol you have (a round stone, vase, or bowl will suffice). As you go, visualize every nook and cranny being filled with the yellow-white light of dawn, neatly chasing away any lingering wintering blues.
This is also Twelfth Night. Customarily, all holiday decorations should be down by now. This day marks winter's passage and perpetuates Kore's gusto and luck in your home year-round. Also consider carrying a little unpopped popcorn in your pocket to keep Kore's zeal and vigor close by for when you need it.
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By Patricia Telesco From "365 Goddess"
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Daily Aromatherapy Tip . Winter Protection
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 8:19 pm (PST)
Daily Aromatherapy Tip
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Winter Protection
Mix 20 drops of Sandalwood in 3 oz. of base oil. Sweet Almond, Grapeseed and Safflower oils are
some to try. This blend is said to strengthen the immune system against colds and flu.
Use as a massage oil. Massage feet before bed put on socks and go to sleep.
AromaThyme.com
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Homeric Hymn To Hera
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Wed Jan 5, 2011 8:22 pm (PST)
Let us sing now of Hera, the women's goddess.
she who rules from her throne of gold.
Let us sing now of Hera, child of earth,
daughter of that most ancient of goddesses.
Let us sing now of the queen of gods.
Let us sing now of the most beautiful goddess.
There is no one more beloved than you,
womanly Hera, no one we honor more.
There is no one more revered than you,
queenly Hera, no one more blessed.
Above all others, you are the most honored.
Above all others, you are the most beloved.
~Homeric Hymn To Hera
In ancient Greece, the primordial goddess was honored in three phases. As maiden, she was the growth of young spring plants; as woman in her prime, she was the queen of heaven. And then she entered her third stage; the hermit goddess, the one who left friends and loved ones behind to attend to her own inner needs.
Today's world discourages such withdrawal on the part of all people, but women are especially discouraged from restorative retreats. Yet without winter's rest, spring cannot come. Without lying fallow, fields will not bear as fully. Without regular contact with our vast inner solitudes, we forget who we are.
It is winter now, yet spring will come. No matter how cold the days, how raw the wind, how dark the evenings, spring will come. Let us make these winter days a time to gain self-knowledge and self-awareness. Then when the time comes to emerge again, we will spring forth anew, reborn and revived.
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By Patricia Monaghan From "The Goddess Companion"
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