joi, 31 martie 2011

[Earthwise] Digest Number 2578

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Ehwaz

Posted by: "Kenaz Filan" kenazfilan@gmail.com   houngancoquilledumer

Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:04 am (PDT)



[from http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com]

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As the Ice Age ended and the Agricultural Revolution commenced, hunters
began mastering the arts of animal husbandry. Sheep, goats and cattle were
domesticated for their milk, meat and hides. But the relationship with
horses grew especially close thanks to a quirk of equine anatomy - a gap
between their front incisors and rear grinding teeth that allowed for
placement of a bridle and bit. This meant that horses could be led, directed
and even ridden. Plough horses changed the face of farming, while
charioteers and nomads on horseback raised and destroyed empires.

Ehwaz, the horse-rune, often speaks of movement. If
Raido<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/05/raido.html>is the
journey, Ehwaz is the means of transport. This can be as literal (a
new vehicle, for example) or metaphorical (i.e. a job which requires
extensive travel or even relocation). It can be called upon to move past
blockages and to take you away from unpleasant situations or places. But it
is a rune which must be directed and controlled, lest you find yourself
riding a spooked horse. Ehwaz can provide you the means of escape, but it
will be up to you to take the reins.

An equally important aspect of Ehwaz is domestication. Equestrians cannot
overpower or outrun their steeds: they must maintain control through the
right mixture of firmness and gentleness. Where
Mannaz<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/03/mannaz.html>speaks of
partnership between equals, Ehwaz is about the relationship
between the tamer and the tamed. This rune can be used for domination works
in the same manner as Hoodoo formulas like Bend Over Oil and Commanding
Incense. (But be careful, lest you find yourself trying to control a
bucking bronco). It can also be used to tame unruly aspects of your own
psyche: those suffering from addiction or anger management issues take note.
Meditating on Ehwaz can help us understand the deep mysteries of dominance
and submission, concepts often misunderstood in a culture which privileges -
in theory if not in practice - "equality" and "freedom."

Odin rode through the Nine Worlds on Sleipner, his eight-legged steed. Ehwaz
can also be called upon for spiritual journeying. Combined with
Wunjo<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/04/wunjo_21.html>,
Ehwaz can be a powerful tool for inducing ecstatic states: in conjunction
with Chalc <http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/03/chalc.html> it can become
a steed to carry you on your quest. Much as horse and rider become one
unit, Ehwaz can help you to achieve unity with the Divine. This may be as
direct as possession (which is called "horsing" for a reason). It may also
be a more subtle but no less profound surrender to the Will of the Gods:
Ehwaz can help you to take up Their bit and bridle and allow Them to lead
you where you need to go.

If you are overwhelmed and need to call in the cavalry, Ehwaz can be very
helpful. Conjoined with
Uruz<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/05/uruz.html>,
it can become a rampaging herd which tramples everything in its path. With
Thurisaz <http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/04/thurisaz.html> it can
strike with the devastating force of a knight's lance: with
Ansuz<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2010/04/ansuz.html>it can send a
message and establish communication behind enemy lines. It
can add speed and force to a bind rune, sending your spell galloping toward
its goal. It can also be used in glamour workings to make you appear like a
"knight in shining armor" or an unstoppable armored charger. Like the
horse, Ehwaz can offer assistance in many different situations.

While it is important to consider the runes which appear in a reading in
total rather than as isolated bits of data, it is especially important to do
so with Ehwaz. Ehwaz is about the joining of two entities into one. The
runes which surround it will tell you who is riding the horse, the
destination toward which they ride and the obstacles which stand in their
way. Ehwaz often marks an outside force or person coming into play: the
surrounding runes will tell you whether the mysterious stranger brings good,
ill or some combination thereof.

--
Posted By Kenaz Filan to Kenaz
Filan<http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com/2011/03/ehwaz.html>at 3/29/2011
11:25:00 AM

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Have You Ever... Depression

Posted by: "holly@ravenmadness.com" holly@ravenmadness.com   hollyberrysheart

Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:31 am (PDT)




Today's post is dedicated to all those who have found themselves in
that deep dark hole of depression, loneliness and sorrow. It happens to
all of us at some point in time. Life becomes complicated and messy…
there are days when we just can't deal with what life brings us or we
just don't know how to cope. So many reasons that we can find
ourselves in this dark place. Life throws at us so much, sometimes it is
just too hard for us to take on.

I want everyone who finds themselves in this dark place to know that you
are not alone. This happens to us all and the thing I want you to take
with you from this post is that … it is never forever… the pain,
loneliness, sorrow, depression is temporary and you can overcome it…
there will be light again.

Reach out to your friends and family to help you through the difficult
times. With much love and understanding I send to you all great big
healing {{hugs}} and well wishes.

Have you Ever?

Have you ever found yourself so sad you didn't want to get out of bed

Crazy thoughts run through your mind, like what if I were dead

You begin to wonder if suddenly I were no longer here

Would anyone notice, would anyone even care

Your world seems so dark and sad

You wonder, why does this feel so bad

It feels like there will never again be light

It's so hard not to give up and continue to fight

You wonder what's next and how much can I take

Then you think maybe I'll close my eyes and never wake

But then you realize this is no way for your life to end

So you pull yourself together and cry to a friend

Letting go of the misery and all the pain

A friend shows you that there will be light once again

You are not alone in this fight

There are others who feel the same, crying in the night

So let tomorrow be the beginning, a fresh start

And let go of what burdens your mind and your heart

Nothing good ever comes from wishing you were dead

So snap out of it and get your ass out of bed!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

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3a.

Harvard Hosts Witchhunters - Social Transformation Speakers

Posted by: "Karen Tate" karentate108@ca.rr.com   specialjourn

Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:44 pm (PDT)



Greetings Friends,
Forwarding this from Oberon Zell....do you know about Harvard
hosting the Social Transformation Speakers who are witchhunters???
See the letter below if you feel compelled to write the Dean at
Harvard about this -- Karen

From: Oberon Zell

Wow! This is really nasty:

".these four conference speakers are "apostles" in a global evangelical
network whose leaders appear bent on restoring a Pre-Enlightenment
worldview
in which believers and society are beset by demons including succubi and
incubi, menaced by the conjoined threats of apostasy and idolatry, and
plagued by "generational curses"--these apostles represent a Christian
supremacist movement whose leaders encourage believers to cleanse
the Earth
of infidels and competing belief systems."

And they're after us!

Please pass this on-and write to Harvard! deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

BB-OZ

From: Ariel Monserrat [mailto:wolvenwood@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wolvenwood%40gmail.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:50 PM
To: greeneggzine@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=greeneggzine%40gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Can you pass this along?

Hello:

Have you seen this? ---
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Ho
ld-Harvard-Conference>
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Hol
d-Harvard-Conference ---- Please pass this along to everyone who will
contact Harvard and be a voice of reason. In light of the many Pagans we
all know who have spent so much time educating the public about Witches,
Wicca, and all things under the Pagan umbrella, please don't let this
symposium go unchallenged. Speak out against the modern day burning
times!

For those of you who will, please write, e-mail, call, or fax the
following
letter, or your personalized copy of it to the office of the Dean at
Harvard
University.

Office of the Dean

Kresge Building, Room 1005

677 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Phone: 617.432.1025

Fax: 617.277.5320

deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

Office of the President

or Office of the General Counsel

Dear Sir, Madam

I am appalled at the actions of Harvard in hosting the Social
Transformation
speakers on April 1 and 2, 2011. The speakers slated for this conference
have espoused hatred and persecution of gay people and have promoted
religious discrimination and persecution of non-Christians (to the
point of
being considered "witch hunters")

While I believe in the right to free speech, this amounts to a religious
group proselytizing for their particular brand of hate and is not in the
interest of either the public or the university. Why not just invite the
Westboro Baptist church too?

I have seriously lowered my opinion of Harvard on the basis of this
program
and sincerely hope that you will reconsider. I also hope that you will
consider the legal implications should some unbalanced individuals
decide to
attack gay or non-Christian people or organizations as a result of this
symposium.

Sincerely

[object Object]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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3b.

Harvard Hosts Witchhunters - Social Transformation Speakers

Posted by: "Karen Tate" karentate108@ca.rr.com   specialjourn

Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:44 pm (PDT)



Greetings Friends,
Forwarding this from Oberon Zell....do you know about Harvard
hosting the Social Transformation Speakers who are witchhunters???
See the letter below if you feel compelled to write the Dean at
Harvard about this -- Karen

From: Oberon Zell

Wow! This is really nasty:

".these four conference speakers are "apostles" in a global evangelical
network whose leaders appear bent on restoring a Pre-Enlightenment
worldview
in which believers and society are beset by demons including succubi and
incubi, menaced by the conjoined threats of apostasy and idolatry, and
plagued by "generational curses"--these apostles represent a Christian
supremacist movement whose leaders encourage believers to cleanse
the Earth
of infidels and competing belief systems."

And they're after us!

Please pass this on-and write to Harvard! deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

BB-OZ

From: Ariel Monserrat [mailto:wolvenwood@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wolvenwood%40gmail.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:50 PM
To: greeneggzine@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=greeneggzine%40gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Can you pass this along?

Hello:

Have you seen this? ---
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Ho
ld-Harvard-Conference>
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Hol
d-Harvard-Conference ---- Please pass this along to everyone who will
contact Harvard and be a voice of reason. In light of the many Pagans we
all know who have spent so much time educating the public about Witches,
Wicca, and all things under the Pagan umbrella, please don't let this
symposium go unchallenged. Speak out against the modern day burning
times!

For those of you who will, please write, e-mail, call, or fax the
following
letter, or your personalized copy of it to the office of the Dean at
Harvard
University.

Office of the Dean

Kresge Building, Room 1005

677 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Phone: 617.432.1025

Fax: 617.277.5320

deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

Office of the President

or Office of the General Counsel

Dear Sir, Madam

I am appalled at the actions of Harvard in hosting the Social
Transformation
speakers on April 1 and 2, 2011. The speakers slated for this conference
have espoused hatred and persecution of gay people and have promoted
religious discrimination and persecution of non-Christians (to the
point of
being considered "witch hunters")

While I believe in the right to free speech, this amounts to a religious
group proselytizing for their particular brand of hate and is not in the
interest of either the public or the university. Why not just invite the
Westboro Baptist church too?

I have seriously lowered my opinion of Harvard on the basis of this
program
and sincerely hope that you will reconsider. I also hope that you will
consider the legal implications should some unbalanced individuals
decide to
attack gay or non-Christian people or organizations as a result of this
symposium.

Sincerely

[object Object]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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4.

UPDATE -- Harvard Hosts Witchhunters - Social Transformation Speaker

Posted by: "Karen Tate" karentate108@ca.rr.com   specialjourn

Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:29 pm (PDT)



uPDATE -- I'm told by a scholar friend the following about this
situation:

This event was organized by a student group at Harvard, and was not endorsed by the university. A university cannot prevent student organizations from inviting speakers to campus, even if the views of those speakers do not represent the university's. This is part of academic freedom. Let's remember that Harvard has hosted two important Pagan conferences in recent years: the one on Folklore and Paganism in April 2007, and the symposium on Paganism and European Shamanism in the summer of 2009. In contrast, these events were organized by Harvard faculty and sponsored and endorsed by the university.

Writing to the Dean in protest is not going to do anything for us in this case except make us look uninformed.

From: Oberon Zell

Wow! This is really nasty:

".these four conference speakers are "apostles" in a global evangelical
network whose leaders appear bent on restoring a Pre-Enlightenment
worldview
in which believers and society are beset by demons including succubi and
incubi, menaced by the conjoined threats of apostasy and idolatry, and
plagued by "generational curses"--these apostles represent a Christian
supremacist movement whose leaders encourage believers to cleanse
the Earth
of infidels and competing belief systems."

And they're after us!

Please pass this on-and write to Harvard! deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

BB-OZ

From: Ariel Monserrat [mailto:wolvenwood@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wolvenwood%40gmail.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:50 PM
To: greeneggzine@gmail.com
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=greeneggzine%40gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Can you pass this along?

Hello:

Have you seen this? ---
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Ho
ld-Harvard-Conference>
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/28/960974/-Avowed-Witch-Hunters-To-Hol
d-Harvard-Conference ---- Please pass this along to everyone who will
contact Harvard and be a voice of reason. In light of the many Pagans we
all know who have spent so much time educating the public about Witches,
Wicca, and all things under the Pagan umbrella, please don't let this
symposium go unchallenged. Speak out against the modern day burning
times!

For those of you who will, please write, e-mail, call, or fax the
following
letter, or your personalized copy of it to the office of the Dean at
Harvard
University.

Office of the Dean

Kresge Building, Room 1005

677 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Phone: 617.432.1025

Fax: 617.277.5320

deansoff@hsph.harvard.edu
<http://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=deansoff%40hsph.harvard.edu>

Office of the President

or Office of the General Counsel

Dear Sir, Madam

I am appalled at the actions of Harvard in hosting the Social
Transformation
speakers on April 1 and 2, 2011. The speakers slated for this conference
have espoused hatred and persecution of gay people and have promoted
religious discrimination and persecution of non-Christians (to the
point of
being considered "witch hunters")

While I believe in the right to free speech, this amounts to a religious
group proselytizing for their particular brand of hate and is not in the
interest of either the public or the university. Why not just invite the
Westboro Baptist church too?

I have seriously lowered my opinion of Harvard on the basis of this
program
and sincerely hope that you will reconsider. I also hope that you will
consider the legal implications should some unbalanced individuals
decide to
attack gay or non-Christian people or organizations as a result of this
symposium.

Sincerely

[object Object]

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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