Messages In This Digest (19 Messages)
- 1.1.
- Daily Feng Shui Tip From: Lady Nightshayde
- 2.1.
- Elder's Meditation of the Day From: Lady Nightshayde
- 2.2.
- Elder's Meditation of the Day From: Lady Nightshayde
- 3a.
- Goddess Prayer Beads From: Lady Nightshayde
- 4a.
- Summer Solstice Info and Ritual From: Lady Nightshayde
- 4b.
- Re: Summer Solstice Info and Ritual From: Stephanie
- 4c.
- Re: Summer Solstice Info and Ritual From: Lady Nightshayde
- 5.
- Spell to Find Your Magickal Name From: Lady Nightshayde
- 6.1.
- Aromatherapy Tip From: Lady Nightshayde
- 6.2.
- Re: Aromatherapy Tip From: LadyHawk_Jax
- 6.3.
- Re: Aromatherapy Tip From: Lady Nightshayde
- 7.
- NC Pagan Wilderness Weekend From: Lady Nightshayde
- 8.
- **Share A Spell Day**, 6/6/2011, 12:00 am From: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com
- 9a.
- Jason and the Fairy Ring From: Lady Nightshayde
- 10.
- Fairies History From: Lady Nightshayde
- 11a.
- The Three Faces From: Lady Nightshayde
- 12a.
- Travel Flow Spell From: Lady Nightshayde
- 13a.
- A Pagan Child's ABCs From: Lady Nightshayde
- 14.1.
- Thought for the Day From: Lady Nightshayde
Messages
- 1.1.
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Daily Feng Shui Tip
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 10:10 am (PDT)
Daily Feng Shui Tip by Ellen Whitehurst for Sunday, June 5
You might think that I'm all blown up and full of the same, but hot air balloons actually invoke a favorite Feng Shui cure for Fame. There's an area in your environment that activates positive energies and rewarding results when sparked with those same intentions. This Fame area is found at the back center of the house and is associated with your future and your progression through life. It influences and impacts any promotion you're likely to receive, any events that unfold as personally transformational or that bring an enlightened state that have an association with how you're seen within your community. If this area is balanced then Feng Shui says that you will speed up the career ladder and find sweet success. If, however, the area is in any way compromised, you could find energies in the those arenas stalled or stuck. One quick cure to help raise the energies and your 'Q' factor is to position an image of a hot air balloon in the Fame space. This symbol speaks to your own energies taking off and soaring higher and higher. Buoyant and flowing on an upward force, this is a secret Feng Shui cure that can bring wish-fulfilling opportunities as well as success, recognition, rewards and an expansion of future plans. Three, two, one -- lift-off!
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 2.1.
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Elder's Meditation of the Day
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 10:11 am (PDT)
Elder's Meditation of the Day - June 5
"It is not through the great skill of thehunter himself that success is achieved,but through the hunter's awareness of hisplace in Creation and his relationship toall things."
-- Thomas Yellowtail, CROW
If only the human being could understandthe power of proper relationships, the needfor power and control could be abandoned.It's not what is going on that matters, but howwe look at what is going on. It's our relationshipto it that counts. Nothing in the worldhas any meaning except the meaning we giveto it. To be more effective at this, we need toconsider our relationship with the Creator.Our relationship to the Great Spirit determineshow we will perceive the meanings weput to places, people, institutions, and things.We need to let the Creator tell us and guideour thoughts about these relationships. Anyrelationship that we have that is causing problemsmeans we need to pray for a new point ofview.
Creator, let mesee the worldand the peoplethrough youreyes.
from www.whitebison.org
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 2.2.
-
Elder's Meditation of the Day
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:07 pm (PDT)
Elder's Meditation of the Day
"The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures, and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization."
-- Luther Standing Bear, OGLALA SIOUX
There is a concept that says you move toward and become that which you think about. If we think about everything as interconnected and interrelated, we will begin to accept the greater whole and that there is a power who is in charge. If we see the cycles of life, if we see the inner powers, if we see the interdependence of the universe, then we will participate in a harmonious way. We all need to pray and meditate on this. We need to understand the property of unity.
My Creator, let me have the insights of nature and give me the power of acceptance.
from www.whtiebison.org
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 3a.
-
Goddess Prayer Beads
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:27 pm (PDT)
Goddess Prayer Beads
Items needed:
13 white beads-for the Maiden
13 red beads-for the Mother
13 black beads-for the Crone
1 lg silver bead-for the full moon
52 smaller silver spacer beads-representing the moonlight
thread for stringing
Directions:
The silver moon bead is separated from the white maiden beads by 4
silver spacer beads. Each white maiden bead is followed by 1 silver
spacer bead, but the 13th bead is followed by 4 spacer beads. Then
come the red mother beads, each followed by 1 spacer bead, but the
13th is again followed by 4 spacer beads. Then come the black crone
beads, each followed by 1 spacer bead, but the 13th is followed by 4
spacer beads. Connect this end to the large silver moon bead.
The 13 beads in each set signify the 13 months of the lunar year. The
silver spacers represent moonlight issuing from the full moon bead
throughout the life cycle of Maiden, Mother, and Crone. Prayers are
said on each bead, while meditating on the mysteries of the Triple
Goddess, and the experience of the human life cycle. Men may wish to
make a devotion to the Horned God, and honor the life cycle of Youth, Father, and Sage.
Prayers for your Goddess beads
On the silver moon bead say:
"Blessed Mother, come to me,
and cast your lovely silver light.
Uncloud your face that I may see
unveiled, its shining in the night.
Triple Goddess, Blessed Be,
and Merry Meet, my soul's delight!"
On the space bead say:
"I bind unto myself today the Fertility of the Maiden."
Meditate of the Presence of the Maiden, on each Maiden bead say:
"Maiden daughter, sister, lover,
white-light, night-light, love's embrace;
seeking love, we find each other
by the radiance of your face."
On the space say:
"I bind unto myself today the Power of the Mother."
Meditate on the Presence of the Mother, on each Mother bead say:
"Mother of all, radiant, beaming,
Full and heavy womb with expectation bright;
Be present here, full moon gleaming,
And bless your child with truth and light."
On the space say:
"I bind unto myself today the Wisdom of the Crone."
Meditate on the Presence of the Crone, on each bead say:
"Crone now stands in moonlight gleaming,
starlit night and silver hair;
peace and wisdom from you streaming,
Goddess, keeper of our care."
On the space say:
"I bind unto myself today the Fertility, Power, and Wisdom of the
Goddess."
On the silver moon bead conclude:
"Blessed Mother, stay by me,
and cast your lovely, silver light.
Uncloud your face that I may see
unveiled, its shining in the night.
Triple Goddess, Blessed Be,
and Merry Meet, my soul's delight!
So mote it be!"
I made my beads from clay that I bought from a craft store and
painted them, rather than buying the beads.
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 4a.
-
Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:29 pm (PDT)
Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
SPECIAL NOTES: The Summer Solstice and the official first
day of summer. Called Midsummer or Litha, the day usually falls about June 21st and is the longest day of the year. Midsummer is halfway around the Wheel Year from Yule, so while we celebrate the day when the sun is at its strongest, we also have to note that from here on, the sun will start to lose some of its power as the light slowly begins to wane.
Midsummer Eve has long been associated with faeries and magic. On this night you're supposed to be able to see faeries, as the veil between the worlds is thinned. In ancient times our ancestors went out to gather their mugwort on Midsummer Eve. Interestingly enough mugwort was also called St John's Wort, in an attempt to dilute the Pagan influence. Is it a coincidence that St John the Baptist's Day was placed at June 23rd? Probably not.
Our children especially look forward to this ritual because not only does it coincide with the start of their summer vacation, it's also usually our first picnic of the year. We head to a local campground because there are safe places to build campfires and there's usually no one else nearby. We try to plan things to be set up by high noon, so we can greet the sun at the highest point in it's daily cycle on the day of the highest point in it's yearly cycle. As always, if you can take the kids outdoors to do this one, great! If not, just adjust things so they fit best for you. Remember, it's not *how* you do it that matters, but just that you do it!!
This ritual involves making a mini-bonfire. This can be a campfire, your barbecue (those table top ones that can be placed on the ground) or a single candle. If you're lucky enough to be able to do this outdoors, make sure you take precautions. If you're having any kind of fire, large or small, be sure to bring a jug of water to put the fire out afterwards, or to quench any sparks that might get away from you. And please make sure you exercise EXTREME CAUTION so this special day doesn't end with burned fingers or a fire.
EXTRA SUPPLIES: Kindling for your bonfire (or charcoal or candles, whatever you choose.) Matches to light the bonfire. An aspergill, which is something you dip in water that will allow you to sprinkle or anoint the fire...a leafy branch works just fine. A container of water to dip your aspergill in (if you have a small cauldron that would be perfect). The bell and quarter candles are included here for those who choose to do this ritual indoors. If you're going to be outside, make it easy on yourself and skip the quarter candles. You're one with nature, so it should be easy for the kids to connect with Earth, Air, Fire and Water whether they have the candles or not.
Begin your ritual by ringing the bell to establish Sacred Space. The child chosen to be Bell Ringer rings the bell three times and says:
"I ring the bell
To cast the spell
Let sacred time begin
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be
Let sacred time begin."
Then an Adult casts the Circle by saying:
"Great Mother,
Weave around us
A circle of radiant light
Where we can honor
Our Lord and Lady.
Protect us, guide us and love us."
Tell the kids to imagine a silvery-blue light surrounding the table to create a Circle. Explain that this "Circle of Light" means we want to make this a sacred place to honor the Goddess and God. Explain that a Sacred Place doesn't have to be a church. It can be in your dining room, a special spot in the forest, or even at school, as long as you show the respect and honor the Goddess and God deserve by creating your Sacred Space first. Next we "Call the Quarters." Explain that this is asking the Ancient Ones to add their powers to ours to make our Circle stronger. Because we do this outside (and you don't want to have too many fires lit!) we pass on the candle lighting and just have the children invoke the elements verbally.
It's a great chance to actually connect with calling the Elements! The child chosen to call the Eastern Quarter faces the East, raises his/her hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the East
Guardian Spirits of Air
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Southern Quarter faces South, raises his/her hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the South
Guardian Sprits of Fire
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Western Quarter faces West, raises
his/her hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the West
Guardian Spirits of Water
To Witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Northern Quarter faces North, raises their hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the North
Guardian Spirits of Earth
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
Then the Adult says:
"The Circle has been cast
The Ancient Ones have been called
Now it is time to welcome
The Goddess and the God.
Great Mother,
Whose symbol is the bright night moon,
Heavenly father,
Whose symbol is the fiery sun,
We ask you to join our family
For this Midsummer Celebration."
The adult stands and faces the sun, raising his arms in joyous welcome:
"We greet the sun
At the zenith of its journey
On this day when it rides high in the sky!
Today is the celebration of Midsummer,
The Summer Solstice!
It is the longest day of the year
A day when light rules over dark!
Feel the power of the sun
And rejoice in its light and warmth!!"
Have the children face the sun and, closing their eyes, feel its
warmth on their face. Explain to them that the warmth they're feeling has traveled about 93 million miles through space to reach them today. That's 400 times farther from the Earth than the moon is! And yet, even at that distance, we can still feel it! Now *that's* magickal! To our ancestors, the sun was a God. They couldn't understand how it moved across the sky, but they knew their lives depended on it. Today, even though we know a lot about the sun, and that it's a star and not a God, we do acknowledge it's strength and power, and admit that without it, all life on Earth… the people, plants and animals...would cease to exist. Now the adult turns to the
bonfire (barbecue, candle or whatever) and says:
"Since Yule the power of the light has been growing stronger.
At Ostara the light was equal to the dark .
Today the turning of the Wheel Year has brought us to Midsummer,
A day when the light rules supreme!
Light the fire, letting the flames burn for a minute before
continuing:
"We celebrate the Summer Solstice
With this fire in honor of the Sun.
Burn brightly, Sun!
Summer has begun!! "
Have each person around the Circle take up the chant:
"Burn brightly Sun!
Summer has begun!"
You can go around once, or, if the kids are having fun, go around a couple of times! When the flames have died down everyone can take a turn jumping over the bonfire to make a wish. Be *very* careful! We make a *very* small bonfire so there's no great risk, but we still hold the hand of the smaller children when they jump just be sure. Explain that fires were associated with purification, fertility and blessings. Tell them about the traditions of our ancestors, like lighting giant bonfires on the hilltops. It was sympathetic magick to call on the power of the sun. Another was to set fire to a wheel made
of dried grass and send it rolling down a hill and into a pond. The fire represented the power of the sun, and the water quenching the flames symbolized the farmer's wishes that summer wouldn't be *too* hot and cause a drought or destroy the crops. Along these lines get your container of water and aspergill and return to your fire. Have the adult say:
"We love the warmth of the Summer Sun
We love its light and radiant heat.
But just as important to the earth Is the gift of rain Rain to fill our reservoirs, Rain to water the plants and crops, Rain to cool us."
Dip the leafy branch into the water and sprinkle it like raindrops on the fire saying:
"Not too hot, not too dry
May the summer rains
Keep the Earth green."
Now invite everyone else to take up a branch and sprinkle the fire, repeating the chant until the fire is out.
"May the Summer rains
Keep the Earth green!"
When that's finished have everyone sit down. The adult says:
"Summer has come again!
We celebrate the sunshine,
The freedom from school,
The long hot days to swim and play!
Lord and Lady,
Watch over your children
And keep us safe
During these busy Summer months!"
When everyone is finished you can close the Circle. Explain to the children that the ritual is over. Now it is time to thank the Ancient Ones for their help and their guidance. The child who called the Eastern Quarter now says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the East
Guardian Spirits of Air
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Southern Quarter now says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the South
Guardian Spirits of Fire
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Western Quarter says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the West
Guardian Spirits of Water
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Northern Quarter says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the North
Guardian Spirits of Earth
Go in Peace."
Then the Adult says farewell to the Goddess and the God:
"We thank you God and Goddess
For sharing this special time
With our family.
May we keep you in our hearts,
And follow your path of love
Every day.
Blessed be!"
Now the Bell Ringer rings the bell three times to release the Sacred Space and says:
"I ring the bell,
Release the spell
And Sacred Time will end.
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be,
Until we meet again."
Explain that this is the signal that Scared Time is over. The Circle has been released and the Sacred Space is no more. Now the Adult says:
"The Circle is open
And yet it remains a Circle.
Around and through us
Always flow its magical powers.
This ritual is over."
Excerpts from A Wiccan Primer: Rituals for Children Copyright 1996 by Wind*Dancer
http://www.lytlwytch.com/sabbat% 26esbat/midsumme r/midsummer. html
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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- 4b.
-
Re: Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
Posted by: "Stephanie" crimsonregret79@gmail.com heavens_angel5767
Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:42 pm (PDT)
Thanks so much I love this idea for a ritual!
BLESSINGS!!!
Stephanie Ranee Stinnett
Owner Crimsons Flames
http://www.facebook.com/CrimsonRegr et
-------Original Message-------
From: Lady Nightshayde
Date: 6/5/2011 4:30:03 PM
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com ; whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [13Witches] Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
SPECIAL NOTES: The Summer Solstice and the official first
day of summer. Called Midsummer or Litha, the day usually falls about June
21st and is the longest day of the year. Midsummer is halfway around the
Wheel Year from Yule, so while we celebrate the day when the sun is at its
strongest, we also have to note that from here on, the sun will start to
lose some of its power as the light slowly begins to wane.
Midsummer Eve has long been associated with faeries and magic. On this night
you're supposed to be able to see faeries, as the veil between the worlds is
thinned. In ancient times our ancestors went out to gather their mugwort on
Midsummer Eve. Interestingly enough mugwort was also called St John's Wort,
in an attempt to dilute the Pagan influence. Is it a coincidence that St
John the Baptist's Day was placed at June 23rd? Probably not.
Our children especially look forward to this ritual because not only does it
coincide with the start of their summer vacation, it's also usually our
first picnic of the year. We head to a local campground because there are
safe places to build campfires and there's usually no one else nearby. We
try to plan things to be set up by high noon, so we can greet the sun at the
highest point in it's daily cycle on the day of the highest point in it's
yearly cycle. As always, if you can take the kids outdoors to do this one,
great! If not, just adjust things so they fit best for you. Remember, it's
not *how* you do it that matters, but just that you do it!!
This ritual involves making a mini-bonfire. This can be a campfire, your
barbecue (those table top ones that can be placed on the ground) or a single
candle. If you're lucky enough to be able to do this outdoors, make sure you
take precautions. If you're having any kind of fire, large or small, be sure
to bring a jug of water to put the fire out afterwards, or to quench any
sparks that might get away from you. And please make sure you exercise
EXTREME CAUTION so this special day doesn't end with burned fingers or a
fire.
EXTRA SUPPLIES: Kindling for your bonfire (or charcoal or candles, whatever
you choose.) Matches to light the bonfire. An aspergill, which is something
you dip in water that will allow you to sprinkle or anoint the fire...a
leafy branch works just fine. A container of water to dip your aspergill in
(if you have a small cauldron that would be perfect). The bell and quarter
candles are included here for those who choose to do this ritual indoors. If
you're going to be outside, make it easy on yourself and skip the quarter
candles. You're one with nature, so it should be easy for the kids to
connect with Earth, Air, Fire and Water whether they have the candles or not
Begin your ritual by ringing the bell to establish Sacred Space. The child
chosen to be Bell Ringer rings the bell three times and says:
"I ring the bell
To cast the spell
Let sacred time begin
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be
Let sacred time begin."
Then an Adult casts the Circle by saying:
"Great Mother,
Weave around us
A circle of radiant light
Where we can honor
Our Lord and Lady.
Protect us, guide us and love us."
Tell the kids to imagine a silvery-blue light surrounding the table to
create a Circle. Explain that this "Circle of Light" means we want to make
this a sacred place to honor the Goddess and God. Explain that a Sacred
Place doesn't have to be a church. It can be in your dining room, a special
spot in the forest, or even at school, as long as you show the respect and
honor the Goddess and God deserve by creating your Sacred Space first. Next
we "Call the Quarters." Explain that this is asking the Ancient Ones to add
their powers to ours to make our Circle stronger. Because we do this outside
(and you don't want to have too many fires lit!) we pass on the candle
lighting and just have the children invoke the elements verbally.
It's a great chance to actually connect with calling the Elements! The child
chosen to call the Eastern Quarter faces the East, raises his/her hands and
says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the East
Guardian Spirits of Air
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Southern Quarter faces South, raises his/her
hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the South
Guardian Sprits of Fire
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Western Quarter faces West, raises
his/her hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the West
Guardian Spirits of Water
To Witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
The child chosen to call the Northern Quarter faces North, raises their
hands and says:
"I call to you
Ancient Ones of the North
Guardian Spirits of Earth
To witness this ritual and guard this Circle."
Then the Adult says:
"The Circle has been cast
The Ancient Ones have been called
Now it is time to welcome
The Goddess and the God.
Great Mother,
Whose symbol is the bright night moon,
Heavenly father,
Whose symbol is the fiery sun,
We ask you to join our family
For this Midsummer Celebration."
The adult stands and faces the sun, raising his arms in joyous welcome:
"We greet the sun
At the zenith of its journey
On this day when it rides high in the sky!
Today is the celebration of Midsummer,
The Summer Solstice!
It is the longest day of the year
A day when light rules over dark!
Feel the power of the sun
And rejoice in its light and warmth!!"
Have the children face the sun and, closing their eyes, feel its
warmth on their face. Explain to them that the warmth they're feeling has
traveled about 93 million miles through space to reach them today. That's
400 times farther from the Earth than the moon is! And yet, even at that
distance, we can still feel it! Now *that's* magickal! To our ancestors, the
sun was a God. They couldn't understand how it moved across the sky, but
they knew their lives depended on it. Today, even though we know a lot about
the sun, and that it's a star and not a God, we do acknowledge it's strength
and power, and admit that without it, all life on Earth… the people,
plants and animals...would cease to exist. Now the adult turns to the
bonfire (barbecue, candle or whatever) and says:
"Since Yule the power of the light has been growing stronger.
At Ostara the light was equal to the dark .
Today the turning of the Wheel Year has brought us to Midsummer,
A day when the light rules supreme!
Light the fire, letting the flames burn for a minute before
continuing:
"We celebrate the Summer Solstice
With this fire in honor of the Sun.
Burn brightly, Sun!
Summer has begun!! "
Have each person around the Circle take up the chant:
"Burn brightly Sun!
Summer has begun!"
You can go around once, or, if the kids are having fun, go around a couple
of times! When the flames have died down everyone can take a turn jumping
over the bonfire to make a wish. Be *very* careful! We make a *very* small
bonfire so there's no great risk, but we still hold the hand of the smaller
children when they jump just be sure. Explain that fires were associated
with purification, fertility and blessings. Tell them about the traditions
of our ancestors, like lighting giant bonfires on the hilltops. It was
sympathetic magick to call on the power of the sun. Another was to set fire
to a wheel made
of dried grass and send it rolling down a hill and into a pond. The fire
represented the power of the sun, and the water quenching the flames
symbolized the farmer's wishes that summer wouldn't be *too* hot and cause a
drought or destroy the crops. Along these lines get your container of water
and aspergill and return to your fire. Have the adult say:
"We love the warmth of the Summer Sun
We love its light and radiant heat.
But just as important to the earth Is the gift of rain Rain to fill our
reservoirs, Rain to water the plants and crops, Rain to cool us."
Dip the leafy branch into the water and sprinkle it like raindrops on the
fire saying:
"Not too hot, not too dry
May the summer rains
Keep the Earth green."
Now invite everyone else to take up a branch and sprinkle the fire,
repeating the chant until the fire is out.
"May the Summer rains
Keep the Earth green!"
When that's finished have everyone sit down. The adult says:
"Summer has come again!
We celebrate the sunshine,
The freedom from school,
The long hot days to swim and play!
Lord and Lady,
Watch over your children
And keep us safe
During these busy Summer months!"
When everyone is finished you can close the Circle. Explain to the children
that the ritual is over. Now it is time to thank the Ancient Ones for their
help and their guidance. The child who called the Eastern Quarter now says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the East
Guardian Spirits of Air
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Southern Quarter now says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the South
Guardian Spirits of Fire
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Western Quarter says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the West
Guardian Spirits of Water
Go in Peace."
The child who called the Northern Quarter says:
"Thank you and farewell
Ancient Ones of the North
Guardian Spirits of Earth
Go in Peace."
Then the Adult says farewell to the Goddess and the God:
"We thank you God and Goddess
For sharing this special time
With our family.
May we keep you in our hearts,
And follow your path of love
Every day.
Blessed be!"
Now the Bell Ringer rings the bell three times to release the Sacred Space
and says:
"I ring the bell,
Release the spell
And Sacred Time will end.
1 - 2 - 3
So mote it be,
Until we meet again."
Explain that this is the signal that Scared Time is over. The Circle has
been released and the Sacred Space is no more. Now the Adult says:
"The Circle is open
And yet it remains a Circle.
Around and through us
Always flow its magical powers.
This ritual is over."
Excerpts from A Wiccan Primer: Rituals for Children Copyright 1996 by
Wind*Dancer
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Re: Summer Solstice Info and Ritual
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:12 pm (PDT)
Thanks so much I love this idea for a ritual!
My pleasure
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Spell to Find Your Magickal Name
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:32 pm (PDT)
Spell to Find Your Magickal Name
Purpose: To ask the Universe for aid in finding a magickal name
Moon phase: Full moon
Ingredients: Candle (blue, silver or white)
If you wish, cleanse your sacred space and the quarters, and cast a circle. If not, it's fine.
Perform the Breathing Exercise to center yourself. Once your mind has quieted, light the candle and say:
"By the light of moon so full
Reveal a name that's magickal
That reflects my soul and deep desires
And to which my unconscious aspires
My highest good served perfectly
With harm to none, so mote it be."
As the candle burns, concentrate on all the things you desire from a magickal name. How do you want it to make you feel? What about yourself and your magick do you want it to express? What do you hope to achieve as a result of finding it?
Once you're done, say or do something to thank the Universe for its help. This may be anything you feel is appropriate, such as planting something in your yard, performing a random act of kindness, writing a song or poem of thanks, or simply saying thank you very honestly and sincerely.
The next step is to be open and aware of messages the Universe sends you. It may be immediate or take months or even years. Be on the lookout for your magickal name to appear, and when it does, accept it gratefully.
© Susan Zyphur. The E-Altar - http://members.cox.net/zyphurse /
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Aromatherapy Tip
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:33 pm (PDT)
Aromatherapy Tip
For a pick-me-up for aching feet, fill a large bowl with warm water,
add two drops of Peppermint oil and soak feet and ankles for 10
minutes.
from www.aromathyme.com
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Re: Aromatherapy Tip
Posted by: "LadyHawk_Jax" ladyhawk_jax@yahoo.com ladyhawk_jax
Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:44 pm (PDT)
I use peppermint oil frequently for my feet.... Thanks for sharing.
Love, Light and Abundant Blessings,
LadyHawk
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Subject: [13Witches] Aromatherapy Tip
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com , whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, June 5, 2011, 5:33 PM
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Re: Aromatherapy Tip
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:14 pm (PDT)
I use peppermint oil frequently for my feet.... Thanks for sharing.
Love, Light and Abundant Blessings,
LadyHawk
You're welcome. After a dance troupe performance, that is the first thing I do when I get home.
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NC Pagan Wilderness Weekend
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:39 pm (PDT)
Hello Hello One and ALL,
NC Pagans Outdoors Pagan Wilderness Weekend 9 is only 3 weeks away (Thursday June 23rd-Sunday June 26th, 2011) and you still have time to take advantage of the awesome pre-pay discounts NOW AVAILABLE on our website (http://ncpagansoutdoors.com/ ) until June 10th.event-pre- pay-donate- or-sponsor
This year's PWW is going to be the best NC Pagans Outdoors event thus far with several excellent workshops including Chanting and Singing, Meditations, Hands On Make Your Own, Pagan Leadership and Much More. Feast on Saturday evening is Make Your Own Asian Buffet with all kinds of excellent Asian veggies and sauces to choose from along with Grilled Teriyaki Chicken. Saturday evening we have Three Grace Entertainment (http://ncpagansoutdoors.com/ ) out of Boone and Winston Salem presenting us with 2 awesome shows, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance and Fire Dancing after dark. We also have several excellent Vendors lined up for all those Earth-based and Pagan goodies you just can't find anywhere else.three-graces- at-pww-2011
Naturally we have some powerful rituals lined up and, as if that wasn't enough, we always have drumming and jamming around the balefyre and plenty of fun and fellowship for the whole Pagan Community.
Just 5 more days to get those pre-paid registrations in so you can reap the benefits of a few dollars off the gate price of $35.00 per person. http://ncpagansoutdoors.com/ event-pre- pay-donate- or-sponsor
Be sure not to miss out on a most excellent weekend of Pagan Community and Family and be sure to check out the website (http://ncpagansoutdoors.com/ ) for lots more info.pagan-wilderness -weekend- 2011/
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Pagan Wilderness Weekend 2011!
In Service,
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and the NC Pagans Outdoors B.O.D.
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**Share A Spell Day**, 6/6/2011, 12:00 am
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Jason and the Fairy Ring
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:02 pm (PDT)
Jason and the Fairy Ring
"There aren't such things as fairies." Jason looked down at the face of his little sister. Jason was ten years old and didn't want Julie's talk about fairies to embarrass him in front of his friends.
"Only little kids believe in fairies."
"There are too fairies," Julie answered, stamping her foot.
"Prove it," Jason said.
"Mom and Dad say there are fairies. There's even a fairy ring in our back yard where they come and dance." Julie started to cry because she was so upset with her brother. "I'll tell the fairies to take away your model airplane. That will teach you, Jason!" She turned and ran back to the house.
"Little sisters," Jason said to himself as he walked away to find his
friends and play baseball. By the time he came home for supper, he had forgotten all about his argument with Julie and her threat about the fairies. But when he went into his room to go to bed, his model airplane was gone.
"I haven't seen your plane," his mother said when he asked, "and
Julie hasn't been in your room."
Jason was very upset when he went to bed. He lay there a long time, wondering who had taken his plane. If Julie didn't take the plane, who did? He had a strange feeling that he should look outside at the back yard. The Moon was full and bright, and its light made it possible for Jason to see as clear as day. He pressed his face close to the window and looked at the fairy ring. There in the center of the dark green circle of grass sat his model airplane.
Jason's bare feet made no noise as he quietly opened the back door
and went out into the bright moonlight. He hurried across the lawn and stepped inside the dark ring of grass to pick up his airplane. But when he turned to go back, the house was gone. Little lights like fireflies darted all around him.
"What's happening?" Jason asked, and he was afraid.
"You are between the worlds in the land of fairies," said a voice.
Jason turned and saw a man standing beside him. The man looked
different somehow, but Jason couldn't decide why. "Who are you?" he finally asked.
"My name is Fire Glow, and I am a fairy," the man answered. "Hurry now. We must not be late for the Summer Solstice celebration, or the Fairy Queen will be upset."
"There aren't any fairies." Jason looked around for his house, but
he still couldn't see it. "Fairies are make-believe."
"Is that so?" Fire Glow said. He reached out and gave a little pull
on Jason's hair.
"Ouch! That hurt." Jason frowned, but Fire Glow grinned at him.
"How can that hurt?" the man asked. "After all, I don't exist. I'm only make-believe."
"Prove that you are a fairy," Jason demanded. "Take me to this Fairy Queen of yours if you can."
"The magic words," Fire Glow said with a grin as he put three leaves into the pocket of Jason's pajamas.
"What are these?" Jason asked as he felt the leaves.
"Leaves of oak, ash, and hawthorn. They will help you travel to the
court of the Fairy Queen, and they will help you return home when your visit is over."
Fire Glow took Jason's hand while he sprinkled something over the
boy's head. For a moment everything seemed to be spinning, then it stopped, and Jason stood in the middle of a large, grassy space with thick trees around the edges.
"We are just in time," Fire Glow said. "Here comes the court and the Queen now."
Out of the trees came a parade of strange beings, some tall, some
small, and others very tiny. They were laughing and singing as they came. Some walked, others rode horses, and, when Jason looked very carefully, he saw that the tiny ones rode on ice.
At the head of this parade rode a beautiful woman on a dappled gray horse. She wore a brightly colored dress and had flowers in her long hair. The saddle and bridle of her horse were decorated with silver and gold. Beside her rode a man with dark hair and a sword by his side.
"I'm dreaming, that's all," Jason said, then jumped as Fire Glow
laughed and tugged at his hair again. "It sure seems like it," Jason grumbled as he smoothed down his hair.
The parade of fairy beings poured into the clearing until they filled
the space. The little darting lights he had seen when first he stepped into the fairy ring once more flew around his head. This time he saw that they were really tiny people with fluttering wings.
The Queen and King dismounted and sat on flower-covered chairs as their attendants led away their horses. All around the clearing tables were set up with food and drink. Some of the people began to play on pipes and harps, filling the moonlit night with music.
"Bring the boy Jason to us," called out the Queen. I would talk with this human child who says we do not exist."
Fire Glow took Jason's arm and pulled him forward to stand before the Queen.
"Why do you say we are not real?" the King asked as he leaned forward to look at Jason with dark eyes. "You can see and hear and feel us. Does that not make us real?"
"Well, other kids don't see you," Jason answered. "And I never saw you before."
"Did anyone else see the deer you saw last fall along the road?"
Jason shook his head. "So the deer doesn't exist then?"
"Yes, they exist. Everyone sees deer." Jason was beginning to feel he just might be wrong.
"Everyone?" The King raised his eyebrows in question.
"Well, no, I suppose everyone doesn't see deer," Jason
answered. "You have to stand very still and be patient to see a deer."
"Have you ever seen a dinosaur or a dodo bird?" The Queen tapped her wand on her knee.
Jason shook his head. "They're all dead now."
"Then they never existed, if you haven't seen one." The King took a goblet offered to him. "They are make-believe."
"I've read books that tell all about them," Jason protested. He
stopped and thought, I've read books about fairies too. And now I'm seeing them. Maybe I was wrong when I said there are no fairies.
"Yes, perhaps you were wrong in thinking that," the Queen said, with a smile as she read his thoughts. "Like the deer, we do not show ourselves to just anyone. But fairies and other such creatures do like to meet with humans who believe in us. We sometimes help those believers and teach them ancient knowledge that is not written in books."
"Let us eat and drink and be merry while the night lasts," the King
said.
Jason and Fire Glow sat on the grass by the Queen and King while the musicians played and food was passed around.
"Why did you bring me here?" Jason finally asked the Fairy Queen. "I was being rude when I said you didn't exist."
"You have a special task ahead of you when you grow up. You and many other humans will have the job of making your world a better place. Although we seldom live within your world, we are still part of it. If your world is destroyed, then so is ours. We are part of each other and must work together."
"At one time, in the distant past," the Queen said softly, "humans
and the fairy folk were closer than we are now. We want to make the ties between us stronger, not weaker. Will you help?"
"If I can," Jason answered. "Will I remember you when I go home?"
"I will give you something to help you remember us." The King pointed at Jason's pajama pocket. "Take out the leaves and think of your home," he said.
Jason held the three leaves in his hands as he thought of the fairy
ring in his back yard. Suddenly he stood in the center of the fairy ring outside his back door. He held his airplane in one hand. The leaves in his other hand crumbled into dust in the moonlight. The Fairy King was going to give me something, but he forgot, Jason thought, and he was sad.
Just then, something fell onto the grass and glittered in the light
of the Moon. Jason picked it up and found that he held a silver ring in his hand. He smiled as he heard the laughter of the Fairy King.
The back door of the house opened, and Jason's mother stood there in her nightgown. "What are you doing?" she asked.
Jason ran to her and told her of his wonderful journey. He showed
her the ring.
"I had forgotten," his mother said softly. "Feasting with the
fairies is so wonderful." She touched a tiny ring she wore on her little finger, then patted Jason's shoulder. "Go back to bed now."
Jason peeked out the window before he went back to his room and saw his mother, her bare feet white in the moonlight, standing in the center of the fairy ring with her arms raised toward the Moon.
"I guess you don't have to be a kid to believe in fairies," he said
to himself.
by D. J. Conway,
copyright 1998
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Fairies History
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:03 pm (PDT)
Faeries History
Pagan gods and goddesses, tribal ancestors, and those who
worshipped them all became "fairies" in the traditions of France,
Germany, and the British Isles. The Irish still say fairies live in
the pagan sidh (burial mounds and barrow graves), several hundred of
which still stand in the Irish countryside. The Welsh knew their
ancestors had a matriarchal society. Like the Irish, they called
fairies The Mothers, or The Mother's Blessing; and fairyland was
always the Land of Women. Fairies came out of their fairy hills at Halloween
[Samhain, Hallow's Eve], Celtic folk said, because the hills themselves were
tomb-wombs of rebirth according to the ancient belief, and Halloween was only
a new name for Samhain, when the dead returned to earth with the help of the
priestesses who, under Christianity, were newly described as witches. [I believe
Witches were called such before this, actually.] Respect for the Pagan dead
endured to a remarkably late date, even among Christians whose church taught
them that the old deities were devils. Cornish miners refused to make the sign
of the cross when down in a mine, for fear of offending the fairies in their own
subterranean territory by making a gesture that invoked their enemy.
In the Book of the Dun Cow, the fairy queen described her realm
as "the land of the ever-living, a place where there is neither
death nor sin, nor transgression. We have continual feasts: we
practice every benevolent work without contention. We dwell in a
large Shee (sidh; and hence we are called the people of the Fairy-
Mound." The Pagan after-world was a golden "dream time" of long ago,
when heroes were deified by sacred marriage with the Goddess. The
great God Lugh, father of Ireland's dying savior Cu Chulainn, came "out of
the chambered undergrounds of Tara where dwell the fourth race of
gods who settled Ireland. They are the glorious and golden giants,
Tuatha De Danann. These people of the goddess Dana first used gold
and sliver in an Age of Bronze. They first cleared the land, first
drained the swamps. They built the great temples of stone like the
one they sent to Britain's Stonehenge. [Always keep in mind that
Stonehenge was first a Moon Calendar before it was converted into a
Sun Calendar.] When conquered, they retired to their underground
barrows or Sidhe where they still live today.
Fairy mounds were entrances to the pagan paradise, which might be
located underground, [brings to mind the Hopi kivas] or under water,
or under hills on distant islands across the western sea where the
sun died.
The fairy queen was obviously the ancient fertility-mother, like
Demeter or Ceres. William of Auvergne said in the 13th century she
was called Abundia, or Dame Abonde: "Abundance." She was also called
Diana, Venus, Hecate, Sybil, or Titania--a title of Cretan Rhea as
ruler of the earth-spirits called Titans, predecessors of the
Olympian gods. (See Titania.) [She is referring to other information
in her book.] She had all three personae of the Triple goddess,
including the death-dealing Crone, which is why an Irish title Bean-
Sidhe, "Woman of the Fairy-Mounds," was corrupted into banshee, the
shrieking demoness whose voice brought death. In the form of the
triple Morrigan, she sang of blood sacrifices related to springtime
renewal of vegetation. A variation on her title was the notorious
Morgan le Fay or Morgan the Fairy, also know as the death
goddess, "Morgue la faye."
The Romance of Lancelot du Lac spoke of the fairy queen in another
incarnation as Lady of the Lake: "The damsel who carried Lancelot to
the lake was a fay [or fae], and in those times all those women were
called fays [or faes] who had to do the enchantments and charms and
there were many of them then, principally in Great Britain and knew
the power and virtues of words, of stones, and of herbs." Their
knights were forbidden to speak their names, for fear of betraying
them to Christian persecutors.
Secrecy attended many aspects of the fairy-religion, for the very
reason that it was carried on clandestinely under a dominant
religious system that threatened its practitioners with torture and
death. One of the charges that sent Joan of Arc to the stake was
that she "adored the Fairies and did them reverence."
A legend repeated by the gypsies said if a man found a statue of a
naked fate (fairy) in the ruins of Pagan temples or tombs, he should
embrace it with love and eject semen on it. Then, like Pygmalion's
Galatea, the fate would come to life in his dreams and tell her
lover where to find buried treasure, and she would become
his "fortune." He would be happy with her forevermore, provided he
agreed never to set food in a Christian church again as long as he
lived.
This idea of fairy-fortune might be traced all the way back to
ancient customs of matrilineal inheritance and matrilocal marriage,
characteristic both of Bronze Age myths and of fairy tales. The
fairy-tale hero rarely brought a bride to his own home; instead, he
left home to seek his "fortune," which usually turned out to be a
foreign princess won by trial and wedded in her own country, which
the hero afterward helped rule. As in the pre-patriarchal system, a
woman was the "fortune" or "fate" of the young man, words which also
meant "fairy," through such intermediates as Fata, Fay [Fae], Le Fee
or the "fey" one. Fairy and Fate were further related through fear
and fair: Medieval Latin fatare, "to enchant," became Frenchfaer or
feer.
Many believed fairies lived in the deep woods where their sacred
groves had been hidden from priestly interference. Romanians still
speak of the Fata Padourii, Girl of the Woods, a fairy similar to
the Irish banshee. At night she makes eerie sounds that portend
death to the hearer. In Brittany, were there were many groves
dedicated to the Moon-goddess throughout the Middle Ages,
fairies were sometimes called man-devent, "Moon-goddesses".
It seems the fairy-religion was practiced secretly thought most of
the Christian era, especially by women, whose Goddess the
patriarchal church kept trying to take away, giving them no
substitute but Mary, who lacked the old Goddess's powers.
Certain French leaders of the Old Religion were described as "great
princesses who, having refused to embrace Christianity. . .were
struck by the curse of God. Hence it is that they are said to be
animated by violent hatred of (Christian) religion and of the
clergy." Sometimes they were called Korrigen, Korrig, or Korr,
perhaps devotees of the Virgin Kore. A Breton lay said: "There are
nine Korrigen, who dance, with flowers in their hair, and robes of
white wool, around the fountain, by the light of the full moon."
They seem to have been old women who used masks or makeup:
"Seen at night, or in the dusk of the evening, their beauty is great; but in
the daylight their eyes appear red, their hair white, and their
faces wrinkled; hence they rarely let themselves be seen by day."
As late as the 17th century it was said there were shrines kept
by "a thousand old women" who taught the rites of Venus to young
maidens, and instructed them in fairy feats like shape-shifting and
raising storms. They were known as fatuae pr fatidicae,"seeresses,"
or sometimes bonnens filles, "Good girls."
Norwegian, Scottish, and Irish Christians claimed the fairies were
offspring of the fallen angels. Like the non-fallen angels, they
carried off souls of the dead. Any who happened to die at twilight,
the fairies' hour between day and night, would find themselves in
fairyland between life and death, or between heaven and hell. Such
legends reflect ancient views of the after-world as without either
punishment or reward but only a way-station in the karmic cycle,
which is why fairies were like the un-dead---able to emerge from
their tombs at will. As psychopomps, they were the same as Valkyries
or Hindu apsaras, the heavenly nymphs who became peris,, "fairies,"
in Middle-Eastern countries where the Old Religion was also
maintained as a sub-current in patriarchal culture.
Certainly one of the strongest attractions of the fairy-religion was
its permissive view of sexuality, typical of ancient matriarchal
societies, living on in contrast to the harsh anti-sexual attitudes
of orthodoxy. Fairyland was the heaven of sexy angels, as opposed to
the Christian heaven where "bliss" was specifically not sexual, not
even in matrimony (Matthew 22:30). The fairyland called Torelore in
the romance of Aucassin and Nicolette was a home for lovers, as
opposed to the Christian heaven of "old priests, and halt old men
and maimed." The fairy king lay in bed pretending to give birth to a
child [a practice repeated in many ancient cultures.] in the ancient
rite of couvade (see Fatherhood) [another reference to her other
listings in the book]; the queen led an army against their enemies
in a bloodless battle, the combatants pelting each other with
symbolic foods such as apples, eggs, and cheeses. The king said, "
it is nowise our custom to slay each other."
Toward this paradise the Fairy Queen led her lovers on a "broad,
broad road across the lily lea," as Thomas Rhymer's ballad said,
which some called the road to heaven, and others the road to hell: a
prototype of the famous Primrose Path. The Queen herself was
addressed as Queen of Heaven. Sometimes her earthly angels were more
spirit than mortal, like the fairies called Little Wood Women wudu-
maer) in Bavaria, to whom dumplings and other foodstuffs were
offered. Yet most sources admitted that the fairies were real live
women. [A good way to protect to is to turn it to myth.] Prior
wrote, "In Danish ballads fairies are full grown women and not the
diminutive beings of our English tales." Said Andrew Lang. "There
seems little in the characteristics of these fairies of romance to
distinguish them from human beings, except their supernatural
knowledge and power. They are . . .usually of ordinary stature,
indeed not to be recognized as varying from mankind except by their
proceedings." In other words, they were women practicing heathen
rites.
Ms. Walker also gives us some interesting notations in the margins
of her book. I will be giving these at another time, but I think
everyone would be interested in Book of the Dun Cow. Vegetarians
such as myself might find it a little off-putting, but that should
keep us from discovery. Book of the Dun Cow (Lebar-na-Heera), is
[sic] so called because the original manuscript was written on
vellum made from the skin of a prized cow: a collection of 11th
century Irish tales and poems, complied by Mailmuri Mac Kelleher.
Also, Aucassin and Nicolette is a [sic] French medieval romance
based on an Arabian love story. [We could use a few of those these
days 10-23-01]. Aucassin's original name was Al-Kasim. One more
notation is as follows: Tasso's list of Fairy-ladies showed them
indistinguishable from wither Goddesses or Witches, for they had
names of both, including the titles of Fata, Maga, Incantatrice, or
wise woman. They were Oriana, She of the Mountain; Silvana or
Silvanella, She of the Wood; Filidea, She Who Loves the Goddess;
Mirinda, the Warrior Woman; Argea, called Queen of Fate; Lucina,
called the Lady of the Lake; Urganda, called the Wise One; tow Fates of Fays [Faes] named Dragontina and Montana, and Morgana with her
three "daughters," the Morrigan.
In the Book of the Dun Cow, the fairy queen described her realm
as "the land of the ever-living, a place where there is neither
death nor sin, nor transgression. We have continual feasts: we
practice every benevolent work without contention. We dwell in a
large Shee (sidh; and hence we are called the people of the Fairy-
Mound." The Pagan after-world was a golden "dream time" of long ago,
when heroes were deified by sacred marriage with the Goddess. The
great God Lugh, father of Ireland's dying savior Cu Chulainn, came "out of
the chambered undergrounds of Tara where dwell the fourth race of
gods who settled Ireland. They are the glorious and golden giants,
Tuatha De Danann. These people of the goddess Dana first used gold
and sliver in an Age of Bronze. They first cleared the land, first
drained the swamps. They built the great temples of stone like the
one they sent to Britain's Stonehenge. [Always keep in mind that
Stonehenge was first a Moon Calendar before it was converted into a
Sun Calendar.] When conquered, they retired to their underground
barrows or Sidhe where they still live today.
Fairy mounds were entrances to the pagan paradise, which might be
located underground, [brings to mind the Hopi kivas] or under water,
or under hills on distant islands across the western sea where the
sun died.
The fairy queen was obviously the ancient fertility-mother, like
Demeter or Ceres. William of Auvergne said in the 13th century she
was called Abundia, or Dame Abonde: "Abundance." She was also called
Diana, Venus, Hecate, Sybil, or Titania--a title of Cretan Rhea as
ruler of the earth-spirits called Titans, predecessors of the
Olympian gods. (See Titania.) [She is referring to other information
in her book.] She had all three personae of the Triple goddess,
including the death-dealing Crone, which is why an Irish title Bean-
Sidhe, "Woman of the Fairy-Mounds," was corrupted into banshee, the
shrieking demoness whose voice brought death. In the form of the
triple Morrigan, she sang of blood sacrifices related to springtime
renewal of vegetation. A variation on her title was the notorious
Morgan le Fay or Morgan the Fairy, also know as the death
goddess, "Morgue la faye."
The Romance of Lancelot du Lac spoke of the fairy queen in another
incarnation as Lady of the Lake: "The damsel who carried Lancelot to
the lake was a fay [or fae], and in those times all those women were
called fays [or faes] who had to do the enchantments and charms and
there were many of them then, principally in Great Britain and knew
the power and virtues of words, of stones, and of herbs." Their
knights were forbidden to speak their names, for fear of betraying
them to Christian persecutors.
Secrecy attended many aspects of the fairy-religion, for the very
reason that it was carried on clandestinely under a dominant
religious system that threatened its practitioners with torture and
death. One of the charges that sent Joan of Arc to the stake was
that she "adored the Fairies and did them reverence."
A legend repeated by the gypsies said if a man found a statue of a
naked fate (fairy) in the ruins of Pagan temples or tombs, he should
embrace it with love and eject semen on it. Then, like Pygmalion's
Galatea, the fate would come to life in his dreams and tell her
lover where to find buried treasure, and she would become
his "fortune." He would be happy with her forevermore, provided he
agreed never to set food in a Christian church again as long as he
lived.
This idea of fairy-fortune might be traced all the way back to
ancient customs of matrilineal inheritance and matrilocal marriage,
characteristic both of Bronze Age myths and of fairy tales. The
fairy-tale hero rarely brought a bride to his own home; instead, he
left home to seek his "fortune," which usually turned out to be a
foreign princess won by trial and wedded in her own country, which
the hero afterward helped rule. As in the pre-patriarchal system, a
woman was the "fortune" or "fate" of the young man, words which also
meant "fairy," through such intermediates as Fata, Fay [Fae], Le Fee
or the "fey" one. Fairy and Fate were further related through fear
and fair: Medieval Latin fatare, "to enchant," became Frenchfaer or
feer.
Many believed fairies lived in the deep woods where their sacred
groves had been hidden from priestly interference. Romanians still
speak of the Fata Padourii, Girl of the Woods, a fairy similar to
the Irish banshee. At night she makes eerie sounds that portend
death to the hearer. In Brittany, were there were many groves
dedicated to the Moon-goddess throughout the Middle Ages,
fairies were sometimes called man-devent, "Moon-goddesses".
It seems the fairy-religion was practiced secretly thought most of
the Christian era, especially by women, whose Goddess the
patriarchal church kept trying to take away, giving them no
substitute but Mary, who lacked the old Goddess's powers.
Certain French leaders of the Old Religion were described as "great
princesses who, having refused to embrace Christianity. . .were
struck by the curse of God. Hence it is that they are said to be
animated by violent hatred of (Christian) religion and of the
clergy." Sometimes they were called Korrigen, Korrig, or Korr,
perhaps devotees of the Virgin Kore. A Breton lay said: "There are
nine Korrigen, who dance, with flowers in their hair, and robes of
white wool, around the fountain, by the light of the full moon."
They seem to have been old women who used masks or makeup:
"Seen at night, or in the dusk of the evening, their beauty is great; but in
the daylight their eyes appear red, their hair white, and their
faces wrinkled; hence they rarely let themselves be seen by day."
As late as the 17th century it was said there were shrines kept
by "a thousand old women" who taught the rites of Venus to young
maidens, and instructed them in fairy feats like shape-shifting and
raising storms. They were known as fatuae pr fatidicae,"seeresses,"
or sometimes bonnens filles, "Good girls."
Norwegian, Scottish, and Irish Christians claimed the fairies were
offspring of the fallen angels. Like the non-fallen angels, they
carried off souls of the dead. Any who happened to die at twilight,
the fairies' hour between day and night, would find themselves in
fairyland between life and death, or between heaven and hell. Such
legends reflect ancient views of the after-world as without either
punishment or reward but only a way-station in the karmic cycle,
which is why fairies were like the un-dead---able to emerge from
their tombs at will. As psychopomps, they were the same as Valkyries
or Hindu apsaras, the heavenly nymphs who became peris,, "fairies,"
in Middle-Eastern countries where the Old Religion was also
maintained as a sub-current in patriarchal culture.
Certainly one of the strongest attractions of the fairy-religion was
its permissive view of sexuality, typical of ancient matriarchal
societies, living on in contrast to the harsh anti-sexual attitudes
of orthodoxy. Fairyland was the heaven of sexy angels, as opposed to
the Christian heaven where "bliss" was specifically not sexual, not
even in matrimony (Matthew 22:30). The fairyland called Torelore in
the romance of Aucassin and Nicolette was a home for lovers, as
opposed to the Christian heaven of "old priests, and halt old men
and maimed." The fairy king lay in bed pretending to give birth to a
child [a practice repeated in many ancient cultures.] in the ancient
rite of couvade (see Fatherhood) [another reference to her other
listings in the book]; the queen led an army against their enemies
in a bloodless battle, the combatants pelting each other with
symbolic foods such as apples, eggs, and cheeses. The king said, "
it is nowise our custom to slay each other."
Toward this paradise the Fairy Queen led her lovers on a "broad,
broad road across the lily lea," as Thomas Rhymer's ballad said,
which some called the road to heaven, and others the road to hell: a
prototype of the famous Primrose Path. The Queen herself was
addressed as Queen of Heaven. Sometimes her earthly angels were more
spirit than mortal, like the fairies called Little Wood Women wudu-
maer) in Bavaria, to whom dumplings and other foodstuffs were
offered. Yet most sources admitted that the fairies were real live
women. [A good way to protect to is to turn it to myth.] Prior
wrote, "In Danish ballads fairies are full grown women and not the
diminutive beings of our English tales." Said Andrew Lang. "There
seems little in the characteristics of these fairies of romance to
distinguish them from human beings, except their supernatural
knowledge and power. They are . . .usually of ordinary stature,
indeed not to be recognized as varying from mankind except by their
proceedings." In other words, they were women practicing heathen
rites.
Ms. Walker also gives us some interesting notations in the margins
of her book. I will be giving these at another time, but I think
everyone would be interested in Book of the Dun Cow. Vegetarians
such as myself might find it a little off-putting, but that should
keep us from discovery. Book of the Dun Cow (Lebar-na-Heera), is
[sic] so called because the original manuscript was written on
vellum made from the skin of a prized cow: a collection of 11th
century Irish tales and poems, complied by Mailmuri Mac Kelleher.
Also, Aucassin and Nicolette is a [sic] French medieval romance
based on an Arabian love story. [We could use a few of those these
days 10-23-01]. Aucassin's original name was Al-Kasim. One more
notation is as follows: Tasso's list of Fairy-ladies showed them
indistinguishable from wither Goddesses or Witches, for they had
names of both, including the titles of Fata, Maga, Incantatrice, or
wise woman. They were Oriana, She of the Mountain; Silvana or
Silvanella, She of the Wood; Filidea, She Who Loves the Goddess;
Mirinda, the Warrior Woman; Argea, called Queen of Fate; Lucina,
called the Lady of the Lake; Urganda, called the Wise One; tow Fates of Fays [Faes] named Dragontina and Montana, and Morgana with her
three "daughters," the Morrigan.
~~Source Unknown
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The Three Faces
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:03 pm (PDT)
The Three Faces
One of the most obvious differences between Witchcraft and most current world religions is the presence of a divine female image who is not dependent upon a male deity. This image of the Goddess as a creative, strong force has attracted many women and men in modern society to Witchcraft, and encourages people fighting oppression in its many forms. The Goddess is generally believed to have three major aspects: Maiden, Mother and Crone, who correspond to the main cycles of life, detailed below.
Mother--
Aspect: Creativity, birthing, compassion and healing
Moon Phase: Full
Color: Red
Animals: Elephant, Lion and Whale
Maiden--
Aspect: Warrior, playful, strong, athletic and individuality
Moon: New and Waxing
Color: White or Yellow
Animals: Dog, doe and hawk
Crone--
Aspect: Teacher, cleansing, growth, death and rebirth
Moon: Waning
Color: Black or dark purple
Animals: Mare, sow or owl
A special note about the Crone: In a time when the power of women as healers and wise women was feared by the Christian Church, and when the natural cycles of birth and death were denied, old women were particularly feared and vilified. Many of the women who were accused of witchcraft, tortured, and murdered by church authorities were older women. The church has propagated the image of all witches as old hags with crooked noses, who do evil rather than good, to dehumanize and disempower the women in our
communities who served as teachers and healers before the onset of Christianity. This image continues to abound in various media images today. In Witchcraft, the image of the Crone is of an old, wise woman who teaches us the lessons she has learned--not an ugly, evil eater of children. She can be difficult to work with from a magickal sense if you are shirking your
responsibilities or refusing to let go of unhealthy people, relationships and habits, but Her role is to help us learn to cut away the old so that new
can grow.
---author unknown
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Travel Flow Spell
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:05 pm (PDT)
Travel Flow Spell
When traveling for business, pay attention to the flow of energy. You go and return; you exchange power with other people. It's all about building connections. This spell enhances positive energy flow. For it, you will need a pair of candles—one representing yourself and the other representing whomever you're going to meet—some gold yarn, and a lighter. First, name the candles for yourself and your business partner. Set them up and wrap the yarn around their bases in a figure-eight pattern. Light the candles. Now say:
Golden thread and golden light,
Spin a trail of truth and right.
As we follow, let us see
All the worth in you and me.
As the shadows softly fall,
Let this trip bring good for all. Meditate for a while on your trip's purpose, then blow out the candles. Carry the string with you when you travel.
by Elizabeth Barrette
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A Pagan Child's ABCs
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:06 pm (PDT)
A Pagan Child's ABCs
A is Athame, the knife that we use.
B is for Beltaine, when partners we choose.
C is for Circle where we all are one.
D is for Deosil, path of the Sun.
E is for Esbat, when we gather round.
F is for Fire and its crackling sound.
G is for the Goddess in beauty and love.
H is the Horned One, our Father above.
I is for Imbolc, candles light the way,
J is for June when it's Midsummer's Day.
K is for Karma, the things that we do.
L is for Lammas, harvest's almost through!
M is for Moon, riding way up so high,
N is for Nighttime, which darkens the sky.
O is for Ostara, when we hunt for eggs,
P is for Pan, with hairy goat legs.
Q is the Quarters and there are just four,
R for the Rites when we open the Door.
S is for Samhain, end of the year,
T is for Tarot cards, futures to hear
U is Undines from the watery West,
V is Vervain for protection and rest.
W's Widdershins, the path of the moon.
X is the sign that's the sign of the God.
Y is for Yule and the sun's return,
Z is the Zodiac, 12 signs to learn.
by Bried Foxsong
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Thought for the Day
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Sun Jun 5, 2011 9:09 pm (PDT)
Thought for the Day:
Behind every successful woman...is a substantial amount of coffee.
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