Messages In This Digest (7 Messages)
- 1a.
- Summer Invocation From: Lady Nightshayde
- 2a.
- Your Sun Sign Success Colors From: Lady Nightshayde
- 3.1.
- Elder's Meditation of the Day From: Lady Nightshayde
- 4.1.
- Insights From: Lady Nightshayde
- 5a.
- The Craft Name From: Lady Nightshayde
- 6a.
- The Art of Casting Spells From: Lady Nightshayde
- 7a.
- The Power of Words From: Lady Nightshayde
Messages
- 1a.
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Summer Invocation
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:23 pm (PDT)
Summer Invocation
For the little children to participate in the Litha ritual, have them call quarters!
Fireflies and summer sun
in circles round we become as one
Singing songs at magick's hour
we bring the winds
and timeless powers
Turning inward, hand in hand.
Chant While Sun is Setting:
we dance the hearth Hail fair Sun
to heal the land Ruler of the day;
Rise on the morn
Standing silent beneath the sky To light my way.
we catch the fire
from our God's eye Chant While Moon Gazing
Hail fair Moon
Swaying breathless, beside the sea Ruler of the night;
we call the Goddess Guard me and mine
So mote it be!
Source Unknown
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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Your Sun Sign Success Colors
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:24 pm (PDT)
Your Sun Sign Success Colors
Adapted from Earth Magic, by Claire Nahmad (Inner Traditions, 1994).
Colors can have a significant effect on our mood and behavior, and on
the ways in which others perceive us. When our color choices are aligned
with a deeper, more authentic self rather than with what is merely
fashionable, we radiate an aura of confidence grounded in who we are.
Find out which colors are in tune with your sun sign so you can truly
dress for success, or decorate your home to reflect more of your deeper
self.
Aries, March 21-April 19: Red, bright colors, especially green, pink,
white, and yellow.
Taurus, April 20-May 21: All shades of blue and green, turquoise, soft
rose-pinks.
Gemini, May 22-June 20: White, silver, yellow, spring green, pale gray.
Cancer, June 21-July 22: Pale blue, silver, pearl, glistening white,
emerald green.
Leo, July 23- Aug 22: All shades of gold, yellow, orange, vermilion,
copper, blood red, light green, white.
Virgo, Aug 23-Sept 22: Pastel shades of blue, gold, peach, yellow, and
amethyst; jade green, autumn hues.
Libra, Sept 23-Oct 22: Royal blue, cerulean blue, rose-pink, amethyst,
violet.
Scorpio, Oct 23-Nov 1: Deep, dark shades of red, russet-brown,
shadow-black, stone-gray.
Sagittarius, Nov 22-Dec 21: Lilac, mauve, purple, amethyst, violet,
indigo, vermilion, midnight blue.
Capricorn, Dec 22-Jan 19: Black, gray, violet, dark brown, dun, shades
of earth.
Aquarius, Jan 20-Feb 18: All colors of the spectrum, particularly
electric and ultramarine blue, electric green, deep violet.
Pisces, Feb 19-March 20: Purple, violet, amethyst, sea-green, turquoise.
Copyright: Adapted from Earth Magic, by Claire Nahmad (Inner Traditions,1994).
Copyright (c) 1994 by Claire Nahmad. Reprinted by permission of
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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Elder's Meditation of the Day
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:24 pm (PDT)
Elder's Meditation of the Day
"All the stones that are around here, each one has a language of its own. Even the earth has a song."
-- -- Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA
To believe that every tree, plant, and insect can talk takes an open mind. Go by yourself into nature and sit quietly. Then pick up a rock and listen to your thoughts. After a while, put that rock down and pick up another rock. Your thoughts will change. These are the voices and wisdom of the Stone People. Each one has different wisdom and they are willing to share their wisdom with you. Many of the Stone People are very old and very wise.
Great Spirit, let every rock and leaf be my teacher.
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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Insights
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:31 pm (PDT)
PROVERBIAL WISDOM
When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
Spanish proverb
Better to eat bread in peace than cake amidst turmoil.
Slovakian proverb
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The Craft Name
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:36 pm (PDT)
The Craft Name
In many cultures, people were not named until adulthood. As numerology is used to discover the powers of names, names hold a power all their own. They serve as a psychic and psychological trigger. In many cultures, children were given a "false name" to protect them from bad spirits until one was chosen for them in adulthood. In other societies the mother would be the only person who would know the child's real name. This all comes from the concept that a person's true name has power, and knowing that name can give others and bad spirits power over them. Names also are our prime identification with the world.
Magickal names are quite popular among the pagan community. So popular, in fact, that many pagans have two or even three such names: a public Craft name, a secret name, and perhaps even a third name which is used only when addressing the Goddess and the God, and more than one tradition may have different names for each group. For many, taking a new name is an outward symbol of her or his devotion. It's seen as a part of the process of rebirth into the religion.
So how do I go about finding a magickal name?
Not everyone within the Craft takes on an additional name. It's personal
preference and generally tied to the Tradition that the individual
practices. The name one chooses should not be adopted lightly. Even the Public Name may become something you are associated with years to come,so make sure the name fits when you take it as your own.
Generally speaking, there are several techniques or methods one can use to select a Craft name. It is not uncommon to adopt the name of a patron God or Goddess, or a significant totem animal. The name may also reflect some personal talents, skills or hobbies, or it may be derived from a historical or ancestral relationship. Numerology is used by many practitioners to develop Craft names, reducing the numeric equivalent of the given name to it's simplest form, then selecting a magickal name fitting that character count. Regardless of the method used, it is generally followed by a period of meditation in order to be satisfied the new name is indeed suitable and appropriate.
It is also possible to obtains one's name through a ritual setting such
as the one listed below. I would light candles of your favorite
color, place your favorite flowers upon the altar as an offering to
the Gods, burn your favorite incense, write your given name in cursive
upon a piece of parchment - or regular paper if you don't have parchment- have the chalice filled with you very favorite beverage, whatever it may be - coffee, blackberry herbal tea, mead, water, sprite - whateveryou like best. Play your favorite music and wear your favorite
jewelry and garments.
Having personal items on an altar will assist in find a magickal name
that is *perfectly* suited just for you. All your favorite things are a
part of who you are at this time in your life and help give this naming
rite that added connection to your inner self, which is needed if you
are going to find your Craft name.
Pray to your patron God and Goddess, tell them of your intent. Ask Them for Their help in discovering your name. Watch your breathing. Take the parchment with your name in cursive and light it from one of the many candles of your favorite color that's sitting on the altar.
Place it on your pentacle dish or a saucer or in a cauldron [somewhere
it can burn safely] and watch the smoke rise up to the Gods, carrying
with it secrets of your personality. Then close your eyes, and focus on
that point just between your eyes, looking for symbols or images to
appear, colors, animals whatever reveals itself to you. Also be
listening for voices in your head or actual voices you can hear with
your ears, whispering your new name.
If you don't receive a response after an hour, thank the Gods and ask
Them if They would send you a message or sign in your dreams this night. Don't worry if you don't meet with immediate success, it just takes awhile to get the hang of it. Often times the biggest cause of failure is because the person wouldn't or couldn't *relax*.
Using a craft name may not give you any additional power but it will
become your personal link to the Craft and to the deities. Your name
will, to a great extent, define you as a witch and as a practitioner of
our Craft of the Wise.
(Source Unknown)
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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The Art of Casting Spells
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:38 pm (PDT)
The Art Of Casting Spells
"A spell is a symbolic act done in an altered state of consciousness
in order to cause a desired change."
To cast a spell is to project energy through a symbol. It is
important to note that the energy is what is key, not the symbol; too often,
the symbols are mistaken for the agent that casts the spell. While props are
useful at times, it is the mind that works the magic. Correspondences between
colors, planets, metals, numbers, plants and minerals, and musical notes make
up a great deal of magical lore, and particular objects, shapes, colors,
scents, and images do work better than others to embody certain ideas. The
most powerful spells are often improvised from materials that feel right
or that simply happen to come to hand, however.
Theory of Spellcasting
Spells are an important aspect of magical training. They require the
use of the combined faculties of relaxation, visualization, concentration and
projection. The casting of spells provides practice in coordinating
these skills and developing them further. Spells are extremely sophisticated
psychological tools that have subtle, but important, effects on a
person's inner growth. Spells may highlight otherwise hidden complexes of the
person casting the spell.
A person who has conflicts about success will find great difficulty in
concentrating on a money spell, for example. Many times the practical
results of a spell are far less important than the psychological
insights that arise during the magical work, for discovering our inner blocks
and fears is the first step in overcoming them. Spells also go one step
further than most forms of psychotherapy, in that they allow us not only to
listen to and interpret the unconscious, but also to speak to it in the
language it understands.
Symbols, images, and objects used in spells communicate directly with
Younger Self, who is the guardian of our emotions and who is barely
affected by the intellect. We often understand our feelings and behavior but
find ourselves unable to change them, but through spells, we can attain
the most important power - the power to change our lives.
Spellcasting also forces us to come to terms with the material world.
Many people attracted to the spiritual path of the Craft find themselves
uneasy with using magic for practical or material goals. Somehow it seems
wrong to work magic for oneself, to want things and to get things. This is an
attitude that is a holdover of the Judeo-Christian worldview that sees
spirit and matter as separate and that identifies matter with evil and
corruption.
In the Craft, flesh, the material world, none of what is commonly
thought of as matter is separate from spirit. The universe is made up of the
Goddess who is manifest in all things. Union with the Goddess comes through
embracing the material world and all the gifts that She has placed in
it for us. Our major task on this plane of existence is to become masters of
this realm of manifestation. We do not fight self-interest; we follow it,
but with awareness that transmutes it into something sacred.
Mechanics of Spellcasting
Spellcasting is the lesser, not the greater magic; but the greater
magic builds on the lesser. The paradox is that in spellcasting we may
start out working with the personal self, but in order to work the magic we
are forced to expand and recognize the Self that moves through all beings.
Magic involves the deliberate self-identification with other objects
and people. For example, to do a healing, we must become the healer, the
one who is healed, and the energy that is to do the healing. To attract love,
we must be able to love ourselves and to become love its self.
Spells work in two basic ways. The first is through suggestion;
symbols and images implant certain ideas in Younger Self, or the subconscious
mind, and we are then influenced to actualize those ideas. Spells can also
influence the external world.
The theoretical model that witches use to explain the workings of
magic is a clear one and coincides in many ways with the "new" physics. It is
simply an elaborate but extremely useful metaphor. The metaphor is based on a
worldview that sees things not as fixed objects, but as vortexes of energy.
The physical world is formed by the vortexes of energy, and if we
cause a change in the energy patterns they, in turn, cause a change in the
physical world. When our own energy is concentrated and channeled, it can
move the broader energy currents. The images and objects used in spells are the
channels. They are the vessels through which our power is poured, and by
which it is shaped.
As energy is directed into the images we visualize, it gradually
manifests physical form and takes shape in the material world. Directing
energy is not a matter of simply emoting. Emotion can be likened to a strobe light
which provides a very inconstant light, while directed energy is more like
a laser beam. Even concentrated power is a small stream compared with the vast
surges of energy that surround us. The most adept witch cannot be
successful in all her spells, for the opposing currents are often too strong.
The craft teaches to first identify the flow of energy and then to
decide whether or not it is going where we want it to go. If it is not, then
we can try to deflect it, or we may have to change our own course. Sensing
the energy climate is a matter of intuition and experience. Some witches
make a study of Astrology in an effort to plan their magical workings at the
optimal times, while others prefer to work when they feel the time is
right.
Of all the planets, the Moon's influence on subtle energies is the
strongest. Subtle power increases as the Moon waxes, so the time of
the waxing Moon is best for spells involving growth or increase, such as
money spells. The power peaks when the Moon is full and that is the best
time for workings of culmination and love. During the waning Moon, power
subsides and turns inward. The waning Moon's period is used for banishings,
bindings, and discovering hidden secrets. The practical witch soon learns to
adjust her spells to fit the time of the Moon. If, for example, she needs to do
a money spell during the waning Moon, she would put a little 'English' on it
and make it a poverty banishing spell.
Energy pursues the path of least resistance. Material results are more
easily achieved on this plane of existence through physical actions
than through magical workings. For example, it is simpler to lock your
door than suffer the constant drain from maintaining psychic seals on your
doors and windows while you are away from home. Of course, once you have
locked your door, you might feel more reassured by placing seals on it.
No magic spell is going to bring results unless channels are opened
into the material world. For example, a job spell is useless if you are not
willing to go out and interview for jobs or at least let potential employers
know that you are in the market for one. In the same vein, a healing spell
is no substitute for medical care.
Most medicine today can be broken down into two broad categories,
emergency medicine and that which is not needed for immediate life-threatening
situations. Emergency medicine has excelled at stabilizing the body's
condition so that it can repair itself at its own pace. Most other forms of
medicine consist of treatment through surgery or chemotherapy or a
combination of both. The procedures noted above work on the physical
body and do not take the other levels into consideration. Psychic healing
works at healing the higher levels of the person so that the physical heals
itself or allows the person to let go of their physical body if it cannot be
repaired. In either case, the choice rests with the person who is
being healed and not the healer.
Visualization used in creating a spell should focus on the desired
result, not the individual steps leading up to the result. We give the spell
free rein in how it goes about achieving the results with the
understanding that it is not to bring harm to anyone or any being. For this
reason, spells have a habit of working in very unexpected ways.
To assure that the power we have unleashed does not inadvertently
cause harm, we bind the spell. This serves to 'set' the form we have
created so that the energy becomes fixed in the pattern we desire. The energy
we project to others affects us even more strongly than the other person. This
is because we have generated the energy, and thus we have become the
object at which the energy is directed. If healing energy is sent out, then
the health of the person casting the spell is enhanced. By the same
token, any hex or curse that is sent out ALWAYS affects the person who sends
it no matter whether it affected the person it was sent at or not.
MAGIC IS NOT TO BE USED TO GAIN POWER OVER OTHERS. Magic is a
technique used in developing your own 'power from within.' Spells that are
directed at gaining power over others weaken the 'power from within.' Aside from
the damage done to oneself, it is important for another reason. Many
people who do not understand the laws of magic are afraid of being attacked
magically and are given to paranoia. The witch's main stock-in-trade used to
be removing a competitor's hexes and preparing charms to protect their clients.
While true psychic attacks are EXTREMELY RARE, a person's guilt makes
up for any lack, and after using 'forbidden' help, their paranoia leads them
to seek protection from the same person they just turned to in
desperation. Do yourself a favor, and resist the temptation to 'help' these
types. Most magical formularies consist of formulae gathered and tested by
witches as well as many charms to protect the common man from those same
witches who sold them their charms.
Times and Correspondences
I mentioned earlier that timing and the right props are considered
important in spellcasting. Over the years, systems of Correspondences were
developed which assigned certain attributes and aspects to the seven ancient
planets of Astrology. Each planet was assigned a God or Goddess, who embodies
the attributes the ancients wished to invoke. Each of the Gods and
Goddesses were assigned an hour of the day, color, incense, metal, number,
signature, plant, mineral, musical note, and animal or bird.
General Guidelines for Casting Spells
Set aside a room for your magical work. Decorate it with things that
put you in a magical mood. Remember to use things that stimulate all five of
your physical senses. Some obvious things would be the use of appropriate
colors for sight, incense for scent, music for hearing, wines for taste, and
textures for feel.
If you do not have a room you can set aside exclusively for your
magical work, then choose a room that can be locked while you do your work.
This will allow you to work undisturbed. In any case, you should clean
your work area periodically with a purifying powder/floor wash to keep away
negative vibrations.
Set up an altar to be used as your worktable. It's size and shape
should be those that appeal to you. Placing candles and other items that
assist you to concentrate on the work at hand is a good practice. Some people like
to cover their altar with a white cloth and place fresh cut flowers on
it every day.
Always use the best candles, oils, and incenses that you can afford,
or make your own, for scrimping on materials has a negative effect on the
subconscious. Don't forget that the subconscious is very good at
making do with raw materials that it can shape to its own use.
Never cast a spell until you have a clear and concise picture of what
it is you wish to accomplish. This ties in with the saying "Be careful what
you wish for, you just might get it."
Always ground out any extra energy you raise for the spell, and bind
the spell so that it expires within the predetermined amount of time.
Once you have cast the spell, do not discuss it with any one until after it
has worked. Most spells peter out because the person who cast it boasts
about it to so many people, that the spell is robbed of power before it has a
chance to work. The ancient bond placed on the magician was to dare, to know
and to keep silent.
Above all, at all times, remember the Rede: "An ye harm none, do what
you will." You do not know all the effects of your spell; therefore use
magick sparingly, if at all.
The above is an edited version of material that is, to the best of
this editor's knowledge, part of a public domain file that has been in
circulation for years.
Copyright 1999 Psychic Journal and Sabrina Scott Co., Inc
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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The Power of Words
Posted by: "Lady Nightshayde" LadyNightshayde9@aol.com nightshayde99
Tue Jun 7, 2011 10:39 pm (PDT)
The Power of Words
The spoken word is a great magical power. Words become living things. When
created and given life by your will, and sent forth by being spoken into the
ethers, words are vessels of intent, carriers of energy, and tools that shape
perception and experience. Words are powerful, subtle, magical things.
Words can hurt or they can heal. Unaware of what they are doing, many people
spew thoughtless, careless, hurtful words out into the midst of their lives,
like verbal pollution. People respond. Do you really know what you've been
saying? Take some time and think over the things you have said today, either out
loud, or just to yourself. What you discover may prove enlightening.
Words are the way we communicate on a conscious level, but they can, and do,
reach down to deeper levels. Salesmen and prophets, poets, and politicians all
use words to get what they want by manipulating their words to create, shape,
and guide their victims' responses. The trick is in knowing what sort of
message to send with your words. Tell yourself that you can't do something, and
you probably won't; tell yourself that you can, and you just might. It's not a
lot of hokey feel-good crap--it works. Find something to replace the negative
messages you tell yourself over the course of your day. You just have to dare
to make a conscious change in how you program yourself by your choice of words.
It is important to select the appropriate words for any given situation. Be
aware of what you are saying whenever you call on a deity, or invite elementals
to play in your kitchen. Know what your words mean, and the context from
which they have been drawn if they are not your own words. Don't just piece
together a ritual from cool- sounding bits you've lifted. Take that extra step and
make the words work together in a coherent fashion. Better yet, rewrite them in
your own words to suit your own will. You'll get better results, and learn a
bit in the process as well.
by Jim Garrison
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