Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)
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- Imbolc/Candlemas, 2/2/2012, 6:00 am From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
- 2.
- Groundhog Medicine From: Holly Stokes
- 3.
- Prayers For Our Pagan Soldiers, 2/2/2012, 7:00 pm From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
- 4.
- Friday's Correspondence...February 3 From: Cher Chirichello
- 5a.
- Beginning of Spring Spell From: Cher Chirichello
- 6a.
- Traditional Irish Song From: Cher Chirichello
Messages
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Imbolc/Candlemas, 2/2/2012, 6:00 am
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Thu Feb 2, 2012 2:48 am (PST)
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Imbolc/Candlemas
Thursday February 2, 2012
6:00 am - 7:00 am
(This event repeats every year.)
Notes:
Imbolc/Candlemas: Northern Hemisphere -
Lammas: Southern Hemisphere
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Groundhog Medicine
Posted by: "Holly Stokes" hollylstokes@gmail.com hollyberrysheart
Thu Feb 2, 2012 5:20 am (PST)
Happy Groundhog Day!!!
Here are a few things you may NOT have known about the Groundhog!
A very difficult and powerful totem to have,
Groundhog is the symbol of opening fully to the dreamtime.
Of exploring altered states of consciousness more deeply and fully.
Dreams will have great significance.
Lessons associated with death, dying and revelations about its
processes will begin to surface.
Groundhog can teach its people metabolic control.
How to go into the great unconscious without harm.
People with a Groundhog totem need to have definite
boundaries in their life and let those around them know those boundaries.
Groundhog's power is strongest in Winter and two years is an important
time period.
Two years of intensive studying might be required to achieve
true trances or alter states of consciousness.
This is often the totem of Shamans and Mystics.
(Above info from linsdomain.com)
Here is some additional history on Groundhog day from wikipedia:
The celebration, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in
southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries,
has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or
sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog.[6] It
also bears similarities to the Pagan festival of Imbolc, the seasonal
turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February
1 and also involves weather prognostication[7] and to St. Swithun's
Day in July.
Historical origins
An early American reference to Groundhog Day can be found in a diary
entry,[8] dated February 4, 1841, of Berks County, Pennsylvania,
storekeeper James Morris:
Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according
to the Germans,[9] the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and
if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if
the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.
In Scotland the tradition may also derive from an English poem:
As the light grows longer
The cold grows stronger
If Candlemas be fair and bright
Winter will have another flight
If Candlemas be cloud and rain
Winter will be gone and not come again
A farmer should on Candlemas day
Have half his corn and half his hay
On Candlemas day if thorns hang a drop
You can be sure of a good pea crop
Happy Groundhog Day!
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Prayers For Our Pagan Soldiers, 2/2/2012, 7:00 pm
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Thu Feb 2, 2012 3:40 pm (PST)
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Prayers For Our Pagan Soldiers
Thursday February 2, 2012
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
(This event repeats every week.)
Location: Sending Prayers For Our Loved Members in Iraq
Notes:
Pete Barrington <lordtracker, member)Came home 02/08/10
Robert James
Sgt, Thomas Kerns Afghanistan
David Daugherty
James Martin
Michael Cochran <nightwolf1284@gmail.com >
Scotti (scottia_37)
Eric McArter
Pvt1 Roy Nicholas Kimball
PFC Clint Saucida
PFC Trujillo, Floyd (Tony) Army/Iraq
Your in our Prayers, be safe and come home quick!
And Many prayers to the families to First Class Charles Heinlein Passed July 31st, PFC Stephen P Snowberger III & SGT Stewart, we honor they're passing and will never be forgotten!
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Friday's Correspondence...February 3
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:05 pm (PST)
Friday's Correspondence...February 3
Today's Influences: All Love Matters, Friendships, Affection, Partnerships, Money, Sex
Deities: Freya, Venus, Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique
Incense: Saffron, Verbena
Aromas: Stephanotis, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris
Color of The Day: Light Blue, Pale Green
Candle: Green, pink
Color: Pink
Planet: Venus
Metal: Copper
Gemstones: Coral, emerald, rose quartz
Herbs & Plants: Strawberries, apple blossoms, feverfew
Associations: Family life and fertility, sexuality, harmony, friendship, growth
Use for magick involving love, peace, beauty, gentleness, women's problems, healing, protection, lovers, ease, pleasure, affairs. Resolve quarrels today!
What's Happening Today:
Blessing of Throats Day
Cordova Ice Worm Festival (@)
Day the Music Died (according to Don McLean)
Four Chaplains Memorial Day
Magnolia and Fish Jubilee (Fairy)
Martyr's Day (Sao Tome)
National Carrot Cake Day
Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival; Japan)
St. Anskar's Day (patron of Denmark, Iceland, Norway)
St. Blaise's Day (patron of sick cattle, wool combers; against throat diseases; Western)
St. Simeon's Day (Eastern)
St. Werburga's Day
Wedding Ring Day
Winterlude
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Beginning of Spring Spell
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:08 pm (PST)
Beginning of Spring Spell
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Imbolc is the Celtic holiday that marks the beginning of spring.
It is ruled by the Goddess of spring, known as Brigit or Brigantia in Ireland, and Bride in
Scotland. In Irish myth, the god of the earth Dagda, also known as the
“good god,†had three daughters, who were all named Brigit. The first
Brigit was the goddess of poetry, the second was the goddess of
smithcraft, and the third was the goddess of fire and healing. All three are really aspects of one triple goddess who was associated with the
Sun and with fire. On this day Brigit used her flame to rekindle the
fire in the earth and assure that plants would have the heat that they
need to break through the earth and begin to grow.
In ancient times, a
woman dressed as Brigit would bless the fires in the households and
forges across Ireland. On this day, Brigit’s snake would come out of its
mound, and the snake’s behavior would determine how long the remaining
frost will last. This is the most likely origin of Groundhog Day. In
Christian times, Brigit became a saint associated with the Virgin Mary.
Imbolc became the Christian Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is celebrated by lighting candles. A
Brigit’s cross is a talisman made of woven reeds that form a cross with a
woven square in the center and four equal arms extending out from the
center. This design gives the cross a sense of rotation that evokes the
wheel of the year. Brigit’s cross should be made or bought on this day
and used to protect the home throughout the year. Also on this night one
can leave a silk ribbon on the doorstep for Brigit to bless. Later it
can be used for healing.
...
 ~ Robert PlaceÂ
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Traditional Irish Song
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Thu Feb 2, 2012 9:09 pm (PST)
Brigid went out in the early dawn,
And saw a horse with a shattered leg.
Bone to bone she knit, flesh to flesh,
Vein to vein she sewed, sinew back to sinew.
Brigid, by her woman's power, healed.
And by my woman's power, I can heal myself.
~Traditional Irish Song
Each
of us has within herself a healer. She has power enough to transform
whatever pains us, into a learning and growth experience. Healing
sometimes may call for the strong hands and hearts of others to help us. We must learn to reach out. Learning when to turn inward for our own
healing is one of life's most difficult lessons. When the time comes,
our inner Goddess will guide us toward the knowleg that we need
The
dark of winter is passing, and the light of spring is growing stronger.
Even as we know the light is growing stronger, we also know there will
be challenges ahead. Each winter as we look inward, we have a chance to
get to know that inner healer more completly. Then as spring comes, and
we open outward, we can be joyful , knowing the strength and depth of
our inner resources. ~*~
By Patricia Monaghan
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