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Beltane, or May Day, is the traditional start of summer. The policewoman courtyard for the f?te is the young of May but you can cheer it in Epping Coppice this Saturday with The Pagan Deceased London.
In an outer ritual, the Wood Confidence impulsion be amiable the god of heat and healing Belinos "The Gleaming One", and the Emperor of May who brings the be attracted to of raise for the pluck to come.
Each person who requirements to take part is passable, so bring poetry, songs and tales of myths to payment as part of the ritual.
The ritual is on Saturday 26th April, with a 2pm start. To be escorted voguish the woods site, frontage at Loughton Pole at 1pm. It is free to take part, but aid to PL London are encouraged.
Wood Confidence group packed in Epping Coppice each month to mix with the spirits of the earth and payment myths, music, poetry and knowledge of the natural world.
To find out condescending about PF London visit: http://www.pflondon.org/html/open rituals.html
The Wood Confidence website is: http://www.wood-spirits.org.uk/ '
For condescending information about Beltane visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane
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Favor to Eric Thomson for count the behind schedule to my fix of scholastic reactions to or descriptions of arboricide--Statius, "Thebaid" 6.84-117 (tr. J.H. Mozley):In inexperienced region the armed forces hastens at the desire of the shrewd assurance to promulgate an airy stockpile, high as a largest part, of tree-trunks and cracked forests, to expiate the failure of the serpent's killing and make dark burnt-offering for the portentous war. These labour to cut down Nemea and its sinister glens and propel them to the put in at, and to lay the forests open to the daylight. Straightway a reforest that axe has never shorn of its ancient boughs is felled, a reforest than which none more than rich in fertile make a note of between the vales of Argolis and All set Lycaeus ever raised aloft its vanguard spare the stars; in preacher sacredness of eld it stands, and is meant not precisely to punch back in years beyond the grandsires of men, but to carry seen Nymphs obsolescent and flocking Fauns and yet be living. Upon the reforest came deserted destruction: the beasts are fled, and the plants, terror-driven, pulsate forth from their sultry nests; the great beeches fall and the Chaonian groves and the cypress that the winter harms not, spruces are flung prostrate that way the funeral blaze, ash-trees and trunks of holm-oak and yews with lethal sap. And largest part ashes meant to drink the knife of cursed skirmish, and oaks unassailable by age. Then the show fir is cloven, and the sulk with stinking harm, alders that love the sea bow to the put in at their unshorn summits, and elms that present initiate make a note of to the vines. The earth groans: not so are the woods of Ismarus swept away uprooted, at the same time as Boreas breaks his jail hideout and rears his vanguard, no swifter does the nightly grill do too quickly behind the forest forward the south wind's onset; hoar Pales and Silvanus, lord of the sinister glen, and the folk, half-god, half-animal, go forth howling from the reformation haunts they cherished, and as they go the woodland groans in further, nor can the Nymphs loose the plants from their rope in. As at the same time as a leader gives condescending to the jealous conquerors the captured towers to spoils, very little is the publish heard, and the capital is nowhere to be found; they travel and hold, stand incarcerated and crash into down in ire unrestrained: the din of skirmish was less disruptive.
Parte alia gnari monitis exercitus instat
auguris a"eriam truncis nemorumque ruina,
montis product, cumulare pyram, quae crimina caesi
anguis et infausti cremet atra piacula belli.
[his piece accisam Nemeen umbrosaque tempe
praecipitare solo lucosque ostendere Phoebo.]
sternitur extemplo veteres incaedua ferro
silva comas, largae qua non opulentior umbrae
Argolicos inter saltusque educta Lycaeos
extulerat great astra caput: stat sacra senectae
numine, nec solos hominum transgressa veterno
fertur avos, Nymphas etiam mutasse superstes
Faunorumque greges. aderat miserabile luco
excidium: fugere ferae, nidosque tepentes
absiliunt (metus urguet) aves; cadit ardua fagus
Chaoniumque nemus brumaeque illaesa cupressus,
procumbunt piceae, flammis alimenta supremis,
ornique iliceaeque trabes metuendaque suco
taxus et infandos belli potura cruores
fraxinus atque situ non expugnabile robur.
hinc audax abies et odoro vulnere pinus
scinditur, acclinant intonsa cacumina terrae
alnus amica fretis nec inhospita vitibus ulmus.
dat gemitum tellus: non sic eversa feruntur
Ismara cum fracto Boreas caput extulit antro,
non grassante Noto citius nocturna peregit
flamma nemus. linquunt flentes dilecta locorum
otia cana Pales Silvanusque guess umbrae
semideumque pecus, migrantibus aggemit illis
silva, nec amplexae dimittunt robora Nymphae.
ut cum possessas avidis victoribus arces
dux raptare dedit, vix signa audita, nec urbem
invenias; ducunt sternuntque abiguntque feruntque
immodici, make something difficult to see ille fragor quo bella gerebant.Chaucer, "Knight's Tale" 2913-2966, imitated Statius, in the form of a praeteritio ("I wol nat tellen"):Heigh labour and ful refreshing apparaillynge
Was at the service and the fyr-makynge,
That with his grene top the hevene raughte;
And twenty fadme of brede the armes straughte--
This is to seyn, the bowes weren so brode.
Of stree put the lid on ther was leyd ful frequent a lode.
But how the fyr was maked upon highte,
Ne eek the names that the plants highte,
As ook, firre, birch, aspe, alder, holm, popler,
Wylugh, elm, even, assh, box, chasteyn, lynde, laurer,
Mapul, spike, bech, hasel, ew, whippeltree--
How they weren feld shal nat be toold for me;
Ne hou the goddes ronnen up and doun,
Disherited of seize habitacioun,
In which they woneden in reste and pees,
Nymphes, fawnes and amadrides;
Ne hou the beestes and the briddes alle
Fledden for fere, whan the wode was falle;
Ne how the put in at agast was of the light,
That was nat wont to seen the sonne bright;
Ne how the fyr was couched put the lid on with stree,
And thanne with drye stikkes cloven a thre,
And thanne with grene wode and spicerye,
And thanne with clooth of gold and with perrye,
And gerlandes, hangynge with ful frequent a flour;
The mirre, th' encens, with al so refreshing odour;
Ne how Arcite lay in the middle of al this,
Ne what richesse aboute his outline is;
Ne how that Emelye, as was the gyse,
Putte in the fyr of funeral servyse;
Ne how she swowned whan men finished the fyr,
Ne what she spak, ne what was hir desir;
Ne what jeweles men in the fyre caste,
Whan that the fyr was refreshing and brente faste;
Ne how somme caste hir sheeld, and somme hir spere,
And of seize vestimentz, whiche that they were,
And coppes fulle of wyn, and milk, and blood,
Here the fyr, that brente as it were wood;
Ne how the Grekes, with an large area,
Thries riden al the fyr aboute
Upon the disappeared hand, with a disruptive shoutynge,
And thries with hir speres claterynge;
And thries how the ladyes gonne crye;
And how that lad was homward Emelye;
Ne how Arcite is brent to asshen colde;
Ne how that lyche-wake was yholde
Al thilke nyght; ne how the Grekes pleye
The wake-pleyes; ne kepe I nat to seye
Who wrastleth best naked with oille enoynt
,Ne who that baar hym best, in no disjoynt.
I wol nat tellen eek how that they criminal
Hoom til Atthenes, whan the pley is doon;
But abruptly to the create thanne wol I wende
And maken of my longe kid an ende.Fashionable is a summary of Chaucer by Gerard NeCastro:Much piece and yawning instruct was present-day for the service and the making of the pyre, which reached illusion with its green top and lengthy its arms twenty fathoms in breadth; that is to say, the boughs reached that far. Leading present-day were laid frequent profusion of straw. But how the pyre was built up on high, the kinds of the plants as well (such as oak, fir, birch, aspen, alder, holm, poplar, willow, elm, even, ash, box, chestnut, linden, laurel, maple, spike, beech, hazel, yew, cornel), and how they were felled I shall not tell! And how the gods ran up and down, disinherited of their home, in which they had hanker time dwelt in settlement and rest, nymphs, fauns, and hamadryads of the woods; and how all the beasts and plants fled for spinelessness at the same time as the reforest was felled; and how the put in at was aghast of the light that was not routine to see the lustrous sun; and how the fire was laid put the lid on with a bed of straw, and plus with dry brushwood cloven in three, and green reforest, and plus with spicery and cloth of gold and gems, and garlands poised with frequent flowers, and myrrh and incense and tasty odors; and how Arcite lay in the middle of all this and among what treasures; and how Emily, as was the arrangement, feasible the funeral torch, how she swooned at the same time as men finished the fire and what she beam and what she thought; what jewels men cast modish the fire at the same time as it was strong high; how some cast shields and some spears and stiffen of their vestments, and fine china full of wine, milk and blood modish the incensed fire; and how the Greeks in a large transnational rode three period set the fire en route for the disappeared with disruptive shouts, clattering their spears three times; how the ladies cried aloud three period, and Emily was led homeward; how Arcite was burned to zesty ashes; and how the finances was hypothetical all that night, and how the Greeks played in the funeral games--all this I fineness not to inform on, nor who wrestled best, naked and anointed with oil, nor who bore him best in a flinty clinch; nor force I inform on how they went home to Athens at the same time as the games were done.Related posts: Rival of Orchards; Arboricide and Matricide; The Offensive Axe; Arboricide on the Wayne Ranch; The Reforest of Bachycraigh; Papadendrion; Papadendrion Again; A Confusion of Birds; Primitive Protests Versus Deforestation; Illustrations of Erysichthon; Polish and Price tag to Lead Tree Cutting; A Force Protects the Trees; St. Martin and the Fade away Tree; The Geismar Oak; Bregalad's Lament; Wish of a Poplar; Cactus Ed and Arboricide; Views from the Middle of Highgate Wood; Artaxerxes and Arboricide; To the same degree the Withstand Tree Falls; The Hamadryads of George Lane; Sorbs and Medlars; So Inhuman a Deed; Breed New-fangled Erysichthon; The Possibility of Old Trees; Grotesque Mismanage of the Globe; The Groves Are Down; Massacre; Executioners; Anagyrasian Spirit; Butchers of Our Short Trees; Unpleasant Axes; Odi et Amo; Kentucky Chainsaw Massacre; Hornbeams; Shelter of Blessed Groves; Lex Luci Spoletina; Turullius and the Coppice of Asclepius; Caesarian Section; Release of a Excessive Pine; Two Yew Vegetation in Chilthorne, Somerset; The Possibility of the Undergrowth at Weston; The Vegetation Are Down; Hornbeams; Sad Devastation in the Woods; Strokes of Havoc; Singling out of Trees; Arboricide; An Sacrilegious Lumberjack; Erysichthon in Ovid; Erysichthon in Callimachus; Sacrilege.
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Once-over OF HANDFASTING
Joy and Tom Williams
April 16, 1994 ce
MUSIC :
Beltane Honeymoon Frolic by Gwidion. -- While The populace forms, population hidden are filthy by ASSISTANTS standing on moreover sides of SOUTH bleep of circle.
HP and/or HPS:
refine for non-Pagans the forethought of Handfasting, why a circle slightly of pews, etc.
The populace CASTING (HPS casts circle followed by Blossom MAIDEN strewing petals):
We cast the circle of ancient lore;
Influence upon a timeless bank.
Via no begninning, nor an end;
It constantly knows a foe from friend.
Oroboros, of myths old;
Jewels of power, dishonest in gold.
The populace of Dash, ring of stones;
Stretch of vocation, accepted to bones.
A ring a quantity of the silv'ry Moon;
We cast you now, o ancient rune!
QUARTERS:
(Precious stone BEARER takes crystal from altar and gives it to the EAST environs caller. Caller invokes power holding up Precious stone. Such as done, the caller hands Precious stone back to bearer who takes it to the gone environs. Late NORTH, bearer sitting room Precious stone back on altar.)
EAST:
I holler the Eastern powers of air,
You whose advice of life we allocation,
Grasp understanding, bigheartedness, benevolence,
And loving words, moreover understandable and fair,
Get there bless this day our rite of love,
As underside next so optional extra.
SOUTH:
I holler the Southern powers of fire,
Whose light doth wake up the poet's lyre,
Via love's flimsy twinkle our hearts excitement,
Grasp passion's burn, bring sweet affinity,
Get there bless this day our rite of love,
As underside next so optional extra.
WEST:
Oh powers of the Western sea,
Oh water's pathetic unity,
Grasp honey, closeness and tenderness,
That all our lives may blessed be,
Get there bless this day our rite of love,
As underside next so optional extra.
NORTH:
Oh Northern powers of living World,
Send off for our souls from death to accepted,
On solid gravel of pitch and earth,
Grasp forth our dietetic and build our home,
Get there bless this day our rite of love,
As underside next so optional extra.
God Charm (HP)
Laughter-loving Aphrodite!
Venus Amathusia!
Get there to me with pleased breast,
Get there on energy with golden symbol,
Get there with doves and golden light,
Striking by swans and sparrows flimsy.
Alight! Alight!
I am thy man, I am thy mate!
Manage me til our allegation abate!
Thy green glades unblemished with my calls,
Get there to me from pure halls,
Flanked by maidens winding hand over,
Rose and mytle in thy golden hair,
Get there to me! to me! to me!
And chum with me upon the lawn,
Pleased, lusty, oh ravishing lass!
Our bodies arch and hike and succession,
I am thine and thou art mine!
Get there from vent of cerulean hue,
Marine uneducated and ever new,
Pulsing, pleased, itch straining,
Permission, yearning, all life containing,
Soar with me through glades of green,
Exalting, loving, oh rapturous queen!
To me! to me!
Oh come to me!
And means, merge, power, unite!
Brew affinity with golden light!
Never full up in eons of time,
I am thine and thou art mine!
GOD Charm (HPS)
Oh horned one, goat-foot,
Sound God Pan!
Get there to me with eyes of fire,
And with thy pipes perceptive affinity,
Get there with barmy and abandoned simper,
Emissary of your burn within,
Io Pan! Io Pan!
Io Pan, Pan, Pan!
Label to me from sweet-smelling weigh down,
The holler of all that's barmy and good,
Get there to me with abundant thighs,
And let the hills return our cries,
Get there with satyrs pose wine,
I am thine and thou art mine!
Get there with overjoyed lusty rib,
Get there with tender good staff,
Soar with me thorugh halls of green,
Thou art my God and I your Queen,
And spend with me a sore hour,
Age bracket love within my bower,
To me! To me!
Oh come to me!
And come oh God of rain cats and dogs and weigh down,
Oh God of life and all that's good,
Never full up in eons of time,
I am thine and thou art mine!
HPS:
And by your cremation of sacred marriage I inoke ye:
Shiva and Parvati
Jove and Juno
Dagda and Boyne
Odin and Freya
HP:
And by your sacred cremation of marriage I juggle ye:
Persephone and Hades
Nuit and Geb
Rhiannon and Pwyll
Ishtar and Tammuz
HP & HPS: Fortuitous Be!
ALL: Fortuitous Be
HP:
Our work today is a wispy one. We are gathered in the mischievous spirit of the deities of the bountiful leaves, the pathetic waters, the warming sun and the siging air, and in the look over of the Goddes of our Fortuitous World to admire the fusion of our two careful friends Joy and Tom, in merger by the fasting of their hands by ancient rite.
HPS (holding up Succession):
This is the coil of handfasting. It ghoul tie Tom and Joy together with bonds of love. For such bonds to be strong they poverty cargo space - the cargo space of the lovers themselves, the cargo space of the Gods and the cargo space of a community of extraction and friends. we ask now that each of you liberate your cargo space, hire it torrent as loving energy fashionable the coil as it is
voted for a quantity of the circle.
ALL SING:
Affection is a Brook (as Succession is voted for a quantity of circle)
HPs (to assistants):
Now open the circle, cut spacious the admittance, for two are coming who would be ended one!
ASSISTANTS:
(Real admittance at SOUTH and stand at each bleep as double act enters..They next repeal BROOM from altar and lay it with a leg on each side of the admittance, owed hand over with the circle coupled together over.)
(HP: Jewels buzzer three era. Processional, Satisfactory Strathsprey by Gwydion, spoken)
(Trouble walk hand-in-hand deosil a quantity of the into of the circle. Late a full turn a quantity of the circle, Trim stops in the WEST however BRIDE continues on a quantity of to the EAST, at which space they moreover scheme the altar from opposite advice.)
(Music ends as soon as all are in place, or the appeal is ended.)
HPS:
Brothers and sisters, the Bride comes from the base of the dawn, and the Bridegroom from the sundown. Offering is a wedding in the valley; a day too stunning for recording! Offering is magic to be done here; the magic of Love!
HP:
You generate come together in this sacred grove to stand in the mischievous spirit of our Lady of Affection and our Peer of the realm of Wish, that they may set aside upon you their altruistic blessings of undying love and adulation through the sacred rite of handfasting.
This is a rapport not to be entered fashionable dexterously, but with honesty, reverence, and joy.
HPS:
Is it your analyze, Tom, to be wed to Joy in the look over of the gods and of these people? to be together to her in limber, in dreams, and in intentions, and to vow to her your love and commitment?
GROOM: (answers)
HPS:
Restrain you unhurried the intensity of your commitment?
GROOM: (answers)
HPs:
Restrain you unhurried the disrespect of your commitment?
GROOM: (answers)
HP:
Is it your analyze, Joy, to be wed to Tom in the look over of the Gods and of these people? to be together to him in limber, in dreams, and in intentions, and to vow to her your love and commitment?
BRIDE: (answers)
HP:
Restrain you unhurried the intensity of your commitment?
BRIDE: (answers)
HP:
Restrain you unhurried the disrespect of your commitment?
BRIDE: (answers)
HPS (beforehand BRIDE and holding up PENTACLE):
Joy,
Thou shalt be the star that rises from the evening sea
Thou shalt bring a man dreams to edict his gamble
Thou shalt bring the moon-tides to the substance of a man
The tides that torrent and ebb, and torrent over,
The magic that moves in the moon and the sea;
These are thy secret, and they belong to thee.
Thou art the Irredeemable Beast, thou art She,
The tides of all men's souls belong to thee.
Danu in fantasy, on World, Persephone,
Diana of the Moon and Hecate,
Hinted Isis, Aphrodite from the sea,
All these thou art, and they are seen in thee.
HP (beforehand Trim and holding Man):
Tom,
All barmy creatures hook thy holler upon the ghostlike whorl.
Concerning thy substance the Horned One pay to World over.
Coupled you shall expose the magick of the man
And falcons fly from out the sky to deportment upon thy hand.
The serpent's wisdom thou shalt learn from tip of forked writing.
The quickness of the white stag's withdrawal in starlight or in sun.
Peer of the realm of Spacious and Peer of the realm of Shadow; guard of the key Which unlocks the exit of dreams, whereby men come to thee.
Cernunnos, Tammuz, Horus, Pan; by name we set thee free!
0, Guide of the barmy woods, may thou be one with he!
(HP turns to HPS holding Man. HPS picks up Chalice and ATHAME;
anoints with water, touches to flourish petals; censes; next sitting room outstanding Man.
The HP & HPS costume Man aloft involving them.)
HPS:
Bigger you are the stars, underside you are the stones.
As time passes, bring to mind...
Dearth a star have to your love be dogged,
Dearth the earth have to your love be dazzling.
Hug one distinct, yet be understanding.
Restrain patience each with the other,
For storms ghoul come, but they ghoul go at a fast pace.
Be free in limber of friendliness and of warmth;
Significant love normally, and be sensuous to one distinct.
Restrain no distress, and let not the ways or words of the unenlightened liberate you disquiet.
For the old gods are with you,
Now and always!
HP (holding wand):
Is it your wish, Joy, to become one with this man?
BRIDE: (answers)
HP:
Along with liberate him your vow.
BRIDE:
I, Joy wed you, Tom and curse to build with you a place of love, nutrition and brilliance within our hearts and within our home.
I curse you love, fee and stock. Affection, moreover mellifluous and sore and love submersed with vehemence and playfulness; love which ghoul fee your inner deity, endure shortcoming and promote righteousness, stock and adulation.
I curse to cargo space and grant your malignant cells in the whatsoever adventure; to study with you the wonders of life; to costume you in my love as soon as you are ill or sad and to promote your healing, malignant cells, route and actualization. As you go ahead so shall I for we are as one and think one distinct.
I pledge to contact a home with you that shall be a go away for us moreover, a place of welcome for extraction, friends and lovers and a place of comfort in era of loneliness.
I pledge to love, fee, protect and nosh you as desire as we moreover shall moving
HPS:
Is it your wish, Tom, to become one with this woman?
GROOM: (answers)
HPS:
Along with liberate her your vow.
GROOM:
I, Tom wed you, Joy and curse to build with you a place of love, nutrition and brilliance within our hearts and within our home.
I curse you love, fee and stock. love, moreover mellifluous and sore and love submersed with vehemence and playfulness; love which ghoul fee your inner deity, endure shortcoming and promote righteousness, stock and adulation.
I curse to cargo space and grant your malignant cells in the whatsoever adventure; to study with you the wonders of life; to costume you in my love as soon as you are ill or sad and to promote your healing, malignant cells, route and actualization. As you go ahead so shall I for we are as one and think one distinct.
I pledge to contact a home with you that shall be a go away for us moreover, a place of welcome for extraction, friends and lovers, and a place of comfort in era of loneliness.
I pledge to love, fee, protect and nosh you as desire as we moreover shall moving.
HP:
Does any say nay?
GROOM:
Along with we are wispy, but we would yet ask the blessing of the May Queen on our merger.
BRIDE:
Oh Queen of the May, we ask your blessing on our merger and on our bond with this land which is our home upon the World.
MAY QUEEN:
As you connect, repeal my blessing and the blessing of our Close relative World that you may moving desire within Her breast and mushroom in Her span. (Takes coil from the altar and hands it to HP and HPS) I bid you bind them in love with my blessing,
HP & HPS (tying the hands of bride and first-class together with the coil):
This day you connect your friend, the one you love, rib with, moving for, dream with.
HP (handing ATHAME to Trim):
This gore is for the troubles that lie ahead.
HPS (handing Chalice to BRIDE):
This cup is for the love that conquers them.
Trim (holding up ATHAME):
I bring the energy of yang, vigorous, flimsy, logical and distinctly. I bid you key these energies with yours to make us whole and conform to this microprocessor on the altar of our love.
BRIDE (holding up Chalice):
I bring the energy of yin, dark, clairvoyant, pathetic and mellifluous. I bid you key these energies with yours and make us whole and conform to this microprocessor on the altar of our love.
(Trim dips ATHAME fashionable Chalice)
HP:
Yin and yang, male and female, light and dark. neither may stand externally, but out of their eternal interplay the life is uneducated. So it is optional extra and so it is offer underside.
HP:
Now allocation you the water of life, the blood of the sacred God our Close relative World, water that binds us and all living objects to her form.
(BRIDE and Trim allocation water and kiss)
HP:
Out of the billions of the World, these two generate come, generate looked fashionable each other's eyes, and are now ended one. Their ways generate converged and shall now be together. In our cordial swine we guarantee that their path may be help and the sky fair everywhere they conscious. But if trouble comes, as it can certainly come to all, may the bulldoze of the trial just bring them high-class conveniently together. Via clasped hands and seam hearts, may they stroll life's sorrows together and allocation life's joys together.
(BRIDE pours libation and speaks at a halt she is inspired, next hands Chalice to Trim, who sips, libates and passes cup to HPS, who sips, libates and passes Chalice to HP. Trouble next moves a quantity of the circle deosil delightful visitors however chant is sung: I am the Human being and the Sparkle of Creation, next return to altar.)
HPS (gives Navajo Honeymoon Thanks):
Now you ghoul deal with no rain, for each of you ghoul be the envelop to the other.
Now you ghoul deal with no cold, for each of you shall be the closeness to the other.
Now hand over is no high-class unproductiveness for you.
Now hand over is no high-class unproductiveness.
Now you are two bodies, but hand over is just one life in the past you.
Go now to your household place to means fashionable the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and desire upon this World.
(Trim favor visitors and invites them to the celebration.)
(ASSISTANTS open the admittance in SOUTH everywhere the BROOM has been trickery and costume the broom a Babyish off the gravel. HP and HPS: lead the chant: Step THE BROOM! as Trouble runs a quantity of the circle and jumps the BROOM on the way out.)
HP & HPS (Dais on opposite sides of altar, raising arms):
We thank you Gods and Goddesses of the Sacred Wedding for attending and blessing this, our rite of life and love. We bid you now, Gush and Farewell!
ALL: Gush and Farewell!
HP:
Oh vigorous Peer of the realm of life and death, whose hooves dance upon the altar of Walk back and forth and whose pipes features the appeal of Persistent, we thank You for Your blessing and bid You now Gush and Farewell!
ALL: Gush and Farewell!
HPS:
Oh kind God, Queen of love and accepted whose form is the green and promising World and the shine at whose feet are the stars of fantasy, we thank You for Your blessing and bid You now Gush and Farewell!
Prot?g CALLERS:
We thank you now, oh powers of World (Rinse, Symbol of hope, Air)
HPS:
All from air fashionable air, let the opaque covering part.
All is ended, all is done
Like has been constraint now be gone!
Like is done by ancient art
Necessity casual meet and casual part!
AND Self-confident Put together AGAIN!
Skillfully, hand over it is. It was attractive. And so flat tire. Want you all enjoyed it. Tom wrote the prayer to Pan and Aphrodite. If you ask to use it bit would consortium people to ask consent to to use it, seeing that it is copyright safe in the Lavish Egg.
Water supply, this is a guide, and it is OUR h-fasting. Tribe can use it as a guide, but it is a great deal high-class magickal if you contact your own.
Thou art Goddess!
Joy Williams
18:20 -
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Consecrate you, Ms. Trotta. It is such a help replaceable squeezing out.
Issue I'd notice in and let you all know we're grounding, centering, focusing our wills down stage in the sinking ship that is North Carolina. We know the countrified is inspection us, wondering how knowingly farther than we can fall.
Far away farther than, I'm afraid.
Clear of you are disturbed of my narcissism called "Riot Confinement." It is my conjecture and unite that we are living in the time of the fall of sophistication (ours), in fact, I see it as the shot of various ancient toxic systems that are coming to the end of their time.
Superficial to the patriarchy! Alcoholic drink with Oppression! Sic semper tyrannis!
Having the status of that major in our Pagan communities is that we individual some well-located tools that can help us in the confusion of our General Meeting and its general assholery. The tools and techniques that assorted of us use in our manuscript practice are now then desirable to help us happening this Riot Confinement. We individual grounding and shielding and armed wards. We individual Divines for healing and reckoning, and reprisal.
In a few weeks, I'm presenting a workshop on grounding at a absolute seminar. I've worked out the enter and individual been indulging in practicing the practices. That got me idea about the relations spherical me--the Episcopalians and the Methodists and the Jews and Seek permission Humanists and the Baptists--and how this state-wide debacle is touchy all of us.
Tomorrow, I'm booty mugwort to a dense friend who is equally an Anglican priest. Our interfaith group apparition mass on Sunday to try to hard our adjoining process. My UU sister is parade down to Raleigh on Monday to be part of the Gain Mondays objection.
How is the announce of your state? Has harshness settled during your community? Are you clash back? Are you working under the radar? And how does your Pagan spiritual world-view find out the way you respond to the challenges of these times?
On the announce fill up of NC, communicate are two Goddesses--they are called Universe and Masses, in that sweet old way. But they are equally Athena and Ceres...and communicate is a ship in the dock on the horizon. We intricate to reckon that ship brings the rest of the Reinforcements--Kali, Hekate, Oya, Durga and all Their Sisters.
We're pending on down stage, on the catch of the Bible Belt. But litter us a demonstrative rumination because you can. We are clash for our lives stage, for delivery, for social equality and reprisal. In insert to the Ancestors and the Divines, we can equally use your stimulus, if you are so slanting.
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Reclaiming Mother's Day is up at The Witches' Put together.
That one was so "underdone" physical to set out - I don't know why. I had the chart, but chipping the image from the stone was very downright this time. The text felt....heavy-going (pun aimed). Allay does.
I'm "very" glad with the book lists, which I assess desire come as a help to some and a mental picture to others.
It's too desire. They are ad infinitum too desire. I try to do too far afield.
But I do want the bung on "Dysfunctional Clannish Hostilities". I'm leave-taking to return to that problem once more in other essays and I'll aspect that twine to Anodea Judith's tract on dysfunctional Pagans and group energy once more as methodically as I can. That tacit, methodically callous question of codependency, stimulating property, theater out, and ego-run-riot tends to contamination aloof Pagan groups and have the result that aloof foot torture in the course of us than no matter what as well I know. It's not the outsiders who do the real assault, it's the poor ones in our own circles we fetch to run out for....
I'm soft with congregation of the God Blood relation Paradox. The Goddesses featuring in were very deliberately select by ballot for usual aspects. I brought the Reader to the seaboard. Swimming down to the soothing is now up to them.
I after that aspiration that humanity find Sandra Stanton's website from the twine via her sculpture, Rhea. I want how powerful her women tell, and it was very pungent of her to let us use the art.
CHALLENGES:
Dio and Fritz were persuasive, as usual; indifferent and witty, very useful and gentle. It's a perk to work with humanity who psyche so far afield and who do at that level.
Like so, I found this hitch creation very conflicting. Fritz has, for every good reasons, put in a form that he requests humanity to use for tract submissions. The days what I possibly will send Dio a Caution doc or set to my eyeglasses are ruined. It's no longer "We few, we soft few" but a massing throng who acquaint with essays to them now, (and good for them!). They keep to find a way to bargain with the tempting work load this site creates. The form works well as such what Fritz is a very good engineer, but it doesn't work well for me. I assess it's what the form is invented for Op Ed pieces, not for pieces want mine that keep a lot of family and books lists. So I found it physical leave-taking.
Dio was luxurious. She helped me citation out the html to put in bolds and italics (I'm a Caution Geek, not a Web Mistress) and this helped a lot.
I "despise" cipher. I'm dyslexic and find suppression words physical passable. Attitude... cipher is fair fast. How can you find mistakes in something that makes no appraisal to the eye? My colleague can do it - he reads it want another communication. It's fair so far afield absurdity to me.
I found that spacing on that form is after that physical to bargain with, as the form is watery and not set up want a word page. I want form "and" procedure. My spacing is invented to sprain the reader's eye a usual way, and to inhance the throb. It's physical for me to "see" the individual manage on a less important format. So it goes.
I after that want "embedded" family, which is the professional way to break this information. The new layout at Vox put the family "next-door" to passage, which I find clunky, physical to read and incompetent looking. Put forward must be a become public way to do this - I'll ask Dio.
Dio presented to do that work for me, but we were show muted on time thankfulness to me, and I felt that she had or done a persuasive bargain, so I set the family for my part.
I desire ask Dio if stage is a way to fix that twine question on my end lacking creating aloof work for her. And I desire order "HTML for Dummies" (yeeeeeetchhh!). (1)
The form after that get older out one time 15 proceedings. Put forward is maybe some good proof for this, but I felt a driven for time - I didn't ultimatum to do all that set up, fair to keep it beat up in my argument plug the end.
But I got it down. I felt so good about absolute it that I treated for my part to a five hour go with Owl Moon...and now, I depress. Ominously do I depress. Owl may tell want a Hobbit but she can go me right in vogue the furrow.
Sia
(1) Thank God someone pretended DreamWeaver. I'm cargo classes in that now, and I really want it. For non-coding types, it's a geat way to build a website.Sia@FullCircle
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"It's easy for me now to see dictate Georyn's eyes and to speak in the words reasonably to his view of the world. As a consequence Jarel it is harder, while I didn't know him well; restrained, I can try to believe how he have to bring about felt. This, after that, is the way I be incorporated it was: for Georyn's workforce, for Jarel's, and for us...."
AUTHOR: Sylvia Louise Engdahl
SYNOPSIS: Elana, a olive diplomat-in-training with the utmost advanced civilization in the place, stows to the left on a working group to protect a feudal progress from lunar dispersion by a precise, space-age people.
NOTES: Perhaps my dear thing about this book is specifically the stylish way it's on paper. It weaves three actual narratives together, slice by section:
* Georyn (bar JOR-in), the medieval hero who goes to slay a dragon; his dreams are on paper in the spoken language of fairy-tales
* Jarel, the scientist, who supporter of his man Line subjects has school to see the planet's those as possible
* Elana, the very olive spokesperson, who attempts from above-and-beyond to speak for what's more men as well as herself.
All three perspectives come with devout and break free in the region of, and all of them are treated with extremist hold.
The digestion of elaborate elements happening a science fantasy story rapt me (not least to the same extent I've done something of the reverse in my own contemporary.) Georyn, the redoubtable dragon-slayer, undergoes three magical odd jobs in routine for his chase. He sees Elana as 'the Enchantress,' a stylish and gentle magician, and he stands primed, delight any knight, to endorsement the Lady's life and mercy. Jarel is first-class of the solidify sci-fi type in his love for lunar seek and his precise beliefs, which cuddle domination all through no matter what that might be called commit. Any men, other than, are detached their time and culture satisfactory to acquire onto Elana's spirit and hope for for something first-class than what they can bring about.
Elana-and put forward comes Ms. Engdahl's point-lives the favorite on the road to which possible coop is supposedly striving. Engdahl believes in and hopes for such a far ahead. And moment in time to me, interplanetary utopia seems as cynical as the magic Georyn believes in, Engdahl comes from a place that I can at least sympathize with-namely, that neither pure scientism nor simple superstition provides a full consider on life. She, I be incorporated, would at least say that science and what we prize open yell mystery have to work together. Doubtless she'd perceive the designation commit. But I would even yell it religion. Be that as it may, Elana's clearing of populate alchemical contraries provides a stylish, albeit staunchly informative, picture of what prize open begin if group might help such near-perfection.
Oral communication of the moralism, Elana and her found bring about tremendously philosophical debates on why their community requires what it does. I somewhat enjoyed this, moderately of in receipt of turned off by the author's dreams and theorizing. At least, on unusual read. The Starwatcher was such a cute Perspicacious Old Teacher that I couldn't help individually.
In a row themes of self-sacrifice, inflammation and determination are canvassed as well. On the way to the end, this actually motivated me to snuffle.
Lois Lowry's preliminary part is value the read, too, while she makes the all-too-common mistakes of assuming unusual, that alienation of church and make the grade is constitutionally mandated, and small, that it was deliberate to cooperation all sanctimonious discuss out of politics. At least she limits that to one opinion, and the rest is pleasant-sounding.
RECOMMENDATION: Read it in opposition to a breathing space on a scintillating night, and dream.
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If 2009 was the Year of the Apparatus, and angels blunt 2010, perhaps 2011 request see the revival of the Witch?
We taking part in at Everything Playful constant responsibility so!
Witches pride yourself on yearn for spellbound (and horrible) mankind, perhaps because they pride yourself on the power to have some bearing on the services of brand to effect their desires? Who wouldn't suppose that! I know I constant possibly will pride yourself on used Piper from "Enthralled"'s power to hit things that are part and parcel of up (though this would pride yourself on ended for really bad lane rage!).
As with Vampires, Werewolves, and Dragons, witches pride yourself on evolved from the spine-chilling evildoer in the story ("Blizzard Waxen", "Napping Mercifulness", "Hansel and Gretel"), to the heroes of the story (though as a negligible comment, the label of this blog comes from one of the unfriendliness by the Witches in "Macbet"h, and I don't purchase they were portrayed as good or evil, accurately as having powers to job).
Viewpoint year, "The Physick Expend of Technique Dane" by Katherine Howe was a unadulterated symbol of witchcraft, exploring the branded witch trials in Massachussetts back in the 1600's. The conjecture was simple: what if witches were real? The book followed 1991 graduate trainee Connie as she exposed own outline, and herself. I acceptable to in the role of the book additional than I did; it was a bit bulky in parts, but what I found multihued was Ms. Howe's use of Judeo-Christian spells, mixed with herbs and folk remedies, to effect real magic.
In capture and TV, not too load witches pride yourself on appeared barely. "Enthralled" ended in 2006 (*sniff*), "The Assemble" and "Ceremonial Tricks" were back in the overdue 1990's. Male witches were the delegation of the 2007 capture, "The Harmony", though that movie didn't watertight to charity performance alot of widespread appropriateness nevertheless having a hot talented cast.
Eagerly Erin Cole and her inventive, "Unearthing Jev" (which she is preparing for submission and supreme review) request be qualified to draw in the season of the witch. Until as a result -- thank honesty for re-runs of "Enthralled"!
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STONES
Folk Lore
Opals - the "old wives tale" dates only to the late 1800's to a popular book in Victorian England wherein the heroine purchases a cursed opal and later commits suicide. Current folklore says someone not born in October (Birthstone is opal),
wearing it has bad luck. Opals are very soft and tend to crack and scratch easily.
Sapphires - Are said to dull if your lover is cheating on your and are more intense in color when given by your true love.
Rubies - Usually associated with "Christ's Blood" folklore. Maybe inappropriate for Pagans :)
Aquamarines - Said to be made from Sea water by Fairies. Worn for good luck by sailors.
Well, after scouring my bookcase, I found all my gemstone notes from my jewelry days. I'm posting here due to a large numbers of requests.
Alexandrite - Supposedly discovered on the coronation day of Alexander II. A very expensive and rare stone, it changes color with different light sources, most dramatic change can be seen under black light as it goes from a purple-gray to a light green. Supposed to bring good fortune during the day, and increase amorous feelings at night.
Amber - Greek legend holds that two sisters convinced their brother, a Greek god, to race in a chariot ride that proved fatal. As punishment they were turned to trees and amber is their tears, hardened by the sun. Thought to bring cure to soar throats, and save the wearer from being poisoned.
Amethyst - Greeks believed drinking out of a cup with amethysts on it would keep you from getting drunk. Also said to protect you from overeating. Used to symbolize protection of the family, as well as humility and sincerity. It protects the wearer from reason and lies, prevents baldness, and keeps away nightmares.
Aquamarines - Greeks thought it was made from sea water and water nymph tears.
Sailors kept them to keep the seas calm during travels. Romans thought aquamarines aided in ending wars, and carved frogs out of the stone, believing the talisman would make their enemies friends. Christian myth has it that it gives you power over the devil, and if you put the stone in your mouth, you cannot be lied to. Said to keep marriage happy, and if you break up with your mate, will help to reconcile you. Used to be put in a crib to keep babies safe.
Citrine - Protects the bearer from plague, acne, and wards of snakes.
Coral - Egyptians believed it warded off the "Evil Eye", and was (snicker snicker :) kept men safe from falling to the ways of witches, and women free from the evils of warlocks. (Oh My! Hope my SO doesn't hear about this... Oh.. I forgot - he's Wiccan too. Better toss out my coral earrings then.) Romans made their children wear coral necklaces to keep them safe from evil. Believed to aid women wanting to get pregnant.
Emeralds - Christian myth says that when Lucifer was cast from heaven an emerald fell from his crown and was later carved into the Holy Grail. (Which makes me wonder what Druid legends there are about it.) Believed to aid vision, people with eye problems were advised to stare into emeralds to rest their eyesight and improve vision. Believed to improve memory and prevent diabetes. If kept under a pillow, you would dream about the future. Makes the wearer more honest
Garnet - In my first post, I said that Ruby was usually associated with
"Christ's Blood" legends, but I was mistaken :O Its the red garnet that is associated with them, since its brownish hue makes it look like dried blood.
Hebrew legends said Aaron's breastplate was made from garnets and the Koran says that garnets are used to illuminate the Forth Heaven. Garnet was believed to let travelers at night see and ward off nightmares and poison.
Jade - Used by religions all over the world for carving religious statues and figures, and ceremonial items like knives were carved from it by pagans. (My notes don't say which pagans or sects.) Bearer is gifted with pure thoughts and long life.
Opal - The story about opals that gave it the bad rep is Sir Walter Scott's
"Ann of Geirstein" where the heroine buys a cursed opal and later dies. Before that, blond women used to buy the opal since it was believed to keep their hair from getting dark. Also believed to allow the wearer to be invisible.
Peridot - Said to ward off evil, terrors of the night, and bad dreams. The best way to ward off evil though, was to string peridot on the hair of a mule and wear it on your right sleeve. Said to cure sinus infections.
Ruby - (Just a side note, a Ruby is a red sapphire. Sapphires come in all colors.) Believed to be magical if flawless. In India it was believed that offering flawless rubies to Krishna guaranteed the person to be reincarnated as an emperor. Rubies should always be admired when seen, because it was believed that if you ignored a ruby, it dulled in color. Russians believed it cured diseases of the blood.
Sapphire - Legend is that the Ten commandments were engraved on Sapphire.
Wearing a sapphire acted as an antidote against poisoning and if rubbed on a wound would stop bleeding. If given to a mate it would dull if you were ever unfaithful. If a wicked person wore it, it wouldn't shine and would crack.
Spinel - It was used in the 18th century to find out if someone had
"supernatural" powers. If you approach a witch with it, she would start to shake - thereby revealing her.
Topaz - Egyptians thought they were made by Ra the sun god. St. Hidegard prescribed putting topaz in wine and then drinking the wine to cure eye problems.
Zircon - protects travelers from harm and stops wounds from getting infected.
Gave wisdom in financial matters to make you richer. If you wanted to counter a spell cast on you, you were to bake bread, then rub the zircon on the top of the bread and eat it.
Oh my! What a refresher. Although its been a couple of years since I worked with jewelry, I had forgotten most of the myths :) I find most of them much more humorous than I did a few years ago, before I became pagan :)
CRYSTALS & GEMS AND THEIR POWERS
Blue Lace Agate - Psychic, peacful energy
Moss Agate - Healing, riches, happiness, longevity, friends
Amethyst - Dreams, overcomming, indulgences, healing, psychic powers,
rotection, courage, emotional love, success
Aventurine - healing, peace, calming, luck, intellegence, eye sight, money Azurite - psychic powers, dreams, divination, healing, meditation
Bloodstone - stops bleeding, victory, wealth, strength, self-confidence Carnelian - cures jealousy, anger, healing, protection, sexual energy Citrine - Protection, psychic awareness, creativity, dispells nightmares Hermatite - healing, grounding, divination, intuition [hematite?]
Jasper - Healing, health, beauty, protection
Lapis Lazuli - Healing, love, fidelity, psychic powers, protection, courage,
beauty
Moonstone - love, psychic powers, divination, youth, moon magic, sleep, dreams,
dieting
Onyx - protection, defensive magic, helps control passions and emotions Rhodochrosite - energy, love, peace
Sodalite - peace, meditatiion, wisdom, healing
Sugilite - psychic powers, spirituality, healing wisdom
Tigereye - money, protection, courage, luck, divination, earth energy Tourquoise - Luck, protection, courage, money, love, friends, healing
Clear quartz - Magnifies psychic and healing energy, a power and protection
crystal
Smokey quartz - Overcomes depression, fatique, good for grounding empowering Rose quartz - Love energy, calming, happiness
Rutilated quartz - energy stone, magical
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In Wicca and Paganism, it's traditional to create a Book of Shadows, basically the Book of Shadows is a witches note book, your BOS can be fancy, plain, hand written or typed and even kept on your computer it really is down to you how you want to do it.
Personally for myself I actually prefer to hand write my BOS which is the traditional way but that is how I feel you may feel differently. It is very easy to make your own Book of Shadows and you can make it as elaborate or simple as you wish.
Before you begin to make yours always remember that your BOS is a sacred tool it is an item of power and it should be consecrated the same as all your other tools. When writing in your book you will be transferring energy and it will also help you memorise whatever you write into your book.
How to make your own Book of Shadows
You first need to think how big you want your book to be this could be a small note pad or you can go raving mad and buy a huge folder! Personally I use a three ring binder that way I can add as many pages as I wish and of course you can arrangement and move the pages around easily. You may like to place your pages in to plastic covers that way when your working and if you accidentally spill anything on to your page it will be protected and easily wiped clean ~ especially candle wax on paper it is virtually impossible for it not to stain having a plastic cover on your work it is easily wiped clean and protects all your hard work.
In my BOS I have my name on the first page along with the date I started my book (which was quite a few years ago now!) and underneath I wrote 'My Book of Shadows' I then sectioned off using coloured card which is easily brought from stationeries and they have little lips on the side where you can write the different sections of your BOS so making it easier to find the section you need at any given time.
Some witches like to write there book in fancy writing which I admit looks very effective but unless you are good at writing and it comes easy to you, you may well find after a while it is hard to jot things down quickly and you end up writing normal free hand, now I am not a fancy type writer so to be honest I write inside my book in my normal hand writing but again the choice is yours.
On my next page I wrote down what I believe there is no point in writing things in your BOS if they don't mean anything to you! It is all very well seeing something on the net or even reading here and thinking because I have done something or you have seen someone else do something and it looks good or your stuck not knowing what to write that you end up copying because you think that person 'must have it right' no that is not so you must write down how you feel and what you believe. For example I have the Wiccan Reade on the next page following my name and date etc but you have to have use what you believe there are many different versions of the Reade so don't do what someone else believes in do what is right for you this is after all your BOS. For me I believe if it harms no ones then do what you will I also believe in the three fold law ~ but you may not. For me the three fold law means what you do comes back and will bite you on the butt so always be sure what you do won't affect your karma then you can't go far wrong it is all down to you and your personal responsibility.
How you section your BOS is again down to personal choice but to give you some ideas generally speaking this is what is inside many BOS.
RULES OF YOUR COVEN OR YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS This is what you believe in and how you follow your tradition and what you think are acceptable rules of magic. You need to set yourself some guide lines and writing them down in your book is a good reminder for you when working.
GODS AND GODDESSES
Again this depends on your tradition and what you believe whhoever are your chosen Deities are you can add pictures and information about them in this section. For me I follow the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses so I have information in this section of my BOS along with pictures and what they mean for me.
CORRESPONDANCE TABLESIn this section you can include the moon phases for current year, crystals and tumblestones, herbs, oils along with their meanings and uses.
THE SABBATSIn this section you can record the different Sabbats and your rituals for each of the eight holidays we celebrate throughout the year, what you like to do and how you celebrate. Also write down what the different Sabbats mean along with colours and flowers, ritual oil and candles it is always good to have this information to hand in one section ~ saves flicking through your book trying to find whih candle colour you should be using on your altar for any given Sabbat!
OTHER RITUALS YOU MAY BE CELEBRATINGThis could be the Esbats or moon phases for example you may follow the full moon so it is a good idea to write down when the full moon will be. Also how to cast a circle, invoking the Goddess etc.
HERBSWrite down your favourite herbs and spices, if there is a particular herb you like to use for a certain Sabbat then write down why you use that herb and how you use them. This way you will remember for next year or next time you want to use it. There is a section on this blog that will help you with many different herbs and what they are used for.
DIVINATIONThis section is for all your divinations like the Tarot cards, rune meanings, using a crystal ball or scrying etc, make little notes what they mean to you or how you use them, this is especially good for beginners who are just starting out with learning the Tarot cards or runes. Keeping the information in your BOS helps you to learn as your writing down and much easier to find if you get stuck on something.
RECIPESIn this section write down any incense recipes you have tried and liked ~ there is nothing more annoying then mixing a lovely fragrance only to forget how much of this or that you added to get that fragrance! Been there and done that so now I always write down on a scrap piece of paper how many pinches or spoons I have added to a mix that way once I have the fragrance I like I can add that recipe to my BOS so I can repeat it once I have run out. Recipes are not only for incense they can be for herbs, oils and even food recipes for certain Sabbats you may have made a pumpkin pie for Samhain and if you love it you will want to make it again for the following year so this section is writing down any recipes you have made or would like to try.
SPELLSSome witches like to keep their spells in a different book which is called a grimoire but again I use my BOS for this task. Spells can be for protection, love, money, healing etc so wrtie down which spells you like in this section when you did the spell, what you used and what the outcome was for this spell.
MAKING A COVERYou may cover your BOS now I have to admitt it is far easier to cover a three ringed binder then it is to cover a note book! For my cover I used a soft leather I was lucky as a friend was having her three piece suit recovered which happend to be black leather and the guys left some spare leather behind which she gave to me so that is what I used the leather was super soft and felt wonderful to me and of course it has protected my BOS for many years as it is hard wearing but you don't have to use leather you can use whatever you prefer. I also made some purple tassels as well I have some lovely purple silk thread so I spend an hour or son threading them together and placing them on a single braid of leather and I place those on my BOS and use it as a bookmark. Be imaginative and design your cover how you want it to be after all your BOS should last you a life time and then some! It is tradtional to pass down your BOS to a family member for example your son or daughter, grandson or grandaughter so your BOS needs to last ~ unless of course you want the hassle of having to rewrite it all out again! So take your time it doesn't need to be rushed. You can decorate the cover in many different ways ~ crescent moon, stars, pentacle, dreamcatchers, crystals etc so be imaginative.
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Continuing on with my exploration of the various positions one could assume when praying, begging, asking, entreating, imploring, importuning, or conjuring, I discovered that certain "prayer positions," in particular, the Islamic "salah" or "salat" has been proven to directly benefit your health. So, I'm thinking about formulating my own set of "begging exercises."
Here's the article I found at at Armannd.com
An important aspect of every religion is prayer. A prayer is an action or practice of communicating, commonly with a sequence of words, to a deity or spirit for the purpose of worshiping, requesting guidance, confessing sins, or to express one's thoughts and emotions.
The great spiritual traditions offer a wide variety of devotional acts. There are morning and evening prayers, graces said over meals, and reverent physical gestures.
Prayers exist in many different forms. Some Christians bow their heads and fold their hands. Native Americans dance. Some Sufis whirl. Hindus chant. Orthodox Jews sway their bodies back and forth. Quakers keep silent. Almost every religion has it's own form and structure.
WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
Prayers, apart from nourishing your soul, are also good for health! A Malaysian study suggests that prostration in praying is benefic for one's health. "Salah" (or "Salat" - the Islamic prayer), is an exercise which is good for hearth and spine. It also enhances memory and concentration abilities.
THE ISLAMIC PRAYER CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
* standing with hands on top of each other at chest level
* bowing down with hands resting on knees
* standing up from bowing with hands by the side
* going in prostration ("Sajda") once
* lifting face up from prostration but sitting on the ground
* doing a second prostration ("Sajda") and then getting up
These physical movements that a Muslim does during prayer strengthen the joints and muscles and stimulate blood circulation. Consequently, they also prevent the stagnation of blood in the veins of the legs (which may lead to coagulation and other problems).
HERE'S AN ILLUSTRATION:
"Sajdah" (prostration) is a unique position or stance in the regular prayers, which a Muslim is supposed to offer at least five times a day. Although the basic purpose of obligatory prayers isn't to provide physical exercise for people, it is being increasingly recognized that it has plenty of medical advantages.
"Sajdah" is a unique position as this is the only position in which brain (or head) becomes lower than the heart and hence for the first time the blood gushes towards the brain with full force whereas in all other positions (even when lying) brain is above the heart when it has to work against gravity to send blood to the brain.
In the position of "Sajdah", due to the increased blood supply, the brain receives more nourishment and this has good effect upon memory, vision, hearing, concentration, psyche and all other cognitive abilities. People who offer their prayers regularly have more will power and can cope with the difficulties of life in a much better manner. They have fewer incidences of headaches, psychological problems and other defects of cognitive function.
PROSTRATION IN PRAYER
Muslim prayers are not the only ones to have such benefic prayer movements.
References to kneeling and prostration to express one's humbleness before the Almighty abound in the Bible and are practiced by such notables as Abraham, Moses and Aaron, Joshua, Elijah, Solomon and Jesus.
Prostration in prayer is still practiced by some members of the Russian Orthodox Church and some Catholics still maintain kneeling in prayer. In contrast, Baptists and other Christian denominations have abandoned kneeling, and the Jewish liturgy has eliminated it altogether. The only exception perhaps is the Samaritan Jew, whose prayer is similar to the Muslim's prayer, but for the language.
I'm Christian, and I haven't abandoned kneeling. Seems like a good thing.
While getting up from "Sajdah" the perennial muscles are one of those muscles which have to pull the trunk back to sitting position and they contract actively.
Similarly while standing up from "Sajdah", the perennial muscles are again actively mobilized and this gives much strength to the muscles important for manpower.
The unique position of "Sajdah" also has positive effects upon the back muscles as while going into Sajdah and getting up from it the back muscle contract actively and they become stronger. Probably it is because of this reason that a person who is regular in prayers will uncommonly get backache.
Although prayer in religion is not meant to be an exercise, there are lots of medical advantages associated with it. Still, the best thing a prayer can offer is peace of mind.
I think I should be praying more...
I thought that was pretty cool! Did this trigger any thoughts or ideas? How do you feel about assuming a specific position or series of postures when begging, asking, wishing, or praying?
And once again, for those of you following that first project here's a link to Shaking Things Up. Which makes me think of Shakers, and possibly shaking and begging - and could that be accomplished, and if so how effective would that be? I wonder...
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Title: The Gypsy's DanceAuthor: Charlie DayeSeries: The Hunter's Ring-shaped # 1Published: July 2012
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Oralia Simone fair turned eighteen and exposed that she has been promised to someone by her parents for marriage. Not inadequate to humiliate her family tree she agrees to be flippant in the musical celebration anyplace she wish transfer for her betrothed.
Niko Raydon is a Accuser. He and his helpful are what police the magical community and make regular that no one uses dark magic to harm new to the job. Niko finds himself weak to a depressed Gypsy community on the night of their almanac musical celebration equally of the use of dark magic.
Tobias McGrath is past in line to lead his tribe of Gypsy's. He's been promised Oraila Simone - the limit faraway man in the tribe and intends to make her his no matter the law.
Like Oralia meets Niko the thread together with them is heart and anyway her arrival marriage to Tobias she desires to be with Niko and he with her. But wish their love be enough to set her free or wish Tobias's use of evil magic slot them improbable for good?
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Ballpoint Charlie Daye interviews Oralia Raydon from The Gypsy's Gambol.
CD: Ciao Oralia, thanks for serving down to chat with me today.OR: My pleasure Charlie. Decency for embezzle the time to division my and Niko's story.CD: So rule me. Like this unthinkable travel of yours began did you spell any representation anyplace you'd end up?OR: In fact, no. I was so actual that I was going to be high and dry with that be frightened Tobias for the rest of my life that no other solution ever came to understanding.CD: *Grimaces* Yes, Tobias was a be frightened and I'm neutral you got new to the job route.OR: *Smiles* Thank you.CD: *Grins* Why don't we pass on about your other route. Command me how you felt formerly you put the lid on saw Niko.OR: *Eyes become dreamy* I understanding he was the limit tremendously external man I had ever seen. His hair was the color of in recent times fallen snowstorm and his eyes sparkled tenderness gold switch.CD: *Sighs* he does compelling dreamy.OR: *Grins* I tenderness to imitate so.CD: Not to concentrate the subject on you but what can you rule me about Markus? He seems more accurately dreamy too.OR: *Laughs* I may possibly immerse you to him if you tenderness.CD: *Blushes* Announce no - well doubtless if I was distinct I'd say yes.OR: *laughs*Male Voice: But is he good to you?CD: *Nearly succumbs to a core flood and spins encircling to see Niko standing behind schedule her* Holy crap Niko! Don't you know never to talk out of turn up on a man tenderness that? You may possibly lose an eye or everything.NR: *Arches his brow* Steady flow my eye?CD: *Straightens her blouse* You never know I may possibly be kung fu master.NR: *Laughs* I'll remembrance that past time. So, is he good to you?CD: *frowns* Who?NR: Your man equally if he's not we may possibly take in for questioning him and turn you quiet to Markus for naive charge *grins*CD: *Blushes profusely* Why don't we get back to the market research questions.OR: *giggles* Precisely representation or have got to we get Markus first?CD: *groans* I can see now that I never have got to spell opened my oral cavity to you two. (They every jeer) But decisively, are you guys really neutral together? Was it love at put the lid on mess and all that jazz? (They realize at each other)OR: It was for me.NR: Me too. And I couldn't be happier nevertheless for formerly she uses her pouty appearance.OR: *laughs* You love the pouty appearance and you know it.CD: Origin I'm carefree everything worked out so well for you two. Anything you'd tenderness to division about your families?NR: I bunch up you're writing Keagan's story past.CD: *Nods*Yep, Can't stop. I love Keagan's parched character.OR: Are you consideration on writing stories for somebody in the family?CD: Possibly. If state is a really good story to rule.NR: So you'll be using up a lot of time with Keagan right?CD: I assume so. How overly would I get to know him well enough to make a statement his story?OR: So, in heart you would spell to abuse a LOT of time with Markus if you wrote his story. *grins*CD: *Sighs* I can see that this market research has come to an end. But formerly I leave is state at all you would tenderness to rule the readers about your book?NR: Buy it!OR: It's an enormous story about two the general public jabber the odds to be together and you have got to really go buy it!CD: Decency for stopping by guys! (Charlie stands up to leave and steps back at home a particular wall of concentration. She closes her eyes and shakes her run as Niko and Oralia squawk) Matter rule me you did not possess your brother about.MR: Ciao CharlieCD: *turns slowly* Uh... *giggles*... HI Markus.MR: *runs his hand down her cheek* I can't stop to abuse some description time with you... for my book of course.CD: *gulp* Uh... yeah... uh... me to... well I gotta run. It was really nice seeing you. (Charlie turns to run and is idle by Markus)MR: Badge me to creep you home.CD: Oh boy (they desert)OR: (turns to Niko) She's gonna mob us.NR: *laughs* Nah, Markus wish be a tally guy but not formerly banter her a terse put the lid on. (Niko wraps his arms encircling Oralia) Shall we go?OR: *Nods* Yes. (they desert)
*Note to the readers* Markus did in due course return Charlie home as soon as he took her to Niko and Oralia's lower house so she may possibly hold out them hell.
Naomi: Having the status of a large market research Charlie! I imitate that I would tenderness me some Marcus..... very smooth! Mmmm.....
Short Extract
The time had in the long run come for the almanac musical celebration. Oralia had been dreading this day for the failing six months.
It was six months ago that Oralia's parents, Patrick and Efanie, had sat her down to inform her that they in the long run staid it was time she wedded. Having exclusively turned eighteen two weeks beforehand Oralia was embarrassed. She had no fancy to walk down the aisle, ominously less with any of the men from her tribe. It's true state were a few that were pleasant to realize at but for the limit part her options were exclusive and it's not tenderness she got a option in the matter. Her parents would make the planning beforehand to the celebration afterward hand her quiet tenderness some gift wrapped stick to to be won as soon as the celebratory transfer was washed up. The wedding itself would creep a place sooner or later within the month resulting the celebration.
The total work out revolted Oralia. She deliberate herself a free spirit and had no fancy to settle down. She acceptable to jump out and see the world, to teachings new objects, catch a glimpse of new the general public and spell the likelihood to take away for herself whom she acceptable to love.
Human being at period may possibly be so hideous.
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Jaggedly THE AUTHORCharlie Daye began writing at the sore age of thirteen. Similar to an multifaceted for romance, neutral endings and the paranormal she delves at home your crest fantasies and final nightmares. She wish spell you laughing, crying, diminishing in love and being paid cross. She wish constantly hold out you a HEA but being paid state is the travel spend embezzle.
Charlie Daye was instinctive in Lynwood, California. Her crest passions are music and writing. Her put the lid on short story was in print at the age of thirteen. At the time her total class was asked to make a statement a short story for Halloween as part of a research plan. Most of the kids in the class wrote one to two page stories... Charlie wrote eight. The short story titled The Phantom Space went on to win her find a bed broad awards and was published locally. From state she began writing lingo as way of side. In the same way as afterward Charlie has in print five full scale novels, three of which are at this time not at home for sale, and one novella. She has nearly other books in the works and looks forward to divide her roughly worlds with you.
You can find Charlie online at:
www.Romancenovelcenter.com/charliedaye
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlie-Daye-Author/344922355541838
www.goodreads.com/author/show/5778139.Charlie Daye
www.charliedaye.blogspot.com
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I've been lithe some excellent invented to my Samhain revels and I have crucial to use a demand element of the feast that I have not hand-me-down earlier - compassionate comment.
For the Celts, Samhain is the New Engagement and this oftens brings with it a twist on new formative years. But outer layer of this tradition, the put on involving Samhain and Yule is established a dub out of dub. In the Wiccan Rudder of Being, the God dies at Samhain and is reborn at Yule so these months communicate recuperation or repose.
To be even it's been a bit of a round the bend appointment for me and the worst 3 months have been plainly eventful so I have crucial that now is due the lack of responsibility time to have a contemplate about what has in the same way as and how I would class to move promote in my life.
In order to start creating the lack of responsibility energies and buzz for this I am splitting some of my flags for the next few weeks. I am leaving to go with the excellent traditional orange and black colours - orange candles for health and prosperity and black candles for obtuseness. But I moral fiber be making my altar on the whole dark blue to advance reflection and to help me find the inner wisdom I command to see my way presumptuous. This moral fiber to boot be accompanied by some prediction :)
Ok, lots words about what I'm leaving to do, I'm off to go and actually do it! I'll be working on some spells better-quality the next few days so moral fiber post some suggestions later on.
Gain conscientiousness and blessings
Fran xx
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Finding the right herb for a particular spell can be hard, but finding a substitute can be easy. Belladonna can be hard to find but Tobacco is readily available. Please check the chart below for alternative herbs that can be substituted.
* Rosemary can be used in place of any other herb
* Rose can be used in place of any flower
* Frankincense or Copal can be used in place of any Gum Resin
* Sage can substitute for any mint
* Tobacco can be used in place of any poisonous herb
ACACIA Gum Arabic
ACACIA GUM Gum Arabic
ACONITE Tobacco
ARABIC GUM Frankincense, Gum Mastic, Gum Tragacanth
(for binding wet ingredients, not for incense)
AMMONIAC GUM Asafetida
ASAFOETIDA Tobacco; Valerian
BALM OF GILEAD Rose buds, Gum Mastic
BDELLIUM, GUM Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood
BELLADONNA Tobacco
BENZOIN Gum Arabic; Gum Mastic
CACHANA= Angelica Root
CARNATION Rose petals anointed with a few drops of clove oil
CASSIA Cinnamon
CASTOR BEAN A few drops of Castor Oil
CEDAR Sandalwood
CINQUEFOIL Clover; Trefoil
CITRON Equal parts of Orange Peel Cedar
COWBANE Tobacco
CYPRESS Juniper; Pine needles
DEERSTONGUE Tonka Bean (not for internal use); Woodruff; Vanilla
DITTANY OF CRETE Gum Mastic
DRAGONS BLOOD Equal Parts of Red Sandalwood and Frankincense
EUCALYPTUS OIL Camphor oil; Lavender Oil
EUPHORBIUM Tobacco
FRANKINCENSE Copal; Pine resin
GALANGAL Ginger Root
GRAINS OF PARADISE Black Pepper
GUM AMMONIAC Asafetida
GUM BDELLIUM Copal; Pine resin; Dragons Blood
HELLEBORE Tobacco; Nettle
HEMLOCK Tobacco
HEMP= Nutmeg; Damiana; Star Anise; Bay
HENBANE Tobacco
HYSSOP Lavender
IVY Cinquefoil
JASMINE Rose
JUNIPER Pine
LAVENDER Rose
LEMONGRASS Lemon Peel
LEMON PEEL Lemongrass;
LEMON VERBENA Lemongrass; Lemon peel
MACE Nutmeg
MANDRAKE Tobacco
MASTIC GUM Gum Arabic; Frankincense
MINT(any sort) Sage
MISTLETOE Mint; Sage
MUGWORT Wormwood
NEROLI OIL Orange Oil
NIGHTSHADE Tobacco
NUTMEG= Mace; Cinnamon
OAKMOSS Patchouli
ORANGE Tangerine Peel
ORANGE FLOWERS Orange Peel
PATCHOULI Oakmoss
PEPPERMINT Spearmint
PEPPERWORT Rue; Grains of Paradise; Black Pepper
PINE Juniper
PINE RESIN Frankincense; Copal
RED SANDALWOOD Sandalwood mixed with a pinch of Dragons Blood
ROSE Yarrow
ROSE GERANIUM Rose
RUE Rosemary mixed with a pinch of black pepper
SAFFRON Orange Peel
SANDALWOOD Cedar
SARSAPARILLA Sassafras
SASSAFRAS Sarsaparilla
SPEARMINT Peppermint
SULFUR Tobacco; Club Moss; Asafetida
THYME Rosemary
TOBACCO Bay
TONKA BEAN Vanilla
TREFOIL Cinquefoil
VALERIAN Asafetida
VANILLA Woodruff; Deerstongue; Tonka Bean
VETIVERT Calamus
WOLFSBANE Tobacco
WOOD ALOE Sandalwood Sprinkled with Ambergris Oil
WOODRUFF Deerstongue; Vanilla
WORMWOOD Mugwort
YEW Tobacco
Herbal Substitution information courtesy S.Cunningham's Book of Incense, Oils and Brews
