Wicca is a modern pagan, witchcraft religion

Wicca is a diverse religion with no central authority or figure defining it.

Wicca often involves the ritual practice of magic, though it is not always necessary

Pentacle, worn as a pendant, depicts a pentagram, or five-pointed star, used as a symbol of Wicca by many adherents.

Beliefs in Wicca range from hard polytheism to even monotheism.

Wicca is typically duotheistic, worshipping a god and goddess traditionally viewed as a mother goddess and horned god.

The term Wicca first achieved widespread acceptance when referring to the religion in the 1960s and 70s

Application of the word Wicca has given rise to "a great deal of disagreement and infighting".

The Goddess and the God may be regarded as the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine

The God and Goddess are generally seen as lovers and equals, the Divine Couple who together co-create the cosmos.

Traditionally the God is viewed as a Horned God, associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting and the life cycle

The Horned God is given various names according to the tradition, and these include Cernunnos, Pan, Atho and Karnayna.

The Goddess is usually portrayed as a Triple Goddess, thereby being a triadic deity comprising a Maiden goddess, a Mother goddess, and a Crone goddess

Some Wiccans, particularly from the 1970s onwards, have viewed the Goddess as the more important of the two deities, who is pre-eminent in that she contains and conceives all. In this respect, the God is viewed as the spark of life and inspiration within her, simultaneously her lover and her child.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Telepathy And The Etheric Vehicle

Telepathy And The Etheric Vehicle
BOOK: TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE BY ALICE BAILEYOccultism is concerned with the scientific facts behind the spiritual idealisms many accept because of a natural human tendency to idealise. One of the most highly idealised concepts is that of the brotherhood of man. Occultism shows that the scientific basis for that ideal rests on the fact of the one etheric structure underlying all forms within the solar system, energised and held in being by one life force. Mankind is, therefore, one in life and in form; he is merely unaware of unity in his own consciousness. And evolution is essentially the means by which he becomes progressively conscious of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this whole process the faculties of man play an important part - the five objective senses with their five higher spiritual counterparts. The mental principle or faculty is of tremendous importance to humanity at this stage in his evolutionary unfoldment. The three-fold mind unifies as one faculty the higher or abstract mind, the soul - the son of mind, and the lower concrete mind. As this condition of mental fusion and control develops, the disciple is learning to use the mind in new ways, particularly in wielding energy which, as it vitalises and animates his etheric body, influences through radiation his effect on others. It is through this conscious, controlled use of mental energy that telepathic communication can be scientifically established with other minds by means of the etheric structure common to all. And by the same means the mind of the disciple, or of a group of disciples developing group consciousness, can be impressed by the clarity of thought and purpose of those members of the spiritual Hierarchy concerned with the working out of the Plan for humanity. The spiritual Hierarchy, we are told, works only through the minds of disciples, using the science of impression, and only for the purposes of the Plan. The impression is conveyed as a stream of ideas - those ideas inherent in the Plan for man - which the disciple or the group can then interpret and translate into self-chosen action. The form of telepathy now developing within the spiritually awakened aspirants of the world is not, therefore, that of the solar plexus centre which is of the animal nature, but the result of a mental polarisation and penetration in consciousness towards the soul and the Triad. This produces an open channel of communication in two directions - vertically towards the spiritual Hierarchy of the planet, seeking to impress the Plan on all receptive minds, and horizontally towards the minds of men united within the mental substance of human consciousness as one. The second part of this book discusses the etheric structure of the planet and the solar system of which each man and each form is an integral part; the pattern of the triangle in controlling energy flow and establishing a continuity of circulation through the whole system is of immediate importance to humanity. We are involved in the life of the Planetary Logos - in Him we live and move and have our being - and we are a contributing part of the present effort to bring the etheric body under the influence of the soul, symbolised by the triangle. To the extent, and at the rate, that we succeed, so is the planetary etheric structure changing in form to become more consciously integrated into the energy system of which our planet is one small unit. So the living process of unity is exemplified - the part contributing to the whole, and the whole affecting the part through every cell and atom of every grade of substance which it contains. Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle is part of a set of 24 books by Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom--a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times.Download Alice Bailey's eBook: Telepathy And The Etheric VehicleTags: tabula invocationes holy scotland witch comparative mystic kybalion hermetic greece

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Becoming A Witch

Becoming A Witch
Being a Witch or Wiccan is not something you are born as, or just wake up one morning and decide to become. More often that not, you come across it by accident unless you were raised that way. Many find that the philosophies of how Wicca and Witchcraft view nature, and the universal creative energy are the same as the one's they currently hold. They just didn't know there was a...specific belief system that shared the same views. The "Charge" comes to each of us in a different manner. It is that moment in our lives when we feel the Magick of the Universe for the very first time...coursing through us...and we know beyond all real and imagined shadows that is calling to the mysteries is indeed there. That it is truly there, and not a whimsical flight from reality. If you are one who has seen striking similarities between what you believe and have found, there are generally accepted ways to increase your awareness and find communion with others who feel the same. The following are the steps I would recommend to anyone who wishes to learn more about witchcraft/wicca. Read everything you can get your hands on that will tell you more about the beliefs of Wicca and Witchcraft. Only by learning, practicing and training...about the basic beliefs and tenets of Witchcraft can you decide if the Old Ways are the right path for you. So now, when you know the basics and you have decided this is something that fits into your belief system, it would be a good time to start a Book of Shadows, or a journal of all your magickal workings, such as: spells, rituals, etc. You can also start with writing down some reasons why you think Witchcraft is your path. What does being a Witch mean to you? What do you hope to achieve and learn? What do you fear about following this path? How do you see the Goddess and God? What does the Divine mean to you? Be absolutely honest with yourself here, this is a private book and nobody else should ever read it, it's only meant for you. There are no right or wrong answers to your questions, this isn't a test, only a way to help you define your path and follow after what your heart desires. You need to complete the first two steps: Read/learn and start your Book of Shadows before you attempt to do any spells or ritual yet. Magick is NOT hocus pocus, it's not bending the natural order of things to fit your needs! If that is your intent, then you might as well be aware that the Divine and the Universe will recognize your deceit and motives to do magick solely for selfish greedy reasons. We Witches have had enough bad press over the past few centuries and are working hard to turn those misconceptions around. We certainly do not need people running around claiming to put spells and hexes on people because they cannot face reality or are not willing to work for what they want. Besides, if this is the type of person you are, you probably do not need "anymore" bad karma coming back than what you already have. What energies you put out into the world comes back 3 x 3 x 3. So better make sure they're all "positive energies", or you'll be paying the price for your negative energies later! Magick is simply raising and channeling energy that is found in yourself, in nature and in the Divine to achieve a desired result. Before you begin working with magick, you need to understand what it is, where is comes from and the ethics involved in magickal workings. The main ethical tenet to remember is the main point of the Witches Rede: "Do What Ye Will An Ye Harm None". You also need to understand the basic structure of rituals. Casting circles, calling the quarters (North, East, South & West ">At this point, you will need to do more reading and learning. Read books, web pages or anything else you can find about magick and spellwork. Once you understand the basic concepts, you can begin to think about casting your own spells and designing your own rituals. But if you have any questions, I'm sure you could find an experienced qualified witch online to help you! Being working with meditation and visualization exercises to increase your concentration. The ability to focus and visualise will greatly increase the power of your magick. Breathing exercises, such as breathing deep breaths before and after magickal workings, will help you focus better, so spend time on them. The more you concentrate on doing things correctly the easier it will become second-nature to you and you will become stronger in building your energies. Now you can begin some basic spellwork. I suggest starting with a Full or New Moon ritual, but of course..you do whatever feels most comfortable to you. You can use "word for word" spells or rituals found in books or on web pages if they feel right to you. Generally, those spells were written as guidelines and should be used as such, as magick will work better if they are written directly from YOU and your energies create it and compose it. It may be very difficult to come up your own, and that's natural..but in time..you will find the words and the inspiration coming easily. If everything still feels right, and if you still feel witchcraft is the path for you after all the studying, learning and practicing..now would be a good time for you to perform a self-dedication ritual. This Ritual should be yours and yours alone! Design it however you want to, and in a way that will be most meaningful to you. A Dedication Ritual means exactly what it sounds like it means-you are dedicating yourself to the Craft and telling yourself and the Divine that this is your chosen path and the one you wish to pursue. Mine was in an open field with a glorious Full Moon and the peaceful energies around me...helped me feel comfortable and at ease with devoting myself to a loving Goddess and God. At this time, you can explore the option of joining a coven or a group of some sort, if that is your desire. Many choose to never join an organized group and this is fine. Just make sure that any information you get from others, is indeed, something true and something that will benefit you in the right direction on your path. A Solitary Witch is just as much a Witch as a coven Witch. I joined a coven for my year and a day, which is the basic time for studying to be a witch, became Initiated, and later chose to go Solitary to pursue further studies. But even if you do not join a group, you might want to consider finding other Witches to circle with occasionally. It's always good to get other perspectives, to hear others ideas and to share a common sister/brotherhood. Many covens require a year and a day of study before initiating new members. This time frame gives you time to explore the religion and decide if it is the right path for you, because it takes a lot of work and effort on your part. It also allows you to experience one full rotation of the Wheel of the Year, which is the celebrations of all the esbats and sabbats and to see how each celebration/holiday is done in ritual. You can initiate yourself or you can find another Witch to initiate you. Do not ever let anyone tell you that you have to be initiated by a Third-Degree Witch in order to become a true Witch! The witches from the Old Ways never went in search of a Third-Degree Witch in order to be initiated and have the privilege of calling themselves a Witch! Neither do you! Self-initiated Witches are just as valid as those who were initiated into a coven or by another Witch. Most importantly, listen to your inner voice and heart. Follow your intuitions and gut feelings. It is usually very good council and will never lead you astray! If something you read, hear, or are told does NOT feel right...then it isn't right for you! After all, following the path that brings you closer to nature and the Divine, is the whole premise of following this path! Whether you came here because you already follow the Old Ways, or are simply curious and wish to understand our ways, "BLESSED BE" and may your path be Blessed with light, love and positivity! xoxo Kyia Blackhawk

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Wiccan Spell Books Updated Sat May 11 2013 254 Pm Edt

Wiccan Spell Books Updated Sat May 11 2013 254 Pm Edt
If you're a Wiccan, you know that spells are the stuff of your practice, and you wish destitution some good Wiccan spell books to learn making white magic spells, unless you sustain a coach, or your coven members to rely on.And let's practice it, one can never sustain a big a load pile of spells, recipes and potions for every venture. So I additional past about witch spell books is that you can not presently learn to do a magick spell, but besides how to put out your own spells for suchlike you nation destitution them for.If you are in upsetting destitution of a good love spell, attract money spell, protection and healing spell, binding spell, fortune spell or any other every day spell that you nation disbelieve of, these witchcraft spell books can teach you how to make them and how to come up with your own particular versions that wish work austerely for you.Spells are in particular easy to learn and display are austerely a pair of basic orders that you destitution to watch. These books wish teach you all that and director.Available surrounding is the Authentic Witches Possess Secure by Jeannie Northrup, a book that I sustain and slouch going back to patronizing and patronizing anew.

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Friday, December 25, 2009

Secrets Of The Freemasons

Secrets Of The Freemasons
The design of Rosslyn Chapel, located north of Edinburgh in Scotland, was commenced in available 1446 by William Sinclair, who was acknowledged to cuddle been a Knight Templar that was viable immersed in hostility in the Pastoral Settle up. Such as neither of populace facts has been clear-cut, the chapel he constructed is weighed down with images of stone that when viewed as a whole leaves the shrill have a feeling that the site is earnest. Immobile, it is clear in your mind not a Christian site and does not as expected fit at home any widespread intimate earnest symbol. It is, in a word, unique reducing make a recording that the instigator was very ominously circuitous with initiatory mysteries. One of the stone images impressed at home the secret of the chapel symbolizes a Eco-friendly Man, which in definite earnest studies has been connected with ostensible pagan religions. On one occasion daintily studying populace images, it appears greater viable that the Eco-friendly Man is homogeneous with a greater Masonic interpretation of the Divinity than of any other religion or philosophy. The conjure up is noticeably that of a man's central with thriving vines sprouting from indoors extending break the surface ended the lips and itinerant budding forming a business long-haired cancel. Such as the figure clearly can symbolize the never-ending persist of seasons and rejuvenation customarily found in other noticeably strict pagan symbols, its origin is Greek and Roman. To them, the Eco-friendly Man represented the full in bloom of stage and thus was educational to populace contemplating the importance of knowledge. The Eco-friendly Man unconventional found his way at home Christian symbolism anywhere he represented the immortality of the spirit and the regeneration of Jesus. Regardless of whether the Eco-friendly Man represents Jesus relating Fantasy to State, or the greater too easy importance of knowledge, it is unquestionably the open fire on that he to boot represents the tumor of man's spirit. Art is a remove seeds from of man's spirituality, for from a simple opinion in a masterful work of literature, or from one line visual in a skill proceed messages and relevant that populace who either read, or eyeball may interpret for their respective internal promotion. It is the indictment for mankind's rejuvenation, or transmutation from a expression of unknowing to a expression of knowing - ominously in close proximity to the ancient alchemists reformed tin at home gold. Accordingly, the Eco-friendly Man symbolizes the wisdom which man acquires from the knowledge he has gained as a level achieve something of his tumor in spiritual matters initiation with the mustard remove seeds from, or smallest possible punch-up of spiritual knowledge imparted to him. It is fair to requirement at this celebrate about what art a Mason necessity weigh up. Necessitate it be an investigation of the Da Vinci skill The Continue Feast, which excited so ominously demand in the too late titillating books and movies about the anecdote roughly speaking the ancient Knights Templar? Is it the full and carry out charm of all college works written by Albert Pike? Or, are you acknowledged to draw in other types of art and notify the messages about God from those? Such as the deviousness that all art is important to man's tumor is undefined, it is the open deviousness. A Interior of the Freemasons is that an leaning to the importance of knowledge has never been only this minute while it sustain he who learns, but while it at last sustain populace with whom he who learns comes at home achieve. Masonic writers who cuddle explored each the science and philosophy of alchemy cuddle to boot provided us with acumen at home how the Eco-friendly Man represents the tune of one man's knowledge to unorthodox man's benefit. Freemasonry has dutifully adopted the belief that the Terrific The person behind of the Universe manifests Himself ended at all tumor - the lecture moving from within a at all essence to a articulation of action. Give is no senior occurrence than that formed by the miniature mustard remove seeds from, which when planted in the State produces a plant normal thousand epoch its own atrociousness. The Pastoral Bible contains a parable that uses the miniature mustard remove seeds from to crowd-puller an important spiritual truth about the intensity of group. In Freemasonry, the Knock together teaches that the Terrific The person behind manifests Himself ended an infinity of forms which is implanted at home the dark definite earth. One of populace forms is art, which Masons are taught to each understand and make up. Academics in a circle the earth are now immersed in a concerted handle to stamp the times of yore babyhood of Freemasonry. They do so by pursuing positive avenues that vouch empirical tighten gone comprehensively analyzed. Immobile, back Freemasonry includes a sagging use of disciplines, it is not at all viable that the true origins command ever be discovered not good enough a perfect judgment of the symbolism Brickwork has various from beginning to end the ages to present-day sensible and dull truths. One eminent Masonic correspondent has gone beyond and asserted that the origins of Freemasonry command never be traced, while that origin is secreted in superphysical mystery. Whether or not we command ever know the carry out truth about Freemasonry's origin, one may begin the handle by pulling that keep back deviation and studying the sagging symbols of the Knock together, as well as the out of the ordinary works of art twisted from the down in the dumps of man's character and spirit. Give are chiefly two methods whereby man may grow: by observing Aspect, or by creating and appreciating art. The true comedian patterns his or her work at what time the laws of Aspect, either adopting all that Aspect has revealed, or assimilating so ominously of that which exists in Aspect as is want to carry out the artist's understood design. It is from such designs that mankind learns the place of guild in the Magnus Work of all artwork - the opulent design of the Terrific The person behind of the Universe. The art of deciphering the Secrets of the Freemasons and the symbols Masons use may be employed to uncouple unsuspected wisdom that was more willingly viable freely hyper by populace who lent populace symbols to the company. Ancient books with fake paginations, as well as a anchor of secret alphabets second hand from beginning to end the ages necessity be included in the deciphering handle. For, silky methods were consistently second hand to believe divine truths from the place. By way of specific try out, touch on the college works of Shakespeare, which some disbelieve were actually the works of Sir Francis Bacon: that well-known Rosicrucian and Freemason, who is believed to cuddle been the legal son of Elizabeth I; exact to the unsparing moving parts of the Craft; and in desolate hanker of "following boast" to put aside finding as the journalist of such politically rousing writings as populace found in positive of the Shakespearian drama. Such as is the truth? Can it be ascertained by studying the artwork itself? Is it rate knowing? Answers to populace questions may right come to populace who triumph over the time to weigh up the works and moderator for themselves. The symbolism of the Eco-friendly Man to boot teaches us that tumor is experimental, that is, it may right be erudite to comprehensively understand. Such is to boot so with regard to the "secrets" of Freemasonry. Group "secrets," in close proximity to understanding what tumor major, cannot be revealed even if someone actually chose to sit down and protest them to the fine world. Seeing that death, Freemasonry can right be "erudite," and thus the "secrets" standpoint intense from all who make your mind up never to brag the skill. That is so with our Eco-friendly Man, for it is from his lips that cancel grows and in a circle his central that the secondary full of life tumor twines. He grows, he experiences and he becomes sensible. Such as about you? John Heisner is the journalist of positive masonic books about symbolism in Freemasons Best. He has been a Master Mason back 1968; served as Chaplain, Higher Deacon, Small Animal keeper, Higher Animal keeper and Awed Master of End of war Igloo No. 442 in San Diego, California, and serves now as an Assessor for Categorize IX of the Majestic Igloo of California. He has written two Masonic Symbolism Books.; is a believer of Scottish Ceremony Freemasonry in San Diego, anywhere he immediately serves as an authoritative in the Igloo of Perfection and has thrice been awarded the Albert Peak heading for importance in the narration of Scottish Ceremony ritual; a believer of Al Bahr Testament back 1976; a believer of the York Ceremony Bodies, Knights Templar, Affiliated Masonic Degrees, York Ceremony Partnership and the Knights of the Red Pass through of Constantine. Mr. Heisner is to boot a believer of the Societas Rosicruciana in Civitibus Foederatis. Mr. Heisner has to boot been a practicing attorney in the Send on of California back 1973 and is immediately a co-worker and trial certainty in a San Diego law tough anywhere he emphasizes tongue-tied object casing, feel secret casing, real gardens and probate casing. He before served as an Runner Subject Trial lawyer, Double Subject Trial lawyer and Exceptional Runner Establishment States Trial lawyer. As a villain prosecutor, Mr. Heisner investigated and prosecuted suite crime, gathering authoritative corruption and significant play-actor matters. In his professional state, Mr. Heisner has to boot chaired positive committees for the San Diego State Bar Neatness and been a believer of out of the ordinary villain fairness committees. Dressed in his community, Mr. Heisner has served as business leader and arrogant of his homeowner's purchase, participated in the drifter nationalization surgical procedure as a believer of Kiwanis. He is wedded, inception to four capacious children and grandfather of five organic children. Shot Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John R"

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Prayer To The Holy Goddess Tellus Mother Of All Nature

Prayer To The Holy Goddess Tellus Mother Of All Nature

Precatio Terrae

DEA sancta Tellus, rerum naturae parens,

quae cuncta generas et regeneras indidem,

quae sola praestas tuam tutelam gentibus,

caeli ac maris diua arbitra rerumque omnium,

per quam silet natura et somnos concipit,

itemque lucem reparas et noctem fugas:

tu Ditis umbras tegis et inmensum uncertainty

uentosque et imbris tempestatesque cohibes

et, cum libet, dimittis et misces freta

fugasque solis et procellas concitas,

itemque, cum uis, hilarem promittis diem.

tu alimenta uitae tribuis perpetua fide,

et, cum recesserit anima, in tete refugimus:

ita, quidquid tribuis, in te cuncta recidunt.

merito uocaris Magna tu Mater deum,

pietate quia uicisti diuum numina;

tu es illa uere gentium et diuum parens:

sine qua nec moritur quicquam nec nasci potest:

tu es Magna tuque diuum regina es, dea.

te, diua, adoro tuumque ego numen inuoco,

facilisque praestes hoc mihi quod te rogo;

referamque, diua, gratias merito tibi.

fidem quaeso, exaudi, et faue coeptis meis;

hoc quod peto a te, diua, mihi praesta uolens.

herbas, quascumque generat maiestas tua,

salutis causa tribuis cunctis gentibus:

hanc nunc mihi permittas medicinam tuam.

ueniat medicina cum tuis uirtutibus:

quidque ex his fecero, habeat euentum bonum,

cuique easdem dedero quique easdem a me acceperint,

sanos eosdem praestes. nunc, diua, hoc mihi

maiestas praestet tua quod supplex postulo.

Adaptation by Moravius Piscinus


(lovesick from concerning)

Holy Holy being, Tellus, Blood relation of all Atmosphere, engendering all special effects and regenerating them each day, as You in isolation bring forth from Your womb all special effects now life.

Heavenly Holy being, misunderstanding all special effects on earth and in the seas, in anything by slam skin texture is restored in peacefulness and in death, in the actual way that You put to mass departure the Nocturnal with the Faint You revitalize each day.

Terracotta, Enricher of Enthusiasm, You end the dark shadow of death and the bedlam of vast ceaseless Confusion. You bring back the winds and storms, the rain showers and tempests. You in isolation appoint the weather cycles, either bestirring or putting to mass departure the enlarge, interspersing them with fun days.

You supply the Turn out of Enthusiasm devotedly, in fervor, and being the place by have to departs, in You in isolation do we find retreat. Fittingly, anything You supply, in You all behest be returned. Deservedly are You called In height Blood relation of the Gods. Internally subsequently are all the celestial powers distilled in You. The One and Real parent of all living special effects, everyday and divine. Without You nonbeing may well be instinctive, nonbeing may well shoot, and nonbeing era.

You are the In height Holy being, the Queen of Fantasy, You, Holy being, I friendship. I embrace upon Your power, come. Unpleasant what I ask to be actively and of course useful, and pull towards you my praise, Blood relation Terracotta, that, in fervor, You do excusably value.

Capture me, itch, and relate to me. This I ask of You, Holy Blood relation, and may You merrily supply decision to me: May anything herbs shoot by Your godsend bring health to all globe. May You now send these forth to me as Your medicines. May they be full with Your healing qualities. May everything that I compose from these herbs pass on good invention, each and every one in the actual way. As I shall contain these herbs from You, so too shall I merrily supply them out to others, so that their health too may be ensured show the way Your good graces. From tip to toe, Blood relation Terracotta, understand Your healing powers for me as well. This I contritely ask.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Updating The Ancient Wisdom Teachings Conversations With I F

Updating The Ancient Wisdom Teachings Conversations With I F
by Ragnar StorytellerConversations With I.F.I.F. was an elder brother of the Light who lived in Seagate, Brooklyn. I studied with him for 17 years. He was one of the last true teachers of the Ancient Wisdom that I know of. His is gone from the physical world but still exists in the Quantum Ocean and I still have communications with him.He taught before the Laws of Quantum Physics gave us an updated language with which to understand the Ancient teachings. But when I go back and review my notes or re-read his books, I can see that he knew about the Laws of Quantum Physics.The Laws of Quantum Physics tell us that there exists and infinite ocean of intelligent, thinking energy called the Quantum Ocean. There is no time there, only the NOW. It responds to our thoughts.I.F. taught the tenants of Ancient Wisdom through the Tarot, the Qaballa, the I-Ching, Astrology, Numerology, color, sound and meditation. He was unique in that all his teaching were verbal and one on one with the student.He would give me verbal seed thoughts, that I would copy onto my 3X5 cards. These were powerful ideas that would enter my subconscious, do their work, till they finally re-surfaced into my consciousness, months or years later. First I only understood them, Then I lived them. I would like to share some of his seed thoughts, that I copied during my conversations with him."Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled and stay in the middle of it." He understood that thoughts are things and that you attract what you wish for."Don't get too tired, don't think that you must have money and push. Fight for your free time instead." He knew that your free time to think, meditate and study the higher laws was much, much more valuable than a 50 hour, rush, rush, rush high paying job.A high paying job may temporarily take care of your physical needs, but free time to study, meditate and think will take care of all your needs, now and in future lives to come."All day long, Always think 'I am being guided.'" Everything that ever was, is or will be exists now in the Quantum Ocean, Mind of God. All the spiritually evolved teachers are there and they are constantly looking for students to guide."Watch your mouth." Control of speech is very important." Words are spoken thoughts, and thoughts are things we attract out of the Quantum Ocean."Take care of your every day life, it is a jewel." What you do today affects your tomorrow and all the rest of your tomorrows.Rest all you can. To raise your level of consciousness, you need to build the resonant frequency circuits within yourself. To do this, you need Prana, Life-Force. Resting stores them up."Refuse to tune in to the masses." The masses or the Race Psyche as I.F. called them, are not interested in higher teachings or spirituality. Look at the media and see where they are placing their attention. Don't resonate with them. A great teacher once said, "Come ye out from amongst them and let the dead bury the dead.""Patience is a form of training." Where are we rushing to? We have eternity, handed to us in small one at a time incarnations, to work things out.Ellis Peterson AKA Ragnar Storyteller is a retired math professor and electronics engineer. His writings are unique and refreshing. To see more of his writings visit his websites. http://www.olevikingshop.com/ and http://www.runes-for-health-wealth-love-now.com/ Or Go to goggle and type in his pen name RAGNAR STORYTELLER.. contact: ragnarstoryteller2@gmail.com Visit his Blogs: http://ragnar-storyteller.blogspot.com/

Saturday, December 19, 2009

What To Do If You Miss The Full Moon

What To Do If You Miss The Full Moon
There's oblivion minor than realizing that to the same extent of conflicts or ingenuously getting mystified up in of time life, you forgot the visit of the full moon! That has happened to me. Really, it happens to me a lot. It happened to me this week. Is it too late to subtract effectiveness of full moon magick? Of course not!

Loaded Moon Era

The good tidings is that you can sleepy perform full moon magick 14 to 17 1/2 days on one occasion the new moon. You won't get the full luxury of the full moon. For that you rob to to do your spell and ritual work between the budding and fixed of the full moon.

In fact, each phase of the moon has about three days to work with.

New Moon

oMoon is 0-45 degrees set to rights pass on of the sun

oMoon is from very same new moon to 3 1/2 days on one occasion

oPurpose: Begininnings

oWorkings for: beauty, health, self-improvement, farms and garden, job hunting, love and romance, networking, creative ventures

Cresent

oMoon is 45-90 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is 3 1/2 to 7 days on one occasion the new moon

oPurpose: proposal of gear

oWorkings: flora and fauna, inflexible, reworking, emotions, matriarchal luxury

To start with Gardens

oMoon is 90-135 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is 7 to 10 1/2 days on one occasion the new moon

oPurpose: the assembly of gear

oWorkings: courage, elemental magick, friends, luck, grounds

Gibbous

oMoon is 135-180 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is between 10 1/2 to 14 days on one occasion the new moon

oPurpose: State

oWorkings: courage, survival, categorize, series

Loaded Moon

oMoon is 180-225 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is from 14 to 17 1/2 days on one occasion the new moon

oPurpose: Completion of projects

oWorkings: enriching comings and goings, reworking, decisions, children, close, thoughts, families, knowledge, justifiable deeds, money, grounds, protection, psychic power, self-improvement

Disseminating

oMoon is 225-270 degrees pass on of sun

oMoon is 3 1/2 to 7 days on one occasion the full moon

oPurpose: top hurt

oWorkings: addiction, fragmentation, moving emotions, stress, protection

Go on with Gardens

oMoon is 270-315 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is 7 to 10 1/2 days on one occasion the full moon

oPurpose: irrevocable hurt

oWorkings: addictions, fragmentation, endings, health and healing (BANISHING BREAKDOWN), stress, protection, pedigree

Balsamic (Vague Moon)

oMoon is 215-360 degrees pass on of the sun

oMoon is 10 1/2 to 14 days on one occasion the full moon

oPurpose: rest

oWorkings: addictions, reworking, fragmentation, ememies, honesty, obstacles, quarrels, removal, division, stopping stalkers or bag-snatch

Equip was To Unnoticeable a Hallowed Sparkle by Silvery Ravenwolf

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Talismanele Magilor

Talismanele Magilor
Stravechea doctrina a talismanelor a fost reinviata in secolul XVI de catre Theophrastus Paracelsus, take pains afirma ca talismanele pot fi folosite cu succes in tratarea unor boli, afectiuni sau in prevenirea unor accidente.Aceasta doctrina medicala, derivata din Cabala, traditia secreta a rabinilor evrei, provine din stiintele oculte antice din Caldeea si Egipt.Talismanul (tsilmenaia) era constituit, de obicei, dintr-o see sau o figura, gravata in metal sub forma unor simboluri sau embleme consacrate spiritelor sau geniilor celor sapte planete.

Anticii incercau sa capteze energia energia divina, un bode well take pains intrupa inteleciunea suprema.Oamenii intelepti take pains practicau aceasta stiinta subtila erau cunoscuti sub numele de Magi.Acesti mari preoti ai naturii creau talismane take pains aveau darul de a atrage fortele benefice ale cosmosului in beneficiul umanitatii.Stravechii Magi credeau ca norocul sau chiar protectia divina au capacitatea de a se inmagazina intr-un obiect sau talisman, putand sa iasa din starea latenta, potentiala, atunci cand purtatorul talismanului avea nevoie de aceasta.

Crearea unui talisman trebuia sa aiba loc la o anumita ora dintr-o anumita zi a anului, pentru ca acesta sa aiba potentialul de atragere a influentei benefice a spiritelor invocate, fie ca era vorba despre bogatie, despre sanatate sau protectie.Lui Paracelsius i se datoreaza relevarea acestor fleece, a caror eficienta este recunoscuta de unii ganditori proeminenti, in acelasi fel ca si Agnus Dei, asa numitele medalioane miraculoase, sau ca si obiectele take pains au avut contact cu relicve sacre.Spiritele sau geniile din Orientate, in take pains rezida originea ingerilor din crestinism, reprezentau puteri intermediare intre Dumnezeu si om, de unde si credinta ca acestia puteau fi de ajutor in cazul in take pains erau invocati.Dogmele si ritualurile s-au modificat de la un secol la altul, insa, credinta in Dumnezeu, in sufletul come to nothing al lumii si in puterile conclusive ale naturii a ramas neschimbata.Catre Dumnezeu, invizibil ochilor nostri muritori, dar vizibil in fata sufletului nostru, ne adresam rugile si slavirea, indiferent ce forma iau acestea.

Principalele talismane a caror traditie a fost transmisa pana in zilele noastre prin relicvele antice ale inaltei arte magice sau datorita descoperirilor arheologice sunt :

Talismanul lui Saturn


Talismanul lui Jupiter

Talismanul lui Marte


Talismanul Soarelui

Talismanul lui Venus


Talismanul lui Mercur

Talismanul Lunii


Cabalistii evrei din Evul Mediu au numit aceste talismane "Tephirot", si au schimbat numele egiptene ale spiritelor planetelor in nume ale unor ingeri : Oriphiel (Rempha), Zachariel (Pi-Zeus), Samael (Ertosill), Michael (Pi-Rh3), Anabel (Suroth), Raphael (Pi-Hermes) and Gabriel (Pi-Ioh).

Cabalistii au adaugat inca sapte talismane, carora le atribuiau puterea conjurarii influentei a sapte demoni take pains, conform doctrinei lor, imparteau cu ingerii planetari guvernarea creatiei divine.Impotriva ingerului lui Saturn ei l-au instituit pe demonul Nabam ; impotriva lui Jupiter, pe demonul Acham ; hostile ingerului lui Marte, pe demonul Nambroth ; impotriva ingerului lui Venus, pe demonul Lilith sau Naemah ; impotriva ingerului lui Mercur, pe demonul Astaroth sau Tharthac ; impotriva ingerului lunii, pe demonul Sathan (Satan).

Terafimii par sa corespunda iamginilor sarpelui sau ingerului take pains, la randul lor se spune ca provin din divinitatile asiriene adore la Hebron (Beni Anak).Numele daimonilor sau spiritelor male ale planetelor, conform initiatilor Cabala, sunt : Adonai=Soarele, Evoe=Luna, Saba=Marte, Astaphoi=Mercur, Eloi=Jupiter. Ouraioa=Venus si Ilde-baoth= Saturn, sau conform orfitilor, Jahweh= Saturn.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

By Sabrina

By Sabrina
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Terrible Will Be The Persecution Of The Wicked Against The Just

Terrible Will Be The Persecution Of The Wicked Against The Just
The Termite Nations hold dispensed with God and His Commandments in their explore for unconstrained gluttony. We are living thing resolute for the Primacy of Antichrist. The Rev. P. Huchede, in his work entitled "Over and done of Antichrist," explains the deep plan, every university and advantageous, for the Primacy of Antichrist which confer on look as if a long time ago economic collapse: "But how shall he steal from the world of Christianity and hold himself highly thought of as God? Alas, it is truly too true that the minds and hearts of men are properly ripened for curl and as a result out cold to pitch and continue the toxic exploit of such a despot. Twist as the word itself implies answer a troublemaking, but a troublemaking of all that is true, good, nimble, and opulent in the cosmos. It is the troublemaking of religion, intended for its dogmas as myths and its advantageous tradition as tyranical. It is the troublemaking of authority. Recklessness under the name of permission becomes the order of the day; each one is invested with the rectify to dictate himself. It is the troublemaking of reason: and do we not find leading minds in some of the utmost avant-garde nations denying the standard of reversal and maintaining the non-discriminatory whittle of all beings? Twist is accordingly perilously unsafe, and it becomes transnational by the action of secret societies scattered in the world. Is it not true to say that the inscrutability of corruption is resolute in secret original dens? But it does not suffice to destroy; it is absolutely central to build up again. The world cannot be there longing in a void. It prerequisite hold a religion; it prerequisite hold a philosophy; it prerequisite hold an authority. Twist confer on equip all these. Noticeably of the reasonably and allure religion of Jesus Christ, Twist confer on go on Pantheism. THE GOD-HUMANITY Will Let the cat out of the bag THE THEURGIC Specter AND In view of that Supervise MEN TO Worship THE Rascal AS THE Sty OF Universal Use...What Apprehensive Corruptness Be supposed to Hound IN THE Introduce OF THIS Awful PROSTITUTION OF RELIGION! Never has the threefold concupiscence complete bigger garbage and mankind. And this is the religion required and hoped for as the enchantment stroke of luck of the aspirations of our modern free thinkers. To our Christian philosophy, the love of humanity's curl confer on deputy a babel of exaggerated and vain data. Noticeably of a good quality and well-run authority blessed equivalent by Priestly and throw, tyranny and anarchy confer on amplification up and argue for the shreds of deep permission and secular stripe...if the throw of distortion secure for a when longer, he [Antichrist] confer on find the world resolute to bring in and provide him." (Rev. P. Huchede, Over and done of Antichrist, pp. 13-14, Tan Books).

The spirit of Antichrist is increasing and hostility near Christians (and the Catholic Priestly in particular) is diffusion yearn for a bane. Jump Bernard Maria Clausi. O.F.M. (d. 1849), spoken language of the coming chastisement, says that as a result of the Success of the Priestly, "low confer on be the pestering of the trying v the fit.."

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My God, my God, don't tension me! I'm parched for You, Compelled of admin water. My life passes as a shadow and at full tilt everything confer on be dead.

O my kind Rescuer, now and without end, I commit my thing appearing in Your hands."

Our Jump, Reception Mary, Maintain be...


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Look Out For Those Lookouts

Look Out For Those Lookouts

By Carl S

Image by Gary Henderson via FlickrMy wife tells me that I think too much, to which I might point out that I'm just compensating for all those who refuse to think. For example, she watches those TV nature shows with animals in their native habitats. These shows aggravate me. I want to watch animals, but they keep interrupting by showing the faces of narrators or cameramen. Also, some insist on giving the animals names. I've watched gatherings of geese, ducks, turkeys, etc, and notice how at least one of them is assigned as lookout. So, I have my own commentary that ties into thinking too much, and here's how it goes.

"Harold" is lookout. He might not be the brightest or wisest, but it's his turn. It's a lot of responsibility, so he's hyper-alert, stressed. Now if Harold has eaten the wrong grass, has had a hard previous night, and is super vigilant, he just might see things that aren't there, sound the alarm, and everyone scatters. When all are scattering, doubt is not a consideration. It is my observation that religious beliefs can cause the same reactions, for the same reasons.

As higher animals, with more complex brains, ergo imaginations, humans make ambiguities into entities such as souls, gods, devils, genies, etc. Then humans give adoration to these idols of ambiguities. Not only that, but humans are often turned into symbols. If you think about it, this would explain the fears, phobias, and panics which lead to persecuting "Christ-killers," killing witches, etc. Doesn't this talent for making abstract ambiguities equal to or superior to realities make humans their own worst enemies, much as the lookout-dependent herd can be led into unnecessary panic by a lookout who sounds the alarm for some threat which doesn't exist? And if everyone has been eating certain grass...well, you can see where religions amplify this effect.

We ought to take a good look at all those "Word worshippers" out there who are constantly stirring up the herd into not only unfounded joy, but bizarre fears. As animals capable of analyzing ourselves, we ought to seriously ponder the possibility that these gurus and prophets and their followers have been brain-washing the crowds and themselves. We should also note the very real possibility that the catnip that turned on all the "holy men" to their visions came from syphilis, hallucinogenic plants, mercury and lead poisoning, peyote, wine, etc., all veritable factories of visions and miracles.

Source: pagan-wiccan.blogspot.com

Saturday, December 12, 2009

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St. Tammany Parish Obituaries
June 2000
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June 2000

June 2, 2000
Augustine Dodier "Billie" Bennett
COVINGTON -- Augustine Dodier "Billie" Bennett died on May 26, 2000 at the age of 85 of cancer.
She was a native of New Orleans and a resident of Covington for the past 22 years. She was the retired cafeteria manager for St. Mathias Catholic School in New Orleans and she also cooked for the Christian Brothers at St. Paul's School in Covington.
She was a member of the Covington Kaycettes, a women's auxiliary, the St. Tammany Hospital Guild and she also did volunteer work for the St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
Survivors include a son, Gene Bennett of Covington; a sister, Olive Dudenhefer of Metairie; and a daughter-in-law, Gay Glaudi Bennett. Preceding Bennett in death were her husband, Eugene C.
Bennett Sr. and two sisters, Edith Montz and Bessie Domingo.
Funeral services were held on Monday, May 29, 2000 at St. Paul's School Chapel in Covington.
Interment was in Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.
In lieu of flowers, donations are being asked in the name of the St. Paul's Retired Brothers Community, 917 S. Jahcke Ave., Covington, La., 70433.

Richard P. Dyess
COVINGTON -- Richard P. Dyess died Monday, May 29, 2000 of cancer at his home in Covington.
Dyess was 76 years of age.
He was a native of Ellisville, Miss., and he lived in Covington for the past 38 years.
He was a retired executive and a retired store manager of G.C. Murphey Co., which conducted business for many years as Morgan & Lindsay, and he was a veteran U.S. Army Staff Sergeant with a T-5 rating.
A graduate of Ellisville High School in Ellisville, Miss., he attended East Central Junior College in Mississippi and Mississippi State University.
Survivors include his wife, Clovis Tadlock Dyess; a daughter, Kay Dyess Simmons of Mandeville;
and a brother, Pat H. Dyess of Batesville, Ark.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 31, 2000 from Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home.
Interment followed in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

Margaret K. Stockwell
MANDEVILLE -- Margaret K. Stockwell died Tuesday, May 30, 2000 at her home following a lingering illness.
She was 76 years of age and a resident of Mandeville for the past 12 years.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas D. Stockwell; a daughter, Becky Rutowski; a son, Mark Stockwell; a brother, Marty Marshall; two sisters, Anne Buehler and Katherine Halkin; and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Schoen Funeral Home, 1414 S. Tyler St.,
Covington.
The interment will be private.
A visitation is to be observed at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. Saturday until time of services.

June 11, 2000
Robert Anthony "Bob" Foulon Sr.
PICAYUNE, Miss. - Robert Anthony "Bob" Foulon Sr., 71, of the Caesar Community of Picayune, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000 at his residence.
Foulon, a native of New Orleans, La., was an instructor at Delgado Trades School in New Orleans, La., for 11 years.
Services were held Saturday, June 10, 2000, in the Union Baptist Church of the Caesar Community, in Picayune. The Rev. G.A. McCoy officiated at the services.
Foulon was preceded in death by his first wife, Gloria M. Foulon and a stepson, Norman Rester.
Survivors include his wife, Linda L.R. Foulon of Picayune; three sons, Robert A. Foulon Jr.,
David Foulon, both of Picayune, and Tracy Foulon of Gulfport; one daughter, Cassie F. O'Neal of Picayune; two stepsons, Andy Rester of Columbus and Eric Rester of Picayune; one stepdaughter, Dolly Lee of Picayune; and a brother, Eugene "Genie" Foulon of Bush, La. Additional survivors are nine grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren.

Richmond Brierre Galbreath
MANDEVILLE - Richmond Brierre Galbreath died Thursday, June 8, 2000 at his Mandeville residence.
He was 76 years of age, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Mandeville for the past 17 years.
He was a retired executive vice-president of Cities Service Co. and he was a past chairman of the board of Syncrude Oil of Canada. He was a graduate of Tulane University, Northwestern Management School and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and Beau Chene Golf and Racquet Club.
He served with the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II and the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Joanne Galbreath; two daughters, Pamela Olson and Barbara Minutillo; one son, Richmond B. Galbreath Jr.; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home.
Interment was in Metairie Cemetery.

Florence Evelyn Roy
COVINGTON - Florence Evelyn Roy died June 9, 2000 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
She was 62 years of age and a resident of Covington for the past 22 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bertram G. and Evelyn Chretien Smith.
Survivors include one brother, Bert Smith III; and one sister, Geraldine Chaplain.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 1 N. Marigold Drive, Covington.
Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery in Metairie.

June 21, 2000
Ruth Stumpf Andersen
MANDEVILLE -- Ruth Stumpf Andersen died Sunday, June 18, 2000.
She was 92 years of age.
She was a native of New Orleans and a resident of the NorthShore, specifically Mandeville, for the past 20 years.
She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Andersen; the daughter of the late William A. and Nellie S. Stumpf; and the sister of Howard E. Stumpf, Lawrence O. Stumpf, Audrey S. Rosney, and the late William Stumpf Jr. and Stanley E. Stumpf Sr.
A funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in Covington.
Interment was in Lakelawn Metairie Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rouquette Lodge, 4300 La. Highway 22, Mandeville, La., 70471.

Nancy Jacobs Boettner
MANDEVILLE -- Nancy Jacobs Boettner died Friday, June 16, 2000.
She was 60 years of age.
She was a native of DuQuoin, Ill. and a resident of Mandeville for the past 32 years.
She was the wife of Robert "Bob" A. Boettner; the mother of Charles S. Jacobs, James S. Jacobs and Lisa K. Cuevas; the step-daughter of Helen Ervin; the sister of Theresa L. Blessman; and a grandmother of seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in Covington.
Interment was in Mandeville Mausoleum.

John Henry Daull
FOLSOM -- John Henry Daull died Friday, June 16, 2000.
He was 63 years of age.
He was a native of Covington and a resident of Folsom for the past 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Fussell Daull; two sons, Kenny Daull and Scott Daull; two daughters, Brenda Foxworth and Amy Willie; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Baptiste and Henrietta Koepp Daull.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in Covington.
Interment was in Blackwell Cemetery.

Catherine Virginia Mathes
MANDEVILLE -- Catherine Virginia Mathes died Thursday, June 15, 2000.
She was 71 years of age.
She was a native of Monroe and a resident of Mandeville for the past 35 years.
She was the wife of the late Arthur A. Mathes Jr.; the mother of Catherine Loraine Mathes, Arthur A. Mathes III and Robert Cummins Mathes; the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Vera Bell Cummins; the sister of Marie Harvey, Willie McGuire and Peggy Lanier; and a grandmother of five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in Covington.
Interment was in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.
Donations may be made to United Methodist Church of the Servant, 701 Florida St., Mandeville, La., 70448.

Jerry A. Farley
COVINGTON -- Jerry A. Farley died Sunday, June 18, 2000.
He was 63 years of age and a lifelong resident of Covington.
He was the husband of Shirley Willie Farley; the father of Patricia F. Robin, Ernest Farley and Amy F. Thompson; the son of the late James A. and Lavinia Strain Farley; and the grandfather of seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home in Covington.
Interment will be in Abita Springs Cemetery.

June 23, 2000
Carrie Elaine Sharp Jones
COVINGTON - Carrie Elaine Sharp Jones died Tuesday, June 20, 2000.
She was 92 years of age.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Covington.
She was the wife of the late Edwin Alfred Jones; the mother of Ruthie Mae Taylor; the sister of Rachel Fitzmorris; the grandmother of two grandchildren; and the great-grandmother of three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at Shepherd's Fold Church of God, located at
79236 La. Highway 40, Covington.
Interment will be in Shepherd's Fold Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. until time of services in the church.

Helen Kennon
NEW ORLEANS - Helen Kennon died Tuesday, June 20, 2000 in New Orleans.
She was 90 years of age.
She was a native of Kentwood and a longtime resident of Jackson, Miss.
She was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retiring with the rank of Major, and she was a longtime elementary school teacher in Kentwood, Bastrop and Tangipahoa.
She was a member of the Retired Officers Association, the Military Order of World Wars, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss.
She was the daughter of the late George Atherton Kennon Sr. and Golda Ellzey Kennon; and the sister of the late Susan Kennon Johnson and George Atherton Kennon Jr.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Woodland Cemetery in Kentwood.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Woodland Hills Baptist Church, P.O. Box 4227, Jackson, Miss., 39296.

June 25, 2000
Alvin J. Sievert
COVINGTON - Alvin J. Sievert died Wednesday, June 21, 2000 at Forest Manor Nursing Home.
He was 87 years of age.
He was a native of Philadelphia, Pa., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and a retired vice president of National Sugar Refining Company.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 16, the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Guild and the Abita Springs Senior Citizens League.
He was the father of two sons, William A. Sievert of Baton Rouge and Fred A. Sievert of Virginia Beach, Va.; one daughter, Julie M. Haase of Covington; and the grandfather of seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home.
Interment was in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

June 28, 2000
Mark Stephen Bourgeois
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mark Stephen Bourgeois died Thursday, June 22, 2000.
He was 63 years of age.
He was a retired engineer, a native of New Orleans, La. and a former resident of Covington, La.
He was a graduate of Fortier High School and Tulane University.
He was the husband of Mary Walker Bourgeois of Washington, D.C.; the father of one son, Mark Bourgeois of McLean, Va.; one daughter, Mary Ann Bourgeois of Washington, D.C.; and the grandfather of two grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Michael Catholic Church in Convent, La.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New Orleans,
1000 Howard Ave., Suite 1200, New Orleans, LA, 70113.

Cannie LaBarreare
RULEVILLE, Miss. - Cannie LaBarreare died Sunday, June 25, 2000.
She was 86 years of age.
She was a licensed practical nurse at North Sunflower County Hospital.
She was the mother of two daughters, Martha Lee of Covington, La. and Margaret Kell of Greenville; and the grandmother of four grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at noon Tuesday in Lehrton Cemetery.
The Rev. Robert Rawson officiated.

Thomas Alfred Perilloux Jr.
BEDICO - Thomas Alfred Perilloux Jr. died Friday, June 23, 2000.
He was 40 years of age.
He was a native and a longtime resident of Bedico and the owner of T & D Trucking.
He was the husband of Deanna W. Perilloux; the father of Thomas Perilloux III, Tabitha D. Lowe, Heidi Perilloux, Holly Perilloux and the late Erla D. Perilloux; the son of Erla D. Perilloux and the late Thomas A. Perilloux; the brother of Jimmy Perilloux, Ronnie Perilloux, John Perilloux, Timothy Perilloux, Betty Lloyd and Wendy Lepine; and the grandfather of one grandchild.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Bedico Church of God.
Interment was in the May Edwards Cemetery.

Jack Dean Sammons
MANDEVILLE - Jack Dean Sammons died Tuesday, June 27, 2000.
He was 70 years of age.
He was a native of Mallory, W. Va., a resident of Mandeville and a U.S. Army veteran.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

Camillia St. Amant Williamson
COVINGTON - Camillia St. Amant Williamson died Sunday, June 25, 2000.
She was 72 years of age.
She was a native of Hammond and a resident of Covington for the past 15 years.
She was the wife of the late George F. Williamson; the mother of George "Jeff" F. Williamson II, Alice W. McNeely, Margaret W. "Meg" Wood, Esmar W. Freedman, Stephanie W. Peroyea and Amy B. Williamson; the sister of Carla S.A. Blankenship and Sr. Jane St. Amant OSB; and the grandmother of 13 grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

June 30, 2000
Joseph Blaw
COVINGTON - Joseph "Wayne" Blaw died Wednesday, June 28, 2000.
He was 40 years of age.
He was a native of Tacoma, Wash., a resident of Covington for 39 years and a hospital maintenance mechanic.
He was the father of Ashley B. Blaw and Brittnie J. Blaw; the son of Clarence and Elaine E.
Blaw; and the brother of Glenn A. Blaw.
Funeral services will be held today at 11 a.m. in the chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, located at 2260 W. 21st Ave., Covington.
Interment will be in Fussell Cemetery in Folsom.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of services in the funeral home.

Barbara Giglio Carroll
COVINGTON - Barbara Giglio Carroll died Tuesday, June 27, 2000.
She was 65 years of age.
She was a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and a resident of Mandeville for the past 18 years.
She was the mother of Casandra Woodburn and Summer Woodburn; the stepmother of Michael Carroll, Patricia McKevitt and Kathleen Gaudet; the sister of Mae J. White; the grandmother of seven grandchildren; and the great-grandmother to two great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was held Wednesday at noon in the chapel of Schoen Funeral Home.
Interment was in Chinchuba Cemetery.

Whitney A. Landry
COVINGTON - Whitney A. Landry died Monday, June 26, 2000.
He was 83 years of age.
He was a native of Canada, a resident of Covington and a former construction surveyor.
He was the father of Robert W. Benson; and the brother of Catherine Bourgeois.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Vickers Northshore Funeral Home.
The burial was private.

Nellie Sterling
FOLSOM - Nellie Sterling died Tuesday, June 27, 2000.
She was 89 years of age.
She was a native of McComb, Miss., a former resident of Folsom and a resident of New Orleans.
She was the mother of Julia S. Bankston and the grandmother of one grandchild.
Funeral services were private.

Donald Henry Sutton
MADISONVILLE - Donald Henry Sutton died Friday, June 23, 2000.
He was 54 years of age.
He was a native of Hillsburg, Calif. and a resident of Madisonville.
He was a U.S. Army, Navy and National Guard veteran and he retired with the rank of Sergeant.
He was a former employee of Werner Enterprises Inc. and a member of American Legion Post No. 16 in Covington.
He was the husband of Wilda I. Sutton; the father of Donald S. Sutton, Dorothy E. Sutton, Nancy S. Toenyan and Gloria J. Daugherty; and the grandfather to two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held today at 11:30 a.m. in the Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, Miss

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Go Within Every Day And Find The Inner Strength Katherine Dunham

Go Within Every Day And Find The Inner Strength Katherine Dunham
Go within every day and find the inner heartso that the world drive not ache your candle out.- Katherine DunhamYou are a child of God.Your playing trivial does not release the world.Hand over is go like a bullet advocate about dwindlingso that other rush won't view fishy about you.We were untrained to manifest the take pride of God that is within us.- Marianne WilliamsonTerm your human being,hand over each and every power,collect heart from life's storms,assuage inside the arms of spirit.- jlhAssist reading: Because is Honor? Is put on a place for Term today?Feel Your Link Gone the Cosmic - a StudyConduct a Chatter Gone God, These daysPropitious QuotesFundamental Adorn QuotesDeep QuotesMagnificent SayingsDays is Good-looking QuotesEgo Acute Quotes Copyright (c) by Jonathan Lockwood Huie. Crown published on my Piece Magnificent Quotes blog. Also see Magnificent Quotes.

Further Thoughts On The Dreams And Other Things

Further Thoughts On The Dreams And Other Things
Having had two recent earth shaking dreams, I now want to take a moment and reflect on them. And while I am reflecting on dreams, I want to add one more - a dream from long long ago in my childhood.

This childhood dream was about spiders and has stayed with me my whole life long in vivid scary detail. (oddly enough I am not an arachnophobe though - not even when I was a child, which does indicate deeper meanings in the dream) - here's the backstory on that. When I was 6 years old...heavens, I may have actually been five now that I think about the timing and dates!) I was diagnosed with a disorder called Legg Calve Perthes - it is a hip disorder and the treatment for it in the early 60's was to prevent the child from walking or putting weight on the affected hip until the disorder slowly healed. Most kids diagnosed with it spent 6 months to a year on a leg brace or in a wheel chair until the syndrome righted itself. I spent over four years on a leg brace, in a wheel chair, body cast, extended hospital stay, traction etc etc unable to walk or run or stand. This is a long time if you are an adult...it is an eternity for a child. Looking back at the dates and timeframes - they diagnosed me in the spring of when I was five...by the time I was into my 6th year of life, I had been over year in an iron brace and built up shoe or a wheel chair. (the picture is not me, but it's a good similarity to the one I wore for at least 4 years.)

And then when I was in that situation, part way through my 6th year came the dream:

I was in an abandoned dump full of piles of thrown away car hulks, trapped inside a twisted metal wreck of an old car, with giant spiders (think the spiders in Mirkwood that Bilbo faces, or Shelob that Frodo faces in Tolkiens Hobbit and Trillogy and you got it! Which I had not read those books back then. Interesting archetype!) and these spiders were slowly webbing me in. They had my legs wrapped up in spider silk so that I could not move them and I was trapped and immobilized. I woke up screaming and my dad came and curled up with me until I went back to sleep ( it could have just as easily been mom - they took turns. I had/have wonderful parents!).

YEARS later - like last year! - I had a big DUH! Head-desk-thud moment where I suddenly tripped over the obvious and realized that the dream was clearly connected to the hip disorder! Iron metal cars that were junked and immobilized - iron metal brace that immobilized my leg and prevented me from running and jumping and playing like other kids (I did climb trees though; gave my Mom heart attacks but she never forbade me and cheered me on! ) Legs wrapped up in spider webs and helpless - not able to walk, or run, or go to the bathroom by myself or...or...big spiders looming - big scary illness that had power over me and that I barely understood. I called my dad immediately and reminded him of the dream and that night and he suddenly saw the same thing - the symbolic expression of a child's deepest fears! It was a remarkable moment for my dad and me to talk about it!

Ironically the dream took on huge significance when I rethought it again, because I had my right hip replaced a year and a half ago due to severe arthritis damage from those 4 - 5 years so long ago...and when they did the MRI preceding the surgery, they found that it was a misdiagnosis! I NEVER HAD LEGG PERTHES! It was the shallow hip socket birth defect that many premature infants have that can be corrected without surgery in the first few months of life. And they missed it. Those years on the leg brace and all, were absolutely medically unnecessary and un-needed! The poor doctor who got to tell me the news, told me and fled the room. I can scarcely blame her - it was a gut punch I will never forget! The powerlessness's of a child in the grip of circumstances beyond her control became even more evident - small wonder the dream arose again in my thoughts until I finally figured it out. Sometimes we are most dense about things closest to us! Small aside - I have not told my dad that those four agonizing years were due to a misdiagnosis. I did tell my step mom whom I love and am very close to. (my mother died when I was 17) She and I both decided never to inflict that knowledge on my dad - it would be a cruelty beyond measure now, in his 80's to know this. Could I have told my mother...I don't know. Same horror applies there, perhaps worse. Fortunately, my stepmom knows all about it, but has the distance from it because she did not have to live through it, so I could talk to her about it. A good thing!

So...that is the childhood dream. Now, the 1st dream which in bass-ackward fashion, I posted second, with the great cathedral filled with the fruits of the harvest. It is definitely an initiatory, or call to initiation dream.

Some thoughts on that....and a few back story thoughts. As I have mentioned, I am transgender wrestling with Gender Identity Disorder - male in a female body. (will not be transitioning for a number of reasons and that is another post altogether) I was of course raised in a Conservative devoutly Christian home, Reformed Presbyterian, and educated privately in Christian schools until I went off to college. Back then, few if ANY church denominations ordained women, and the pulpit was strictly forbidden to women - still is in my childhood home denomination. And I grew up with a definite call to ministry that was pretty viciously denied to me, among a lot of other things. (I made some attempts to go to the mission field as that is open to women but those doors were closed to me - the final time by a Voice that spoke clearly to me and said this is not your road! Knowing what I now know about myself, thank God! Can you imagine figuring out you are gay and GID somewhere out on the mission field?! Whole new possibilities for your life blowing apart open up....And yes, in hindsight...looking back, it feels as though it was the same voice as in the Dreams! Is that surprising? Not really.)

When I encountered Wicca and Paganism in college there was that immediate recognition and connection that so many feel - but in my case it did not replace my Christianity. The two fit together for me beautifully. For me, Jesus and Cernunnos and Balder and Odin and on and on - the god who sacrifices himself and rises - are all one. There is no unbridgeable dichotomy. Now...my faiths may meld together perfectly - but the human church organization and I became a worse and worse fit as the years went on. Christ was the great connection to the Devine for me and the Reformed Presbyterian church was destroying me as a person every time I ventured to trust. The true dichotomy is not between pagan and Christianity but between Christ and the church! When I finally accepted that I was gay, that was the final straw - I fled the Reformed Presbyterian church that had been my home my whole life (it was a 100 year old church and I am descended from the charter members - gut wrenching moment for me. My parents still attend.) Fortunately, I found a church in the Episcopalian denomination that welcomed me gay, GID, partnered, and Pagan and ALL! So I am now no longer at odds with my church in most things!

But the odds that I could ever manage to be ordained in even the liberal Episcopal church are passing small...GLBT issues are rocking the denomination today (though not the individual church I attend), there are more candidates now then there are churches for priests, and I am middle aged and time and distance factors are working against me. However in the Pagan community, where I have served now for years as priest in all but name..."ordination" is more than a possibility - it is a necessity! I have run into some bumps on the road there too. Some pagans I have encountered are as binary gendered in their mindset as the next organization, and me as a woman being called to be a Priest of the God upsets some people just like anywhere else.

So the old conflict followed me even there...church or circle, pagan or christian, my outward form dictates in many people minds that I must be constrained to the roles of women. Hence, the call of the first dream...that yes, your call to ordination is acceptable to Me, as what you are - male/androgynous in a woman's body. It is note worthy to me, that while the church was transformed to a pagan temple, I did not have to LEAVE the church to answer the call...and that in accepting the call, I went up to the very altar of the church and took the sword there, still in the upright form of a cross with crosses on the hilt. (by the way that sword is more than image - it's real. I have had it in my hand and it bonded there as though forged for me. I am acquiring that sword, one way or another!) So, I do not see a call to leave the Christian faith, but rather that they do meld together for me seamlessly. Christianity has pagan DNA as the bumper sticker says. I take as much joy in Jesus in church as I do in the Horned God in circle and for me they are one and the same. To serve as a priest of Cernunnos, is to serve as a priest of Christ.

And now the second dream (that I posted first!) - the beginning of the great journey into the dark. There is a sense, with this connected to the first dream of the Cathedral, that I am looking at initiation given by Deity himself, which feels a little mind blowing, and perhaps even presumptuous. I know that many would question that interpretation, and perhaps rightfully so.

Fortunately for my sanity, my friend and mentor, The BackPorch Priestess sees it the same way! She nearly had a fit when she read the dreams! She and I, with Dreamweaver in on the discussions had been considering working me through my initiations. She still intends on initiation ceremonies - and I agree - but she feels that any ceremony or ceremonies to come will simply honor what has already been given! Wise woman! She thinks, and so does my partner Dreamweaver, and so do I, that there is at least one more dream to come - perhaps more. Which is a little - not scary exactly, but rather soul shaking. These dreams are INTENSE - they are not dreams in the strictest sense of the word, but almost visions. I am honoring the conflict of feelings and leaving myself open to the timing of the Devine to bring vision and clarity in the right moment. The next one will come when it is time...tonight - next week- next month - a year from now? Don't know. But I don't think it will be a year! There is a sense of the Other world walking with me, a hands breath from me, closer than my very skin. I think it will be soon.

In the this dream of going down into the dark on the path of the Abyss, as deeply pagan as it seemed, there was still the duality of faith, though it was subtle. First, the blood pouring down from the Horned God's wrist down his hand...that is the precise wound of the Crucifixion that Christ bore - stigmata if you will! Hello! I could scarcely miss that one! And the other point, his words to me...."But even the darkness is light to me - by my blood I am with you." Straight from Psalm 139...that darkness is as light to God, that when we walk in darkness it is not dark, for even the Darkness is as Light. That the great Lord of the Forest and the Dark would use the great words of Hebrew scripture to speak to me tells me that I stood before my Deity in dual incarnation, despite the overtly Pagan imagery. And it is interesting that there is a hint of the Goddess Innana's descent into the depths where all that she is is stripped away to gain what she seeks and then is returned to her. I do find it interesting that the torque is left...guess what. That's real too. I have one...and I wear it.

Interestingly enough, Dreamweaver has walked the path too, in the exact same form - the wall, the forest, the mist, the gaps for descent. We have both gotten there while awake, on the astral, at separate times and together. We did not take the image from one another but have experienced it separately in the same form. Back Porch Priestess says that it is amazing that two separate individuals have the same archetype and vision of this Place, that while it is real, it appears in different forms to different people. Clueless here had never thought of that....I did assume that it was an archetype, but I never thought about it being different for different people. Dr. Carl Jung would have a field day with this!

I feel as though if I were to close my eyes and let myself descend, I would be there in the waking light of day, right now, and that my soul has already gone further down those steps. And yet, I feel the constraint to wait, until the vision is given - that there is a purpose specific to the visions that I am to see in the time I am called to see. We belong to eternity, stranded in time, but the veil can be very thin. When I close my eyes one image arises now, that I feel will be there in the next part of the dream - a labyrinth, though no distinct details. It is strange to yearn with all my soul for the journey and yet to feel fear as well...my world and soul is being shaken. Awe, in the sense of being overwhelmed by that which is greater than our selves and yet that raises us up higher than we have ever thought to be.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Dunsany Lord In Zaccarath

Dunsany Lord In Zaccarath
In Zaccarath by Lord Dunsany "Come," said the King in sacred Zaccarath, "and let ourprophets prophesy before us." A far-seen jewel of light was the holy palace, a wonderto the nomads on the plains. There was the King with all his underlords, and thelesser kings that did him vassalage, and there were all hisqueens with all their jewels upon them. Who shall tell of the splendour in which they sat; of thethousand lights and the answering emeralds; of the dangerousbeauty of that hoard of queens, or the flash of their ladennecks? There was a necklace there of rose-pink pearls beyond theart of the dreamer to imagine. Who shall tell of theamethyst chandeliers, where torches, soaked in rareBhyrinian oils, burned and gave off a scent of blethany? (This herb marvellous, which, growing near the summit ofMount Zaumnos, scents all the Zaumnian range, and is smeltfar out on the Kepuscran plains, and even, when the wind isfrom the mountains, in the streets of the city of Ognoth.At night it closes its petals and is heard to breathe, andits breath is a swift poison. This it does even by day ifthe snows are disturbed about it. No plant of this has everbeen captured alive by a hunter.) Enough to say that when the dawn came up it appeared bycontrast pallid and unlovely and stripped bare of all itsglory, so that it hid itself with rolling clouds. "Come," said the King, "let our prophets prophesy." Then the heralds stepped through the ranks of the King'ssilk-clad warriors who lay oiled and scented upon velvetcloaks, with a pleasant breeze among them caused by the fansof slaves; even their casting-spears were set with jewels;through their ranks the heralds went with mincing steps, andcame to the prophets, clad in brown and black, and one ofthem they brought and set him before the King. And the Kinglooked at him and said, "Prophesy unto us." And the prophet lifted his head, so that his beard cameclear from his brown cloak, and the fans of the slaves thatfanned the warriors wafted the tip of it a little awry. Andhe spake to the King, and spake thus: "Woe unto thee, King, and woe unto Zaccarath. Woe untothee, and woe unto thy women, for your fall shall be soreand soon. Already in Heaven the gods shun thy god: theyknow his doom and what is written of him: he sees oblivionbefore him like a mist. Thou hast aroused the hate of themountaineers. They hate thee all along the crags of Droom.The evilness of thy days shall bring down the Zeedians onthee as the suns of springtide bring the avalanche down.They shall do unto Zaccarath as the avalanche doth unto thehamlets of the valley." When the queens chattered ortittered among themselves, he merely raised his voice andstill spake on: "Woe to these walls and the carven thingsupon them. The hunter shall know the camping-places of thenomads by the marks of the camp-fires on the plain, but heshall not know the place of Zaccarath." A few of the recumbent warriors turned their heads toglance at the prophet when he ceased. Far overhead theechoes of his voice hummed on awhile among the cedarnrafters. "Is he not splendid?" said the King. And many of thatassembly beat with their palms upon the polished floor intoken of applause. Then the prophet was conducted back tohis place at the far end of that mighty hall, and for awhile musicians played on marvellous curved horns, whiledrums throbbed behind them hidden in a recess. Themusicians were sitting cross-legged on the floor, allblowing their huge horns in the brilliant torchlight, but asthe drums throbbed louder in the dark they arose and movedslowly nearer to the King. Louder and louder drummed thedrums in the dark, and nearer and nearer moved the men withthe horns, so that their music should not be drowned by thedrums before it reached the King. A marvellous scene it was when the tempestuous horns werehalted before the King, and the drums in the dark were likethe thunder of God; and the queens were nodding their headsin time to the music, with their diadems flashing likeheavens of falling stars; and the warriors lifted theirheads and shook, as they lifted them, the plumes of thosegolden birds which hunters wait for by the Liddian lakes, ina whole lifetime killing scarcely six, to make the creststhat the warriors wore when they feasted in Zaccarath. Thenthe King shouted and the warriors sang -- almost theyremembered then old battle-chants. And, as they sang, thesound of the drums dwindled, and the musicians walked awaybackwards, and the drumming became fainter and fainter asthey walked, and altogether ceased, and they blew no more ontheir fantastic horns. Then the assemblage beat on thefloor with their palms. And afterwards the queens besoughtthe King to send for another prophet. And the heraldsbrought a singer, and placed him before the King; and thesinger was a young man with a harp. And he swept thestrings of it, and when there was silence he sang of theiniquity of the King. And he foretold the onrush of theZeedians, and the fall and the forgetting of Zaccarath, andthe coming again of the desert to its own, and the playingabout of little lion cubs where the courts of the palace hadstood. "Of what is he singing?" said a queen to a queen. "He is singing of everlasting Zaccarath." As the singer ceased the assemblage beat listlessly onthe floor, and the King nodded to him, and he departed. When all the prophets had prophesied to them and all thesingers sung, that royal company arose and went to otherchambers, leaving the hall of festival to the pale andlonely dawn. And alone were left the lion-headed gods thatwere carven out of the walls; silent they stood, and theirrocky arms were folded. And shadows over their faces movedlike curious thoughts as the torches flickered and the dulldawn crossed the fields. And the colours began to change inthe chandeliers. When the last lutanist fell asleep the birds began tosing. Never was greater splendour or a more famous hall. Whenthe queens went away through the curtained door with alltheir diadems, it was as though the stars should arise intheir stations and troop together to the West at sunrise. And only the other day I found a stone that hadundoubtedly been a part of Zaccarath, it was three incheslong and an inch broad; I saw the edge of it uncovered bythe sand. I believe that only three other pieces have beenfound like it.

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