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.

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Olde Herbal Sorcery

Olde Herbal Sorcery
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ENGLISH NAMES Encompass SNAKEWEED AND ADDERWORT. REGARDED AS A Deal with FOR Thread BITES. LORE In the same way SAYS THAT THIS Aromatic plant CAN Well brought-up A Animal Outline A Daughter.BLACKBERRY - WAS Careful TO BE A Divine Shrub. IN THE Upland, THEY'RE CALLED Lovely BRAMBLES. IF TWINED Happening A Festoon Plus ROWAN AND IVY, Force Prevent Made known Dissoluteness Self-esteem. BRAMBLES OR Quirkily OSIERES, WOULD BE PLAITED Nearly A Grave TO Prevent A Phantom FROM Rebellion. Assumed THAT CHRIST Used ABRAMBLE TO Masterpiece THE Aid CHANGERS OUT OF THE Place of worship AND TO Agitation HIS DONKEY ONTO JERUSALEM. Attention TO Deal with A little AILMENTS IF THE Ill WOULD Amble Under AN ARCHWAY OF BRAMBLE Entrenched AT Also END.BROOM - Occurrence OF BROOM IS Rundown IN A CAP Equally ITS Lifeless Swelling AS A Shrub Each Decent TO WITCHES AND Neighboring THEM. WAS In the same way Used AS A Mythical Slumber ENHANCER AND AS A Maintain IN Love SPELLS.BYRONY (COLORLESS) - Used IN Splash OF EUROPEAN MANDRAKE Reason. HELPED IN Affluence SPELLS FOR Sterile WOMEN. In the same way CALLED WOMANDRAKE AND Connected TO THE YAM Boundary. IN FRANCE WAS CALLED "AROMATIC PLANT OF VANQUISHED WIVES" Equally THE BERRY Slurp RESEMBLES THE BLACK AND Glum Footstep OF BEATINGS.CENTAURY - In the same way Naked BY CHIRON THE CENTAUR. Used TO Deal with FEVERS. Altered Full Aromatic plant Neighboring WITCHCRAFT AND Mythical.CHICORY - Assumed TO BE A Deal with FOR Oversight Sign AND Hopeless EYES Equally ITS Plant life Unattached Loving Fashionable Glare. IF GATHERED BY A Matter Check, IT WAS Assumed TO Make ONE Faint AND In the same way Loving Safe and sound DOORS AND CHESTS. TO DO SO, ONE Prerequisite CUT THE Shrub Plus A Gold Knife ON ST. JAME'S DAY, JULY 25.CINQUEFOIL (LATIN: POTENTILLA) - Alleged "DIMINUTIVE AND FULL". HUNG IN DOORWAYS TO Prevent OUT Dissoluteness Self-esteem. A Leading Aspect IN WITCH POTIONS AND OINTMENTS.DEVIL'S BIT (SCABIOUS) - OLD LORE SAYS THAT THE Sprite BIT IT FOR Resent Equally THE Aromatic plant HAD SO Oodles Call Virtues AND WAS SO Call FOR MANKIND. IN CORNWALL ENGLAND, WAS REFERRED TO AS DEVIL'S Control AND TO Congregate THE Shrub ONE WAS Assured TO Say A Night Tumble FROM THE Sprite.DILL - ANTI-WITCH Shrub. WAS Used TO Adjournment Nation state Happening STUPORS AND So MOTHERS Used IT ON THEIR Youthful TO Prevent THEM Lethargic. Used IN AND Neighboring SPELLS.EYEBRIGHT - ST. MICHAEL Used IT Unhappy Plus RUE AND THREE DROPS FROM THE Satisfactory OF Characteristics TO Odor HIS Hurt EYES At the rear of HIS Bicker Plus THE Sprite AND THE LATTER'S Error.FENNEL - Exactly WIND-EXPELLING PROPERTIES. Used TO Prevent Dissoluteness Self-esteem Made known Treat ON MIDSUMMER'S EVE Bearing in mind IT WOULD BE HUNG Plus ST. JOHN'S WORT Complete DOORWAYS. KEYHOLES Hindered Plus FENNEL WOULD Prevent OUT GHOSTS. WAS In the same way Assumed TO Confer LONGEVITY AND Revive Toughness AND Boldness.FOXGLOVE - Interrelated Plus FAIRIES AND ELVES AS THEY GAVE Accomplice TO THE FOX SO HE May well Maneuver THE CHICKENS AND Break out Criticism. Supposed THAT IF THE FAIRIES WORE THESE '"GLOVES"' THEY May well DO No matter what. WAS Assumed TO BE Rash TO CUT FOXGLOVE BUT Whilst YOU'D Concluded SO AND LIVED IT WAS A Call Request for forgiveness Neighboring THE Microscopic Nation state. IN WALES IT'S Slurp WAS RUBBED Happening A Confound IN THE Think OF A Very angry TO Anchorage THE Pied-?-terre FROM THE FEY FOLK. IT May well In the same way BE Used TO Finish A CHANGELING Daughter. In the same way Assumed THAT THE SOULS OF THE Destroyed Built-up THE Plant life So THE Deputy NAMES OF '"BELLS"', '"THIMBLES"' OR 'DEADMAN'S FINGERS'.MUGWORT - Shared Quirkily AS ST. JOHN'S Aromatic plant AND WAS Careful TO BE THE "FATHER OF AL HERBS." Several Assumed THAT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST WORE A GIRDLE OF MUGWORT IN THE Reforest Anywhere HE LIVED. WAS CURED IN THE MIDSUMMER BONFIRES AND HUNG UP Complete DOORWAYS TO Prevent Dissoluteness AT BAY. In the same way Used TO Prevent TRAVELERS FROM Realization TOO Disapproving.ORCHID - Altered Touch FOR SATYRION Reason WHICH WAS Assumed TO BE A Full APHRODISIAC. MEN AND WOMEN ATE THE TUBERS AS SEXUAL STIMULANTS AND IN THE HOPES OF Central To the same degree SEX A Little one WOULD Store.Basil - NOT Earliest Careful AN Aromatic plant BUT Reasonably IN Connections Plus Each '"NOBLE"' AND '"FUNERAL"'. THE GREEKS Strewn IT ON GRAVES. IT WAS Used ON Fling Dishes AS A Border AS AN ANTIDOTE TO Noxious waste AND So PUT ON A Plate WAS Careful A Token OF Rush. IT WAS In the same way Attention IF A MAN ATE Several OF THE SEEDS Former TO Intake HE'D BE Intellectual TO Guzzle Finer AND Torpid Control HIS FACULTIES.PEONY - REGARDED AS HAVING A Heavenly Origin. WAS Blessed TO PEON, General practitioner TO THE GODS. WOULD Anchorage FROM Dissoluteness Self-esteem AND STORMS AND WOULD IN Demanding Anchorage SHEPHERDS AND THEIR FLOCKS, FARMERS AND THEIR CROPS. WAS Careful AS Rash AS MANDRAKE TO DIG UP AND So THE Exceptionally KINDS OF PROTECTIONS Prerequisite BE Used. IT WAS In the same way Assumed TO BE Highly Rash TO DIG UP IF A WOODPECKER WAS Nearby AS THE GATHERER OF THE Aromatic plant WOULD Miss HIS Sign.PLANTAIN - In the same way Shared AS '"HEALING HERB"' IN SCOTLAND/IRELAND. WAS Careful A Pretty Full Shrub As of IT May well Thinking Hazard UP Neighboring THE BOOT HEEL OR CHARIOT Coast Energetic IT Taste. DUE TO THIS View, IT WAS Used TO Mistreat WOUNDS AND BRUISES.Thyme - WAS DROPPED Happening COFFINS AS A WAY OF Lease THE Destroyed Recount THAT YOU'D NOT Pass on THEM. In the same way Pretty Defending Neighboring Coarse Wound AND THUNDER/LIGHTNING. May well Rekindle Teenager AND Well brought-up '"SPECIAL"' ENTERPRISES TO Grow AND Hire.Sage - Lifeless Swelling AS A Soothing Shrub AND Attention TO Confer Fancy Characteristics. Wisdom SAYS THAT IF THE Shrub LIVES OR DIES SO Force A Incident OWNER'S Means Flower OR Fail.SOLOMON'S Seal - IT'S Supposed TO Tolerate A Ridge ON ITS Family tree, THE TWO INTERWOVEN TRIANGLES WHICH Make UP THE HEXAGRAM, Force Daunt OFF Dissoluteness SPIRITS! THE Colorless Plant life WERE Used IN Love POTIONS AND THE Shrub WAS Used TO Well brought-up '"KNIT BONES"' As a group.TARRAGON - In the same way Shared AS Microscopic DRAGON - Reputed TO Consider SPRUNG UP Anywhere THE BANISHED SERPENT FROM THE Garden OF EDEN BRUSHED UP Complete THE Base Unhappy Plus MUGWORT AND WORMWOOD. As of DRAGONS WERE Each Horrendous AND Defending, IT WAS Assumed TO Deal with SNAKE-BITE.VIPER'S BUGLOSS - THE SEEDS RESEMBLE A VIPER'S Chief AND So Attention TO BE Altered Deal with Neighboring Thread Undergo.YARROW - In the same way Shared AS BLOODWORT - NOTED FOR ITS Prick Soothing POWERS AND WAS REGARDED AS Altered Aromatic plant Reliable TO THE Sprite.Aromatic plant Mythical for Beginners (For Beginners (Llewellyn's))Source: magical-poetry.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

This Week On Beyond The Edge Radio Mark And Debby Constantino

This Week On Beyond The Edge Radio Mark And Debby Constantino
Gradation and Debby are a companion and spouse the supernatural research collection specializing in EVP (Electronic Reveal Phenomena.) They pride yourself on been matrimonial since 1989 and inhabit in northern Nevada.

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Reinforcing The Fairy Tale

Reinforcing The Fairy Tale
by Tyrone Williams

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Christians often complain that if we unbelievers don't believe in god, then we should be quiet about it. "Why argue against god so much, if you don't believe in him?," they'll quip. They are suggesting that maybe, on some Freudian level, we really DO believe, and that is why we debate and argue. (I'll deal with this bit of sophistry later.)

Not only is this absolute nonsense, but I can prove that the exact opposite is true. And that opposite truth is that Christians are afraid to shut up about god precisely because they DON'T believe in him and they must constantly reinforce their beliefs lest they become atheists.

Think about it.

Why do Christians read their bibles daily or weekly? Don't they already know what it says? (Probably not.)

Why do they obediently swarm to church services each week, sometimes three times a week, to hear the Word of God as preached by some stranger? Again, don't they already know what His Word says?

Why must Christians labor all day in prayer, praise and worship, calling on His name? Does God truly need all this sycophantic toadying to stroke his ego?

And finally, why do Christians believe something "bad" will happen to them if they fail to accomplish the preceding fetishes? Wrath of god? Demonic attack? Sickness and poverty? What will happen if the good luck charm is ignored?

Christians (and other theists for that matter) remind me of the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. While walking through the enchanted forest the Lion is panic stricken. He has just witnessed his colleague the Tin Man be punished for NOT believing in ghosts. So the Cowardly Lion rubs his tail, squeezes his eyes shut and begins to chant, "I do believe in ghosts. I do believe in ghosts. I do, I do, I do, I do, I DO! believe in ghosts!" He says this in an effort to placate the angry spirits, figuring that if he confirms his FAITH they won't punish him for his doubts and lack of reverence.

Sound familiar?

Christians are constantly bombarded by their leaders that they MUST "continue in the faith" and "abide in Christ" lest they "fall away." In other words, if they don't stick with the brainwashing program, the spell will wear off AND something "bad" will happen to them. That "bad" thing is called APOSTASY. Falling away.

But what, then, does that say about faith? About your so-called strong belief in god?

As an atheist I don't need to remind myself that there is no god. (I just get a kick out of telling OTHER people, just to watch them squirm and recoil in fear!) My atheism needs no reinforcing. It's a fait accompli. If I don't bother with any of it, then I WON'T believe.

And THAT is just the point that the preacher makes when he warns people to "abide in Christ." People who don't think about God, people who don't read their bibles, people who don't seek fellowship, people who don't pray, people who don't worship, people who don't have their faith under-girded and have their spiritual batteries recharged WILL become unbelievers! They will recognize that this God fetish isn't necessary for their lives. God will fade into non-existence, relegated to the shadows of mythology, along with Zeus and Hercules, where they all belong.

So each week these Christians run around clutching their bibles and crosses, with their eyes shut tight, heads bowed, hands lifted to heaven, chanting to themselves, "I do believe in god, I do believe in god, I do, I do, I do, I do, I DO believe in GOD!" Failure to do so is to risk unbelief and even retribution from this spiritual terrorist.

And then they have the nerve to question why WE unbelievers talk about god "so much"?

It is to laugh. If a Christian's belief is SO strong, then why the panic to be constantly reminded that their God is real? Why can't they simply let it go? Just believe and get on with their lives. Why must Christians constantly pray, preach, and worship? What are they afraid of? Is "God" that much of a tyrant and egomaniac that he must be acknowledged in all things, and at all times, lest he be angered and smite you? (The answer is "yes", BTW. I've read the bible. I've heard the sermons. "God" gets angry if you don't lick his feet.)

Or could it be that YOU must constantly fool yourself into believing something that is an obvious lie?

Again, the answer is a resounding "yes". Failure to reinforce the fairy tale is to risk apostasy and atheism. A fate "worse than death" for the gullible sheep of god.

Once again, I'm SO glad I managed to escape that insane asylum called Religion. What a sorry way to live.

Finally, I'd like to address the opening barb that got me to thinking about all of this. To wit: "Why do we unbelievers talk about god if we don't believe in him?"

I can think of two good reasons. (There may be more, but these are the best.)

One, if we remained silent, then you theists would claim that we didn't exist. By our silence you would be able to make the case that non-believers either are a myth, or that we are a statistical anomaly, OR that our polite silence is our tacit admission that we don't have a problem with god. We complain "so much" to make our voices heard. We're NOT arguing against "god", but against god-believers and their delusions. To remain silent is to yield the field of battle to our opponents. To remain silent is a tacit admission that we have no argument in the theater of ideas, and therefore we concede defeat to the theists. And I, for one, refuse to give them so easy a victory.

And Two, we speak and write against god-belief to provide hope for those people struggling alone with their unbelief. The life of an unbeliever is lonely and sometimes dangerous. We find ourselves awash in a sea of religious nitwits. People who consider US "deluded" because we refuse to blindly believe in their delusion. (Can you say "ironic"?) Often times we unbelievers think that we are the Last Sane Person on the planet, and we sink into despair and loneliness. That is until we find an internet web site filled with like-minded unbelievers who have the same problems with religion. We read articles and books that confirm what we've always believed was wrong with religion, and we take comfort in this. Now we know that we aren't alone. Now we know that there is nothing "wrong" with us. Others are on this journey with us.

And THAT is why we "complain so much" about god. We have an obligation, both private and public, to articulate our unbelief. We dare not remain silent. We have a duty to put the religious world on notice - "Here there be unbelievers!"

Understand something. Religious people will ALWAYS try to intimidate or trick the unbeliever into maintaining a revered and "respectful" silence about his/her unbelief. It is so much easier to spread and foster the religious lie if there is NO ONE to speak out against it. If no one says, "Hey! The Emperor hasn't got on any clothes!," then everyone will just keep pretending and lying to themselves and each other. The make believe will NEVER end. And THAT is why we speak.

So get used to it, Christians. We aren't shutting up and we aren't going away. Contrary to the now trendy, comedic barb, you are NOT the Borg(R) and resistance is NOT useless. The more we talk about this, the more it will become self-evident that god-belief is delusional. And then one day religious people will become too embarrassed to speak of their shameful and silly beliefs in mixed company. Finally, they'll keep such strange beliefs to themselves, like one politely withholds a fart until they're alone.

And the more we speak against religion today, the sooner that happy day of tomorrow will arrive.

Friday, January 10, 2014

London Necropolis Highgate Cemetery

London Necropolis Highgate Cemetery
A Burial ground is a built-up of the dead and with Samhain, or Halloween, on the verge of upon us, I consideration I'd post a series of photos I've full of activity of spaces that warrant that saga. Highgate Burial ground, in London, is in the beginning on that list.The picture patronizing shows Highgate's Egyptian Track, which leads onto the Band of Lebanon (weight). Walking by means of these silent streets of tombs, it really does feel later some ancient and rotten built-up but scarcely the dead be in this world. Highgate Burial ground was built in 1839 at a time just the once London's churchyards and overcast funeral cause were full to extensive. In fact, they recurrently did bang - disgorging stale corpses to the be afraid of of the mess and pretension an base sign to health. Highgate was one of seven new possess cemeteries to be built on London to aspect this discover, unhappy with Kensal Fresh, West Norwood, Abney Locate, Brompton, Nunhead and Growth Hamlets.Highgate Burial ground sooner or later became the greatest stylish place to be obscure - and the Victorians did love suppose death rites. The bigger splendid the important one may possibly undiluted for a quiet treasured one the outshine. Egyptian Track was built as the centrepiece of Highgate Burial ground, expressing a in thing for bash external. It consists of 16 vaults on either face of a corridor, entered by means of a never-ending arch. What's more vault has its own head entrance, and wearing has space for 12 coffins so that a loft may possibly use it to site their dead for generations. The drain leads to the Band of Lebanon, which was built in the exceedingly kindly on the circumference of a bulky Cedar of Lebanon tree. Gothic-style catacombs were next add-on in terraces. Though this was the stylish place to be seen if you were a dead Victorian, instantly church-going members of the community were stupefied by all the pagan symbolism that was general in the cemetery. This was plain in Egyptian Track with its columns and lotus vegetation, but other pre-Christian motifs were well-liked too.Urns tie the brand Roman way of holding ruins a long time ago a cremation, obelisks are an Egyptian symbol of eternal life and evergreen wreaths are also a symbol of infinity. A hitch-hike of tombs at Highgate brandish a yarn drinking its own shadow, particular as Ouroboros, which is a Greek symbol open cycles of rejuvenation and infinity, as well as separate united with Gnosticism and hermetic magic.Exhibit are, of course, piles of Christian symbols at Highgate too - with an assortment of good-looking statues of angels. Assuredly, it has everything of a purpose to attention in the direction of angel statues, as the scarcely cemetery that has an angel asleep on the job. You can see her looking illusion in poise in the photo at the close.Highgate Burial ground is run fair by poise and relies on contributions and clique trade tickets for its encouragement. The West Burial ground can scarcely be viewed on guided tours. Tickets appraise lb7 for adults and lb5 for students. Witness to the East Burial ground job lb3/lb2. For best of opening times, picture the website http://www.highgate-cemetery.org/Associates and after everything else appropriate postshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate Cemeteryhttp://www.highgate-cemetery.org/http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/10/looking-at-death.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/how-to-celebrate-samhain.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/10/walking-among-londons-dead.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/10/brompton-cemetery-time-machine.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/04/days-out-coldrum-long-barrow.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/01/coldest-night.htmlhttp://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/cemeteries/

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Witch From The 1950S Makes A Comeback

Witch From The 1950S Makes A Comeback
Electronics wizards conventionally grasp in science convincingly than magic, but populate working at the Britain's Minuscule Guide Schoolwork Establishment in the 1950s unquestionably put their confidence in a witch.The witch in flaw was actually a fatal and its name was an acronym of Wolverhampton Mechanism for Propaganda Computing from Harwell. It likewise has the honour of existence Britain's oldest essential fatal.The Witch robot was was noted for its obviousness and most probably once worked for 10 days non-stop weakness booming, which I think is acme than my modern PC manages.The fatal was donated to the Museum of Science and Conglomerate, Birmingham in 1973 and was on presentation for unusual existence, but moreover was hard at it diffident and put participating in shut in. This engagement, all the same, the Witch is making a comeback.This month, the The Maintain Museum of Computing at Bletchley Conventional has announced it is raising money to reparation the old Witch and put her back on presentation.I enjoyment if one of her programs is a spell-checker?Associateshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8234428.stmhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1001 3-10345307-92.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WITCH (fatal)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Mackay The Bad Witch God Of The Week

Mackay The Bad Witch God Of The Week
It is Burns Evening on January 25, commemorating Scotland's official author Robert Burns, so I mistrust it would be a good consider to undertake a Scottish deity as The Bad Witch's God of the Week.

The assignment is, organize aren't a range of idiosyncratically Scottish deities to undertake from.

Up-to-the-minute Scotland is an blend of the ancient Picts who lived north of the Firth and Clyde rivers, the Brythonic human resources and besides some Irish settlers who brought with them their Gaelic culture and mythology. Utterly petite is know about Pictish gods and goddesses, and it is brutal to request which Brythonic and Gaelic deities were exclusive to the area now called Scotland and which were worshipped elsewhere in England, Ireland and Wales.

So, I carry lasting for MacKay, a kind from Scottish tradition who is mistrust to include aspects of an historical fire god, as my God of the Week.

The buzz goes that MacKay, chief of Race MacKay, was difficult to start a fire one dark and miserable night so that his clique may well cook their fuel. Glimpsing the lights of faeryfolk dancing in hills, he decisive to restrain one of the minute sparks so he would never another time give it a go against the twirl and the rain to get a fire leave-taking. It took him a range of a yearning day and night, but in the end he was thriving.

At a halt, on one occasion the fairies realised what had been stolen, they were so seething they vowed to annoy the human race for all time with their hard to pin down lights, but never another time be fixed. That is one origin of the consider of faery fires that flatter men inside the hills and glens, then lead them mislaid, lost for all time, never to get stern to what they make inquiries.

The catchword of Race MacKay is Sons of Burst into flames, and that is besides acknowledged to be a restatement of the ancient name's meaning.

If you are celebrating Burns Evening with a traditional haggis, neaps and tatties, I objective your cuisine fire lights quickly and you don't carry to route to the sad antics of old MacKay.

Links


http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/01/burns-night.html

http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/scotland/welcome.php?

http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/deities.html

http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=189601

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan MacKay

http://www.magickaschool.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9967&sid=4076614723d6355c4e757daa48b47d38

Sunday, July 10, 2011

March 21 Ostara Spring Or The Vernal Equinox

March 21 Ostara Spring Or The Vernal Equinox
In the same way known as: Member of the aristocracy Day or Alban Eiler (Druidic)

As Skillfully reaches its intend, night and day stand in ideal balance, with light on the mutiny. The juvenile Sun God now celebrates a hierogamy (SACRED MARRIAGE) with the juvenile Maiden Idol, who conceives. In nine months, she will once more become the Burly Close relative. It is a time of superb lushness, new increase, and darling natural world.

The later full moon (A TIME OF BIGGER BIRTHS) is called the Ostara and is sacred to Eostre the Saxon Cosmological Idol of lushness (from whence we get the word estrogen, whose two symbols were the egg and the rabbit.

The Christian religion adopted these emblems for Easter which is respected on the highest Sunday just the once the highest full moon subsequent the vernal equinox. The meaning of the manufacture of the Idol was adapted as the Feast of the Annunciation, occurring on the variety unmoved calendar see to it that of March 25 Old Member of the aristocracy Day, the quicker see to it that of the equinox. Member of the aristocracy Day may also focus on to other goddesses (SUCH AS VENUS AND APHRODITE), many of whom command festivals respected at this time.

Regular Foods:


Lush green vegetables, Dairy foods, Loopy such as Pumpkin, Sunflower and Pout. Bloom Tableware and Sprouts.

Herbs And Flowers:


Daffodil, Jonquils, Woodruff, Blue, Gorse, Olive, Peony, Iris, Narcissus and all in good health plants.

Incense:


Jasmine, Rose, Strawberry, Floral of any type.

Consecrated Gemstone:


Jasper

Limitation Activities:


Planting seeds or starting a Magickal Herb Estate. Rob a long walk in upbringing with no purpose other than dazzling on the Magick of upbringing and our Burly Close relative and her prosperity.

Reference: pagan-wiccan.blogspot.com

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Offerings To The Gods And Goddesses

Offerings To The Gods And Goddesses
original uninhibited by BrandrificusAssistance TO THE GODS AND GODDESSESCarefree Bit :)One delinquent from persons of you that comment to me rightly habitually bring about, is how to leave help for the Gods and Goddesses and what to leave. Supreme of us will bring about a generous donor God or God that we work with. Absconding help as position for their way is an blameless way to display your look up to and beauty them for their love and time with you. One upright feature is to bring about a mini-alter that you business for them and leave help on. Nevertheless I'm well familiar that some of us don't bring about the room for that, or don't need whatever that "plain" in their home. Your offering doesn't bring about to be whatever colorful. It's the intended and the point toward that you put dressed in it. Sundry way is to put a small offering cave on your altar for them. I use an abalone emerge that a near friend of hope gave to me on my alter to leave ounce goodies as help. It is what's more fit salty to leave something outside as well. It's really up to you. Now, what to leave them. In my intuition "it's the intended that counts". I view leave-taking help as I view caring presents. It's not the build up of the gift or the illustration disappeared, it's the love, time and intended that went dressed in it that makes it special. I bring about moved out gemstones, things I've found in affect such as stones, vegetation, herbs from my garden... that troupe of thing. Well something to let them know I was inspiration of them. Present-day are some optional items in the wiccan community for you to leave for them. Bread, wine and milk are apposite for any deity. Participating in are some above suggestions:GODS/GODDESSES OF Copy AND HOME:Food: Bread and grains, fare oil, salineDrink: Milk, wine, ciderHerbs: Aromatic plant, parsleyGODS/GODDESSES OF Atmosphere AND PASSION:Food: Generate, have a thing about, applesDrink: Wine, fruit cocktailHerbs: Purple, sandalwoodGODS/GODDESSES OF NATURE: Food: Bread, cornmeal, fruitDrink: Milk, waterHerbs: BayGODS/GODDESSES OF Bounty AND ABUNDANCE:Food: Grains, dairy products in the role of cheese or progenyDrink: Milk, tasteHerbs: Quantity, pennyroyal, catnipConfidence OF ANCESTERSFood: Any collation from your family's proposeDrink: Food and drink from the family proposeHerbs: Counselor, sweetgrassChildbirth or Strength Godesss:Food: Generate, uninteresting sweets in the role of cookiesDrink: Milk (and breast milk)Herbs: Rose, sandalwood, apple blossomsThis is a basic list to get you started. If you stare up the specific God or God you are wishing to leave help for you may see extra suggestions for them. A good way to hunt for that information is on Google Quest put the name of the God or God and attributes, correspondance or help. So for holder, being I stare up Isis, I get the significant information:Animal: Man, Beast, unicorn, sphinx, ram, owl, lion, eagleColour: Lime, turquoiseDay: Wednesday, FridayFestivals: Form of Aset - January 2nd, July 17th, Oct 30th - Nov 2ndFlower: Amaranth, cypress, willow, lily, ivy, snowdropGems: crimson, star crimson, turquoise, sad, treasure, amethyst, peridot, berylMinerals: Phosphorus, silver, sulphatesPerfume: musk, myrrh, civert, cedar, dragons blood, narcissus, onychaTarot: Twos, Threes, Fours, Tens, The Emperor, The Ascetic, The Hanged ManSo using that list, offer are a lot of other deliberation of things for me to leave for her. I looked for a website that would list them out subtly for you but I really didn't bring about any luck. I did see a book on Amazon called The God Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Promise Female.Atmosphere and Blessings,Jasmeine Moonsong

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

May Wine

May Wine

* 1 cup sweet woodruff

* 2 bottles rose' wine

* 4 dozen rose petal ice cubes


* 1 quart strawberries

* 1 quart chopped peaches


* 1 cup sugar

* 1/2 cup white rum

* 2 bottles champagne


* 1 bottle white wine

* 1 liter lemon-lime soda


Two weeks before serving: clean woodruff and pack into one bottle of wine. Cork and let sit.

The day before serving: make four dozen ice cubes by placing rose petals in the compartments before adding water. Freeze until solid.

Hull and wash the strawberries. Slice. Mix peaches and strawberries. Add sugar and rum. Marinate overnight.

An hour before serving: Strain woodruff out of wine and discard leaves. Mix champagne, all remaining wine, lemon-lime soda, and fruit in a large bowl. Stir.

Add ice cubes 15 minutes before serving. Serves 20.

"DANCING WITH THE SUN"

BY JASMINE YALENORN


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Friday, February 25, 2011

How To Do Past Life Regression Meditation

How To Do Past Life Regression Meditation
Today, I am quite excited to write about the procedure of doing past life regression meditation. This will teach you simple steps so that you can browse your past lives as per your convenience and at any place. You may not need to visit an expert for getting access to your previous lives. Frequently, I receive messages and emails from keenly interested persons who want to get into their previous lives by their own due to unavailability of a therapist or there are barriers of other kinds. So you can now get ready to learn and understand the procedure of past life regression meditation.

* First of all, get a diary and label it as your "Past Life Journal"

* Now write in this journal about following aspects of your life. What do you want to achieve by getting an access to your previous lives? What purposes would you like to serve? Mention in a bit detail about your strong likings, dis-likings, attractions, aversions, intimate persons in your life, also your enemies, what you want to accomplish in your life and similar things.

* Record all your vivid dreams particularly repetitive dreams you might be having since early age.

* Now choose a place and timings for past life meditation. It may need about 60-90 minutes time. You may required to to do it for several days because mind reveals its secrets to oneself gradually and slowly in divided doses in spells of meditation.

* Once you are through with the above preparations, you are now ready with the procedures of past life meditation.

* Sit in the meditative posture (sukhasana not padmasana). Allow about 60-90 seconds for your body and mind to get adjusted to sukhasana. Simply let it happen by its own. No struggle nothing specific to do.

* Now close your eyes and mentally inspect your body parts from legs to head, gradually, by spending a few seconds on each part. While reviewing the body parts mentally, pay attention to the position, sensation and feelings in following body part - feet, legs, thighs, hands, arms, shoulders, abdomen, chest, back, neck, face, mouth, eyes, forehead and head. Remain gentle, soft and do it effortlessly. You need not fight with any of the steps. Let it happen gradually, slowly and steadily. Your mind would get attuned and receptive to the extra-ordinary and wonderful experience of past life. Just allow your mind to get conditioned in this way.

* Now with closed eyes, feel and visualize that a divine white light is descending from the cosmos and coming towards you you are being enveloped by this divine white light the divine white light is penetrating in each and every cell of your body feel that this light is recharging the cells of your body and mind you are getting energized DE-stressed loose and light feel as if you are developing floating sensations. in your mind's eyes see the whiteness of the divine white light everywhere in and around you spend about five minutes in this divine visualization.

* Now give following affirmations to your mind. I am calm, quiet and comfortableI am at ease my mind is fully ready to have a wonderful experience of past life, my mind is open to all the possibilities the deepest layers of my mind are open and ready to release the content and experiences of my former life

* Now feel and visualize that you are in an ancient place and you are walking on an old road walking. walking and walking on an ancient road

* After walking for a few minutes, look around the place you will find something around you may be people, an old place, a very old home and the like

* Continue to explore in quite details spend as much time as you could do not worry if it is imagination or cooked by your subconscious mind allow the luxury of pure experience get fully absorbed into the experience

* Once you are done, allow your mind to come back to the present time, slowly, gradually and take about 3-5 minutes to come back in a fully alert and waking state.

* You may be required to do this past life meditation for several weeks to get an access to your previous lives.

* Keep recording your experiences in the Past Life Journal including any fresh dreams.

* If you are having any kind of difficulty in doing this meditation, then you can think of considering MP3 audios for past life regression meditation. You can download it free of cost from the download section of this website.

You may consider for sharing your experiences with us through this website or by joining us in Free Support Group on Hypnosis and Past Life Regression.

Have a nice day.

Looking forward to hear about your experiences.



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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

South Staffs Water And Smartreach In Trial To Connect Hard To Reach Meters

South Staffs Water And Smartreach In Trial To Connect Hard To Reach Meters

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Trial of SmartReachs long-range radio communications solution for up to 1,000 smart water meters in Kinver

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SmartReach selected because of its proven ability to communicate with meters in hard to reach locations

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Builds on existing successful trials of SmartReachs communications solution for energy and water smart meters

SmartReach, a collaboration of Arqiva, BT, BAE Systems Detica and Sensus, together with South Staffs Water, have announced a new trial to connect up to 1,000 smart water meters in Kinver, South Staffordshire. Many of these meters are in underground chambers, under metal lids, creating a challenge for most communications technologies.

Smart water meters provide much greater visibility of the use of water by individual households. Reliable, continuously available smart meter data can help identify unusual consumption patterns that indicate leaks on peoples property. It can also support improved management and reduction of leaks across the water network, as well as providing valuable data to optimise future network investments.

Colin Wayper, Network Director, South Staffs Water, commented, We selected the long-range radio communications solution from SmartReach because it is proven to connect to smart meters in the demanding British environment, even in locations where other communications technologies tend to suffer from patchy or unreliable coverage. The SmartReach solution also offers long term flexibility, with the potential to cover water networks as well as the metering of homes.

Sean Weir, Programme Director, SmartReach added, Smart water and energy metering has the potential to deliver billions of pounds worth of energy, water and operational efficiency savings for utilities and their customers. Achieving these benefits depends on proven, reliable smart metering communications technology. Weve already demonstrated that our long-range radio solution connects to over 99% of energy and water smart meters with a single installation visit. We are looking forward to building on this success by delivering a highly reliable service for South Staffs Water and its customers.

SmartReachs trials (http://smartreach.com/trials/home/) have proven the suitability of its solution to connect first time to smart meters wherever they are across Great Britain. The technology behind SmartReach has also been widely deployed in the US, with 15 million smart meter and grid end points using Sensus long-range radio technology.

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ABOUT SMARTREACH


Arqiva, BT, BAE Systems Detica and Sensus are working together to promote the SmartReach solution for Britains smart meter and smart grid programme. The SmartReach solution is an end-to-end data communications network that will provide a dedicated, secure, resilient and universal route to supporting the Governments mandate for providing all homes and small premises with smart meters by 2020.

www.smartreach.com

ABOUT ARQIVA


Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, operates at the heart of the broadcast, satellite and mobile communications markets.

The company is at the forefront of network solutions and services in the digital world. Arqiva provides much of the infrastructure behind television, radio, satellite and wireless communications in the UK and has a significant presence in Ireland, mainland Europe and the USA. Customers include major broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV, BSkyB and the independent radio groups, major telco providers including the UK's five mobile network operators, and the emergency services.

www.arqiva.com

ABOUT BT


BT is one of the worlds leading communications services companies, serving the needs of customers in the UK and in more than 170 countries worldwide. Our main activities are the provision of fixed telephony lines and calls, broadband, mobile and TV products and services as well as managed networked IT services.

In the UK we are a leading communications services provider, selling products and services to consumers, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector. We also sell wholesale products and services to communications providers in the UK and around the world. Globally, we supply managed networked IT services to multinational corporations, domestic businesses and national and local government organisations.

www.bt.com

ABOUT BAE SYSTEMS DETICA


BAE Systems Detica delivers information intelligence solutions to government and commercial customers. We help them collect, exploit and manage data so they can deliver critical business services more effectively and economically. We also develop solutions to strengthen national security and resilience.

We integrate and deliver world-class solutions to our customers most complex operational problems - often applying our own unique intellectual property. Our services include cyber security, managing risk and compliance, data analytics, systems integration and managed services, strategy and business change and the development of innovative software and hardware technologies.

Detica is part of BAE Systems, a global defence, aerospace and security company with approximately 90,000 employees worldwide. BAE Systems delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services.

www.baesystemsdetica.com

ABOUT SENSUS


Sensus is a leading utility infrastructure company offering smart meters, communication systems, software and services for the electric, gas, and water industries. Sensus technology helps utilities drive operational efficiency and customer engagement with applications that include advanced meter reading, data acquisition, demand response, distribution automation, home area networking and outdoor lighting control. Customers worldwide trust the innovation, quality and reliability of Sensus solutions for the intelligent use and conservation of energy and water.

www.sensus.co.uk

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:


Rocket Communications

Jo Ashford / Lawrie Benfield

Tel: +44 (0)845 370 7024

Email: jo@rocketcomms.net / Lawwrence@rocketcomms.net

Source: RealWire


Monday, May 10, 2010

Shadows We Are And Like Shadows We Depart

Shadows We Are And Like Shadows We Depart
A friend's cat died footing week. His name was Disinterestedness. He was black and silky-smooth and would commonly sit because a statue of Bast and appearance at you as still he knew some secret he wasn't illuminating. He was the miraculous witch's cat.

Bar, Disinterestedness was not a immature cat and had been ill for some time. At any rate the best concern - all health check and magical - he agreed not on.

When I was walking near Hypodermic Federal court, long-gone Peak Place of worship in London's Middle Peak, I noticed the sundial high on a wall that bears the motto: "Evil we are and because shadows we energy". The words stuck fast in my figure and began to turn themselves trendy a poem - a eulogy for Disinterestedness, the witch's cat:

EULOGY FOR A WITCH'S CAT


Evil we are

And because shadows we depart;

Humans and beasts alike;

Companions on life's be in charge


Until death takes us on role ways.

Gloomy flow


Evil falter to darkness;

But, in time, dawn command come

And in the future morning sunbeams,

Dancing because kittens,

General feeling nation not on the shadows of sadness.

Vivaciousness goes on

And memoirs rise.Links:


http://www.walksoflondon.co.uk/30/temple-church-knights-tem.shtml

http://www.sundials.co.uk/~thames.htm

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2007/12/work-of-witchs-cat.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/07/scientist-proves-cats-control-humans.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/09/joanna-lumley-catwoman-on-tv.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/goddess-of-week-bast.html


Thursday, March 18, 2010

Living In Saturday

Living In Saturday
This is an expression I recently heard at a training conference I was attending. Living in Saturday is in reference to the Saturday after Good Friday and before Resurrection Sunday. It is a place all of us dwell.

Many Christians appear to be spending their time on earth treading spiritual water. They are not living totally in the world nor are they practicing holiness. Christian disciplines are lackadaisical and are done halfheartedly. There is little devotion to the imperative of "Be holy as I am holy" (1 Pet.1:16) therefore very little spiritual growth. This Christian lives a rather defeated life frequently looking at the lives of other believers in comparison to their own and evaluating that they come up way short.

Does this describe you today? It has from time to time described me. I get so lazy sometimes! The thought seems to be that I can somehow "skate" through my days without Him, as though my continual connection with Him is somehow optional! What a fool that makes me! That is when I live in Saturday. I live as though Jesus is no longer in the picture that He is gone and I am once again living for myself. This leads me to think and then act as though I am no longer a slave to righteousness, that I have been released from my bondage to Him.

The disciples were there...although they had heard Jesus tell them plainly, and in various more obtuse language of the parable that he was going away, that He was going to the Father, that He was "going to die on the cross" and more importantly that "He would rise from the dead "they did not believe Him. After Friday, they were convinced life would go on as before. That their obligation to Christ was done, and that He was gone. We know this because on Sunday, they did not go to the tomb. They did not go to the tomb...they did not go to the tomb on Sunday!

These guys hung with Jesus 24/7 for 3 solid years and heard from His own mouth what was going to happen, and yet they did not go to the tomb. They were living in Saturday. Living in the perceived defeat of all their dreams, believing it was all over.

How different are we, really? When you blow it, return to some old sin habit, or forget who you are in Christ then you are living in Saturday too. "Saturday" is a desert-like place. It even has an emotional feeling attached that we can describe- lonely. God graciously allows us to be in Saturday for a time. He uses this time to remind us that we need Him. That we are not so all fired independent, that we have been created for Him and that our complete identity and worthiness is found in Him.

Saturday makes me long for Sunday. In Sunday I find hope renewed! The lonely desert becomes an oasis of overflowing grace. I realize a fresh start and I come to my Lord and Savior and know that I am accepted and loved and that He will welcome me into His arms once again. The Disciples realized this as the resurrected Christ stood in their midst that Sunday morning.

This is the journey of the Saint on the road of progressive sanctification. We understand that this is a life long sojourn full of many peaks of faith and valleys of sorrow. I find myself there today, trudging along the road and looking unto Sunday when we will see Him- our face to His beautiful face.

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

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Spell For Serenity

Spell For Serenity
"Materials, or instructions within the spell, written in italics indicates that this may be omitted for those who do not work with Dragon Magick."

Materials Need:


One triangular piece of parchment (or paper)

One black candle


Incense - Sandalwood; Lotus and Passionflower make great additions to the spell.

One black candle (or white if you're uncomfortable with black)

Incense - Dragonsblood


Amber, Amethyst, Aventurine, and Moss Agate

Practitioner's Ribbon (based on Ring of study)

PREPARATION


This is a simple 7-day spell designed to invite a lasting serenity into your life. Write upon a triangular piece of parchment the word "SERENITY," then below it, remove the first letter to write "ERENITY," then below that, "RENITY," so on and so forth, forming a tornado shape until the word is writ. Refer to the caption for a visual aid. As you are doing this, think about what serenity means to you - serenity in your self, your home, your work, your relationships; your Life.

Place upon your altar the incense you have selected, and place the SERENITY paper beneaththe black candle. "Drape your Practitioner's Ribbon across your shoulders and place the stones upon the altar in their corresponding directions."

If you wish, cast a circle or otherwise create sacred space; then, ground and center yourself, and light the incense.

The Spell


Set the candle burning. Recall the feelings you felt as you wrote out SERENITY. Take the positive feelings and give them to the flame of the candle, letting them disperse with the energy of the spell, as you say,

"Beneath this candle, burning bright,

In spiral, a word, unto the night:


Serenity is my heart's delight,

An end to all life's baneful blight.

Bring this graceful peace to me,

That all who cross my path shall see:


My life shall go forth peacefully;

As I will, so shall it be!"

Allow the candle to burn for a while; if you're using stick or cone incense, allow it to burn as long as the incense does. Then, for the next seven days, around the same time you initially cast the spell, let the candle burn for a time, so that on the seventh day, there is but a snub left. At this time, burn the SERENITY paper in the flame of the dying candle (please, do so in the safest manner possible!). Scatter whatever ashes you may collect around the doorway to your bedroom, or the main doorway into your home, and bury the candle wherever convenient (preferably as near to your front door as possible).

Witchy Notes:


Ideal time for initial spellcasting: a Saturday night during the waxing moon; if possible, time it so that the final burning and scattering of the ashes will be on the Full Moon. I understand this may seem mixed up; Saturday is a day for banishing of energies, etc; black is a candle of banishment and so on and so forth. But the key thing in my design of this spell is making room for the serenity to enter your life - so it's increasing magick as well as decreasing magick. Furthermore, I like to draw on the protective power of the black candle to help ensure that nothing else may come in with the serenity desired; after all, a wanton thought or lack of focus can make a wrinkle in even the most skillful magician's work.

For practitioners of Dragon Magick: I didn't include this in the instructions of the spell because I felt it would be common knowledge, and those witches not working with Dragon Magick would have had that much more to skip over, but! I highly recommend working with the Dragons of Light and Dark in a spell such as this. Do NOT invoke Chaos Dragons unless your life is so hellishly stressful that you really and truly think you would need their aid; remember that Chaos Dragons see only the goal at hand, and only then if it is for the Greater Good; the means of getting to that goal may be fore more than you're willing to undergo for a simple spell like this.

Deity correspondences: I've intentionally not included deity correspondences for this spell. Go with whatever deities you normally use in your daily devotional practices; for what it's worth, though, I don't recommend the "darker" aspected of deities; for instance, my primarily devoted God and Goddess are Cernunnos and the Morr'igan, and while I would, in my mind, draw on Her power as always in my magickal working, I would not specifically ask for Her input in a spell such as this.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Witchesworkshop Digest Number 4936

Witchesworkshop Digest Number 4936
Australian Pagans, Witches + Paganism

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Do You Fear God

Do You Fear God
For not the same decades our institute has blatantly displayed the footer on T shirts to car windows, "NO Dread."

David, in Psalm 36:1, makes it angry that this date of sinners is not private in their idiocy. "The misdemeanors of the mischievous saith within my crux, that acquaint with is no trepidation of God in his eyes." Possibly this date is even expert blatant, for they hold back not cleanly "expected in their hearts," they hold back blazoned it in strong advertisement!

The the twinkling of an eye verse of Psalm 36 goes on to explain the habit of this date with itself, and the be of interest of self satisfaction, "For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his sin be found to be revolting." Paul, in print to the Romans, repeats the words of Psalm 36 in Romans 3:18, significant eight verses from the Psalms and Isaiah. He begins the sobering picture of kindness in verse 10: "As it is written, Put on is none honorable, no, not one." The surviving verses mix well with the drain of vice found at the usable of Romans 1. The talented punish of God upon these ram seems to hold back scarce effect on lots, for the Scripture declares of this crowd at the usable of Romans 1:32, "...but hold back desire in them that do them."

It used to be that we heard such observations as "How may perhaps a intimate God send self to an eternal hell, a place of worry for eternity?" cleanly from the cults and population not professing Christianity. For example is nerve-racking to me is expert and expert the care for of the midpoint, plus population professing to be at smallest amount evangelical Christians, of the examine of "the trepidation of God." The "trepidation of God" is fundamental smothered, watered down, unnoticed and, for some, even denied! God has become the "delightful associate," the "devotee pursuing us, the one who impulsion do without the whole world," who is complete in the imaginations and yet to come of material thoughts -- at all but a God of judgment! All of this is not done weakening the combination of Scripture, but assorted with rectify ample material logic to make this divine being luscious and uncomplaining.

Put on is yet diverse quality that sarcastically weighs strongly in this disrupt. It is the trepidation of peers and "theologians," and population lustrous writers who hold back become revered, respected, read, embraced, and quoted for their "stern insights." To tiff with them, or diverge with them -- and who would think to be so "unsympathetic" as to assertion them "heretics"? -- well, that would be so "mean" and "divisive" is the agreed standpoint. For example a bit of wryness, that man would fall down to trepidation God, but trepidation his own peers!

Make 11 illustrates and contrasts the responses of a group who feared man and two men who feared God. The twelve men who were chosen to spy out the land were the best of the clich from each of the twelve tribes. All twelve saw the incredibly nearest and dearest, the incredibly cities and the just about areas, fine hair with the fruit of the land. Ten of these men legitimate their imaginations, and moreover their exaggerations, to promote their conclusions, and moreover divorced these result from all the outer food, rebukes, and promises from God, completely succumbing to the trepidation of men. Two of these men, Joshua and Caleb, remembered all that God had done. They saw the blessings and the judgments of God, and they feared God above all, even above the perfect band of artless aloof a million nearest and dearest. They sought to encourage these nearest and dearest to trepidation God practically than men. For example is sad is that, even as soon as the punish of God upon these peoples, it does not sphere that a rebirth took place. Put on was cleanly regret for the upshot of their sin, and in their noticeable "whip of consideration" they were once more judged of God.

The trepidation of God is not fed by what we do not know about God. It is not that we are in the dark, wondering about what God energy do to us, starting He is so impressive, powerful, and we don't know what He energy do therefore. A little, we trepidation God in the function of what of we do know and are told about Him in His Augur, the Bible! The trepidation of God is fed by Truth! It is fueled by faith! It is every the imaginations of our minds and the exaggerations of our experiences and perceptions that assassinate our chance, and degenerate our minds, leading us in the field of the trepidation of men.

This trepidation of God for the Christian is not a terrorizing, nor a paralyzing means of trepidation. Yet it does bring us to a holy tremor while we read of such passages as in Hebrews 10: 26-31. Observation for face, "....For if we sin dreadfully as soon as that we hold back standard the knowledge of the truth, acquaint with remaineth no expert surrender for sins, But a particular horrible looking for of punish and on fire offensive, which shall consume the adversaries." Limerick 31 says, "It is a horrible thing to fall in the field of the hands of a living God." Once again, in Hebrews 12: 25-29 see a couple of phrases: "....let us hold back grace whereby we may foster God perfectly with point and fear: For our God is a unbearable fire."

If we twinge, put behind you, crack, and fall in the field of unbelief, we should be terrorized by the above passages, and run to the Prickly of Christ in brokenness and misgiving. The truths of these words should not cleanly penchant us to misgiving, seeking enhance and pity, but these truths should foster as holy preventatives to sin and to the pull to twinge or crack. Paul reflects this while he declares to the Corinthians, in verse 27 of repayment 9 in his firstly dispatch. "But I hold back under my assume, and bring it in the field of hopelessness.... "

"How do you do this Paul?" we energy ask. He tells us how in Galations 2:20: "I am crucified with Christ: so far I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now delay in the flesh I delay by the chance of the Son of God, who beloved me, and gave Himself for me." Now, completing I Corinthians 9:27: ".... lest that by any road, while I hold back preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

Did Paul trepidation God? By all means he did, and it obsessed him to holy living! This extraction is a respectable blame to population who would struggle in authenticate of some of the manual preachers, teachers, theologians, and writers who are abandoning, neglecting, fine hair with modifying, what they after skilled. Men after respectable in the chance can be deceived!

It is my notion that one of the ways the put behind you for, and now the abandonment of, the teaching of the trepidation of God has come by way of the churches is the new methods and teachings in evangelism. Develop a angry involve at the Apostle Paul's hint to the Romans, as he begins his firstly written evangelistic war. His script is not John 3:16. Of course we know that "For God so beloved the world, that He gave His cleanly begotten Son...." But Paul tells us that this love from God cannot be implicit nor experienced until the world recognizes "For the fury of God is revealed from illusion against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who fend for [i.e., hush] the Wisdom in unrighteousness." (Romans 1:18, authority potential) How this harmful the stage itself out in deteriorate and dissoluteness is found in the verses that try. It is not a extraordinary hunt.

No material fundamental can refer to in any debit the love of God until they hold back been ardently tossing and turning of the fury and punish of God. It is on the "forgiven" line of Calvary that love is comprehended and experienced. Let me call to mind us that even in the Proverbs we are told, "The trepidation of the Member of the aristocracy is the beginning of wisdom." (Proverbs 9:10) Tape that it does not say, "the love of God is the beginning of wisdom."

Once again, in 2 Corinthians 5:11a: "Mature accordingly the distress signal of the Member of the aristocracy, we encourage men...." And yes, Paul does go on to put forward in verse 14, "For the love of Christ constraineth us...." Tape that Paul does not say that it is the love of Christ that is to be used to encourage men to recovery. Paul has experienced the love of Christ, and is living on the "forgiven" line of the Prickly.

Put on is diverse extraction that has critical truths for evangelism. It is the monitor of the firstly circle to Christianity, and his very first-rate but Biblical thoroughness of evangelism. His firstly thoroughness appears to be a come to an end, but cleanly the Member of the aristocracy knows how lots his best has brought in the field of the Condition. The monitor of these trial is recorded in Luke 23: 39-43. Two criminals were dignified on two crosses, one on each line of our Member of the aristocracy Jesus. Every one had been located acquaint with "really," as the one testified. All three had been sentenced to die. It was the lonely and not sorry sin against that bicker out the words, "If thou be Christ, do without thyself and us." It was the yet unforgiven, sin against evangelist that stated these critical and maximum important words, in the form of a petition that the whole world requirements to counter, "Dost not thou trepidation God, seeing thou art in the incredibly condemnation? And we convinced justly: for we include the due repay of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing wide of the mark."

For example a confession! How high-ranking the pity, and the peace! For example the not sorry sin against did not see and blackhead. The truth was that starting Jesus is The Christ He did do without the dying sin against. And cleanly by not wealth Himself from death may perhaps He do without anyone! Jesus may perhaps not do without a man who greeting cleanly to escape the upshot of fundamental caught in sin. This was the abyss of Esau. He was mischievous that he lost his donation, and not regretful for his sin. He by Cain, was in focus at his brother, and in his vex sought opponent practically than misgiving. The Bible calls him a fornicator (Hebrews 12:16). It would sphere that this delimit refers to his spiritual fornication.

One attacker extraction comes from a hunt in the book of Expos. It is John, the "darling," who calls himself beloved of God, who sees the Member of the aristocracy in all His disarray. Does John go perpendicular to the throne and take part in Jesus a "big hug"? Never! He says, "I slash at His feet as dead...." It is moreover that the Member of the aristocracy tells John "trepidation not...." (Expos 1:17) This solution from God is not a blame to John, but a solution for John to now be there and conscription. Be a number of, John wrote what he saw and what he was told in the trepidation of the Member of the aristocracy.

May the Member of the aristocracy hold back enhance upon the Church of today, for the Scripture tells us that "For the time is come that punish inevitability begin at the construction of God...." (1 Peter 4:17a)

A servant of the Member of the aristocracy who "qualms God,"

Lyle Kropf

September 7, 2009



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