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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Friday, January 30, 2015

Night Of The Sprits Castles And Crusades 99 Cent Sale

Night Of The Sprits Castles And Crusades 99 Cent Sale
I love sales, especially when you can get some real bargains. NIGHT OF THE SPIRITS for C&C is one of those real bargains.

It's newly released and currently priced at 99 cents. At quick glance it looks great for Halloween play or anytime you want to disturb your players. No, i haven't read enough to give a review of it, but in general C&C adventures are good quality and easy to use with anything from the OSR to 3x and probably even Pathfinder, although admittedly the later the ruleset the more work needed to convert

No idea how long the price is good for.

From the blurb:


AT THE END OF EACH YEAR COMES THE MONTH AND HOLIDAY OF SAMONIOS, SAMHAIN OR NOS GALAN GAEAF, OR HALLOWEEN. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE WORLDS ARE DRAWN TOGETHER AND MONSTERS, GODS AND THE SPIRITS OF ANCESTORS WANDER BETWEEN THEM. IT IS A DANGEROUS AND DARK TIME IN WHICH THE MOST HOLY AND SACRED OF IDEAS MEAN MORE THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT IS A TIME FOR THE DEAD AND TO HONOR THEM. EVENTS IN THE LAST YEAR WERE STEEPED IN BLOODY BATTLES, THE DEATH OF KINGS AND ENCROACHING EVIL FROM THE OTHERWORLD. THE SEERS AND MADMEN FORETELL THAT THE OMENS ARE IN PLACE TO BRING A WRATHFUL INVASION FROM THE LAND OF MAGIC. MOST NOBLES AND LORDS SCOFF AT THESE SUPERSTITIOUS WORDS AND RIDICULE THEM, BUT THE COMMON-FOLK KNOW THAT THERE IS TRUTH IN THOSE PORTENTS AND OMENS. FAMILIES STAY CLOSE, HOLD THEIR FESTIVITIES IN HONOR OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND THE GODS, BUT STAY WARY OF THE DANGERS THAT MIGHT FIND THEIR WAY INTO THEIR DARKENED HOMES AND LIVES. BUT FOR THE YOUNG OR UNWARY.... LITTLE ADDOLGAR AP MAELON GOF HAS WANDERED INTO THE THICK FOLIAGE OF THE COED CELYDDON, LURED BY THE MANY COLORED PLAYFUL LIGHTS THAT HE SAW DANCING AND LAUGHING. NOW THE YOUNG DARK HAIRED CHILD OF TEN WINTERS IS DEEP IN THE MIST-SHROUDED FOREST SOAKED IN OTHERWORLD ENERGIES. A STORM IS BREWING IN THE DARK WOODS, STIRRING THE TREES AND CAUSING THE LIMBS AND BOUGHS TO CRACK AND KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER. OWLS HOOT IN THEIR HAUNTING VOICE AND SOMEWHERE DISTANT, WOLVES HOWL. ADDOLGAR CLIMBS OVER FALLEN TREES AND MAKES HIS WAY IN BRAMBLE PATCHES TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS IN THE BOUGHS OF THE TREES. NIGHT OF SPIRITS plunges you into the heart of Nos Galan Gaeaf, bringing your characters face to face with the Otherworld and the true horrors of the holiday! NIGHT OF SPIRITS is an adventure for 3-5 characters of around 4th-6th level.

Source: my-spiritual-path.blogspot.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ghosts And Goblins Why We Decorate

Ghosts And Goblins Why We Decorate
By means of the month of October it's not work of fiction to see homes with skeletons, ghosts, and far away especially displayed! Haunted houses become fashionable to supply, real or make ferry. Impressed pumpkins and witches on brooms with their black cats curled up at their feet. Why is it that because of this month we start to atmosphere of such beat, why is death such a part of our lives in the month of October? During is a brief break down of the holiday of Samhain.Samhain has extraction that go back thousands of existence, and is the one pagan holiday the Christian church has not been nimble to steal! Though they seat tried! For pagan's this is the new meeting. Samhain (SAW-in) a time of meeting in imitation of pagans rally to faction their storeroom make a choice and to become familiar with their group who seat agreed. In the future in the region of the 8th century the Catholic church contracted that November prematurely was to become All Saints' Day. All Saints Day became a day to faction the saints who didn't previous to seat their own holy day. The twist that was feature on that day was called All Hallows Salt away. Naturally the day ahead became relaxed as All Hallows Eve, and successive by the wonders of hypocrisy, Halloween!For the Celts, sun set on October 31 is the beginning of the new meeting. It is a symbol of the God's death and the Crone Idol begins unhappiness. By means of this small the shroud between worlds is thin and it is the best time of meeting to farm any prized ones you seat lost and to faction them. It is more to the point a night in imitation of other spirits can ramble the lands! Consequently the ghosts, skeletons and other symbols of death. On All Saints Day the church frequently established by visiting the tombs anywhere the saints were inherent and casual them gifts and gifts. They would more to the point faction by portray hosts at with a be first carved on it as well as generous the children skulls complete from precious or tan.As the Celts fixed to faction the storeroom make a choice they more to the point fixed to faction their group by casual gifts at serious sites and by displaying richly decked out altars in farm of family group. As Hollywood took look of the holiday it became best part to beautify your homes with images of ghosts, skeletons, demons, monsters, graveyards, and of course the classic Hollywood witch and whatever that has become associate with her, including exhausted hats, brooms, cauldrons, and black cats! Auspicious be,Lady Alice

Origin: asatru-religion.blogspot.com