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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Sunday, July 27, 2014

What Do You Wish To Beginwishcasting Wednesday

What Do You Wish To Beginwishcasting Wednesday
OH, JAMIE, DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE READING MY MIND? HA! HA! WELL, I'M STILL IN INDONESIA WITH MISS GILBERT AND I HAVE HAD TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN TO TAKE A SMALL BREAK SINCE MY TRIP TO INDIA HAD FLOODED ME WITH SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT AND ALONG COMES OUR WEDNESDAY WISH PROMPT *WHAT DO YOU WISH TO BEGIN?* WELL, BEING THAT SEPTEMBER HAS ARRIVED, I HAVE PUT UP MY AUTUMN/SAMHAIN/HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS UP WITH MORE COMING, I CAN FEEL THE VEIL THINNING AND THE WITCHES NEW YEAR WILL BE HERE IN NO TIME FLAT.

WHAT I WISH TO BEGIN IS SO SIMPLE THAT IT'S HARD! TO BEGIN A ROUTINE MIXED WITH CREATIVITY AND SPONTANEITY WHILE GETTING ACCOMPLISHED ALL I NEED TO AND FULFILLING MY DREAMS AND GOALS! ONE BEING A CERTIFIED DOG GROOMER THAT ALL MY BLOGGING BUDDIES HAVE HEARD ME MOAN ABOUT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. THAT DREAM MOST LIKELY WILL COME TRUE AND IF IT DOES AS I WILL KNOW WITHIN A WEEK, THEN BEING ORGANIZED, HAVING A ROUTINE WILL BE NECESSARY AS I WILL BE ONCE AGAIN WORKING FULL-TIME WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T DONE IN YEARS BUT I AM SO READY TO BE DOING WHAT I SO SIMPLY ADORE. I ALSO HAVE FOUND A NIA CLASS NOT TO FAR FROM ME AND THANKS TO JAMIE RIDLER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW FITS INTO MY LIFESTYLE AND A WAY TO KEEP ME HAPPY AND HEALTHY. SOMETHING ELSE MY DAUGHTER AND I CAN DO TOGETHER.

I ALSO WANT TO BEGIN MY NEWEST BLOG (UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW) WHICH IS NAMED 1313 WITCHWOOD DRIVE. I WANT THIS BLOG TO BE A VESSEL OF ALL MY CREATIVITY WHETHER IT'S JEWELRY MAKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, CRAFTING, ANYTHING. I HAVE IDEAS FLOATING IN MY MIND ABOUT CREATING WITCHY DESIGNS BUT NOT KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY. HAVING MY DAUGHTER WITH ME HAS AWOKEN MY DORMANT ARTISTIC MIND AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING WITH HER AS WELL AS FOR MYSELF.

WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF BEGINNINGS AND FOR ME IT IS GOING TO BE DONE ONE STEP AT A TIME TO ENSURE THAT I FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ALL MY HEART DESIRES.

Origin: invocation-rituals.blogspot.com

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Suit Nasa Specialist Axed Over Intelligent Design

Suit Nasa Specialist Axed Over Intelligent Design
Associated Press, by Gillian Flaccus, Mar 12, 2012

In this March 7, 2012 photo, David Coppedge, left, is shown outside Los Angeles Superior Court with his attorney, William Becker. Coppedge, amission specialist who claims he was demoted - and then let go - by Jet Propulsion Laboratory for his workplace comments promoting his views on intelligent design, the belief that a higher power must have had a hand in creation because life is too complex to have developed through evolution alone. His lawsuit alleging improper dismissal against NASA begins Monday, March 12 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A computer specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design.

Openings statements in the lawsuit by David Coppedge were expected Monday afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Coppedge, who worked as a team lead on the Cassini mission exploring Saturn and its many moons, claims he was discriminated against because he engaged his co-workers in conversations about intelligent design and handed out DVDs on the idea while at work.

Intelligent design is the belief that a higher power must have had a hand in creation because life is too complex to have developed through evolution alone.

Coppedge lost his team lead title in 2009 and was let go last year after 15 years on the mission.

In an emailed statement, JPL dismissed Coppedge's claims. In court papers, lawyers for the California Institute of Technology, which manages JPL for NASA, said Coppedge received a written warning because his co-workers complained of harassment.

They also said Coppedge lost his team lead status because of ongoing conflicts with others.

Caltech lawyers contend Coppedge was one of two Cassini technicians and among 246 JPL employees let go last year due to planned budget cuts.

The case has generated interest among supporters of intelligent design. The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian civil rights group, and the Discovery Institute, a proponent of intelligent design, are both supporting Coppedge's case.

The National Center for Science Education, which rejects intelligent design as thinly veiled creationism, is also watching the case and has posted all the legal filings on its website.

Coppedge's attorney, William Becker, contends his client was singled out by his bosses because they perceived his belief in intelligent design to be religious. Coppedge had a reputation around JPL as an evangelical Christian, and interactions with co-workers led some to label him as a Christian conservative, Becker said.

In the lawsuit, Coppedge says he believes other things also led to his demotion, including his support for a state ballot measure that sought to define marriage as limited to heterosexual couples and his request to rename the annual holiday party a Christmas party.

Coppedge is seeking attorney's fees and costs, damages for wrongful termination and a statement from the judge that his rights were violated, said Becker.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

In The News Woman Falls Prey To Tarot Card Scam

In The News Woman Falls Prey To Tarot Card Scam
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Lincoln Ghost

Lincoln Ghost
You can't talk about famous ghosts without mentioning the most beloved one in America; Abraham Lincoln. The haunting of the White House by Lincoln is a favorite story amongst historians and romantics in America. After all, when you have a parent that you trust and you believe is a good and honest person, then who replaces them? We have yet to have a president we regard in quite the same one as the man responsible for stitching America back together again. His early loss makes him an likely suspect to malinger ("think of Elvis and Marilyn Monroe"). Perhaps we're not ready to get rid of the ideals that put America on the map. But then, again, perhaps we sense that he really is still amongst us...

("From Wikipedia") President Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman have all claimed to have heard unexplained knockings on their bedroom doors. What made them think it was Lincoln is unknown. Calvin Coolidge's wife reported seeing on several occasions the ghost of Lincoln standing with his hands clasped behind his back, at a window in the Oval Office, staring out in deep contemplation toward the bloody battlefields across the Potomac. Carl Sandburg, Lincoln's biographer, said he did not see the ghost but "strongly felt his presence" when he stood at this same window during a tour of the White House. Elenaor Roosevelt often sensed someone watching her in the former Lincoln bedroom. Winston Churchill said he stepped out of the bath to the adjoining bedroom and saw Lincoln standing neare the fireplace. Lincoln's ghost made many apparitions during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Roosevelt was ("coincidentally like Lincoln") president during war time. Maureen Reagen ("President Ronald Reagen's daughter") said she had seen ghost several times in Lincoln's bedroom. The Reagen's dog apparently would bark at the door but not enter. Lyndon Johnson supposedly spoke to the ghost of Lincoln, asking his advice. Senator McCarthy proclaimed that he entered Lincoln's old office and a bust of the president flew across the room and nearly hit him. ("Of course, in McCarthy's case, Lincoln was a bad aim--he should have hit him upside the head and knocked some sense into him").

The Roosevelt presidency saw the most activity and many conjecture that it was because he was a president during a wartime. If that were so, Lincoln should have been pounding on Bush's head to get his attention. Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands visited during Roosevelt's presidence and she was awakened by a knock at the door to find President Lincoln there. Why do you suppose he showed himself for some and not for others? Was he a harbinger of some message to beware?

Rapping on bedroom doors was reported by many presidential families. In a place like the White House such a thing would be a common daily activity by servants and the like, so it's entirely possible that element is a residual memory of the building.

Following Truman's time in office, Lincoln has rarely been seen. Some wonder if it might be because of massive renovations or perhaps the time period has lengthened from his demise. Still, he has been seen in modern times, only less frequently.

Is this pure romanticism for the man and the sacred place in which these people reside? Is it because earlier generations identified with him more? If so, then Kennedy should have been seen wandering the halls for the yuppie-time presidents.

When I did my study of 50 haunted places, the White House was not a strong contender because it lacked a lot of traumatic history within its walls and the geology was weak. The building's construction is promising. The thing that might outweigh all other factors is the symbolism of the White House. If a ghost of an average Joe can haunt his home because it was his beloved sanctuary, then surely an assasinated president could linger in a place he felt very protective of and very proud of.

Should we give more weight to the impressive list of witnesses above? Well, here is a bit of proof that may show that Lincoln might have been a man more determined and more sensitive to haunting the White House. This is what he told a dear friend one time of a precognitive dream:

"About ten days ago, I retired very late. I soon began to dream. There seemed to be a death-like stillness about me. Then I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and wandered downstairs. There the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible. I went from room to room. No living person was in sight, but the same mournful sounds met me as I passed alone. I was puzzled and alarmed. Determined to find the cause of a state of things so mysterious and shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the East Room. Before me was a catafalque on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng or people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. `Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers. `The president,' was his answer. `He was killed by an assassin".'"

Lincoln's life would appear to be quite serendipitious and perhaps that carried over into his passing. Many people note connections between Lincoln and Kennedy. At this site they listed them out:

Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860; Kennedy was elected on November 8, 1960.

Both had previously been members of Congress. Lincoln was first elected to Congress in 1846; Kennedy in 1946.

After their assassinations, both men were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson - and both Johnsons were born 100 years apart: Andrew Johnson in 1808; Lyndon Johnson in 1908.

Both men were killed on a Friday by shots to the head as their wives sat beside them.

John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled to barn; Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy's accused killer, shot from a schoolbook warehouse and then fled to a movie theatre. Both assassins were killed before they could be brought to trial.

Both assassinations were the result of conspiracies (even though the conspiracy surrounding Kennedy's death is still disputed by some).

Lincoln was shot inside Ford's Theater; Kennedy was killed in a Lincoln limousine, made by the Ford Motor Company.

Just as Lincoln foresaw his own death, Kennedy seemed to have a premonition of his death as well. Just a few hours before he was murdered in Dallas, John Kennedy told Jackie and Ken O'Donnell, his personal advisor: "If somebody wants to shoot me from a window with a rifle, nobody can stop it, so why worry about it."

Kennedy also received other psychic warnings about his death. Psychic Jeanne Dixon advised the president that she foresaw his assassination as he traveled through the South. He also received a warning from his secretary that his trip to Dallas could have tragic consequences and urged him not to go. Her name was Evelyn Lincoln.

So, what do you think? Does Lincoln still linger? I have to admit my skepticism with the ideal of beloved figures dying early and haunting, but in the case of Lincoln, there appears to be a kind of alchemy and almost astrological destiny that makes me think..."he's still there".

Origin: wiccancommunity.blogspot.com