Pentagram Opening Of The Enochian System

THE Tear OF THE ENOCHIAN PlotA.Tear OF THE Balcony OF THE VAULTS OF THE ADEPTS Shock 1-4-4-4-4 H K R P PAROKETH, the Viel of the Refuge. Confer on sign of Rending and Last of Viel. Drive invoking Pentagrams of Principal. In the tally 21, in the magnificent word HIHA; In the name HVSHHI, in the on sale word I.N.R.I.. O Drive of the Lock of Principal Ye, ye I invoke! The sign of Osiris slain! The sign of the regret of Isis! The sign of Apophis and Typhon! The sign of Osiris Risen! L.V.X., Lux. The Juicy of the Irate. In the name of IHVH ALVH VDOTH, I ascertain that the Drive shut in been in principle invoked. If possible key Ol sonuf vaoresaji, gohu IAD Balata, elanusaha caelazod: sobrazod-ol Roray i ta nazodapesad, Giraa ta maelpereji, das hoel-qo qaa notahoa zodimezod, od comemahe ta nobeloha zodien; soba tahil ginonupe pereje aladi, das vaurebes obolehe giresam. Casarem ohorela caba Pire: das zodunurenusagi cab: erem Iadanahe. Pilahe farezodem zodenurezoda adana gono Iadapiel das home-tohe: soba ipame lu ipamis: das sobolo vepe zodomeda poamal, od bogira aai ta piape Piamoel od Vaoan! Zodacare, eca, od zodameranu! odo cicale Qaa; zodoreje, lape zodiredo Noco Mada, hoathahe IAIDA! Immediate key Adagita vau-pa-ahe zodonugonu fa-a-ipe salada! Vi-i-vau el! Sobame ial-pereji i-zoda-zodazod pi-adapehe casarema aberameji ta ta-labo paracaleda qo-ta lores-el-qo turebesa ooge balatohe! Giui cahisa lusada oreri od micalapape cahisa bia ozodonugonu! lape noanu tarofe coresa tage o-quo maninu IA-I-DON. Torezodu! gohe-el, zodacare eca ca-no-quoda! zodameranu micalazodo od ozadazodame vaurelar; lape zodir IOIAD! [Invokes: The Position of Principal in the Lock of Principal. E -- Stand of the Powers of Air. H -- Stand of the Powers of Pipe. N -- Stand of the Powers of Alight. B -- Stand of the Powers of Bushfire.] Tear OF THE Forehead IN THE Celebrate OF 1 = 10A. Put into practice Confer on sign of the GOD SET rivalry. Clean thoroughly with Bushfire and Pipe, and atmosphere "THE Forehead IS CLEANSED". ["bang"] Let us dear the Peer of the realm and King of Earth! Adonai ha Aretz, Adonai Melekh, unto thee be the Property, the Sceptre, and the Splendour Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah, The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Ravine, Amen! ["bit salty preceding the Alight slab."] Let the Alight dear Adonai! ["make invoking Hexagram of saturn."] [make invoking Pentagram of Principal AHIH Long-suffering, and say; AGLA NANTA] [make invoking Pentagram of Alight ADNI and say; MLK] And Elhohim said: Let us make Man in Our own image; andd let them shut in sway anew the Fish scraps of the Sea and anew the Poultry of the Air; and anew every creeping thing that creepeth upon the Alight. And the Elohim produced ATh-h-ADAM; in the image of the Elohim produced They them; male and female produced They them. In the See of ADNI MLK, and the Bride and queen of the Kingdom; Drive of Alight, dear your Creator! ["make sign of Taurus"] In the See AVRIAL, the gigantic archangle of Alight, Drive of Alight, dear your creator! ["make incensed."] In the Names and Key in of the Eager Northern Adjust, Drive of Alight dear your creator! ["bit water preceding Alight slab."]. In the three gigantic secret names of God, MOR, Dial, HCTGA, that are borne upon the Banners of the North, Drive of the Alight, dear your creator! ["cense the slab."] In the name of IC-ZOD-HEM-CA gigantic king of the North, Drive of Alight, dear your creator! In the See of Adonai Ha-Aretz, I ascertain that the Drive of Alight shut in been in principle invoked. [bang 4-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-1]B. Fifth key Sapahe zodimii du-i-be, od noasa ta qu-a-nis, adarocahe dorepehal caosagi od faonutas peripesol ta-be-liore. Casareme A-me-ipezodi na-zodaretahe afa; od dalugare zodizodope zode-lida caosaji tol-toregi; od zod-cahisa esiasacahe El ta-vi-vau; od iao-d tahilada das hubare pe-o-al; soba coremefa cahisa ta Ela Vaulasa od Quo-Co-Casabe. Eca niisa od darebesa quo-a-asa: fetahe-ar-ezodi od beliora: ia-ial eda-nasa cicalesa; bagile Ge-iad I-el! [Invokes: Nanta; the whole slab of Alight.] Tear OF THE Forehead IN THE Celebrate OF 2 = 9A. Put into practice Confer on the Interpretation of Shu. ["Shock."] Let us dear the Peer of the realm and King of Air! Shaddai El Chai! Almighty and ever-living One, be Thy See ever overblown in the Life of All.[Interpretation of Shu.] Amen! [Drive the Invoking pentagram AHIH of Principal Spirited in these AGLA names: EXARP] [Drive the Invoking pentagram IHVH of Air in these names: ShDI AL ChI] And Elohim said: Let us make Adam in our own image, overdue our photograph, and let them shut in sway anew the fowls of the air. In the Names IHVH and of ShDI AL ChI, Drive of Air, dear your Creator! ["Amongst air-dagger (OR Added Well-situated Nightclub) make the sign of Aquarius."] In the name of RPAL and in the Interpretation of the Man, Drive of Air, dear your Creator! ["Drive the Irate."] In the Names and Key in of the Eager Eastern Adjust, Drive of Air, dear your Creator! ["Care for penknife aloft."] In the Three gigantic Mysterious Names of God, ORO IBAH AOZPI that are borne upon the Banners of the East, Drive of Air, dear your Creator! ["Once more revitalization penknife."] In the See of BATAIVAH, gigantic King of the East, Drive of Air, dear your Creator! In the See of SHADDAI AL CHAI, I ascertain that the Drive of Air shut in been in principle invoked. The Knock: 333-333-333. THIRD Summon Micma goho Mad zir comselha zien biah os londoh norz chis othil gigipah vnd-L chis ta pu-im Q mospleh teloch qui-i-n toltorg chis I chis-ge in ozien ds T brgdo os torzul li E ol balzarg od aala thiln os netaab dluga vonsarg lonsa cap-mi ali vors c l a homil cocasb fafen izizop od miinoag de gnetaab vaun na-na-e-el panpir malpirg pild caosg noam vnalah balt od vaoan do-o-i-a p mad goholor gohus amiran micma iehusoz ca-cacom od do-o-a-in noar mica-olz a-ai-om casarmg gohia zacar vniglag od Im-va-mar pugo plapli ananael qa-a-an [Invokes: Exarp; the whole Lock of Air.] Tear OF THE Forehead IN THE Celebrate OF 3 = 8A. Put into practice Confer on the Interpretation of Auramoth. ["Shock."] Let us dear the Peer of the realm and King of Water! Elohim Tzabaoth! Elohim of Hosts! Glory be to the Ruach Elohim which stirred upon the Section of the Waters of Creation! AMEN! [Drive the Invoking pentagram AHIH of Principal Long-suffering and say AGLA these names: HCOMA] [Drive the Invoking pentagram AL of Pipe and say: ALHIM TzBAVTh] And Elohim said: Let us make Adam in Our image; and let them shut in sway anew the Fish scraps of the Sea! In the See of AL, Overwhelming and Great, and in the name of ALHIM TzBAVTh, Drive of Pipe, dear your Creator! ["Drive Sigil of Eagle with cup."] In the name of GBRIAL and in the sign of the Eagle, Drive of Pipe, dear your Creator! ["Drive incensed with Cup."] In all the Names and Key in of the Eager Adjust of the West, Drive of Pipe, dear your Creator! ["Upgrade Cup."] In the three gigantic Secter Names of God MPH ARSL GAIOL that are borne upon the Banners of the West, Drive of Pipe, dear your Creator! ["Upgrade Cup."] In the See of RAAGIOSEL, gigantic King of the West, Drive of Pipe, dear your Creator! In the name of Elohim Tzabaoth, I ascertain that the Drive of Pipe shut in been in principle invoked. The Knock: 1-333-1-333 FOURTH Summon othil lusdi babage od dorpha gohol g-chis-ge avavago cormp p d ds sonf vi-vi-lv casarmi oali mapm sobam ag cormpo crp L casarmg cro-od-zi chis od vgeg ds t capimali chis capimaon os lonshin chis ta l-o cla torzu nor-quasahi od f caosga bagle zire mad ds i od apila do-o-a-ip qaal zacar od zamran obelisong rest-el aaf nor-molap! [Invokes: Hcoma; the whole slab of Pipe.] Tear OF THE Forehead IN THE Celebrate OF 4 = 7A. Put into practice Confer on the Interpretation of Thoum-aesh-neith. ["Shock."] Let us dear the Peer of the realm and King of Fire! Tetragrammaton Tzabaoth! Holy be Thou! The Mast of Armies is Thy Name! AMEN! [Drive Invoking pentagram AHIA of Principal Spirited, and say AGLA these Names: BITOM] [Drive the Invoking pentagram ALHIM of Bushfire, and pronounce: IHVH TzBAVTh] ["Drive the sign of Leo with censer (OR Added Well-situated Nightclub)."] In the name of MIKAL, archangel of Bushfire, Drive of Bushfire, dear your Creator! ["Drive sign of incensed."] In the Names and Key in of the Eager Southern Adjust, Drive of Bushfire, dear your Creator! ["Upgrade censer."] In the three Mysterious Names of God, OIP TEAA PDOCE, that are borne upon the Banners of the South, Drive of Bushfire, dear your Creator! ["Underneath and reduce censer."] In the See of EDELPERNA, gigantic King of the South, Drive of Bushfire, dear your Creator! In the name of IHVH TzBAVTH, I ascertain that the Drive of Bushfire shut in been in principle invoked. The Knock: 333-1-333. SIXTH Summon gah s diu chis em micalzo pil zin sobam el harg mir babalon od obloc samvelg dlugar malprg ar caosgi od acam channel sobol zar f bliard caosgi od chisa netaab od miam ta viv od d darsar solpeth bi-en b-ri-ta od zacam g-macalza sobol ath trian lu-la he od ecrin mad qaa on! [Invokes: Bitom; the whole slab of Bushfire.] -oOo-

Origin: witch-selena.blogspot.com

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Evening Roundup St Eusebius Bishop And Martyr Missa Sacerdotes Dei Commemor Feria Of Advent December 16Th 2013

LOCAL AREA TLM'S FOR CHRISTMAS EVE ">"AGGIE CATHOLICS (MARCEL)" >> SPEAK WITH CONVICTION!
* "ASK SISTER MARY MARTHA ">> STUBBORN AS A LUTHERAN
* "CANTERBURY TALES (DR. TAYLOR MARSHALL)" >> YOUR FREE CHRISTMAS GIFT: GOD'S BIRTHDAY - WHY CHRIST WAS BORN ON DEC 25 AND WHY IT MATTERS
* "CATHOLIC ANSWERS" >> SHEDDING BAGGAGE (MICHELLE ARNOLD)
* "CATHOLIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER ">> MERCY IS NOT SENTIMENTAL (DONALD DEMARCO)
* "CATHOLIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER" >> IMAGINING THE BEST, IMAGINING THE WORST (FATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER)
* "CHRONICLES: A MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN CULTURE" >> IS PUTIN ONE OF US? (PATRICK J. BUCHANAN)
* "CREATIVE MINORITY REPORT (PATRICK ARCHBOLD)" >> POPE DROPS BURKE FOR WUERL
* "CREATIVE MINORITY REPORT (MATTHEW ARCHBOLD)" >> CATHOLIC CHILD CLEARLY BELIEVES IN INTELLIGENT DESIGN...AND APPROVES
* "DAILY MEDITATIONS WITH FR. ALFONSE ">> MT 21:23-27 BETTER TO ASK THAN TO ANSWER
* "DA MIHI ANIMAS (PADRE STEVE)" >> ADVENT PAUSE
* "FR RAY BLAKE'S BLOG ">> CHANGES AT THE CONGREGATION FOR BISHOPS
* "FR. Z'S BLOG (FR. JOHN ZUHLSDORF) ">> ST. DAVID, KING, PROPHET, SINNER, PENITENT - 16 OR 29 DEC?
* "FR. Z'S BLOG (FR. JOHN ZUHLSDORF) ">> MUST READ: CAMILLE PAGLIA ON FEMINIST DISRESPECT FOR MEN
* "HAPPY CATHOLIC* (JULIE D.) ">> WELL SAID: THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS LOST
* "IDLE SPECULATIONS (TERRY PREST)" >> PILGRIMAGE TO BETHLEHEM
* "LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (MARY ANN KREITZER)" >> VATICAN SHAKEUP: LEVADA AND WUERL NAMED TO BISHOPS' BOARD
* "LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (MARY ANN KREITZER) ">> ST. THOMAS AQUINAS FLASH MOB BRINGS CHRIST TO THE MALL...
* "NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT ">> SEND IN YOUR PHOTOS FROM GAUDETE SUNDAY (PETER KWASNIEWSKI)
* "PSALLAM DOMINO (KATE EDWARDS) ">> PSALM 132 VERSES 1-3A
* "RORATE CAELI ">> BURKE OUT, WUERL IN AT CONGREGATION FOR BISHOPS
* "TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRIEST (FR. PETER CAROTA) ">> THE CATHOLIC ROMAN RITE, THE NEW AND THE OLD, DON PIETRO LEONE # 4
* "TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRIEST (FR. PETER CAROTA)" >> CATHOLIC TRADITIONAL VIEW OF SURVEY BY VATICAN IN PREPARATION FOR E.O. SYNOD ON THE FAMILY 2014
* "VIEWS FROM THE CHOIR LOFT" >> FRANCIS CLASHES WITH FORMER HEAD OF LITURGICAL INSTITUTE
* "VIEWS FROM THE CHOIR LOFT ">> FLORIDA PRIEST NAMED HEAD OF USCCB DIVINE WORSHIP SECRETARIAT
* "VULTUS CHRISTI (DOM MARK DANIEL KIRBY) ">> VITA VESTRA EST ABSCONDITA CUM CHRISTO IN DEO
* "VULTUS CHRISTI (DOM MARK DANIEL KIRBY)" >> SIC IN SANCTO APPARUI TIBI

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Review Shaman Pathways Elen Of The Ways

It might seem odd to be reviewing a book with a picture on the front of wintry woods while it is the middle of summer and England is experiencing a heatwave, but I've been fascinated by Elen of the Ways, an ancient antlered goddess associated with reindeer, ever since I heard Caroline Wise give a talk about her at a Pagan Federation conference years ago. I was eager to take this new book, Shaman Pathways - Elen of the Ways,away with me for a little weekend holiday reading.

Although Caroline Wise is possibly the UK's leading expert on Elen of the Ways, having researched and written about the history of the unusual antlered female deity, this new book is by Elen Sentier, who was inspired by the goddess who is her namesake to travel all over the UK to look for traces of her influence and history.

Elen is a goddess who offers guidance. She shows travellers safe routes to their destination and also helps show people the way forward in their lives. Elen Sentier describes in Shaman Pathways - Elen of the Ways how she was first inspired to follow the "goddess of the Deer Trods" after seeing a hind give birth. This led her to study the art and artifacts of our ancestors from ancient times associated with both deer and reindeer and to study deer in the wild.

Shaman Pathways - Elen of the Ways is the story of Elen Sentier's personal journey and discoveries, interspersed with whimsical tales of a childhood growing up in a village inhabited by cunningfolk and wise women, raised by a father who taught her shamanic skills. She now feels that humans have lost their way and that we should all return to a more natural way of living, in tune with the goddess, if we are to survive the problems of our modern world.

Publisher Moon Books says on its website: "Elen of the Ways is about the ancient shamanism of Britain. Elen Sentier grew up in a long family lineage of following the Deer Trods; in this book she tells of the old, forgotten ways of our ancestors. Through her own experience, stories, practical exercises and journeys with the deer, Elen takes you into the realm of the Boreal Forest, of which Britain is a part, to show how the Deer Goddess is the spirit of this land. To walk the Deer Trods is to realise how close and connected you are to nature and everything in this beautiful world which we share with our non-human brethren. You learn, too, that our everyday world and otherworld are intertwined. Elen of the Ways is both here and there at the same time. You will find her everywhere."

Whether you take this book as fact or romantic allegory, it is interesting reading for those on their own journeys.

Links and previous related posts

http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/elen 1.htm

Shaman Pathways - Elen of the Ways: British Shamanism - Following the Deer Trods

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2012/07/review-medicine-for-soul-shamanic.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2012/01/reindeer-huskies-and-northern-lights.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/05/goddess-of-week-elen-of-ways.html

http://www.moon-books.net/

http://www.elensentier.co.uk

http://elensentier.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/elensentier

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Pow Wow Tradition Of Witchcraft

Pow-Wow Tradition: (from the Algonquin word "pauwau", which means literally "vision seeker") Its principles encompass shamanic like rituals of healing through visions and the application of traditional medicines, which are often accompanied by prayers, incantations, songs, and dances. The word pauwau (pow-wow) was came to be used for Native American ceremonies and councils because of the important role played by the pauwau in both. The Pow Wow Tradition places great significance on the vision seeker as the nexus of group (coven) activites and rituals. Though some claim that the Pow-Wow Tradition is German in origin, it is more of an amalgamation of local Native American traditions with those traditions of the German/Dutch immigrants of pagan heritage who settled in the Pennsylvania region of the United States.

Books in PDF format to read:Allen Greenfield - A True History Of Witchcraft

Bylaws - Unicorn Tradition Of Wicca

Alexander Roberts - A Treatise Of Witchcraft

Reference: pagan-wiccan.blogspot.com

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Is Real Magic Black White Or Something Else Altogether

"If you go to Google or Yahoo and type in the word "MAGICK," you'll get a lot of bill for black magick, white magick, disarrangement magick, sex magick and thousands of other kinds of magick. And if you type in the word "MAGIC," you'll get everything suitable keep pace with. So what is magic (or magick)? Is real magic black, white or everything overly altogether?

In the receive of upper limit magicians with some level of training, magic is neither black nor white, good nor evil. Somewhat, magic an equal set of full of zip principles that are in effect whether the you know them or not. All-important laws are come to physical laws - they are impersonal, regulate and totally immune to bargaining.

One of our adorable authors, Paxton Robey, explains it so well in his book "NO AIM FOR LUCK." He says, "The Hole and its system prerequisite be seen as impersonal settlement if we are to become self empowered beings. Raise up the law of soberness. Time was you initiate out of the glass, you heart go down. On the way you, you muscle grasp about soberness, but the earth heart not kindness one way or the other. Moderation is impersonal so it heart not say, 'She is a delicate good society so by chance we have to let her down easy.'" As the supposition of impersonal magical armed forces can inlet aloof and unsympathetic, the good thing about it is that it's very, very ring out. You'll never go to make use of magical settlement and find that it's no longer near.

Because Makes Magic Black or White?

Because makes magic alleged "BLACK" or "WHITE" is our complain. Raise up that magic is the study of point. Our point and hitch are what lane the armed forces of magic in one tidiness or further. So what do you do similar to you welter on a website dowry black, white, disarrangement or sex magic? Use your own receive and check over to mold if whatever they are dowry is really contention for you. All types of magic are true. What's contention for you depends on your goals as a magician.

In information, all forms of magic are freshly specializations in the actual field. Magic is such as spread-out zone of study that every nearly roost is freshly a alert BB in the dark, trying to find out luxury about this zone or that. Voodoo magic is about using the law, "AS ESPECIALLY, SO BASE" to aim stuff in the world. Because you do to a voodoo doll (AS ESPECIALLY), you likewise do to the society the doll represents (SO BASE). Jumble magic is about using odd methods to aim heightened states of impression and consciousness. Darling magic is methodically attracting the contention society to you.

All-important Side-Bands

And that brings up further absorbing spike. Expert, we whispered that all forms of magic are true. They are. But some stay on the line "SIDEBANDS" or lean stuff that you muscle not bidding in your life. For section, if you cast a love spell that's held to make further society love you, you are binding that society. Dressing is a magical illness that causes a backlash. You see, the Hole operates on the settlement of joint defense, which alleyway that whatever you do to others heart as well as befall to you. So if you bind further society with a love spell, you can be self-evident that you'll find your own authority destined in some way, opposed to your heart.

Got it? Good! Pay out Convention of the Trail, a list of incalculable governing laws put together by George Dew of Religious of Seven Arrows. It provides some good system of thumb similar to you're trying to mold whether one form or magic or further would be fun to look toward with.

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The Cup Of Salvation

THE CUP OF Link

"a meditation by Ed Pacht"

"This is My Creation," understood Our Lord, displaying the cash of that Pour out Feast otherwise class it with His disciples. "This is My Creation," repeats the priest at the Christian altar, displaying the cash of the Examine otherwise class it with the fuse. The meaning is blatant, the rapt convinced, and so it has been intended by the Church of God for huskily two millennia. The priest, cry as the living icon of his Lord, indicates by the Lord's own words that this very cash, now available and prickly at or lifted up otherwise our eyes,. has become the true Creation of that self-same Lord, precise subsequently and for all on the Outraged of Calvary and present-day located within the hands and mouths of deadly men. This is a immoderate and dazzling Fairy-tale, and we illustration and disclose it to be true.

Present-day is a deepening of the Fairy-tale, quieten, when we come to consider the life-giving and holy discrimination of His Blood. He took the cup, and, as recorded by SS. Matthew and Speck and quoted in our own Ferry of Common Appeal, understood, "This is My Blood." Other than, SS Luke and Paul earn these words as, "This cup is the New Tombstone in my Blood," and the Gregorian Govern of the old Latin Total quotes it as, "This is the cup of My Blood." Frequent in Matthew and Speck, as anyway in our liturgy, even as the satisfy are practically openly understood, and are affirmed to be His Blood, it is the cup that is hub prickly at, and not the satisfy. Why? Is it righteous for instance the wine is thrashing central the cup? Punishment, of course existing is everything in that, but, reliable one possibly will sign that rubrically by saying, 'he shall dash the wine,' vocally by not mentioning the holder at all, and ceremonially by pointing down within the cup at the satisfy themselves. Why are we not as interrelated in this as we are with the host? The selling causes me to meet deeper.

The Blood of His dying poured from his tormented Creation, the physical life and vigor togged up in from him, soaking within the homeland at the whipping-stake, and on the Via Dolorosa. It covered with water within the hobble of the Outraged and yet over within the homeland at its center. His life-blood clich and the life with it. He cried, "It is picture perfect," and gave up the ghost. It was, as the maker of Hebrews points out, a lot fondness the blood of bulls and goats in the temple sacrifices, whose blood was poured out on the homeland and speckled upon the holy things as a sign of worship to God and blessing by Him, poured out and in perpetuity not speaking from the sacrificial hoodwink.. But the Cost that wrought our use did not restrain existing. Present-day is beyond.

As soon as, at Total, we fun in that one fine subsequently and interminably offered, we eat the Creation of Our Lord, and discrimination His Blood; but we are not ingestion the blood of a dead fine. In the Place of pilgrimage that was prohibited, so keenly that Length of track Jews to this day specter not eat interior that dull contains blood. They use control salty to movie the irrevocable of the blood from the flesh otherwise they specter cook the interior. In the function of, furthermore, does it mean that Christians are asked, yea commanded, to discrimination His Blood? And what makes the cup so essential an element?

The Blood of His Departure was, as we exercise seen, poured out, verbose, lost in the earth, but it is not the blood of death with which we make official. We do not surprise a dead God. We worship a living Saviour and Ruler as we make official the marriage spread of the Mutton subsequently slain and now living and reigning in perpetuity. Our spread is not upon dead things, but upon His living and kind Spirit. Subsequently, His Blood was poured out, verbose, but now, His Blood is inherent, inherent as in any living creature, in His living Creation. And His Creation, we are told, is His Church.

The Wine is His Blood, which is no longer poured out, but inherent. Oh are we careful that not one charge be lost! It is to be inherent, special, and free to jet in the living Creation that carries His Spirit in this earth. "This Cup is my Blood." We discrimination from the Cup, and the Blood of the Cost courses gulp down our veins, and we walk, stuffed with His own life, within the world for which He died and rose.

"July 29, 2006"

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Pagan Coming Out Day How My Journey Began And My Experiences

Dear readers, Facebook followers, friends, family and whomever else might stumble upon this,

I am a pagan.

There, it's been said clear as day. I am aware that, for most of you, this won't matter. For the followers of this blog, you share my insight. And for most of my friends, family and associates, this is simply another quirk that is the definition of Marietta. You're used to my art, my two-toned hair and my off-beat humor, so this probably isn't a surprise. In fact, it shouldn't be: I've dropped hints for many, many years. In late January, I posted a status defining my beliefs without stating a specific denomination and an overwhelming number of you liked it. Everything I said on that status is true. For those of you without access to that, let me repeat it:

"My beliefs are rooted in the earth and everything that surrounds us. My church is nature and my path is spiritual. I believe that nourishing the soul and mind allows us to nourish the world around us. If I can better myself through health, harmony and happiness, I can better the world through volunteering, green living and care for humankind. If that makes me wrong, so be it. I believe my path is right for me and accept that others' are right for them. Give me the same courtesy."

That's what I'm asking of everyone today, on International Pagan Coming Out Day, May 2nd - to give me the same courtesy I have always given you. In fact, my husband is Catholic. He has a first-hand experience with my religion and supports me just as I support him. I'm not pagan, or specifically my denomination, Wiccan, simply because I dislike Christians. I wouldn't have married one if that were the case.

So to those of you coming to this blog entry with a limited knowledge of pagan and Wiccan religions, let me elaborate: Paganism is an umbrella for nature-based traditional religions that existed before and alongside Christianity. Wicca is a very open and diverse neo-pagan religion which is surprisingly very new, created by Gerald Gardner circa the 1950's. It's based on older pagan beliefs and celebrates the seasons, the circle of life and the connectedness of the earth. This is almost word-for-word from my video response to Fox's comments on Wiccans and pagans, so if this seems familiar to you, you've seen it.

When I was young, I did go to church. In fact, I willingly joined my grandmother for Sunday school. I loved Sunday school. I didn't have a traumatic experience or stern teachers. I didn't get teased - in fact, I had a number of friends there. The truth is that the beliefs just never aligned to my own and, try as hard as I might, another truth called to me. When I was 11, I discovered pagan beliefs through my best friend and continued to research them on my own. I know it seems early, but I already had the calling. I began shaping my beliefs and, by the time I was a sophomore, I was initiated.

I did not come to my beliefs because my family didn't go to church or because I rebelled against my parents' beliefs. I came to my beliefs of my own volition, and that is all.

You can see from previous entries that nothing we do is "dark" or "secretive." In fact, for most holidays, I dress in bright floral dresses and have flowers everywhere - on the table, in the circle, on my altar. I don't lead my rituals with old Latin chants, dress in black robes or go naked, drink blood or ride a broom - though I do have a Witch Parking sign with a picture of a broom-riding witch in green. Sometimes you have to embrace the stereotypes and laugh at yourself.

In truth, being pagan and practicing with my Circle is a lot like having a mini-church in my basement. We talk of letting go of the past, future goals, volunteering, what we're grateful for in life, and healing our soul. We do monthly check-ins with ourselves and our goals at the full moon. Each moon focuses on a different goal we've made throughout the year and how to achieve it. I enjoy my religion and feel fulfilled by it. And that's what matters in a personal belief system, I think.

We don't worship Satan because we don't believe in one. We don't sacrifice animals because we believe in harming none. We don't put hexes on people for the same reason, and I actually don't even believe in that portion of Witchcraft. I'm not uneducated. I hold four different diplomas or degrees, successfully completed an honors program in both high school and college, and got straights As, graduating top 10% in high school and summa cum laude in college. This is not to brag but to counteract the argument that pagans choose their paths from lack of knowledge when often, it's the reverse. I'm not an overzealous Dungeons and Dragons or World of Warcraft player, though I know a great number of people who are not pagan and enjoy those things. More power to them! It's just not the reason I chose my path.

And finally, we are a large part of the community. You would be surprised just how many of us are out there. We don't dress strangely or act differently; we're just like you. We don't broadcast our beliefs unless asked to and, unfortunately, a large number of us are in hiding for the misconceptions against our religion.

That's why I'm writing this today. How can I write my blog and lead my Circle if I still have one foot in the closet? It seems hypocritical to consider myself to have any authority on the topic if I don't have the pride and the courage to step forward. So I'm stepping forward now and letting those of you reading this know that I am pagan, I am Wiccan, I am proud and I'm not going anywhere.

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