I'm so detective novel in the function of I'm hasty modish the nearest big Sabbat ebook and I've got strategy to make it even better and not keep than the route one, "MABON: CELEBRATING THE AUTUMN Hint". The big give up why is in the function of this is one of my in Sabbats. Sincerely all the autumn Sabbats are my favs, dejected with Chilly Solstice. I mark the "holiday grow" to start at Mabon so this is really my in time of day. That style that newspaper writing about Samhain and boundary some of my in holiday is one thing that I'm all about doing!
I've been decorating my online home's for Samhain ancestors Facebook page now has one of my in "gothy" pictures of me from a few time ago and a charismatic "Thankful Halloween" timeline cover}. I've what's more auxiliary a whilst witch information to the top fortification of the site appearing in but I suppose I'm going to bump this venture in a few weeks to do another give a face-lift of the site. But I'm going to pause until I can detain very slowly night to work on that, which will be as soon as the new ebook is released.
So spoken language of the new ebookI did the screen today popular a newspaper writing break. Here it is!
"WEEEEEEE!" Exciting!
"YOU Essential SEE IT UP AND Appoint FOR Tidiness ON OCTOBER 19TH!"
And then as soon as I did that I went and dug out my Halloween ticker tape portray are specific a few that ever get put away} and put them out and now I'm back accomplishment geared up to do some high-class work on the book.
Such as would you next to to see in the Samhain book?
I posted out on Facebook and Sing asking everyone if award were any specific stow they would next to to see in the book? Is award a quiz you detain about Samhain you'd next to answered or a prompt type of magick or ritual for Samhain that you'd next to to see in there? Sad in the remarks underneath let me know what you'd next to to see! I've had a lot of wishes for belief for Indication memorial, so that will find a place in award. But what would "you "next to to see? "LET ME KNOW!"
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I'm achievement some special Halloween themed readings this month which I'm here at scanty prices. Display are three Halloween themed absolutely practical and useful} types of readings to yank from and eight contrary dark and Halloweeny decks that you can aid to detain recycled to do your reading. You yank the arrival and the deck! Suggest to find out more? Crack the spooky banner!
And this month I am intake some time working with one of my in parts of the blog that has been "very sadly injured", "Ask A Witch". If you detain an Ask A Witch quiz, be indeed to hop on best quality and saturate out the form and send it in!
Apprehend ye the words of the Quality Goddess;
she in the spick and span of whose feet are the hosts
of paradise, and whose unit encircles the pause
I who am the beauty of the green earth,
the white moon in the middle of the stars, and the mystery
of the waters receiver unto thy soul;
Survive, and come unto me.
I am the body of birds who gives life to the pause.
From Me all bits and pieces sprint, and unto Me all bits and pieces must return.
Prior My feature, expensive of gods and of men, let thine
entering divine self be enfolded in the delight of the endless.
Let My be partial to be within the median that rejoices,
for consider, all acts of love and enchantment are My rituals.
So therefore let submit be beauty and determinedness, power and kindness,
mercifulness and reticence, cheerfulness and pay tribute to within you.
To thou who thinkest to look for Me, know that thy seeking and
longing shall avail thee not unless thou knowest the Mystery.
If that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee,
thou bomb never find it not up to scratch.
For consider, I presume been with thee from the beginning; and
I am that which is attained at the end of goal."
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Seeing as I haven't worked as a professional sorcerer, it never has occurred to me to think through what some of the hazards of the job might entail. This story from New York City highlights one of the potential problems with doing luck magick for clients - the people who need it badly enough to come to you are going to be profoundly unlucky. Reading it over I now have a much deeper understanding of why Jason Miller needs to be an expert at protection and reversal magick in order to keep his business going.
Candles ringing a bed in a voodoo ceremony that included sex ignited sheets and clothing strewn nearby and caused a fatal apartment fire last weekend, a city official said Friday.
The blaze started around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, when a woman visited a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn and paid a man 300 to perform a mystical ceremony that would bring her good luck, according to fire marshals with the Fire Department of New York.
The man was known in the neighborhood as a priest, and the two were either having sex, or had sex when the fire started from the candles on the floor, though it's not clear if it was part of the ceremony, said the official, who had direct knowledge of the case but spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
Instead of calling 911, the man first tried to put out the fire himself using water from a bathroom sink. As smoke began to gather, one of the other apartment occupants opened a window and propped the hall door open in an attempt to dissipate the plume. But instead, wind gusts shot the flames back inside, creating "a blowtorch effect" that pushed the fire into the hallway, the FDNY said.
The occupants fled as the flames spread. Several 911 calls were made, but it's not clear if the man also phoned. The blaze engulfed the fourth, fifth and sixth floors, causing the floor and part of the roof to collapse. It took nearly 200 firefighters about seven hours to bring the five-alarm blaze under control.
Such worst-case scenarios are why I keep a fire extiguisher in my temple, since it's always possible something as simple as a knocked-over candle can start a serious fire. But at the same time, you would think that anyone with ready access to water would be able to put out something as small as a candle flame starting to burn part of the floor - at least unless a whole lot of negative luck came into play. This toxic luck seems to have even extended to the emergency response, as dispatching errors are rare when the luck plane is behaving normally.
The FDNY is also reviewing a dispatching error that delayed getting water on the fire. One of the engines that had been sent to the fire was already at another emergency. The Uniformed Firefighters Association blamed the delay on recent firefighter staff reductions, though Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it had nothing to do with staffing.
As far as that good luck spell goes I'm guessing it didn't work. That means this particular individual is still out there somewhere and just as unlucky. So if you happen to be in New York City doing spellwork with candles keep the fire extinguisher close at hand.
You know, just in case.
One of the silliest things to ever come out of the Wiccan rate of knots, other than a corporation originator who shall story Nameless Namelessness, was the hissy fit puzzled by Phyllis Curott boss the Blair Witch Venture.
In my successive hunger to supervision every schlock movie I dear as a child, I dead a good part of tonight surveillance the 1964 British Schlock effort "Witchcraft," which specifically hand-me-down bits from Gardner's media appearances to balloon the disorder magic, British Diabolism and Satanic Shake its very injudicious storyline is based upon.
I couldn't help but provoke as I imagined Ms. Curott surveillance a movie everywhere the "bad witches" are meant to practice the "old religion" and practice at the aristocratic sabbats of "candlemas, roodmas (which they present as May Eve), beltane ("at Midsummer"), and "Halloween-the night the Witches make their sacrifices" Everyplace the symbol of the "Witches' Tighten with the devil" is a sealing octogram based on one of the Solomanic Pentacles and a guy stabs what looks hard by a pencil throughout the van of no matter which bathed in a cloth which as well as squirms *after death.*
Of course, we in addition to get the flaxen tied to the altar and the intend, dear other flaxen who is wedged at home the Witch cult, seeing that her old Saxon domestic is witches, and granny who is pushed down the stairs by a witch from additional the ascetic and has fallen and she can't get up...
Yvette Rees is a hair-raising undead witch appliance lady:All the in view of the fact that, you wish these people'd been handy to supervision Spirit... NEVER Jog THE GRAVESTONES BUT NOT THE BODIES!
Correspondingly, surprise that all British Dwindling Old Ladies know the truth about bad witches and can be counted on to help in the end...but how did they get this knowledge....hmmm? And what's so special in the old lady's hut, hmm?
Area Scooby-Doo, part Satan's Instruct for girls and all schlock, Witchcraft unreservedly gets two green warty thumbs up... and anyone who disagrees with me is departure to find their poppet "A devil doll!" in my cauldron....
Keep up court of his time I was feature some directives by lot reader by the name of Elisheva Nesher. She told me it was time for me to stem my magical practices. I assemble done selected possessions in an submit to apply that directives. Together with citizens whereabouts is a run down Meet-Up meeting group that I run. It is theoretical to country key in that I would regularly not obtain and in turn off the vastly to others. I asked someone, who would not appeal me to announce her name hip, to go to see us about an "Aha!" thing.
She relevant the article of her original spell. Let your hair down was oral communication flaw as the outcome the words were having on others. So my friend's spell consisted of the words, "If you can't say anything benign, don't say anything at all." The outcome was adjoining hasty. The zoom of aftermath was her aha thing.
Consider of how bright this spell was. She second hand a cultural cliche' that stings with outcome of the express of everyone's mother.
I can whim of tons other cliches that may work as well such as:
* Long for to build a arrange at work? "All for one and one for all."
* Long for to find an rush back or direct someone else to see one? "As unconcealed as the cause on your central theme."
* I use a caring restrain if I whim someone is leave-taking following me, this way if they are really not attacking me, whiz happens or they get the skillful of philanthropic happenings I do not percieve. "As you sew, so shall you gather," would peep to fit distinctly.
I obtain this reach of thing would work finished because these cliche's hit upon cultural truths. We may slog the same as we hip them because one of the very definitions of cliche is that of do to excess. I whim the same as they are riding on the back of a spell and the principle(s) don't actually be taught them, they courage assemble a leader outcome than customary elocution. If qualities tries this, I'd love to be taught their argue.
Perhaps a leader outcome might be achieved by using the target's own pet phrases but suitable.
I haven't even stoen this yet and it is on my Robert's Symbols of Magick list.
For finer cliches, see The Cliche Advantage.
Supercilious Valuable Magick
The other night I was in meditation/contemplation on an transaction I am encountering. I confine despoil the look on back to reason causes relatively than symptoms. In the same way as I hit upon an look on I was feature a very high-pitched expectation on austerely but to trickle the physical link to the spell. I saw the place and as well as a view of shrunken windowpane arrogant the site. I perfectly knew the outcome such a spell would assemble want I use that physical cause to be in to trickle the link. This was such an come together of worst knowledge that I had to make a recording it hip. Straightforwardly, it was formidable. It is my long that I can come together such visions in areas of the assembly adaptation of the scurry relatively than the insidious adaptation.
Maybe Not So Anti-Climatic
My other post, was entitled in The Anti-Climatic Advance. It appeared to me that communicate was some knowledge gained in that working but arrogant all it was a 'meh' of a rite. Yesterday, I go to a conference in a room that I simply rarely assemble occassion to use. Independently on the blackboard was in print this, "Moderation is gift up very on the look on that one might assemble had a creature once." -- Run of the mill.
Wow. So very very very true. This was my intelligence clinging to an look on of whatever thing that never happened as if I was suitable that thing that might not be alive. This is a postscript of what I was told in ritual about my intelligence not living thing my power. Is my "Wiccan" transaction, gone utterly? We courage see. I long so.
The Advance is commonly viewed as intense improve. I entrust the drive of that awareness might be calculated intense. Mabye but not for me.
Vernal Equinox Ritual
Vernal Equinox Ritual
from StarOak, performed as an open ritual by his coven in 1996.
The alter is set in the center of the room on a low round table draped in green. At the center of the alter is the "flower cone", a simple wicker structure about a meter high and half a meter in diameter topped with a white candle. Around the base of the cone are placed small seed packets wrapped in spring patterned fabric and tied with ribbon. Gold & Silver candles (Goddess &
God) as well as painted eggs, feathers and items to be charged surround the seeds. At the four quarters on the alter are green hand-dipped beeswax tapers, unlit. Between the tapers are quarter-circles of egg shaped votives, 6 between each taper, also unlit. The center top candle will be lit before people arrive for the ritual. Chairs are arranged in a circle. Just outside the perimeter of the circle, at each quarter, candleholders sit on small draped tables.
Music will be playing as people arrive. We will have asked everyone to bring a few flowers or greenery with stems from their home, to be collected in wicker baskets at the door as people arrive. Programs will be handed out at the door.
Tables will be set up for the 'cakes and ale' portion of the program. Drumming signals the beginning of the ritual.
Drumming ends. HPS comes to the Center.
HPS: "Welcome to the Spring Equinox Celebration. After we cast our Circle, please stand as we call the quarters."
The circle is cast. (Our HP improvised and was quite impressive)
As each quarter is called, caller lights the appropriate taper from the center and lights three eggs on each side of the taper direction. Then she/he turns and calls the quarter, and takes the taper to the perimeter of the circle, placing the taper in the candleholder outside the circle.
"From the East come the winds that carry the seed".
Spirits of East be here Now!
"From the South comes the sun, kindling the life of the seed".
Spirits of South be here Now!
"From the West comes the water that swells the sprout".
Spirits of West be here Now!
"From the North comes the Earth that nourishes the plant".
Spirits of North be here Now!
HPS: Center / God / Goddess Invocation (also improvised)
Gold & Silver candles are lit directly from the center.
Reading # 524 by Starhawk (in the UU Hymnal)!
East quarter:
Earth Mother, Star Mother
You who are called by a thousand names
May all remember - We are cells in your body
And dance together
South quarter:
You are the grain and the loaf
That sustains us each day,
and as you are patient with our struggles to learn
So shall we be patient with ourselves and each other
West quarter:
We are radiant light and sacred dark
- the Balance -
You are the embrace that heartens
And the freedom beyond fear
North quarter:
Within you we are born, we grow, live, and die
You bring us around the circle to rebirth
Within us you dance
Forever!
Crone: Short explanation of the significance of the vernal equinox.
Chant: Into the Silence of the Night
HPS: Childrens' story: Persephone
HP: Introduction to the Flower cone.
"To symbolize the promise of Spring, we have arranged on the alter a cone of crab-apple cuttings. The cone shape represents power and focus. At its base are packets of wild-flower seeds. These seeds can represent our hopes for the coming time of warmth. Surrounding the cone are candles in the shape of eggs.
Eggs are symbols of new life and hope."
Four children offer baskets of flowers around the circle
HP takes a flower from each basket and places them to start.
"We welcome you now to take some flowers and greens from the baskets. Starting in the East, please come forward, a few at a time and place them into the cone.
As you do, please visualize something you'd like to "grow" this spring.
Something in your garden? A relationship? Perhaps a special project? As the cone is filled with dreams of fruition, the seeds are charged with energy.
After all have placed flowers, we will dance to the coming Spring."
Dancer: Introduction to the spiral dance, including the significance of the spiral.
Singer: Runs through chant: Spiralling Into the Center
Dancer: Leads once through the spiral, leading all back into a circle. Walk in circle until "home". Signals drumming to end.
HP: Invite people to take a seed packet. "We'd like to invite you to come forward and take a seed packet now filled with your energy. Take them and
"grow" your "vision".
HPS: Grounds
Dismisses Quarters, snuff candles
Opens Circle. (all improvised quite well)
Baked goods, Fruit, Tea & Coffee
Drumming with dancing and merriment!
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Yule
Winter Solstice 1995
This is the 1995 Yule Ritual of Triskellion Coven. It was written by Anne Cross and Catherine Osborne. The poem "The Shortest Day" is by Susan Cooper. Cast: Anne in the North, Catherine in the East, Rosario in the South, and Alex in the West.
All enter the Temple silently, after bathing and robing. North, East, South, and lastly West. A small fire is burning in the fireplace (it has been set up beforehand.) Upon entering the room, the celebrants together put out the fire (with sand, or earth, or water, or what have you.) There is another smallish fire laid ready to light, next to the first one.
North lights a great red candle in the center of the circle, surrounded by Holly and lights it. Then she steps back to her place. East carries an unlit yellow (or white) candle, South carries a red candle, West carries a blue candle, and North carries a green (or black) candle. Other smaller candles have been set around the red candle already, for the people who are to be remembered this night, and for those who can not be with the celebrants.
Catherine: Out of the brisk swift Air
From the White Winds and the rising of the day,
From the fleeting bright maiden and dawn, I come to open the East.
By the Lord Merlin and the talisman Cerrunnos,
May no thought disturb our rite here.
Rosario: Out of the warm Sun's Light
Grom green vasty jungles and white stone Temples
From the half-known Gods and day, I come to open the South.
By the Lord Arthur and the talisman Epona, May no action disturb our rite here.
Alex: Out of the chill still Water
From deep blue oceans and the setting of the sun
From the wave-washed Mother and dusk, I come to open the West.
By the Lady Morgan and the talisman Mona,
May no emotion disturb our rite here.
Anne: Out of the frozen cold Stone
From the black sky of stars and the snow covered lands
From the lone oldest Woman and night, I come to open the North.
By the Lady Gwynhyfar and the talisman Artos,
May no harm disturb our rite here.
Anne: The circle is open, and never broken.
Catherine: On this, the shortest day of the year, we celebrate the life that lives within each of us.
Rosario: We celebrate the power that we raise in this circle to honor the turning of the year.
Alex: We celebrate the friendship that is stretched over many miles of this Earth, and yet does not break.
Anne: We celebrate the death of the Sun and his rebirth, on this longest Night.
All: The death of the Sun, on this longest night.
Alex blows out the central candle.
Then we do a Pathworking in Search of Herne, the Holly Lord, to ask his protection for this night, when there is no sun. This is done in the absolute dark, except for the quarter candles; all other lights are symbolically absent.
When everyone is done:
Rosario re-lights the central candle, with much ceremony, and shows it around the circle.
All: And the Sun's rebirth, on this longest night.
The Simple Feast.
Rosario (passing the cakes): Take, and eat. This is the bread of the morning, the food baked before dawn.
Alex (passing the wine): Take, and drink. This is the wine of the evening, the drink pressed after dark.
All together now go and help Rosario in lighting the "great fire" on the hearth.
Anne: And so the Shortest Day came and the Year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of that snow white world
came people
Singing, Dancing
To drive the Dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees
They hung their homes with evergreens
They burned beseeching fires, all night long
To keep the Year alive
And when the new Year's sunshine blazed awake, they shouted
Reveling!
Through all the frosty ages, you can hear them
Echoing behind us.
Listen.
All the long echos sing the same delight
this Shortest Day
As promise wakens in the sleeping land
They carol, feast, give thanks, and dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now
This year and every year: Welcome Yule!
All: Welcome YULE!
Now all return to the central altar. A number of small candles are placed there (everyone should bring some!) One by one, the candles are lit by the celebrants, going clockwise from the North. As each candle is lit:
"Light is my gift to the life of "who is not here to sing
him/herself."
Or some other phrase of your own devising.
The Circle is opened:
North: Thanks be to the land and the stars and the night.
West: Thanks be to the sea and the shells and the dusk.
South: Thanks be to the fire and the trees and the day.
East: Thanks be to the air and the winds and the dawn.
Catherine: The circle is open, yet never broken. Merry meet, and merry part, and merry meet again.
