Welcome Winter! :) And Christmas is only a few days away. Was just curious on what everyone did this time of the year.
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Hey guys I have a favor to ask. I work for a film company shooting a movie in Connecticut. There is a blizzard coming and we are shooting night exteriors. The blizzard would make an already cold and miserable set even less pleasant. If you don't mind I am asking for folks to try and dissipate the blizzard before it dumps on us. Anything you lot would be willing to do would be appreciated.
Thanks and blessed be.
Thanks and blessed be.
- Location:Connecticut
- Mood:
hopeful
Most of these are guest reviews, since I'm on semi-hiatus and asked for some help in cleaning up the backlog, but the first one is mine :) As always, click the links to see the full reviews!
Echoes of Alexandria by H. Jeremiah Lewis - Ritual verse, stories, and nonfiction of a Greco-Egyptian syncretic bent
Book of Witchery by Ellen Dugan - magical correspondences for every day of the week
The Idumean Covenant by Eugene Stovall - a novel about the fall of Jerusalem
Synarchy by D.C.S. - 2012-based novel
Llewellyn's 2010 Sabbats Almanac - a new annual from Llewellyn
Arbatel translated by Joseph Peterson - a new translation of this old grimoire
Echoes of Alexandria by H. Jeremiah Lewis - Ritual verse, stories, and nonfiction of a Greco-Egyptian syncretic bent
Book of Witchery by Ellen Dugan - magical correspondences for every day of the week
The Idumean Covenant by Eugene Stovall - a novel about the fall of Jerusalem
Synarchy by D.C.S. - 2012-based novel
Llewellyn's 2010 Sabbats Almanac - a new annual from Llewellyn
Arbatel translated by Joseph Peterson - a new translation of this old grimoire
Today I heard of something called "The Book of the Moon." It's supposed to be a Pagan book that claims humans descended from wolves, but I can't seem to find such a book online. So I figured maybe one of you would know.
Apparently it has been unearthed from the massive earthquakes that destroyed it years ago. I find the timing very interesting - believe in 2012 lore or not - one of 'the' godesses w/ temple of all time has re-surfaced. A museum of all the underwater discoveries is in the works. It has been well preserved due to the saltwater. The learnings/discoveries from this will be quite interesting. I hope an anthropologist & archaeologist beyond the strictly academic are consulted as the museum comes together.
Enjoy... just in time for winter solstice!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt_sun
Enjoy... just in time for winter solstice!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt_sun
Okay, here's a question for you guys: When is the best time to consecrate your tools? New moon, full moon, waxing moon? What do y'all think?
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- Mood:
curious
If anyone's looking for Yule music beyond re-written Christmas carols, I have a few suggestions...
Both "Deck the Halls" and "Joy to the World" (well the first verse, the one everyone knows) are Pagan-y without being suspect. "Walking in a Winter Wonderland," "Jingle Bells," "Sleigh Ride," "Let it Snow," and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" are all non-specific and familiar. "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles is my "default" Yule song, and Stevie Nicks' version of "Silent Night" has some of the more glaring Christian references removed (for example, she ends every verse with "sleep in heavenly peace" instead of, say, "Christ the Savior is born"). Dar Williams' "The Christians and the Pagans" is also wonderful.
( Link list of actual YULE songs )
Both "Deck the Halls" and "Joy to the World" (well the first verse, the one everyone knows) are Pagan-y without being suspect. "Walking in a Winter Wonderland," "Jingle Bells," "Sleigh Ride," "Let it Snow," and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" are all non-specific and familiar. "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles is my "default" Yule song, and Stevie Nicks' version of "Silent Night" has some of the more glaring Christian references removed (for example, she ends every verse with "sleep in heavenly peace" instead of, say, "Christ the Savior is born"). Dar Williams' "The Christians and the Pagans" is also wonderful.
( Link list of actual YULE songs )
I am still new to this, but I DO understand that you cannot do spells to affect someone's free will. However, can you do spells to affect the energy of a situation to make it more favorable for something to occur?
For example: I'd really like my relationship to move the next level. We keep talking about it, but he is still fearful. I know he has been hurt, he's apprehensive of being 'trapped' & I completely understand that & I try to make him more comfortable, assuring him that I am in it for the long haul, etc. Is there a spell or ritual that can help him feel more at ease in the situation & perhaps clear his mind to make the situation more favorable for him to make a decision to either propose or make a commitment? I don't want to MAKE him do it. But to bring positive energy to it. Does this make any sense?
EDIT: I got the answers I wanted, somewhere among the comments some of you were actually helpful. I'll be looking for clarity spells for myself online, since no one here could offer one. Thanks to those who actually helped. :)
For example: I'd really like my relationship to move the next level. We keep talking about it, but he is still fearful. I know he has been hurt, he's apprehensive of being 'trapped' & I completely understand that & I try to make him more comfortable, assuring him that I am in it for the long haul, etc. Is there a spell or ritual that can help him feel more at ease in the situation & perhaps clear his mind to make the situation more favorable for him to make a decision to either propose or make a commitment? I don't want to MAKE him do it. But to bring positive energy to it. Does this make any sense?
EDIT: I got the answers I wanted, somewhere among the comments some of you were actually helpful. I'll be looking for clarity spells for myself online, since no one here could offer one. Thanks to those who actually helped. :)
This hasn't been a problem for me for years now, but I've lost a lot of things in the past few days, the worst of which is one of my tarot cards! (The four of pentacles, ironically.) It's primarily been little things like a pencil, a pair of earrings... I did lose my bus pass for about 24 hours, and that was terrifying. XD
Anyway, I just want a little input on spell construction for this. I want to find my lost things, but I think I also need some little thing against sending away the sprites stealing my stuff! It's really out of character for me to lose track of so much at once, so I think that someone (or someones) else must be involved.
Here's what I'm thinking. Tell me of anything I might want to add to make it more powerful. I've done a divination with my four-of-pentacles-less Tarot and it turned out really supportive, but I still feel like... I just need someone else to look at it. Here it is:
(object) lost, (object) found
Bring (object) back with this cheery sound.
Magnet, draw my (object) back to me.
No more will it be lost, this I decree.
Sprites hiding my (object), flee!
(object) will return. So mote it be.
I'll use a bell and magnet during the ritual at the appropriate parts, but I feel like a third facet might make it even stronger. :)
Thank you!
Anyway, I just want a little input on spell construction for this. I want to find my lost things, but I think I also need some little thing against sending away the sprites stealing my stuff! It's really out of character for me to lose track of so much at once, so I think that someone (or someones) else must be involved.
Here's what I'm thinking. Tell me of anything I might want to add to make it more powerful. I've done a divination with my four-of-pentacles-less Tarot and it turned out really supportive, but I still feel like... I just need someone else to look at it. Here it is:
(object) lost, (object) found
Bring (object) back with this cheery sound.
Magnet, draw my (object) back to me.
No more will it be lost, this I decree.
Sprites hiding my (object), flee!
(object) will return. So mote it be.
I'll use a bell and magnet during the ritual at the appropriate parts, but I feel like a third facet might make it even stronger. :)
Thank you!
I want to charge/bless some water on the night of the blue moon. Where I live, that's on December 31.
Have any of you done this before (during any moon phase)? If so, I'd love if you would share your stories of what your ritual consisted of.
What do you use your blessed water for?
Have any of you done this before (during any moon phase)? If so, I'd love if you would share your stories of what your ritual consisted of.
What do you use your blessed water for?
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I want to charge/bless some water on the night of the blue moon. Where I live, that's on December 31.
Have any of you done this before (during any moon phase)? If so, I'd love if you would share your stories of what your ritual consisted of.
What do you use your blessed water for?
Have any of you done this before (during any moon phase)? If so, I'd love if you would share your stories of what your ritual consisted of.
What do you use your blessed water for?
- Mood:
curious
Another question...
erm when inscribeing a candle for candle magic, would you use a athame or should you use a boline or something else ?
Thanks
Ivy Moon x
erm when inscribeing a candle for candle magic, would you use a athame or should you use a boline or something else ?
Thanks
Ivy Moon x
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loved
A quick question really I was wondering if anybody knew what box magic is and could they please explain it to me.
Thanks
Ivy Moon x
Thanks
Ivy Moon x
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happy
Looking for some stuff, here, all. I'm looking for your extra/unwanted copies of the following items! GENTLY used, please, and I'd prefer a trade if possible. :)
I'm looking for a copy of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca And Paganism in America by Chas S. Clifton, AND Sensual Wicca Tarot by Lo Scarabeo
Let's make a deal! I'll trade books or of COURSE outright buy! :) See my list of items for trade/sale here ( http://thewenchywiccan.livejournal.c
Or if you can GoogleFu me (it's failing me today, sorry) and point me in the direction of UBER UBER CHEAP copies of these items, that's also fabulous!
Thanks! :D
I'm looking for a copy of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca And Paganism in America by Chas S. Clifton, AND Sensual Wicca Tarot by Lo Scarabeo
Let's make a deal! I'll trade books or of COURSE outright buy! :) See my list of items for trade/sale here ( http://thewenchywiccan.livejournal.c
Or if you can GoogleFu me (it's failing me today, sorry) and point me in the direction of UBER UBER CHEAP copies of these items, that's also fabulous!
Thanks! :D
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- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Silence...
I'm fairly new to Wicca so I still need a few questions answered. One of them being:
is it true that you can write your own spells?
Thanks in advance.
is it true that you can write your own spells?
Thanks in advance.
- Mood: curious
Hi, I am 25yrs old, from australia, and I joined this community because I am the only Witch I have ever known. I don't do spells as in rituals with candles, and all of that. My magic is simple and more like childs play or art.
Everytime I cry it rains, usually that day or the next. I am not claiming to control the weather, that is not at all what I think. I personally don't know if that is even possible? I am only saying that for some odd reason since I was little, when I cry I noticed that it always rained either that day, or the very next. Now whether that means I am sensitive to the oncoming rain, or whether it has been a consistant coincidence over many years, I actually don't know. I have been to psychics who all said it happened in my past life, but I don't remember my past life. And there was really no explanation as to why that would happen. Maybe there was no explanation because it is just a very freaky occurance, and completely coincidental?
I can usually feel everything around me, and normally have good intuition, sensing things before they happen. Not everything though, I'd love to do that for sure :) (But I guess I'd be bored knowing all that was to occur)
The pictures I draw, the poetry I write, and the things I visualize while playing my piano nearly always come true. (not always though) I find Playing my piano in a storm is the best feeling!!
I love potions (there is something childish and playful about the simple potion)
I have been reading tarots now for 9 years, and hope to one day teach both the piano, and tarot readings to the younger generation. Thats about it really, except Thankyou for everyones kind greetings
♥♥ BLESSED BE!! ♥♥
- Mood: cheerful
Hello, Solitary Wiccans :)
I joined this community to ask you for one simple thing: input on the most vivid dream I've ever had. It involved tarot, which an old Wiccan friend of mine used to use, so I thought this might be the place to go for help. Also, the dream had a pattern which I thought was unusual.
A little bit about myself, if it helps:
I'm a 19 year-old female college student and Army cadet.
The Dream:
( I was standing... )
I joined this community to ask you for one simple thing: input on the most vivid dream I've ever had. It involved tarot, which an old Wiccan friend of mine used to use, so I thought this might be the place to go for help. Also, the dream had a pattern which I thought was unusual.
A little bit about myself, if it helps:
I'm a 19 year-old female college student and Army cadet.
The Dream:
( I was standing... )
- Mood:
contemplative
Hello, I just joined the community and thought that I would introduce myself since nobody knows me. My name is Jack, I live in Ohio, I am 23 years old. I've been a pagan for most of my life, I've always believed in multiple gods. I embrace all religions as being somebody's, "truth" therefore all religions are valid in some way. I believe that the God and Goddess come in many forms, and the more I learn about other faiths, the more I've come to realize that alls religions are more of less ONE faith. All gods are one God and all goddesses are one Goddess, our Lord and Lady.
I've never practiced in a coven. I speak with fellow pagans often, but I've had no real direction aside from the direction I give to myself. I would love to talk to other like-minded people, if any of you agree with what I've just said.
I've been on LiveJournal since 2002 on a different screen name. I made this one specifically for my spiritual journeys, but I haven't made any friends for this SN. So, if you wish you can add me and we'll talk sometime!
Blessed Be!
I've never practiced in a coven. I speak with fellow pagans often, but I've had no real direction aside from the direction I give to myself. I would love to talk to other like-minded people, if any of you agree with what I've just said.
I've been on LiveJournal since 2002 on a different screen name. I made this one specifically for my spiritual journeys, but I haven't made any friends for this SN. So, if you wish you can add me and we'll talk sometime!
Blessed Be!
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