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    Round in a Circle
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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    By PostalPagan

    One of the most difficult concepts for me to understand when I was new to Wicca was the casting of a circle. Most religions have a designated place, usually a building, set aside for worship, but we have the ability to create our own. Some books tell you to cast a circle and how to do it, but do not always explain how to move the necessary energy. Some Wiccans don’t cast a circle and still have meaningful rituals and effective magick. Like many other elements of our practice, there are aspects that are standard and those that reflect personal tastes and spiritual path. Let’s put aside any confusion and look at what a circle is, how it is set up and taken down and what it does.

    A circle is a magickal space created by the witch or coven in which ritual takes place. By this act, we are effectively erecting our own sanctuary and taking it down when we are finished. We start fresh every time, yet as with other workings, there is a residual energy left which can enhance future workings. A circle is more properly a sphere or bubble. When created, it touches the ground or floor in a circle but the web of its energy arcs above us like a dome. It is also a place where we can meet the gods and goddesses and other magickal beings. It is said to be a place out of space and time. By that, I do not mean that it is some kind of fourth dimension, but it is a place where we leave our worries and mundane life at the door, instead concentrating on our spiritual life and being at ease. It is a sort of transparent curtain; marking off a place for ritual, but not cutting us off from the world. The physical process of creating the circle shifts our mood into our working so that we mentally and emotionally put behind the day to day routine and stress, giving us a break and enabling us to better focus on what we are doing in the circle.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    By Chalice and Blade: The Great Rite (part 1)
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By Rowan Pendragon

    <snip> One of the rituals that once took center stage in many Wiccan traditions has today become a somewhat misunderstood and even forgotten practice, especially among many neo-Wiccans and solitary practitioners. While many may go through the motions of The Great Rite it is far more than just a blessing before cakes and ale in ritual; it is the sacred act of celebrating the union of the Goddess and God, the union of the creative polarities, and the celebration of divine creation itself. It is a key to understanding some of the great Mysteries of this path.

    The Great Rite is related to the hieros gamos, Greek for “holy marriage” and is such also known by the name The Sacred Marriage. Hierogamy is the union of a Goddess and God in ritual, specifically through a symbolic act, often one that takes place with two representative elements such as a male enacting the role of the God and a female enacting the role of Goddess. In Wicca these roles are often held by the High Priest and High Priestess though in circles and covens where there is no traditional hierarchy any male or female member who is deemed to be spiritually fit for such an act may perform the rite. In some Traditional Wiccan covens, such as those practicing the British traditions, the act of participating in The Great Rite for the first time can be part of the Third Degree initiation as it is seen as being an introduction into the great Mystery of creation and the Mystery of birth and even death.
    Read the complete article: Within the Sacred Mists

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    Chants in Wiccan and Pagan Rituals
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    Posted by: Makarios on Monday, March 08, 2010 - 08:00 AM
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    By Alfred Surenyan

    Imagine we enter into a time machine. We go back thousands of years into the primitive tribes of the world. On a hilltop, we see a group of people. They are dancing and chanting around a fire. These are our first known images of religious worship. Now as we go forward in time, we go to West Africa where the people of semi-arid bush country “depend on music to nourish nearly every phrase of their lives.” They use music in all their ceremonies and rituals celebrating birth, marriage, initiations and other formal religious worship. Each different occasion has a set of music performed for its own purpose. Now moving across the ocean, we go to the Americas. The North American Natives use similar rituals as in West Africa incorporating dancing and chanting. A minor difference is that the Native Americans invoke animal spirits in their rituals of worship. Returning to the Eastern Hemisphere, Europe in the Middle Ages developed Gregorian Chants in the Christian church services. Once again, these chants were for worshiping a deity.

    Chanting occurs all through the ages and all over the world. What is the main purpose of chanting in religious and spiritual worship? It is a means of connecting and praying to a deity and the spirits. It has been used for thousands of years “as a means of awakening the inner self and achieving spiritual awareness.” Chanting and using music is a way of bonding and building community with others and is a powerful way of creating energies for working magick.
    Read the complete article: The Witching Hour Approaches

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    The Realms of Consciousness
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Friday, March 05, 2010 - 02:00 PM
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    Ancient Hindu yogis and Tibetan Buddhist monks categorized seven stages of human consciousness, and referred to them as the "seven bodies." I would like to describe these "bodies" as realms of consciousness, because I feel the evidence strongly suggests that they are all stages of awareness in the purely physical human brain. [See Scans show meditation alters the brain.] This is my opinion, and traditionalists may disagree, so be aware that you are reading one man's views of ancient teaching that are not written in stone. I am trying to bring science and the Eastern traditions into harmony in order to express the actual facts, rather than just restating ancient myths. This marriage of science and meditative states of consciousness may be awkward at first, as the combination is very new.

    All should be aware that an overly serious discussion of higher realms of consciousness can lead to a form of pseudo-spiritual fascism. Fixation with categorizing different levels of consciousness tarnished the image of the Theosophical movement in the early 20th century, as it led to a foolish competition among members. A few Theosophists claimed to be on a higher level of consciousness than the rest of the group, and felt this made them superior and of greater value as human beings.
    Read the complete article: Circle of the Silver Moon

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    For Those Interested in the Craft
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 04:00 PM
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    by Lady Cattra Shadow

    I outlined these steps for those who are interested in becoming Witches, but just don't know where to start. You'll notice I don't mention anything about covens or groups until the last step. That's because I strongly believe all Witches should start out as solitaries. Learning about Witchcraft and practicing magick by yourself will teach you what works for you and what feels right to you. Once you figure that out, you can find others that you are comfortable circling with.

    Step One - Discovering your Path

    Read and study. Read everything you can get your hands on that will tell you more about beliefs of Witchcraft, such as books, web pages or online magazines. Only by learning as much as you can about the basic beliefs and tenets of Witchcraft can you decide if the religion is the right path for you. While reading books and studying the written word are highly beneficial, Pagan Witchcraft, Goddess, Druid, Wicca and other forms of the Craft are nature religions. Get outside and experience the Divine's creation. Go camping. Take hikes through the mountains. Swim in ponds and lakes. Bask in the glow of the sun and moon. Watch birds. Go stargazing. Learn all you can about the Earth and Sky, which are the bodies of the God and Goddess.
    Read the complete article: Cattras Magickal World

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    Daily Practice: The Work of Devotions
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By Rowan Pendragon

    The act of daily practice in this path is one that is woefully neglected by many practitioners. I’ve been surprised to find people that claim they follow a Wiccan or other neo-Pagan spiritual path yet they never meditate, never work directly with the Gods, and do not fully understand the concept of devotional work or the reason that daily practice is such a benefit. Could it be that it’s not understood or that there is an overall misunderstanding of what it involves?

    <snip> Getting started with a daily devotional practice is always the hardest part. What should you do, how should you do it, how long should it take and when is the right time of day for this sort of work? Everyone is going to be different and everyone’s devotional work will be different, and that is as it should be! Remember, this is a very personal sort of work and one that should be created by the individual as an expression of love and devotion to the Gods. It should never be something done by route and it should never be something that is a chore. It should be approached with love and care.
    Read the complete article: Within the Sacred Mists

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    The Power of Words
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By Rowan Pendragon

    Most of us know that words hold power. A single word in a conversation with someone can change everything about how we feel about that person, how we perceive ourselves or how we handle a situation. Most of us would agree that picking and choosing words carefully, especially in emotional situations with another person, is a key component to how we manage our relationships. But one surprising place that many people aren’t always as careful is in sacred space using words in magick, spells and ritual. This, above all other times, should be a place where picking our words and the kinds of words we wish to use should be of extreme importance.

    The use of words in ritual and the power they hold are reflected in the Hermetic Principle of Vibration which tells us that nothing rests, everything moves and everything vibrates. Our words and the energy we place within them vibrates on this plane and in the astral plane and helps to create the change we seek through working with magick. However when we use words who’s vibrations might not truly be ones that we wish to put out into the Universe, we are only detracting from our work. Sometimes the words, and the combination of words, may look good on paper and sound good when spoken, but does their true essence, their vibration, honestly reflect what we desire?

    Many people when they first come to the Craft want to jump into spells and ritual right away. It’s the “fun part” of being a Witch and it’s the thing that often draws people to this path in the first place. While there is nothing inherently wrong with this, the problem often comes from the approach that some which is held in the idea that these words written by someone else are the key, not fully understanding that it’s the intention and the vibration behind the words that are the real key.
    Read the complete article: Within the Sacred Mists

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    Altared States
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By PostalPagan

    <snip> On the surface, an altar may appear to be nothing more than a place to leave your tools and photos of them may look to you like something from an antique shop. As with tools, there are reasons to have an altar as well as a system behind their use and arrangement.

    The basic reason for an altar is to have a location to place your tools in a functional way. Secondly, it also serves as a place of focus, a trigger for the emotional state for ritual, a way to honor deities and ancestors as well as an expression of both your individuality and magickal path. Over time, with repeated use, it will become a place of power; the physical focus of your magick and ritual.

    There are no hard and fast rules regarding the size, shape or placement of an altar. It does need to be large enough to accommodate tools and other items you would normally use such as representations of deity, candles and possibly your book of shadows without being cluttered.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    The Magickal Journal
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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    By Sitara Haye

    When I’m teaching the Craft to a person, I ask them to begin a Magickal Journal. In this journal, I ask them to begin making notes about anything that is related to their spiritual path. A 3-ring binder is standard, as are dividers. Labels I commonly suggest for a magickal journal are:

    • Daily Journal — Record your daily thoughts, insights, meditations, and other information of a general nature.

    • Dreams — Record your dreams and your interpretations of your dreams. Include the date, time, and moon sign and phase in your record.

    • Notes — Record information from your research, classes, seminars, workshops, or websites.

    • Tarot & Divination — Record readings, divination research and study, signs, omens, and other psychic occurrences.

    • Pathwork — Record information that is special to you (ie, totems, Gods or Goddesses, affinities for certain abilities, how you got your magickal name, etc).

    • Rituals — Record rituals done, their purposes, your experiences and results achieved.

    • Spells — Record spells learned or performed, your experiences and the results achieved.

    • Wiccan Ways — Record information primarily pertaining to the practice of Wicca, such as the Wheel of the Year, Tables of Correspondence, Invocations, The Wiccan Rede, The 13 Principles of Wiccan Belief, The Witches’ Pyramid, The Laws of the Craft, etc.
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    Ritual Garb
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By Josh Whitney

    Ritual garments have been worn in almost all traditions from the beginning of time. We’ve read about this in books, we’ve seen this in movies, and we’ve pictured it when we think about magicians cloaked in blue velvet. The question that I pose is, “What purpose do these ‘magickal’ clothes have?” There are a variety of perspectives to look at the purpose in this common tradition, and from these perspectives we can gain an insight into how we can alter and improve upon our current magickal clothing.

    Thinking about it from a psychological viewpoint, it is clear that these ritual garments are like any other ritual tool in that they bring about a shift in perception of the world. When you don your magickal cloak, you are the magician, the witch, the walker between the realms; you are not the accountant that shows up to work every day to do tedious mathematics at a job you hate, you are not the father or mother that has to worry about three children, you do not have bills to pay, you do not have any worries. As far as this perspective is concerned, the more ‘magickal’ the clothing’s appearance, the better it is at altering the mind state to that of a magickal nature. This shift in perspectives is key to any magickal working, and if for no other reason, is a valid reason for ritual garb.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    Apparently, That’s Not Mine…
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 02:00 PM
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    By Jamie Freeman

    My tradition, when you begin to study, is rather tool-heavy. That is, we use a wide variety of ritual tools during our Esbats and Sabbats–besoms, swords, candles, anointing oil, etc. If you read my article awhile ago about ritual tools, you’ll remember that we learn to work without them almost before we get really proficient with them. I love the tools. Finding and collecting them is a very good time. I love going into a shop and finding just the right thing that is “totally me”.

    One thing I’ve learned over the years is that just because you buy something does not mean it belongs to you…

    The Fey

    Call them Fairies, Fey, Kami-sama, the Lares, goblins, gnomes, elves, brownies…whatever cultural name they go by, it is hard to deny their existence once you know they are there (and a little rude to deny it too!). They are small, often invisible beings that live in our homes, in the garden, and generally out in nature. They help our plants grow, change the weather, put dew drops on spiderwebs and, I suspect, mock us humans. Plus, they move your car keys, steal your left socks from the dryer, and will totally take shiny things that appeal to them (that one necklace, for example). They can also take your ritual tools. If you find yourself distinctly remembering where you put something, and finding it not there or anywhere near there, it is possible you have been visited by the Fey!
    Read the complete article: Witchful Thinking

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    Burgundy: Color of the Everyday Sacred
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 10:00 AM
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    By Jasmine Darrah

    The moon turns a deep burgundy when it is near an eclipse, and is truly a sight to behold. This time is unrivaled for opening oneself to the flow of all energy, and scrying for life path decisions.

    The wine pours from its holder, shining in the air for a moment like a jewel and beautiful in its glorious impermanence.

    It is the color of red earth and drying blood, that I write of, hardening in the elements but no less true to life.

    On the Rainbow Path I have walked, and learned the colors and their meanings in turn. Burgundy is the color of impeccability on this path, and I will try to impart to you some of what I have been shown.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    What You Need to Know about Skyclad
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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    By Jamie Freeman

    You know when people ask nervously if Witches dance naked under the pale moonlight? I always laugh and say no, but then correct myself and say that, well, some of us do.

    Truth is, the founder of Wicca, Gerald Gardner, was a what they called back then a naturalist, which means he enjoyed being in the nude as often as possible. He incorporated nudity in his rites, and even the Charge of the Goddess says “and as a sign that you truly be free, you shall be naked in your rites”. Over the years, many covens have broken away and chosen not to practice skyclad, as the ritual nudity has come to be known.

    Originally, skyclad rituals were meant to feel more natural and comfortable in the skins the Gods gave us. Some believe that clothing interferes with the magic you are building up. But also to remove any trace of rank, so that all present would be in the company of equals. Of course, there is a sexual element to it–not to gawk at each other, but to be comfortable around the nudity of others. After all, our bodies can give us pleasure, and there is no theological reason for us to not enjoy them. Working skyclad creates intimacy, and allows the participants to accept others as they are. Personally, I enjoy the wonderful variety of shapes and sizes, and seeing real people, not airbrushed models, makes me feel better about my own body. Not only that, but the sexuality of seeing someone naked wears off, which helps me to enjoy my partner more deeply later. After awhile, you get comfortable seeing people in the nude and wonder why people outside the ritual are wearing all those clothes!
    Read the complete article: Witchful Thinking

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    The Study of Magic – The Amoebic Cabala
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 02:00 PM
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    By Patrick Dunn

    <snip> The primary utility of the Cabala is as a system of classification, which might sounds rather lame — a Dewey decimal system for magic? — but is in reality foundational. The Cabala offers a system of symbols that interlock coherently. Obviously, any system of symbols could work, but just as one individual might find it hard to invent his or her own language (not impossible, mind you, but hard), so an individual might find it hard to invent a symbol system of such richness. If I take any two symbols from any two domains, I can relate them together in the cabala and figure out which shape in Plato’s cave they ultimately point to.

    Think about the implications of that. Take a planet, a big gassy one with rings, orbiting out there at about the limit of our ability to see it. Take an herb, bitter, astringent — a gum actually, used as an embalming agent. Take a metal, dark, heavy, often used to seal containers in ancient times because of its low melting point. Take a grave. Take a womb. The Cabala tells us that all of these things are connected, that they all are reflections of the same shadowy shape in Plato’s cave of images: specifically, one named Binah. These are things that mark limits: the limit of our sight, the boundaries of life and death, the inside and outside of containers. Binah is about limits and boundaries. This Binah manifests in the world in numerous ways, but each shares some of that essence of limiting, and each is touching all the others in the world of ideas.
    Read the complete article: Rending the Veil

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    Essential Magical Tools
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 04:00 PM
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    By Jamie Freeman

    <snip> Ok. I’m going to tell you an arcane secret. Something you don’t learn until years and years of studying magic…a secret that will astonish and amaze and surprise you….

    You don’t need a single thing to practice magic or do ritual, except the will to do so.

    Here’s the catch, though: it takes a fair bit of practice to get to that point. Most people don’t pick it up the first time they try.

    The purpose of magic and ritual is to commune with the Universe, manipulate the energy in our favor, and to create change. All the tools used to do that, all the spell components, arcane words and formalized gestures are psychological triggers to help us move the energy in alignment with our will.
    Read the complete article: Witchful Thinking

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    Tool Time
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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    By PostalPagan

    In the TV sitcom Home Improvement, the father Tim Taylor was obsessed with tools and “more power.” We Wiccans use tools in our spiritual practice and magick and they are means of representing and channeling power. But, there are misunderstandings as far as their necessity, cost and purpose.

    I met one of my online friends because of a message she posted on a board regarding tools. She asked if it was necessary to have every tool in order to be a Wiccan and if it was necessary to spend a lot of money on them because someone told her both things were true. I posted a reply explaining that she did not have to have every tool upfront, paying more for them did not make them better and when all was said and done, the magick was in her and the tools were just props. We are still in contact and she has returned the favor by giving me advice at a difficult time in my life.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    The High Days of the Celtic Year
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    Posted by: Makarios on Monday, January 11, 2010 - 04:00 PM
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    <snip> For the ancient Celts, the year was divided into two seasons; these were gam, which meant winter -the dark half of the year, and sam, which was summer -the light half of the year.

    At the beginning of the cycle is Samhain – it marks the end of the sam season and the beginning of the gam season. Taking place at the eve of November it is considered both a beginning and an end- the Celtic “New Year” and a time of remembrance of the ancestors. At the opposite of Samhain is Beltane at the eve of May ushering in the sam of the year.

    The light and dark halves of the year, the sam and the gam, are further divided in two. These divisions are Imbolc at the beginning of February and Lughnasadh at the beginning of August.
    Read the complete article: Ozark Pagan Mamma

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    Magickal Colors: White
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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    By Jasmine Darrah

    <snip> Scientifically it can be said that white is not a color at all- it is a reflection, a rainbow of all possible colors condensed and unseen. When we see white, all three types of cones in the human eye are being stimulated equally at once. In the “color temperature” index, the coordinates of white are RGB 255, 255, 255. In numerology, this breaks down to the number 9.

    Nine is associated with qualities of all of our great spiritual teachers in history– generosity and selflessness to the point of sacrifice, idealism, concern with the well-being and harmony of the world around them, and egalitarianism.

    In our modern-day Pagan practices, white has encompassed a vast array of beautiful concepts and associations. White is often used during full-moon rituals for the obvious connotations, and also due to the extra energy it may generate as it reflects the moonlight. It is also a color of protection in purity. Often when I feel threatened, for any reason, I calm myself and tune into the beam of white light connecting my chakras and keeping them whole, beaming in both directions infinitely, or connecting to the center of the earth and the heart of the sun. I then can envision a powerful, impenetrable white egg around me, protecting me and keeping my spirit whole whilst still remaining present in the moment. Along those lines, white can also be used for birth and rebirth rituals, purification, initiation, and in some cases, banishing of negative energy. White candles are considered acceptable substitutes for any other colors, due to the all-encompassing nature of the color.
    Read the complete article: Pagan Pages

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    Ritual Garb
    Basic Info & Pagan Introduction
    Posted by: Makarios on Monday, December 28, 2009 - 04:00 PM
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    By Swain Wodening

    It is an often debated question in Heathen circles, whether or not to wear “period” clothing when in ritual. As a Theodsmen I always do when doing Theodish rites, but with the mixed Asatru and Anglo-Saxon Heathen fellowship I am a part of we only wear it for special occasions. Of course, the question has always been, why bother? Our ancestors did not dress in the clothing styles of their ancestors a thousand years earlier, why should we? The Havamal says:

    Washed and well-fed
    Should a man ride to the thing,
    Though he be not so well dressed;
    Of his shoes and breeches
    Let no man be ashamed,
    Nor of his horse, though he has not a good one.
    (The Havamal)

    Read the complete article: Swain Wodenings Blog

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    Successful Spellwork
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    Posted by: Makarios on Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 04:00 PM
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    By Leandra Witchwood

    <snip> Lately some of my students have been asking me questions about Magick. Magick is a great subject because it is so personal and yet so universal. Several people can have the same intent and go about achieving it in very different ways, proving that there is no one right way to do things. The variety is stunning and holds special interest to me.

    I had a one student ask me a question; I’m sure runs through everyone’s head when it comes to using Magick. Her question to me was, “What makes Magick work and why is it effective for some but not others?”

    In my experience, several factors must work in your favor for a spell to be successful. This list of factors varies with each spell and each person, so getting things right is very important and tricky. I think this is where most of us get confused and deterred. The elements we need to work in our favor are not always within our control.
    Read the complete article: Magical Buffet

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