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The pentagram a simple symbol but one that has it roots in history and many religious paths. The pentagram has strong links to black magic, witchcraft and rock music,. The pentagram is a symbol of Unity, the goddess (the orbit of venus produces a five pointed star), the four elements and spirit, the five Chinese elements, the God, and the five wounds of Christ, many others.
The pentagram has be linked to magicks since the mid 19th century but has historical information dating back 3000bc to Sumerian times where it was used as a pictogram for the word “UB” meaning “corner, angle, nook; a small room, cavity, hole; pitfall. You can logically see the reason why the pentagram is used in magicks the idea of creating “a small room” in which magicks where to be preformed by drawing a symbol is still used today in many neopagan and wiccan paths.
The symbol of the pentagram has been adopted as a religious symbol by Wicca’s and some other pagan paths, in the same way Christians adopted the cross. Most wiccan’s and neo pagans will have pentagram rings, pentagram charms, pentagram pendants, pentagram earrings even pentagrams on the books of shadows and tarot boxes they will have them everywhere.
I am not sure that this over exposure to the pentagram has lessened the power of the symbol but it no longer inspires the fear and aw it used to, in days past wearing a pentagram openly was a badge of honour a sense of pride in your beliefs. Nowadays everyone has them in the jewellery box.
The pentagram as a magickal symbol itself is not good or bad it how its used and it has many uses apart from pagan jewellery. The first this to look at is which what you draw it right side up or upside down the easiest way to remember which way to draw one is to remember point up for spiritual endeavours point down for earthly matters.
A higher purpose – spiritual
These are magick that required direct spiritual begins for celebration, paying respect to the spirits and deities
For earthly matters
These are magicks that are for personal benefit rather than spiritual enlightenment.
The upside down pentagram has had a long association with negative magicks and the Devil from the general public and I am not saying that upside down pentagrams are not used for darker magicks outside a spiritual pagan path but within the pagan paths we do not pay the upside down pentagram any real interest.
But the upside down pentagram can and should be used to descend into ones self with the help of the dark god / goddesses to find understanding with in our self we are a result of our actions and those who actions have change and developed us.(ritual to follow)
In the pagan paths the pentagram is drawn in one complete motion and depending on which type of pentagram your drawing depends on your start position. Now it does not matter how you use your pentagram just remember that it is more than just a jewellery symbol but a magickal tool to help you connect with higher forms give it some respect when your drawing it out.

Originally posted 2010-08-14 14:34:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Only perform this ritual if you’re in a stable emotional state of mind, as this ritual is design to invoke personal discoveries some of which can be painful so having someone to be with you after ritual can help.

Timing.

Waning moon to black moon (note the closer to the black moon the stronger the results so start with baby steps start just after full moon and work towards a black moon do not perform day after day unless you have done some practice I could take a year or mores practice before you can do the whole waning moon).

Deity

This requires one of the dark deities those that deal with the realms of the dead, it is advisable to choose one you are familiar with or one of your own gender.

Equipment

Wand / Athame

Candle (colour any)

Preparation

Take a look at your life and you will see that you repeat the same mistake over and over again, it could be with relationships or work life you will need to question your self why doe relationships fail or why do I never get promoted once you have found the question you are ready to start

Cleansing

You will order prescription drugs online need to shower or bath and as you do just keep remembering times when you have made the mistake, dress in light clothing.

Create your scared space

No need for formal circle a energy bubble will do just as long as u have enough room for candle and wand / Athame.

The Invocation

In darkness you hide

In shadows you dwell

You hold my greatest fears

You who command and protect

<deity> reveal to me by darkest fears my hidden shame

Be my guide and reveal the truth

Let me see what I did not see before.

<deity> see me as worth to face this trail

Spend a moment or to in silent meditation focusing on what your trying to achieve, when ready pick up wand / Athame and trace a invoking inverted pentagram while chanting.

Now take the time unwind the door now let me see what was before

Let <deity> be my guide, Let <deity> be my guide, Let <deity> be my guide

(Visualise the pentagram forming).

Once the pentagram is complete see the edges brighten but only filling the internal structure of the star until it becomes a bright star.

The say out load

Door before me only my guide and I have free travel both ways (light candle) this light will bar all spirits and negatives entrance to this realm now open and let me in.

Now visualise the door beginning to open,

As the door opens you can make out a small boat on the banks of a river it is dark as you and the deity step in to the boat the boat moves in to the current and you start to travel on the river you look behind you and you can see the candle in the door way getting further away.

Your guide explains that you’re travelling to the underworld as the boat travels deeper you notice that the river is getting thicker and blacker and just off in the distance you can make out a large jetty and a very large house. In no time at all you find yourself along side the jetty your guide offers standing on the jetty offering you a hand to get out of the boat.

Your guide leads you up the path towards the house; the house has so many windows and you marvel at its size, once your at the door your guide warns you of what you will find inside, he warns you that although you can view and feel events they can not harm you

You guide will ask you if you are ready to face your fears if you are not ready you will be returned to the boat and the doorway and you will leave. If you stay, the door will open and you step through.

Inside you find a large hall with many doors you are asked to walk freely around the house and if you feel a door calling to you open it step through and you will find yourself in a part of your past you will be able to rewind, stop and ask yourself questions such has why did you say that what are you feeling you will get to observe your actions and feelings as an outsider seeing ever action as if it was a movie of your life. Once you have got all you can from this room find another door to which to walk through, you may enter another event in your life to which you do the same ask questions and view or you may find yourself back in the boat travelling back to the doorway (ant time you want to leave think boat and open a door and you will find yourself back in the boat) once their step through and prepare yourself for next step.

Next step

You will need to close the door lift the candle to the centre of the star and ignite the centre so the star glows bright see the light fade leaving the lines of the pentagram pick up your wand/ Athame and banish the pentagram.

Now spend some thinking about what you have seen and felt what lesson did you learn.

When your ready draw the energy bubble back and ground yourself.

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Originally posted 2010-12-03 12:34:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Pagans have a long history of violence not only the fact that human and animal sacrifice where used but even today in the more enlightened times human sacrifice is heard of. The last being this year (2010) in April where a human Head and torso was found in A temple of Kali near Chotomakdampur village in the western district of Birbhuma in West Bengal India

Although many Western pagans and neo pagan groups would not consider a human sacrifice as part of their rituals as they see it as being against the Goddess wishes some tribal polytheistic religions still use animal sacrifice as part of their practice.

Now we all know that during our history (at least 50,000 years of history) across the world that human sacrifices where commonplace as way of appeasing the Gods. Even many of today’s rituals and festivals are link to sacrifices which would of in times past required animals to be slaughter as a minimal offering and this would escalate to humans if crops failed repeatedly or other hardships where faced.

During this time in our history no one was excused from being sacrificed kings and leaders would be scarified to. Even Christianity has a dark past when it comes to blood scarifies the Old Testament is littered with account animal and human sacrifice.

This link with human and animal sacrifice is often glossed over and is not spoke about much today and where possible is dismissed as history of primitive cultures and has no relevance today days pagan which then brings up the debate on blood in rites and rituals.

As we all know that blood and fluids from the body can be used for very powerful magicks and at the same time we have a moral obligation if not a ethical belief that the use of such materials is against the wishes of the divine as all life is sacred to the Goddess and God although there are some goddess and gods who appreciate blood and sacrifice Kali for one (and she is not the only one by far).

This idea of using blood in ritual has always caused much debate among pagans some are completely against the idea where other say a single drop from a pinprick is as much as you need.

Personally the idea of blood in rituals or spells is something that has always baffled me I have spells that require a personal connection to be made for example a healing or cursing poppet will work much better if it contains something that belongs to the person being heal (note this can be a piece of cloth from clothing right up to part of the person themselves ie hair, nail, clippings, spit or blood (blood being the most powerful connection)) which is given freely (for cursing (dark magicks) can be taken or stolen). Or the most common blood ritual that I have taken part in, the ritual of brotherhood commonly known as blood brothers or Blood oath where two people blood is mixed making them the same family. There are even less common blood rituals that I have been involved in which many would not even consider to be a blood rite Tattooing is a blood rite I have a number of tattoos which include pentagrams, god and goddess symbols and the caduceus as these are draw on to the body blood flows and the connection is made in the same way the blood brother rite works the blood and the ink mixing becoming one.

Now I now many Wiccan’s who believe that blood use in spells and rituals is wrong and at the same time have numerous pagan style tattoos and would not even consider them to be apart of a blood rite (but there are some people that you can even argue with as they think they know best).

And I have already said that blood rites baffle me I feel that any rite where the goal is to spill blood is totally wrong but at the same time there are blood rites like blood brothers and tattoos which I have been involved in, so it seem that I am some what hypocritical of blood in rites, but the use of blood is a very tricky subject as it is not black and white. A blood oath (blood brothers etc) is a promise that is bound by ones own essence yes other bodily fluids can be used but have less of an impact, it is common or was common practice to spit on you hand before shaking hand to seal a deal.

If I was to put a limit on how much blood should be used in a ritual or spell I would have to say a single drop from a pin prick was more than sufficient as it is a symbolic gesture of your life energy that is being offered and the important word in all of that is YOUR. You should never offer someone else blood as sacrifice or be part of any ritual where blood of another is spilt in the name of the divine or even offer Your blood to the divine as an offering as this is wrong and against the divine.

A blood rite is for binding YOUR energy to another person (blood brothers) or object (personal talisman or amulet tattoo) and no more and where possible other bodily fluids should replace blood. I can see no reason why blood should be used in any rite apart from Blood Oaths (no more than a single drop is needed) and Tattooing; personal talismans can be consecrated using other bodily fluids.

Other Bodily fluids that can be used: -

Tears – to be used in talisman and amulets to prevent hurt, lose or pain

Sweat – to be used in talismans for hard work and success

Saliva – general replacement for blood and used in protection amulets

Urine – used in bottle spells and charms such as the witches bottle for protection

Semen / vaginal fluid any love charm or spell also for fertility

Menstruation blood only woman  (not for use in blood oaths as it is seen as impure) used the same way as urine

Warning

Blood buying prescription drugs online must never be consumed EVER and you should be wary of blood born diseases, which can be transmitted through contact or can become air born. Never offer blood as sacrifice even your own it to precious.

Final thoughts-

I can only think of two rites where blood is important and both these rites are life time commitments only when you are sure that you are prepared to commit to a life long connection to a person or tattoo should you agree to be involved in a blood rite as the bond you make will remain for your whole physical life and in the case of a blood oath will last for all future life too

As an Individual you will need to make up your own mind about blood in rites and rituals do not be coerced into doing something you do not feel is right morally or ethically

If you know that another will be harmed or is in danger you have an obligation to contact the local police department and inform them even if you are oath bound to say nothing.

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Timing – Full Moon, or when war breaks out

Introduction: This is not a ceremony for peace. Unfortunately, it seems that peace isn’t a viable option, and our warriors and the warriors that are allied with us will go on the war path to engage the enemy. In days of old, the Chiricahua Teneh invoked the energies of White Painted Woman before going into battle. White Painted Woman was not only the Maiden aspect of the Goddess, but also the one who taught First Man and First Woman, Her children, the skills of battle. It is She who will be addressed the most in this ceremony.

Preparations: Set up the shields (or candles: Black in the East, White in the South, Yellow in the West and Royal Blue in the North) at the four cardinal points, with the aid of a compass if possible. The Altar is set up a little to the West of the center, for the sake of the spirits of the warriors that have gone before. The altar cloth should be Desert Camo, to bring to mind the uniforms of the warriors now poised for battle. Two tan candles and a brown Maiden candle should be burning on the altar, but there should be no other adornments save for the usual tools. This is a solemn occasion. If robes are worn, they should be desert tan or Desert Camo. If you can get hold of them, the traditional Kaffiyeh scarves can be worn around the neck or as a belt for your athames. (for circles with both a High Priestess and a High Priest, the “F” in parentheses refers to what should be spoken by the HPS, the “M” in parentheses means that which should be spoken by the HP.)

Part One: Establishing The Sacred Grounds

OFFICIANT (F): To all present, I bid you Ho’n'dah (welcome). Welcome to the sacred ground, the place where the world is made one the special place, the place where we can remember ourselves.

PARTICIPANTS: Ho’n'dah! Welcome!

OFFICIANT (M): We come in a time of crisis, in a time when our brothers and sisters have taken up arms against the enemy. The Pagans of old have seen the war times again and again, and have when needful fought valiantly and victoriously. It is time again to ask the Lady of War, the One Who taught us the arts of battle in the first place, for Her protection and for the blessings of quick and decisive victory!

PARTICIPANTS: Enju! Let it be so!

OFFICIANT (F): Let us make the circle and make the ceremony.

Drummer starts a slow (60-70 bpm) beat. The Officiant(s) and the(ir) Acolyte walk to the intended perimeter of the circle, just in front of the eastern shield. The Officiant (F) is given the Smudge Stick by the Acolyte. She smudges the Eastern Quarter, saying:

OFFICIANT (F): Harmful ones of the East, Gan’n of the Eastern Mountains, stay away from this sacred ground leave and not return.

The process is repeated at the Southern quarter.

OFFICIANT (F): Harmful ones of the South, Gan’n of the Fiery Southern Mountains, stay away from this sacred ground leave and not return.

The process is repeated at the Western quarter.

OFFICIANT (F): Harmful ones of the West, Spirits of unquiet dead and those conjured by the sorcerers of the Enemy, Gan’n of the Western Mountains, stay away from this sacred ground leave and not return.

The process is completed at the Northern quarter.

OFFICIANT (F): Harmful ones of the North, Thunder people of evil intent, Gan’n of the Northern Mountains, stay away from this sacred ground leave and not return.

The Officiant (F) then passes the smudge stick back to the Acolyte (or Male Officiant) who smudges hi/rself then smudges all participants. S/he then takes the smudge stick back to the altar, placing it in its bowl. The Acolyte takes the pouch of sacred meal off the altar, to bring it to the Officiant

The Acolyte and Officiant(s) then walk to the Eastern Quarter. The Officiant(F) throws a pinch of corn meal in the direction of the East, then says:

OFFICIANT(F): Spirit keepers of the East, direction of the Sun’s rebirth, kindly ones of Air, come, see, and join in the ceremony!

PARTICIPANTS: Blessed Be!

The process is repeated at the South.

OFFICIANT(F): Spirit keepers of the South, direction of the Sun’s repose, kindly ones of Fire, come, see, and join in the ceremony!

The process is repeated at the West.

OFFICIANT(F): Spirit keepers of the West, direction of the Sun’s setting, brave warriors who have fallen in battle, blessed, mighty, good and brave ancestors, kindly ones of Water, come, see and join in our ceremony!

The process is completed at the North.

OFFICIANT(F): Spirit keepers of the North, direction of the Sun’s zenith, kindly ones of the Soil, come, see, and join in our ceremony!

The Officiant(s) then walk back to the East. The Acolyte joins them. The Officiant(F) unsheathes her athame, points it to the sky, and says:

OFFICIANT(F): Great Sky Father, Sun Father, Killer of Enemies, Lord of Battle, Lord of the Hunt, Rain Lord, Eternal Hero, Father, Grandfather, we welcome you to the Circle of Light, on this night when we ask your blessing on the Warriors of our Nation. Come bless us, come comfort us, come strengthen us, come enlighten us, come, see, and join in the ceremony!

ALL: Hail, Sky Father! Hail, Lord of Battle! Come bless us, come comfort us, come strengthen us, come enlighten us, come, see, and join in the ceremony! Ho’n'dah! Blessed Be!

(The male officiant unsheathes his athame, then) The Officiant(M) then says:

OFFICIANT(M): Great Mother, White Painted Woman, She Who taught the Pagans puissance at arms, She who gives victory to Her beloved People, Mother of Limitless Space, Mother of the Silver Moon, Corn Mother, Grandmother Wisdom, we your children welcome you to the Circle of Light, on this night when we ask your blessing on the Warriors of our Nation. Come bless us, come comfort us, come strengthen us, come enlighten us, come, see and join in the ceremony!

ALL: Hail, White Painted Woman! Hail, Bringer of Victory! Hail, Maiden of Battle, She of Unlimited Strength! Come bless us, come comfort us, come strengthen us, come enlighten us, come, see and join in the ceremony! Ho’n'dah! Blessed Be!

(The Male Officiant then sheaths his athame then) The Officiant(s) and the Acolyte then walks the circle around four times Deosil, once for each of the four directions. The Officiant(f) traces the circle in the air with the athame three times, then scatters more corn meal on the next pass. The rounds begin and end in the Eastern Quarter. The Officiant(s) and the Acolyte complete the rounds, then stand at attention at the Eastern Quarter.

OFFICIANT(F): Four times the circle is drawn. It is good, and unbroken. It is the boundary between Ordinary and Non-ordinary, between sacred and more sacred still. I have done this! Enju!

ALL: Enju! Blessed be!

The circle is completed. No-one is to leave it abruptly, but at a suitable lull one who has need can cut themselves out. Children and animals are excluded from these requirements.

The Circle Is Broken

OFFICIANT(F): It is time to break the circle. We have joined here to lend our support to our Warriors, as Pagans have done in war times past. It is time to dismiss the Spirit Keepers, the great ones, who have kept guard over this sacred spot.

The Officiant(s) face East.

OFFICIANT(S): Spirit keepers of the East, from the direction of the Sun’s rebirth, kindly ones of the Air, we bid you farewell. Blessed be.

The Officiant(s) face North.

OFFICIANT(S): Spirit keepers of the North, from the direction of the sun’s Zenith, kindly ones of the Soil, we bid you farewell. Blessed be.

The Officiant(s) face West.

OFFICIANT(S): Spirit keepers of the West, from the direction of the sun’s setting, blessed, mighty, good and brave ancestors, kindly ones of watet, we bid you farewell. Blessed be.

The Officiant(s) face South.

OFFICIANT(S): Spirit keepers of the South, from the direction of the sun’s repose, kindly ones of fire, we bid you farewell. Blessed be.

The Officiant(s) return to face East.

Great Mother, Noble Father, Beautiful Lady, Mighty Lord, we thank you for your presence and blessings here. Go if you must, but stay if you can. Blessed Be.

The circle is then “sunken” by all assembled into the soil, to give the energy released within to the Earth for healing if the ritual is done outdoors. If indoors, the circle is broken by the Officiant(s) walking the circle around four times Widdershins to disperse it.

Minerva Chihacou White Puma Pasekngavit 1/14/1991

Originally posted 2011-06-03 09:59:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The ancients took great care to remember their dead, considering it an act of impiety to neglect the graves of their ancestors. Below is a suggested modern form of this observance.

Traditional dates for such rites include the monthly day of Hekate, when house sweepings are deposited on the grave (Garland, The Greek Way of Death, p. 40); the anniversary of the person’s death; the Genesia, a general remembrance day for the dead; and at any time when the living need the aid of the departed.

Bringing offerings of olive oil and wine, approach the grave reverently and say:

Hermes, guide of those who move between the realms of the living and the dead, guide my steps and ferry my prayers to the halls of the Most Hospitable One and to the ears of my dear departed [name relationship: parent, child, spouse, friend, etc.]

Pour the oil and the wine onto the grave and say:

Dear departed [name relationship], you have taken your seat in the halls of Queen Persephone and her lord, among all those who have left this mortal realm. May you have a place of honor there! May you enjoy hospitality and ease!

Now hear me, beloved one. Know that your [name your relationship to the departed: son/daughter/spouse, etc.] has not let your memory fade, nor will [he / her] ever neglect [his / her] duty! May these offerings strengthen you and bring you gladness, as you brought strength and gladness to my life. Do not forget those of us who still walk under the sun, beloved one, and lend us your wisdom still. [If you feel a need for guidance in some aspect of your life, mention it here.]

Fleet-footed Hermes, carry these words to Haides and bring me an omen.

Await an omen; it may take the form of a person, animal, natural phenomenon–such as a sudden wind or shower–or as a kledon, a spoken word that seems particularly appropriate to your concern. The omen may come immediately, or at a later time, so keep watch for it.

copyright 2000 by Andrew Campbell.

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Introduction

Each plant, animal, rock, or other entity has a spirit (consciousness resonance matrix). These spirits can join together in a hive-mind as a spirit of an area. Nature spirits include real biological intelligences, are psychically powerful, and much less abstract and controllable than the Elementals that many magical people who perform all of their rituals indoors are familiar with. They can be extremely powerful allies. It is possible to sense nature spirits, to determine if they are receptive to a ritual planned, and to have them actively participate in magical workings, if they are.

Some Effects of Working with Nature Spirits

Spectacular physical manifestations can happen when working with nature spirits in the wild. I have personally seen actual foxfire mark the boundaries of a magic circle at a location that was identified as a receptive power spot and attuned to a planned ritual the day before. I have seen more than one site attuned for ritual be dry and comfortable, with a round hole in the clouds overhead, on days that were cold and rainy at other locations. Birds have joined in rituals, flying around the circle when energy is being raised; and insects, birds and animals have also joined in chants. In addition, the wind may respond to invocations. Generally these spectacular manifestations happen unexpectedly.

With or without such manifestations, nature spirits often will channel tremendous amounts of power into the magic being performed. It is suggested that you do not consciously try for specific manifestations. Let Nature channel her power into the magic in her own way. If approached with respect, nature may give you many pleasant surprises.

Spectacular physical manifestations are not a necessary sign of success. If you need a spectacular manifestation and nature spirits know this, you will get it. The best success in magic is on the inner plane and more subtle than such manifestations. This success involves beneficial transformations in consciousness that last and helpful chains of synchronicity in your life. In addition, working with Nature Spirits can also bring a deep sense of partnership with Nature, and bring new levels of attunement.

Nature spirit attunement to find suitable power spots and to get the help of friendly nature spirits that are performed several hours to several days before the main ritual get the best results. This gives Nature time to gather her children and to prepare to actively participate in the main ritual.

What Not To Do

If nature spirits are approached with disrespect, by attempting to command rather than listening to them and inviting them to work with you, nature spirits may flee, rebel, or attack. I once attended a ritual by some pseudo-Crowlyites who attempted to perform the “Ritual of the Barbarous Names” at a power spot in a forest and then to extend the circle several hundred yards in all directions.

While the forest in general had loud insect and frog noises, the area at which the ritual took place got quiet immediately when the main ritualist declared that all spirits were subject unto him. The vibes from nature could best be characterized as “Oh yea, Mother…!” One participant was quickly possessed by an angry spirit and kept repeating “You killed my children, your children will never live in peace.” When the priestess stepped out of the boundaries of the original circle, she was attacked by bees; and bees covered the Book of the Law. Magicians should know better than to attempt to command spirits whose true names they do not know!

Calling Nature Spirits

To make the most out of working magical ritual in the wild, one should find power spots where nature spirits are receptive to the ritual planned and approach the spirits with respect, as equals. In my experience, the most effective power spots for working with the living intelligences of nature are located in wild areas with diverse active ecologies.

When entering a wild area to find a site for a ritual, find a place that feels good. Then do the following, either individually or, if in a group, as a guided meditation.

o Relax while standing upright and focus on your breathing.  Breathe deep breaths from the diaphragm.  Breathe together if  in a group.  - Feel the wind and let it relax you and awaken your spirit    within, as your deep breathing takes you into non-ordinary    reality.  - Picture in your mind's eye a light inside you.  As you    breathe, feel the light expand, purify and energize you  - as    it expands to fill your aura.  - Feel yourself glowing, balanced, purified and full of power.  - Connect with your inner self (your higher self) and feel your    intuitive self operating.o Feel yourself as:  - The wind, full of life and intelligence, communicating with    all round.  - The Sunlight, warm, alive, channeling the power to    communicate with nature and energizing all around.  - Water, emotional, intuitive, refreshing and connected with    nature.  - The Earth, and note how your physical body is able to wander    while remaining part of Mother Earth.o Focus on your spiritual self, and  - Note the light within and feel it as love,  - Expand the light and love beyond the immediate aura of your    body to the surrounding area - where you will go to find a    power spot.o Telepathically (by thinking while channeling the love and light  energy) send out signals to nature spirits to emerge and be  aware of your presence.  - Say why you have come and invite them to join in sharing,    mutual celebration, and  the work you intend.  - Visualize the light and love energy you are channeling    extending out and merging with the light from distant places.  - Feel the power of the Earth flowing up through your body and    feet.  - Feel the power from the sky, and channel this power also to    further energize the carrier signal of light and love for    communicating with nature.  - Visualize the light expanding and merging.  - Continue to send out telepathic signals.o Now go deeper.  - Close your eyes, sit on the Earth, and feel your connection    while you channel more light and love.  - Continue modulating the light and love with your thoughts -    inviting receptive spirits to join with you and make    themselves known.  - If in a group, someone should start playing a drum at a rate    of about one beat per second, and you should listen to the    drum and let the drum take you deeper.  - Affirm that you are a nature magician, a medicine person, who    knows and communicates with nature.  Let this part of    yourself emerge to full consciousness.  Let the drum and the    connection to your inner self awaken that part of yourself    that naturally communicates with other life forms.  Let it    awak n your telepathic sense.  - Continue sending telepathic signals to nature.  - When you feel ready and an inner urge to begin, open your    eyes a crack and look around while continuing to channel love    and light and telepathically calling for a response.  - You may see light coming from certain areas that are    receptive.  You may get other signals, such as a feeling of    power or love returning in a certain direction.  Perhaps the    type of response to this work will be unexpected; follow your    intuition in interpreting it.  - You may test your connection by communicating (mentally)    instructions for signals for yes/no responses (such as light    getting brighter for less and darker for no) and then    mentally ask questions and observe the responses.o When you have found an areas that seems to be responsive and  receptive, begin walking to the area, while beaming love  energy.  Extend your aura to the area and sense the energy.

Entering a Power Spot

o Before entering a power spot, ask permission to enter.  If the  response is good, enter; if not, locate another more receptive  area.  o When entering the power spot, look around.  Perhaps the  responsive energy will be concentrated around some singularity  (a bush, a tree, a specific branch, a moss covered rock, or  other entity that stands out).  Perhaps the energy will be more  general.  Use your intuition and feedback from the spirits to  guide your actions.o If it feels right, send out a signal that you would like to  touch the singularity (or the ground) for better communication.  If the response is good, approach beaming love energy, touch or  hug the singularity (or the ground).  o Treat the spirits as you would other Pagans you meet for the  first time - be sensitive, open, and listen.

Deepening Communication with Nature Spirits

o Now that you have made contact with spirits that seem  receptive, deepen the communication.  - Breathe deep breaths from the diaphragm, and with each    breath, feel more refreshed.  - Now imagine that your spine is the trunk of a tree; and, from    its base, roots extend deep into the Earth.  Deep into the    rich moist Earth.  - With every breath, feel the roots extending deeper,  - Feel the energy deep within the Earth and within the waters    of the Earth.  Feel your roots absorbing nourishment from the    Earth and from its waters.  - Now feel the energy rising.  Feel the moist, warm energy    rising.  - Feel it bursting up from the Earth and rising up your spine,    like sap rises in a tree.  - Now imagine that you have branches, branches that sweep up    and then bend down towards the Earth, like the limbs of a    willow.  - Feel the branches extending and interweaving with your    surroundings.  - Feel the warm, moist energy of the Earth flowing through your    branches.  As it flows, feel your mind being purified,    centered, and connected to the Earth.  - Feel the power from the Earth flowing through your branches    and then down back to the Earth, like a fountain.  - Note how your branches absorb energy from the air.  Also,    feel them receiving light (fire) from the sky.  - Feel the energy from above penetrating deep through your body    into the Earth.  - Feel the warmth of the Earth rising also.  - Feel the energy circulating.o Notice how your branches intertwine with the branches and  energy fields of your surroundings.  - Notice how your roots also intertwine.  - Feel the energy dancing between you and your surroundings.  - Notice how you and the life around you are rooted in the    same Earth, breathing the same air, receiving the same fire,    drinking the same water,  sharing the same underlying    essence.  You are one with the magical grove.o Telepathically mention the time in the past when nature spirits  and people communicated regularly and the need to establish  such communication now. o Test your connection by asking questions and observing the  responses.

Working with Nature Spirits

o Explain to the spirits the purpose of your coming to them and  the nature of the ritual you plan.  o If the spirits you contacted are receptive:  - Explain to them the details of the ritual and invite them to    provide ideas.  - Listen, you may receive suggestions on how to improve the    ritual.  Such suggestions may come in the form of hunches,    visions, or answers to yes/no questions using pre arranged    signals, or in other ways.  - Ask what the best place to perform the ritual is.  - You may see light or get other psychic signals leading you    to other sites, or you may be at one of them.  - Before you leave the power spot, tell the spirit you have    contacted when you plan to return to do the ritual    (visualizing the associated lunar and solar aspects can help    with this communication).  - Invite them to join in the ritual when you return and to    bring their friends.  - Ask if it would be best to return silently, with drums, with    chanting, or with some other form of approach.  - You can also ask the spirits to provide guidance for working    in balance and to provide a teacher to provide further    guidance.o Before you leave the power spot,  - Thank the spirits,  - Channel love energy,  - Trigger your memory of the experience, and  - If it feels right, leave an offering of tobacco, or beer and    honey poured on the ground (or other suitable material).o  Leave in peace and love.o Proceed to other sites that were indicated by the spirits,  doing similar meditations at each site.  o If you need something, like a staff, a Maypole, or a wand, you  can also ask where you can find it and follow the guidance you  receive (not slavishly, but as you would guidance from another  Pagan).o Before leaving the general area in which you found power spots  and contacted nature spirits,  - Channel love energy towards the receptive sites you found,  - Thank the spirits of the land,  - Pull back your roots and branches,  - Ground any excess energy into the Earth (placing ones hands    on the Earth, breathing in any excess energy  and channeling    the energy down your arms, while visualizing and feeling the    energy going into the Earth), and  - Leave in peace and love.  o Naturally, you should leave the area at least as clean, and  preferably cleaner, than you found it. o If you work with techniques of Wicca or Ceremonial Magic, you  may find that by casting a circle, calling the Elements, the  Goddess, the Gods, and the local nature spirits while you are  at receptive sites, you may be able to greatly increase  communication.o Through the use of drums and other power raising techniques, it  is even possible to energize receptive nature spirits.  The  results can be very interesting.  If with a coven, such circles  can be done as part of a group attunement to a power spot you  have located.o If you do not get good feelings in response to your explanation  of the ritual and are unable to come up with a ritual that  gives good responses, do not try to force a good response.  You  would only be fooling yourself.  - Thank the spirits for their attention.  - Ask them why they are not receptive (if they are    communicative).  - Trigger your memory.  - Pull back your "roots and branches," return any excess    energy you feel into the Earth. -  If it feels appropriate, leave an offering of tobacco or    other appropriate material, out of respect for the spirits.  - Move to a more receptive site.  o If it is hard to find a site that is really receptive, you  should also:  - Consider any impressions you got of why the nature spirits    weren't receptive in the area you were in, and re-think your    plans for a ritual, as necessary and appropriate.  - It may also be appropriate to look for another general area    in which to find a suitable power site that is receptive to    the work planned.

What to Do When Returning

It can be very powerful to purify and center yourself and to attune to the spirits of the land using the technique previously described for calling nature spirits immediately upon returning to the site.

Then approach the site ritually using the previously arranged technique. You should have the details worked out with the Spirits of the land. A procession through or past receptive power spots, inviting nature spirits to join and proceeding to the central power spot for the main ritual, can be especially effective.

Be sure to invoke the nature spirits, to ask them for their help during the ritual, and to thank them at the end.

When consecrating space in the wild, or casting a circle, do not set up the perimeter as a barrier to all outside forces; it should be a beacon to attract friendly nature spirits, a container for holding magical power, and a barrier to spirits who it isn’t right to be with.

One thing that is fun and worthwhile in nature is to bring instruments, such as a rattle, a flute and/or a drum, to tune in to nature’s sounds, and to make music in time to nature’s sounds. You may be able to get some very interesting back and fourth exchanges of music going with selected creatures of the wild, and get into an amazing jam session.

Acknowledgements

There are other ways of working with nature spirits. This is one approach. The author thanks Selena Fox for teaching the basic guided meditation technique for locating and contacting nature spirits at a tranceworking session sponsored by the Chameleon Club (part of the Association for Consciousness Exploration) in 1981, Isaac Bonewitz for the outline of the expanded tree meditation, and Carlos Castenada, Black Eagle, Pasha, the Goddess, the Gods, and various nature spirits for teaching the rest of the good methods.

Most of this article is an expansion of an article by the author titled “Finding a Sacred Grove for Druid Initiation” by Larry Cornett, published in The Druid’s Progress and in Amaranth Anthology.

by Larry Cornett

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Each year at this time we look at our bank statements and our lives and start to make plans to improve them. The main problem is we try to do so much so quickly that we set ourselves up for failure.

How many of us have made New Years resolutions we such big hopes of success, giving up smoking, going to the gym, losing weight etc. we make these resolutions in the hope that our lives will improve. We tend to focus on our failings or our negative aspects rather than our successes or our positive aspects.

When we focus on our negatives we look in to a deep dark pit “the abyss” which has a way of making us focus on our inner demons but as Friedrich Neitzsche said “Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

The problem with trying to change our negative aspects is that our focus is on the surface issues rather than the deeper root cause of the problems. Each of our bad habits has a deeper cause, which can take years of therapy to resolve. The issue is when we attempt to fix our flaws we tend to focus on the flaw not the cause.

This happen not just in our daily lives but also in our magickal working when someone is sick we try to cure the illness or bring relief often forgetting that the illness is only a symptom of a deeper issue.

Our flaws are symptoms of deeper issues, and only by dealing with the root issues can we truly change the surface flaws successfully. By focusing on the symptom (smoking, lack of exercise, over eating etc.) we don’t deal with the root cause, which causes us to fail in the end.

Our flaws are like weeds in the gardens of our lives unless you kill the root then the weeds will grow back stronger and stronger. So when we are truly ready to tackle our flaws they are much harder to destroy.    

For those that have chosen to life a magical life whether that Wiccan, Pagan, Witch or any other path we have chosen to live a life that is always growing developing and changing outwardly and inwardly until we have learnt to understand ourselves and the world around us.

We always have the option to cast a spell to help us but that is cheating true change comes from within and not from without. The use of magicks can be just as addictive as any drug.

Magick is a gift but we can become very reliant on it causing us to –

1 forgetting to deal with the root cause of problems and only dealing with the symptoms

2 believe that we are powerful enough to change the natural order of the world to our will

3 and worst of all we know what is best.

Now as we stand on the edge of 2010 and 2011 preparing to make our resolutions take some time to think about what you would like to change about yourself and follow this short ritual  

Set up altar
1 candle colour to suit goal and 1 brown one
Needle or scribe to write on candle

Open the circle as normal

Scribe on to coloured candle what you want to change and light and say

I want change
I desire Change
Help me find the way to succeed in making a lasting change.

Now quietly think about the thing you wanted to change when you first started doing or not doing it. What where the reasons you started.

Now scribe all the reasons why you do or not do the thing you want to change on the brown candle. Place the candle in front of you and close your eyes.

Use your normal process for visualisation and see your self, standing in a pretty garden look at all the flowers and plants and see the beauty.

Walk around and look closely at the flowers and plants and the lawn and you will see that it not as perfect as it first seemed the small weeds and moss in the grass, the weeds tucked in between the flowers and bushes. Keep walking around until you find a weed that symbolises the thing you want to change. You will know which one kneel down in front of the weed and start to dig it out with your hands.

Insure that you get every root and see the words you have wrote on the candle on the roots place the roots and soil in a pile before you. Shape into a candle shape focus on candle shape and make it real and pick it up (pick up real candle) and hold it in your hands and say.

The prescription drugs online without a prescription roots of my flaw, is now in my hands and I chose to remove this from my life.

Slowly come out of you visualization still holding the candle and place candle on the altar and light saying-

I have the root cause I know why I (do / don’t)_________ now I choose to change the root cause not the symptom (light the candle) the root will now burn away and as it does the symptom will fade and I will be free of this problem.

End ritual as normal and leave both candles to burn always

NB only by thinking of the cause of your failing can you truly face them and defeat them   

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Beltane (AKA Lá Bealtaine, Bealltainn, Beltain, Beltaine, Boaltinn, Boaldyn, Belotenia, Gŵyl Galan Mai) is the Celtic fire festival that either marks the mid point between spring and summer or for others the first day of summer.

The name Beltane means ‘fires of Bel’. The god bel is also known as Belen, Belenus, Belinus, Bellinus, Bélénos, Belennos, Belenos, Bel, Bilé: Is The Celtic god of light and healing, “Bel” means “shining one,” or in Irish Gaelic, the name “bile” translates to “sacred tree.” It is thought that the waters of Danu, the Irish All-Mother goddess, fed the oak and produced their son, The Dagda. As the Welsh Beli, he is the father of Arianrhod by Don.

Patron of sheep and cattle, Bel’s festival is Beltane, one of two main Celtic fire festivals. Beltane celebrates the return of life and fertility to the world — marking the beginning of summer and the growing season. Taking place on Sunset April 30, Beltane also is sometimes referred to as “Cetsamhain” which means “opposite Samhain.” The word “Beltaine” literally means “bright” or “brilliant fire,” and refers to the bonfire lit by a presiding Druid in honour of Bile.

“Some believe this deity is the equivalent of Belatucadros, the consort of Belisama, another patroness of light, fire, the forge and crafts. Belatucadros, whose name means “fair shining one” or possibly “the fair slayer,” is the god of destruction and war and transports the dead to Danu’s “divine waters.” Celtic deities often reign over seemingly contradictory themes. In the case of Belatucadros, death was simply a pathway to rebirth in the Other world, thus linking the two themes together. However, according to Ross’s Pagan Celtic Britain, historically the worship of Belatucadros among the Celts was confined only the north-western region of Britain and has never been associated with the festival of Beltane, healing or with a consort (pg. 235).

It has been suggested that the mythological king, Beli Mawr, in the story of Lludd and Llefelys in The Mabinogion, is a folk memory of this god. In Irish mythology, the great undertakings of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians — the original supernatural inhabitants of Eiru and their human conquerors, respectively — began at Beltane. The Milesians were led by Amairgen, son of Mil, in folklore reputed to be the first Druid[1]

Since this is a pagan festival we have to acknowledge that this festival would mark a significant event in the year and the life of our ancient pagan brothers and sisters so again their thoughts of the future influenced the ritual. So it was a time for selecting a mate for the future and appeasing the god so that life stock and food would be plentiful.

This festival is a fire festival so many rituals involved the use of fire Cattle were often passed between two fires and the properties of the flame and the smoke were seen to ensure the fertility of the herd and young men and women would collect blossoms in the woods and lighting fires in the evening this was often a courting ritual which lead to marriage that same night or at very least during the coming year.

Today many Pagans believe that at Beltane the God (to whom the Goddess gave birth at the Winter Solstice) achieves the strength and maturity to court and become lover to the Goddess. So although what happens in the fields has lost its significance for most Pagans today, the creation of fertility is still an important issue.

Beltane has always been seen as one of the most visually sexually rituals with fires and Maypoles and it openness to sex and fertility.

The may pole was introduced to Britain and the Celts and it original use has been lost but it practice survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had. While some see it as a phallic symbol and representation of the male aspect of the deity other see it as a community symbol, which entwined people together. In Britain and Ireland, the maypole was found primarily in England and in areas of Wales, Hutton, Ronald (1996). The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Page 233Scotland and Ireland, which were under English influence. As the historian Ronald Hutton remarked, “there is no real evidence to indicate when [the maypole] first arrived in the British Isles,”[2] although the earliest recorded evidence comes from a Welsh poem written by Gryffydd ap Adda ap Dafydd in the mid-14th century, in which he described how people used a tall birch pole at Llanidloes, central Wales.[2] Literary evidence for maypole use across much of Britain increases in later decades, and “by the period 1350-1400 the custom was well established across southern Britain, in town and country and in both Welsh-speaking and English-speaking areas.”

1 Bile by Lisa Spindler http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bile.html

2 Hutton, Ronald (1996). The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Page 233

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Whenever ye have need of anything,

once in the month and better it be when the moon is full,

then shall ye assemble in some secret place,

and adore the spirit of me,

who am Queen of all witches.

There shall ye assemble,

ye who are fain to learn all sorcery,

yet have not won its deepest secrets;

to these will I teach all things that are as yet unknown.

And ye shall be free from slavery;

and as a sign that ye be truly free,

you shall be naked in your rites;

and ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love,

all in my praise.

For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit,

and mine also is joy on earth;

for my law is love unto all beings.

Keep pure your highest ideals;

strive ever towards them,

let nothing stop you or turn you aside.

For mine is the secret door which

opens upon the Land of Youth,

and mine is the cup of the wine of life,

and the Cauldron of Cerridwen,

which is the Holy Vessel of Immortality.

I am the gracious Goddess,

who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man.

Upon earth,

I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal;

and beyond death,

I give peace, and freedom,

and reunion with those who have gone before.

Nor do I demand sacrifice;

for behold, I am the Mother of all living,

and my love is poured out upon the Earth.

I am the beauty of the green earth,

and the white moon among the stars,

and the mystery of the waters,

and the desire of the heart of man.

Call unto thy soul, arise, and come unto me.

For I am the soul of Nature,

who gives life to the Universe.

From me all things proceed,

and unto me all things must return;

and before my face, beloved of gods and of men,

let thine innermost divine self be enfolded,

in the rapture of the infinite.

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoicest,

for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.

Therefore, let there be beauty and strength,

power and compassion, honor and humility,

mirth and reverence within you.

And thou who thinketh to seek for me,

know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not,

unless thou knoweth the mystery;

that if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee,

thou wilt never find it without thee.

For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning;

and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

Written by Doreen Valiente

Originally posted 2010-06-25 16:12:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Note: The notorious “Witches Flying Ointment,” a dangerous herbal concoction producing psychedelic effects, was said to be used by Witches in the Middle Ages.

It consisted mainly of parsley, hemlock, water of aconite, poplar leaves, soot, bat’s blood, deadly nightshade (or belladonna), Henbane and Hashish. (Of course, Witches didn’t really fly; however, the ointment did induce incredible hallucinations, psychic visions and astral projections.)

The following is a modern Witch’s flying ointment recipe. It is safer and much easier to use:

Items: 1/4 cup lard – 1/2 tsp clove oil – 1 tsp chimney soot – 1/4 tsp dried cinquefoil 1/4 tsp dried mugwort – 1/4 tsp dried thistle – 1/4 dried vervain – 1/2 tsp benzoin tincture

Ritual: Using a mortar and pestle, crush the dried herbs until almost powdered. In a small cauldron or saucepan, heat the lard over a low flame until it is melted completely. Add the herbs, the clove oil and chimney soot to the lard base and mix well. Add the benzoin as a natural preservative, stir together clockwise and then simmer for ten to fifteen minutes. Strain it through cheesecloth into a small heat resistant container and then allow it to cool. Store it in your refrigerator or in a cool dark place until it is ready to be used. On a night of the Full Moon, anoint your temples and Third Eye with a small amount of the flying ointment prior to astral projection or dream magick.

NOTE: For external use only!

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