http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk Where Magick come to life Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:54:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/shop-products-12 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/shop-products-12#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:30:03 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/shop-products-12 Fertility Deities of Beltanepaganwiccan.about.comBeltane has been a time of fertility celebration for thousands of years, in innumerable cultures. Learn about some of the different deities that can be honored during this spring Sabbat. Beltane History – Celebrating May Daypaganwiccan.about.comBeltane has been celebrated for centuries among agricultural societies — it's the beginning of May, the sign that summer is just around the corner. This fire festival has its roots in fertility rituals that can be traced back to Greco-Roman religions. Learn about traditions of May celebrations from… Setting Up Your Beltane Altar – What To Include on Your Beltane Altarpaganwiccan.about.comOkay, so we know that Beltane is a fertility festival… but how do you translate that into altar setup? Here are some tips about how to set up your altar to celebrate the Beltane sabbat. Wall Photostoday (April 27) is the 6th of the of Mounukhion, the date of the Delphinia – the ancient festival honouring Artemis DElphinia and Apollon Delphinios Wall Photos~ What is the Celtic Tree Calendar? ~ The Celtic Tree Calendar is a calendar with thirteen lunar divisions. Most contemporary Pagans use fixed dates for each "month", rather than following the waxing and waning lunar cycle. If this was done, eventually the calendar would fall out of sync with the Gregorian year, because some calendar years have 12 full moons and others have 13. The modern tree calendar is based on a concept that letters in the ancient Celtic Ogham alphabet corresponded to a tree. Although you don't have to follow a Celtic path [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/shop-products-12/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/binding-runes-and-sigils-for-talismans http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/binding-runes-and-sigils-for-talismans#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:44 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=3086 For those of you that do a lot of talisman work you will know about creating bind runes but for those new to the subject I’ll cover some of the basics. Each rune has an equivalent letter in the modern alphabet, which can be used to spell out words example below spells Draco although the C has been replaced with a K due to the fact that C is not represented in my runes. To make this word in to a bind rune you would place each rune on top of each other to create a unique personal rune. (as Below) Another way of making rune talisman is to create a sigil – sig·il (sjl, sgl) n. 1. A seal; a signet. 2. A sign or an image considered magical The basic idea behind a sigil is that the original idea is trap until release so the original idea should be forgot before releasing, so you need a way of encoding the sigil with the desired information. Random patterns are often used in creating a sigil so there meanings remain unknown to others. For those that wish to use runes in talismans the bind rune is often used but there is another way of encoding a sigil using runes with out showing them. So how do you use a rune without using a rune? well you use it position. Runes are made up of three Aett’s the first row Heimdal’s aett the second Tiw’s aett and the final Aett Grimnirs aett each Aett or row [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/binding-runes-and-sigils-for-talismans/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/lancashire-county-council-has-put-together-the-four-week-programme-on-the-social http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/lancashire-county-council-has-put-together-the-four-week-programme-on-the-social#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:43 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/lancashire-county-council-has-put-together-the-four-week-programme-on-the-social Lancashire County Council has put together the four week programme on the social history of the trials.


Pendle witch trials celebrate 400th anniversary
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WITCHCRAFT and religion will be explored in a new course to mark the 400th anniversary of the famous Pendle witch trials.]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/lancashire-county-council-has-put-together-the-four-week-programme-on-the-social/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/book-review-the-green-dragon http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/book-review-the-green-dragon#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:42 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1717 Dr. James Wanliss, a physicist, delivers a scathing attack on environmentalism and the Christian environmental movement. However, God may not see things the way Dr. Wanliss does. Perhaps a little humor is needed rather than an argument.]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/book-review-the-green-dragon/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/for-2012-i-pledge-ritual http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/for-2012-i-pledge-ritual#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:41 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=3077 A simple ritual for New Years Eve, this ritual is designed so you can add extra elements to make it personal. The ritual it’s self is based on a pledge (resolutions) of the things you wish to achieve you will notice that the open of the circle has been changed from the common format that many will use but the unwinding of the circle reinforces the idea of change. I have provided this ritual in several different versions for download, as the pledge should be committed to the element of Fire to activate. Word version download PDF text version download. Image version download JPG PDF image version download Ritual Below   I known as ___________ to you my Goddess  ___________ and to you my God __________ pay notice to this pledge, as I will need you to aid me. To the East I call the ever-living Air the voice of the divine in elemental form! Come witness. To the South I call the ever-powerful Fire the desire of the divine creative and destructive in elemental form. To the West I call the ever-fulfilling Water cleansing and purifying the divine in elemental form. To the North I call the ever-stabile Earth secure and eternal the divine in elemental form. Now I add spirit thine own to seal this space of divine works. Welcome my Goddess __________ and My God ______ I have invited you here to bare witness and fill me with the strength to complete the things on this list. In 2012, I wish to [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/for-2012-i-pledge-ritual/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-might-be-giving-pagans-a-bad-name-if http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-might-be-giving-pagans-a-bad-name-if#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:40 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=2010 You Might be Giving Pagans a Bad Name If… You insist that your boss call you “Rowan Starchild” because otherwise you’d sue for religious harassment. (Score double for this if you don’t let that patronizing dastard call you “Mr. or Ms. Starchild.”) You request Samhain, Beltaine, and Yule off and then gripe about working Christmas. You expect your employer to exempt you from the random drug testing because of your religion. You think the number of Wiccan books you own is far more important than the number you have read, regardless of the fact that most of your books are for beginners. You’ve won an argument by referencing “Drawing Down the Moon,” knowing darned good and well they haven’t read it either. You said it was bigotry when they didn’t let you do that ritual in front of city hall. It had nothing to do with the skyclad bit. You picketed The Craft and Hocus Pocus, but thought that the losers who picketed The Last Temptation of Christ needed to get lives. You’ve ever had to go along with someone’s ludicrous story because it was twice as likely to be true than most of the nonsense you spout. You complain about how much the Native Americans copied from Eclectic Wiccan Rites. You’ve ever referenced the Great Rite in a pick-up line. Someone has had to point out to you that you do not enter a circle “in perfect love and perfect lust.” (Score double if you argued the point.) You claim yourself as a witch [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-might-be-giving-pagans-a-bad-name-if/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-goddess-lesson-three http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-goddess-lesson-three#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:39 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=3318 In lesson three we are going to cover the Goddess. If we can all agree on one basic statement during this section it will help in our understanding of the Goddess. Statement:- The Goddess is the female aspect, energy of the “Divine” in manifest or archetypal form in which we find understanding. The goddess is equal to the male aspect whether as opponent, reflection or opposite and no matter how we envisage the goddess “She” does exist. During this lesson I am not looking to change your view it’s designed to give you a broader view of the goddess. Throughout history the role of the Goddess has changed from the Great mother to a consult, betrayer and even demon. She has been portrayed in single form, triple form and part of pantheons. She has been given roles from creator to the great destroyer. The Goddess has many archetypal forms and just as many names. Now certain paths and religions either pay more attention to the goddess reducing the god aspect or pay more attention to the god aspect reducing the goddess role. Christianity (old and new testaments) has reduced the goddess in its belief structure to the lowest form of woman the betrayer, the slut, the murder, the demon with the highest accolades be the virgin mother (a title reduced from the original God barer which was thought to be wrong as this would make a woman the creator of gods) or a Saint Martyred for her beliefs. Wicca on the other hand has place [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-goddess-lesson-three/feed 3 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tips-for-evil-cult-members http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tips-for-evil-cult-members#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:38 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1054 Pick one faith and stay with it. Dilettantism is the mark of an amateur. Familiarize yourself with the specifications for sacrificial victims, and ensure that unacceptable substitutes cannot be unexpectedly introduced into the ceremony. If the penalty for not-to-specs work is death and/or mutilation, consider working for a more fault-tolerant deity. Avoid needless embarrassment. Practice the correct pronunciation of your deity’s name in the privacy of your own room before chanting it in public. Flash cards are often helpful. Before agreeing to impregnation by a supernatural being, investigate the survival rate of the other women who have undergone the procedure. Never invoke anything bigger than your head. Eschew deities whose followers are all young; such faith groups usually employ an unpleasant retirement procedure. Avoid all cabalistic jewelry over ten pounds in weight — it attracts unwelcome attention from tourists, policemen, various supernatural creatures, and can be downright dangerous during thunderstorms. Its jingling also tends to warn the hero of your approach. Citronella candles may not be used in rituals. I cannot stress this enough. Pastel colored candles in the shape of cute animals are like direct sunlight to the Powers of Darkness. If the spirit contacted during a seance begins offering financial advice, you’re dealing with a con artist, and not a genuine medium. Always keep your kit with you: candles, chalk, incense, silver knife, Thuggee cord, service revolver, garlic, and cab fare. Fluorescent lighting is very annoying to most netherworldly creatures. When the Black Mass goes awry, stay away from the Evil Priest. Enraged [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tips-for-evil-cult-members/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/hear-diana http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/hear-diana#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:37 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=3071 Crystal light, the Dragon’s might, Pulling down the silver light Hallowed glen, we move again, The Solstice is tonight. Chorus: Hear Diana, voices calling, On this longest night. We are one in fairy glen Within the silver light. Verse 2: Dragon pow’r and fairy flower, Magic in the air. Old and new are one with you A single thought they share. Chorus Verse 3: Mistletoe, the herbs that grow, And crystals from the earth, Show the ways to elder days, Upon the ancient earth. Chorus Repeat Verse 1 and Chorus by Barley Singer hear it BarleySinger_HearDiana free mp3 Originally posted 2011-12-20 08:34:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/hear-diana/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/why-witchcraft-how-magick-can-be-easy http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/why-witchcraft-how-magick-can-be-easy#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:32:36 +0000 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/why-witchcraft-how-magick-can-be-easy Unlike the miseries of the past, more people everyday is overcoming their superstitious of magick. Now Wiccan and paganism are more valid and accepting form of religion. Many people have already found the impact that the energy of witchcraft can do.]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/why-witchcraft-how-magick-can-be-easy/feed 0