http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk Where Magick come to life Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/relaxation-and-body-scan http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/relaxation-and-body-scan#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:10 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=3560 NB – indicates a pause or breath space. The word “RELAXED” is said in a hushed tone Intro Sitting Get comfortable Sitting in your chair or on the floor your hand gently resting on your lap or on the arms of the chair. Intro Lying on floor Lie on the floor with you back in a straight line your arm resting slightly to the side palms up you feet slightly apart pointing outwards. Main intro We will start by taking three deep slow breathes filling the lungs fully and slowly breathing out. This will become the reminder for your body to relax and any time you feel stress or anxious take three deep breaths and your body will remember to relax. Now slowly breathe in and out focusing your breath filling your lungs, your chest rising and falling. Feel the air moving in and out spend a moment or two just focusing on your breath. (Count to 10 slowly in your head before continuing.) Continue to breathe slowly and deeply. Move your attention to your right big toe feel it relax. Move your attention to your second toe and feel that as your attention moves so does the feeling of relaxation, now your third toe, – the fourth – your little toe the base of your foot the top of your foot – now your whole right foot. Move your attention to your left big toe feel it relax. Move your attention to your second toe and feel that as your attention moves so does [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/relaxation-and-body-scan/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-dont-become-a-wicca-you-either-are-or-are-not http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-dont-become-a-wicca-you-either-are-or-are-not#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:29 +0000 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-dont-become-a-wicca-you-either-are-or-are-not There is a major growth in today's society for older religions, this includes people who want to become a Wicca. First of all, people need to understand that you do not become a Wicca, no more than you become a doctor and an engineer. Sure, there are signs of progress, and as a doctor or an engineer you get a piece of paper, however, that doesn't make you a doctor or an engineer.]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/you-dont-become-a-wicca-you-either-are-or-are-not/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/gods-and-goddess-of-the-dead http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/gods-and-goddess-of-the-dead#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:28 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1517 The wheel as turned to Samhain and the thoughts of lost love one come to mind and we spend our time celebrating death. Not just of mortal death but also of the world the fields are now baron, the ice breath of winter is breathing heaver upon us, the skies are darkening, the sunrises later and we will soon face the on coming winter. Honouring the dead is common throughout the world and there are many festivals dedicated to our ancestors. There are as many gods and goddess of the dead here is a small selection Anubis or Inpu, (variously spelled Anupu, Ienpw etc.). (Egyptian): A head of a jackal headed god who is associated with mummification, funerals and protecting the death in ancient Egypt. Anubis is seen in the sacred scroll the book of the dead weighing the hearts of the dead to see was worthy of entering the under world Anubis had a wife the goddess Anput, his female aspect, and their daughter is the goddess Kebechet. Demeter (Greek): Know for being a goddess of the harvest, sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death. It is only when Hades abducts her daughter, Persephone, does Demeter’s grow enraged that she vows that nothing should grow upon the earth until her daughter Persephone is returned to her. Since Persephone eat some food while in the underworld she was doomed to remain their a bargain was struck and she was although to return to Demeter but would have to spend [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/gods-and-goddess-of-the-dead/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/witch-hunt http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/witch-hunt#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:27 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=2444 The following are all documented incidents in the killings of “witches.” So as part of lesson into the history of witchcraft and our past lets do a role call of our brothers and sisters who died because they where named as WITCH as part of your learning if a name calls you seek out their history and learn! ONLY incidents relating to witchcraft accusations have been included. Bear in mind that this is assuredly not all of them. Interestingly, it is possible to document that of all the trials, only one set (in 1390 Milan) involved women tried for practicing rites led by the pagan Goddess Diana. The bulk of the trials between 1400 and 1700 involved diabolism, Luciferianism, and acts relating to the Devil. Before 1400, the majority of trials were focused on the use of magics to harm others, to practice treasonous divination and spells against a monarch. It is therefore a reasonable assumption to make that the trials and persecutions of the “Burning Times” were not aimed at actual practicing “pagans,” but rather at a whole other class of people. Some were guilty. Most were probably innocent and Christian. A few were “satanists,” most were not. Some were just senile. Or too ugly. Or too pretty. Or just in the wrong place at the wrong time.   A Abageda, Abametcha: executed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for murder, 1999 `Abd al-Karim Mara`i al-Naqshabandi: age forty, executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,13 December, 1996 d’Aubray, Marie-Madeleine (Marquise de Brinvilliers): burned alive Place de Greve, Paris, [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/witch-hunt/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-candle-craft-of-wicca-witch-spell-casters http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-candle-craft-of-wicca-witch-spell-casters#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-candle-craft-of-wicca-witch-spell-casters Candle craft is a popular form of spell work for Wiccans and witches and this is largely because it is accessible and simple to carry out. Here are some basic tips to introduce you to this powerful form of witchcraft.]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/the-candle-craft-of-wicca-witch-spell-casters/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/origins-of-the-runes http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/origins-of-the-runes#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:25 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1766 No-one knows exactly how old the runes are. Rune-like symbols appear as cave markings as early as the late Bronze Age (circa 1300 BC), and they are mentioned in the Bible, but their use in ritual and as an oracle for consultation must certainly pre-date their use as a written language. Eminent scientific runologist Dr R. I. Page of Cambridge University (Reading the Past – runes 1987) notes that the runic forms were well established and gave the appearance of having been in use for some centuries before the time of the earliest written language inscriptions. The fact that the runes were each given meaningful names confirms that they had some magical or religious significance to their users long before they emerged as an alphabet for records and messages. The word Rune itself comes from the old Norse Runa meaning a secret or mystery, and it seems likely that the early Runemasters and Runemistresses were considered to have some magic or mystic power in their understanding of the runes. The runes represent objects, gods, people, animals, concepts and occurrences. They were known by names from which their alphabetic values were taken, but it must be remembered that the early Germanic and Norse tribes who developed them did so long before they had any need for written language. It was not until about AD200, when the Runemal (i.e. the art of runic interpretation) was wide-spread in Northern Europe that the runic alphabet emerged. This alphabet became known as the Futhark or Futhork, after the names of [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/origins-of-the-runes/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/in-search-of-the-god http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/in-search-of-the-god#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:24 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=2036 Does the male aspect of the divine have a slightly less important role in worship than the goddess? Well yes and no well for me any way. I am not sure if it partly because I have hang-ups over the catholic and Christian version of the divine or that my early introductions to Wicca and other pagan paths which put more emphasis on the goddess or that my path lead me to be a priest of one goddess. The idea of the God is often seen as consult to the goddess a mate or lover I am sure that when we look at the god in greater detail that we find that he has been somewhat castrated in traditions that put more influence on the goddess. The God aspect of the divine is an equal and opposite of the goddess and should be seen in no less than an equal standing with the goddess. The god like the goddess has many different guises and roles. One of which is the consort or lover to the goddess aspect. Like the goddess that God can be seen in the three major forms, a youth. A husband or lover, and finally, as a sage or wise man. These three stages mimic the three stages of the goddess. In some mythology is that God is seen to grow as a person through the follies of youth into a triumphant husband. And finally wise king. In others these roles are played out amongst the male members of a pantheon. But [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/in-search-of-the-god/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/new-products http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/new-products#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:23 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1778 A beautiful range of unique books of shadows, all handmade in soft leather and embossed with a design. We have 12 books of shadows with zodiac symbols each is dyed with natural dye to match the elemental colour Size 12 cm width x 15.5 cm length x 3cm deep. We also have 2 larger books Size 17.5cm width x 22.5 cm Length x 3 cm Depth one is in green with an image of the Greenman the other has a pretty witch hold a broom with a cat available in black leather, red leather and purple leather. The books contain a high quality plain paper for writing, drawing and sketching, in a sumptuous binding of leather. The book are quite weighty at around a lb in weighty. These handmade leather books are unique to The Cyber Cauldron and can be purchased in our shop. The books themselves are limited in stock due to the nature that they are made by hand. They are made to the highest standard and are designed as books of shadows but can be used as diaries or journals. 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]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/lion-heart-for-leadership/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/introduction-to-thelem http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/introduction-to-thelem#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:22 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=1621 A Peek at History The word “thelema” originates from the Greek language (in Modern Greek “thelima”) and means “will” and “intention”. Thelema as a religious — philosophic term is first mentioned in Francois Rabelais’ Gargantua & Pantagruel (1532), an adventure story where the main characters of the book visit “Abbey of Thélème”. This abbey concentrated on refining human virtues on the principal of “do what you will”, which Rabelais described as being the opposite of the Christian decency of his time. In Rabelais’ Thélème the basis of philosophy is laughter, which makes life both enjoyable and mock — able at the same time, resulting in “otherness” without asceticism. Even though some of the ideas presented in Rabelais’ book were approached every now and then during the centuries after the book’s publication, it wasn’t until the 20th century before a religious — philosophic path called Thelema was born. Thelema was founded in 1904 by Aleister Crowley, who is considered the prophet of the religion. Even before this, Crowley was known for his skills as a mage and he was initiated to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In addition to Western magico — mystical and ceremonial magick, Crowley familiarised himself with many Eastern esoteric systems during his many journeys. The magickal systems he studied, influenced his world view and through him, Thelema. A turning point in the birth of Thelema is Crowley’s and his wife Rose’s trip to Egypt in 1904. According to accounts, Rose — buy prescription drugs without a prescription who had been [Click Title To Read More]]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/introduction-to-thelem/feed 0