http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk Where Magick come to life Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tree-lore-tree-calendar http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tree-lore-tree-calendar#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:40:57 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=899 Trees have always played a great part in the lives of human beings, and in magic’s they represent the symbol of life regeneration and rebirth and to some said to contain sacred knowledge. Trees are used, from everything from a source to creating shelters heat and tools. The wood from the trees has been also used as a sign of authority. Many kings and queens priests and priestesses would carry a staff of rowan , oak, Birch or beach. These trees were considered to be incarnations of the gods, and by carrying the staff would show others of their authority, and that their power was directed from the gods themselves. The image of trees in the pagan in a neopagan faith has always been considered to be magical and the symbol of the tree is used to connect the three rounds (roots), the underworld, (trunk of tree). The earthly realm, and (the branches) the heavens and the worlds beyond. It is even said that the phrase “ as above, so below” comes from trees, due to the fact that way trees grow their branches and roots seem to be of similar shape and size, the as above, refers to this almost identical shaping of roots and branches, whilst the so below, refers to the idea that whatever is created in the heavens manifests itself in the one of the major principles behind all kinds of magic. The trees are also appeared in folklore and mythology as places where gods have sacrificed themselves or have been]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/tree-lore-tree-calendar/feed 0 http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/valentine-facts-and-roots-in-pagan-past http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/valentine-facts-and-roots-in-pagan-past#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:59:02 +0000 admin http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/?p=2090 For me St Valentine’s Day is a bit of a weird celebration I am often convinced that it’s a made up holiday invented by Hallmark and the chocolate and flower providers. The holiday is associated romantic love but I will send friend’s valentine’s cards as a mark of respect for the love of our friendships. I never sign the cards to add a little mystery and it always nice to receive a card just saying that someone loves you. To be honest never really thought much about it origins I knew it was name after a saint and it involved love but apart from that nothing else. So I thought it was time to look at it history and it origins I know that a festival was celebrated in Rome from the 13th to the 15th February called Lupercalia, which was done to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Probably the origins of spring-cleaning. So how do we get from today where over a billion valentine’s cards are sent to a pagan fest Well we need to travel back in time starting with my childhood in the mid 80’s where the current version of giving cards flowers and chocolates really took off with the diamond industry started to promote St Valentines Day as a day to give a diamond quickly followed by Hallmark, Interflora, Thornton’s jumping on the marketing hype. Then next big even which involved the death of 7 people and Al Capone and Bugs Moran Gang The North]]> http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/valentine-facts-and-roots-in-pagan-past/feed 0