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| April 26, 2012
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Casting a Circle with no tools

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Although there are many books on how to cast a circle, each version will require tools or Paraphernalia to complete the task. I often feel that the way many books describe casting a circle can be off putting to the beginner or the lone practitioner. The fact of the matter is that you don’t need any special powers or tools. To be able to create a circle on the fly is a very handy skill to have. There are many times where you just don’t have the time or are in the correct circumstance to create a full circle. Using your hands or a finger to replace the Athame or Wand is one of the most simple ways of casting a circle with out any tools. The method i am going explain requires no movement and can be preformed in any situation including in the middle of a shopping centre. Casting a circle in this manor can be done without the knowledge of anyone and is very useful to sheild against unwanted energies. Once you have mastered this technique you can cast a circle at a moments notice. Firstly you will need to find your centre this is normal around the solar plexus chakra although it will take some practice to locate your personal centre. Start by rhythmic breathing (in through nose the out from mouth). Once you are aware of your centre remember it you will need to recall it when ever you cast a circle. Now start to visualise a small ball about

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| April 26, 2012
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Death of a spirit guide

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When I first started in the craft I was gifted with two spirit guides, one of these guides was a wonderful wolf who for the purpose of this peace we will just call “wolf”. Now wolfs are very powerful totems they act as great teachers teaching much about magicks, and healing. The wolf also represents a journey in many paths. Now I would spend a lot of time with wolf I felt his presence in my daily life he would warn me of oncoming danger, taught me how to transform into a mouse so I could ride on is back so we could travel long distances at speed. He helped me find my true pagan path and eventually lead me to the goddess who had been calling me to her service for so many years. My relationship with wolf was one of mutual respect and I would show honour to wolf with pictures of wolfs on my clothes and on my walls almost everywhere I went I left a trail of wolf icons. Wolf came to me when I was just a child and stayed my friend, confident and my teacher for over 20 years. I would visit wolf in a sacred place marked with two trees most times wolf would be their at the gateway waiting for me other time he would be waiting in the grove, I learned that if he was in the grove he had left a lesson I was to learn along the path so I would have to seek

Category: Everyday Pagan, Magickal Creatures, Pagan Mysteries, Symbols and Sigils, Totems, Visual Magick | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
| April 26, 2012
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Algerian Cultural Community Creation Myth

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This Creation myth comes from the North African country of Algeria where the Kabyls or Kabylians live who are a homogeneous Algerian cultural community and they consider themselves exclusively Berber (indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley). In this creation myth the first humans develop in to the modern Kabyls or Kabylians The First Human Beings In the beginning there were only one man and one woman and they lived not on the earth but beneath it. They were the first people in the world and neither knew that the other was of another sex. One day they both came to the well to drink. The man said, “Let me drink.” The woman said, “No, I’ll drink first. I was here first.” The man tried to push the woman aside. She struck him. They fought. The man smote the woman so that she dropped to the ground. Her clothing fell to one side. Her thighs were naked. The man saw the woman lying strange and naked before him. He saw that she had a taschunt. He felt that he had a thabuscht. He looked at the taschunt and asked, “What is that for?” The woman said, “That is for good.” The man lay upon the woman. He lay with the woman eight days. After nine months the woman bore four daughters. Again, after nine months, she bore four sons, and again four daughters and again four sons. So at last the man and the woman had fifty daughters and fifty sons. The father

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| April 22, 2012
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Stand Up and Be Counted

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With the announcement From the MoD that there are 100 pagans and 30 Wiccan’s or Druids in the British Armed Forces. Many Pagan groups are saying that this number is does not truly reflect that actual number of Pagans in the armed forces. Phil Ryder of the British Druid Network said there are likely more pagans in the armed forces than the figures indicate. “Druids and followers of Wicca tend not to publicize their beliefs for fear of discrimination. In some areas it’s seen as odd,” he said. It amazes me that today we are still ashamed of whom we are, and that are afraid of repercussions for being true to ourselves. I have done it myself put religion nil or just spiritual for the fear of being seen as wacky. I have also felt the pressure of working in a Christian organisation each and everyday someone trying to make me believe in Jesus Christ sad thing is I think he was a good guy Circle of 13 and performed magick you tell me who has the right view? So why do we hide our pagan selves are we really ashamed of what we believe or live in fear of what others may do. I think the true reason is that we don’t have any public role models and we are viewed in the media very badly and often linked with Devil Worship. School children are still taught that witches are evil or good, not humans practicing a religion. It about time we changed the

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| March 12, 2012
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Occult Paganism

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The year 2000, the new millennium, the bright new age of enlightenment, all brought a massive up-surge of information on all things Pagan, books by the score, mail order companies, distance learning courses, classes, and people claiming direct descent from ancient witches /druids /shamans etc. The media always so fast to demonise anything pagan, had a field day! People from all walks of life flocked to paganism, and our numbers rocketed. A bright new era of inter-faith understanding happened over-night and we all lived happily ever after! But hang on! True, with pagans now afforded legal rights as people of other faiths are, there has been progress – and I am sincerely, respectfully grateful to all those who fought long and hard to help to give us protection. But has it all sort of, well, backfired? True, we see less of the hysteria including sensational press coverage of anyone who wares black and a pentacle and has tattoo being labelled a ‘Devil Worshipper’. In fact the media seems to be leaving us alone , even giving us positive coverage! Result! (Even if it’s possibly more about now having the aforementioned legal right, than a sudden sense of goodwill!). My Concern is about the possible dumbing down of our faith. I’m worried not just about my own pagan path, but all paths. You see all those books – and lets be honest, the majority are crass, blatant rip offs of the ‘lets cash in quick’ type, which are being used by people to teach themselves (and

Category: Everyday Pagan, Magicks, Pagan Mysteries, Rituals and Rites, Spell, TV Musings | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
| March 12, 2012
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BRUJERÍA (WITCHCRAFT)

Brujeria. For many, it is nothing more than the Spanish word for witchcraft. But for a growing number of North Americans, Brujeria is something much more complex--it is a religion, not unlike Wicca Brujeria. For many, it is nothing more than the Spanish word for witchcraft. But for a growing number of North Americans, Brujeria is something much more complex--it is a religion, not unlike Wicca

From Chicano Folklore – A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans by Rafaela G. Castro Witches and brujería (witchcraft) are accepted facts of life in Mexican and Chicano culture. Belief in witches and witchcraft is common in the Southwest, as can be seen by the large number of folk narratives and legends about witches collected in New Mexico and Texas in the last century. This form of occultism is an integral part of the culture of Mexico and the Southwest. The Spanish conquerors and colonists who settled New Mexico in the sixteenth century communicated to the indigenous communities a belief in witchcraft. Beliefs in witchcraft were prevalent in Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, and the missionary friars brought these beliefs to the New World. The Spanish Catholic missionaries worked hard to convert the indigenous populations of New Spain, and any non-Christian belief that was not acceptable to the Spanish friars was often attributed to sin, evil, the devil, or witchcraft. Consequently it was easy to assign unexplainable natural phenomena to the work of witches, and these beliefs have persisted over hundreds of years. Contemporary witches can prepare love potions, lift spells, cure and cause illnesses, and in general cause great harm. They can also take on any form they desire, such as a cat, pig, or owl, and so can make themselves difficult to identify. In folktales from New Mexico, they often appear as balls of fire flying across the sky. Curanderas are sometimes mistaken for

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| March 12, 2012
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The creation of an elemental

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Let’s start, what is an elemental. Unlike elemental beings, which exist and control the elements elementals are created by the will of witch or magician to do that will elementals will have some level of intellect, which will enable them to complete the desired task. Elementals can be used for negative as well as positive purposes, and that usually created from two or more elements and is created with a purpose or a goal to complete before ceasing to exist. Unlike elemental creatures, which exist within their own elements that elemental has to be created and have a finite lifespan. Elementals, can be created in any shape or used to empower an object, such as talismans and  amulets which then can be used for protection, to increase their desired outcome. Although extremely easy to create. When working with elemental Magicks. It is advisable to follow the four basic rules- The elemental has to be given a form corresponding to the desire one wishes to be fulfilled. The form is to be created by intense imagination of visualisation. The form of the elemental of vessel or housing needs to be named. It does not have a name that cannot exist. Elemental, must be given a goal desired outcome to achieve the desired outcome needs to be achievable and finite. All elementals must be given a death date or a timescale in which the task is to be completed as elementals can continue to grow and become unruly or uncontrollable disallowed to go unchecked. Elementals can be

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| March 12, 2012
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Getting on the right path

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It takes many years (well for me it did) of searching and learning before you truly find your own true path. I was raised in a Christian environment and was baptised Catholic when I was eleven so I could attend a Catholic School. But the concept of a all-powerful male god just never fitted for me. I got interested in the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Gods The Idea that Gods had relationship, families and evolved from other forces made much more sense to me. Being a child I did not have access to books on magic or other paths so much had little knowledge of the possibilities that where out their for me. All I knew was that the Christian God was not enough for me he seemed so small and incapable of doing his job. I started to make up my own belief system it did involve spells, magick and the goddess. Although when I look back on it was a complete mess it contained circles from horror movies Cast in salt badly rhyming spells a [wikipedia]Christian[/wikipedia] god, [wikipedia]Mother Nature[/wikipedia] but it was my first steps. This continued over the next few years the circles changes to just plain circles the pointless spell casting stopped even calling the deities declined and I found that I could connect with the energy of the planet certain places made me feel powerful while others made me feel drained, people would also bring on these changes at the same time I was coming into puberty. With all my

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| February 6, 2012
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You Finally Know You are a Witch When

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You finally know you are a witch when… 1. Your BOS has spots on the pages from spilled brews. 2. When cleaning house you have to specify. “Where is the broom? No, not the broom, where is the one to clean the floor with?” 3. Candle wax has dripped on your keyboard. 4. There are more jars of strange smelling plants in your cupboards than there are cereal boxes. 5. Friends know they can always give you candles and incense as a gift. 6. When watching old re-runs of Bewitched, you find you side with Samantha’s mother Endora. 7. When travelling, stranger and stranger strangers tell you their problems. 8. You find yourself making corn dollies in the checkout line at the grocery store (well, I thought about it). 9. You ask for Halloween off, because it’s a religious holiday. 10. You start answering the phone with “Merry Meet”. Cyber Cauldron Shop Pagan and New Age shop -Kitchen Witchery Supplies Wood Pentagram Mortar & Pestle £14.99 More Info Set of 3 Porcelain Mortar & Pestles £25.99 More Info Brass Mortar & Pestle £9.99 More Info The Real Witches’ Garden by Kate West £17.61 More Info Encyclopaedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham £18.21 More Info Cinnamon Broom 12″ £6.99 More Info House Blessing & Protection Spell Mix £5.99 More Info Purification Spell Mix £5.99 More Info Lemon Balm for Love & Cleansing 150grms £5.35 More Info Angelica Root (Archangel) To Ward of Evil Spirits 50grms £1.00 More Info Related articles The Witches Next Door (insidecatholic.com)

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| February 6, 2012
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What is a Spell

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A spell is a magickal formula, which can be written or spoken which is intended to cause or influence a particular state or event. The belief in magicks and spell is worldwide and since ancient times has been part of religious practice. The basic premise of a spell is to raise energy and releasing that energy to cause an effect, Many spells are based on ritual. Spells are very closely related to prayers in the sense that the caster of the spell would call on the aid of a deity for success In magicks the spell can be successful with out a deity’s a persons own will is strong enough to cause the effect but only the arrogant would not call for guidance from a spirit, deity or any other divine source. Spells do not need formal ritual or circles to be successful. Using mental powers including mediation and visualisation and positive thought for spells is commonplace, as well as daily ritual spells such as lighting a candle, self-affirmations. The purpose of a spell is down to the person casting it this can be for good or bad and can be for any purpose but be careful for what you wish for you might just get it. A good spell is used for positive purposes is called a blessing, a bewitchment (which can also be used for negative magicks) and an enchantment, although enchantment is a spell form of it own it is a spell chanted or sung to empower an object or person (this

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