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Going through my Book of Shadows this morning I came across this and though I would share I hope JR Grover does not mind but it is only 21 years and I am not sure if it is available anywhere.

I used to have this in my office at work as it gave me confidence in my early days in the craft to come out and be a proud witch

You are politely but firmly requested not to discriminate against our pagan and spiritual heritage.

As pagans, witches and Druids, we have every right to express our views and practices. Our traditions with the fall protection of British and international law.

The last remaining laws prohibiting witchcraft in Great Britain were repealed in 1951.

This was necessary to bring British law in line with the United Nations universal declaration of human rights, which states:

Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public Private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Adopted and proclaimed by the Gen assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948.

Compared to various Christian persuasion is (a religion of Middle Eastern origin), particularly those of its recent forms of fundamentalists and similar sex often seem ill informed, even ignorant of the original and sacred spiritual heritage of the British Isles. We would encourage them to at least learn about our ways; any scientist will inform them that to criticise with out a reasonable comprehensive grasp of the subject renders the criticism invalid. The blind prejudice frequently expressed against paganism by such people is often the result of such gross ignorance. Here are the two basic areas of information which will dispense with many major misconceptions.

1 Satanism, and the devil
Satanism is an offshoot of that Judaic Christian. Islamic tradition it is then invention and has nothing to do with the symbolic horned God of the witches and pagans come up, which exists as a symbolic representation of the masculine characteristics of nature’s fecundity long before the Judaic Christian and Islamic traditions were culturally developed from Samaria Arcadian and the late Egyptian religious concepts (i.e. monotheistic panentheism). The devil is solely part of the Judaic Christian Islamic pantheon of deific characters. In 1484, Pope Innocent 8th published a bull classify our pagan symbols as personification of their devil. And so on, infighting and promoting deliberate religious persecution and genocide. Pagans (and Christian is deemed heretics), of all persuasions have been so treated by religious authorities from as early as 307CE, and in Europe to date at least 9 million have been tortured and killed by heretic and witch hunts (an academic has recently identified some 35-45,000 recorded arraignments and executions solely of those accused of being witches. In some cases of those countries, and only a few countries were Christianity was the enforced belief system – and those from only a tiny proportion of such records still exist).

2 learn your heritage
the pagan heritages of all nations are the original roots from which the modern religions sprang. These religions usually arose from a significant or, divinely inspired person capable of seeing the armed. The strictures of their cultural norms, who gave guidance to the ordinary people, to enable them to survive conditions. The less perceive Could not comprehend. Inevitably, these charismatic individuals designed their message from earlier knowledge; they are often known to have been educated in earlier traditions, which enable them to see the wider picture – and far at least. As their particular culture would enable them to stop. It is an unfortunate fact that the less adaptable followers tend to create institutions, which often become power hungry to the extent of denying their originators background. For incense, read the Venerable Bede, on the slaughter of the entire pagan population of the Isle of Wight in 686CE. Reid also a bonus (decline and fall of the Roman Empire), and the actions of the Valentitian and Valens. This was long before the Inquisition, where in many celibate Christian monks, refined methods of torture, mainly of women, with zealous enthusiasm. Nowadays, surely all religious except the rights of others, religious freedom of expression? Simply read the exact wording of their current dogma in the light of their history and find out. Then learn your pagan heritage and the concepts behind our traditions; it is your birthright, which they had tried to deny you. As pagans, we are pantheists; we recognise the supernality as intrinsic to existence itself, the order by which time and space and fold, and we find monotheistic panentheism, a pre-existent creator god childishly absurd in a scientific aware world. Our quaint and beautiful symbolic minutes, ceremonies and deities, allegories the processes of nature and existence, and celebrate the existence of humanity as part of the whole. After all, your existence is a result of the evolutionary nature, despite absurd creationist modern sects born of inward looking religious self-delusion. We are happy to coexist with other spiritual paths, and perfectly willing to discuss their validity of each other as core beliefs and morals and natural supernality.
As inheritors of the pagan knowledge, we conceive of Jesus Christ as a magnificent example of a middle eastern known scientific folk of their 2160 year Piscean age, now ending As we enter the Aquarian age. As starch, we have due respect for this figure, and his true followers who wish to peacefully coexist with other spiritual traditions, but not for the Christian churches with their appalling record of genocide, torture, material acquisition suppression of other spiritual traditions, including those from which they descend, their involvement with fascists and various oppressive governments, their suppression of winning, their coal industry a dark and murky politics, and perhaps above all, their doctrinal denial of every human being is divine right to seek spirituality. Based on reality, not confined by an enforced dogma. Nowadays, we do not live under the tyranny of an enforced belief system. Paganism is currently the fastest growing spiritual cosmology. In this land, at least, and a dogmatic religions are declining as progressing human knowledge about our universe, its origins and ours are no longer censored by religious dogma. This is because the pagan principles are absolutely appropriate in a word, where environmental concerns focus attention on the necessity of looking after this beautiful Earth, and of course, there is no contradiction between the experimental concepts underlying pagan knowledge and the knowledge developed through scientific discovery.

After 2000 years of oppression. We say never again! We feel we have the right to express our freedom with the support of decent people throughout the Wales. If you have come across discrimination against pagans weather, which is truth or others including Third World pagan folk. Please inform the perpetrator that they are in violation of internationally enforceable law against religious discrimination and are liable to arrest and prosecution because the civilised governments of the world regards such prejudices as immoral and unacceptable.

Copyright 1990 JR Grover

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Originally posted 2011-05-18 10:33:33. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Introduction:

One of my near and dear once spent an hour in a therapist’s office kicking an innocent throw pillow around the room and screaming out rage at his abusive father. At the end of the hour, he had a broken foot — and the first beginnings of a healed mind.

But we have learned that magic works through symbols. Calling an object by your abuser’s name and then abusing that object is sympathetic magic used for the purpose of cursing. To throw a curse is to project one’s worst feelings out into the world of form, and to invoke upon oneself the inevitable karmic feedback.

It is not our way to blast the crops and sour the milk. Wiccan tradition and plain common sense both tell us to avoid the practice of baneful magic. But, as usual, it’s not quite as easy as just saying no.

Rape and child abuse, loved ones killed by muggers or drunk drivers, emotional manipulation and betrayal, economic exploitation and dishonest office politics — people hurt and victimize other people in many different ways every day. We are not immune.

At some point in our lives, probably every single one of us will feel violated by some other human being. Often our feelings will be based in fact. Whether they are or not, however, we need and deserve a safe way to discharge them.

Symbolic baneful actions are also cathartic actions. They drain and clear our poisonous feelings and allow our own emotional healing to begin. If we deny ourselves this outlet, what happens to the grief and pain and rage?

If projection is bad for us, introjection is even worse. Unreleased bad feelings are a major source of stress. In a very real sense, stress cripples and kills. Ulcers, strokes, heart attacks and more are all heavily stress-related. A simple refusal to engage in baneful magic could easily amount to punishing a victim by adding serious illness to the original harm.

I am part of the All. “An it harm none” is about me too. Release of my feelings is my right.

At first it seems like an insoluble paradox. But the same understanding of magic that forbids projection of our bad feelings can open a safe channel for those feelings. Here’s one possible form:

Preparation:

1. Understanding

   Think about the Alcoholics Anonymous prayer. “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference.” People of any religion can recognize the wisdom in those words. This ritual is intended to ease emotional pressure. I believe that is a step towards granting all three of those things to ourselves.

   If your hurt is ongoing, you must take steps to stop it — leave the abusive relationship, begin searching for a new job, begin organizing politically to stop your oppression. What good this Circle does you will be temporary at best if you are not acting on both the magical and material planes to change the things you can change.

   But some of our pain comes from old, old injuries. And some of our feelings are not based on fact at all. The source of those hurts cannot be changed, but the pain can be. This particular working is to release any bad feelings, not to judge them.

   Don’t worry about justice. You may be mistaken about who has hurt you, but nobody will be hurt by what we do here. All energy will be contained within the Circle. The object of this working is healing, not justice. You deserve this healing simply because you hurt, and even if you are mistaken.

   Prevention and healing are human tasks; to do them is to change the things we can change. Justice — the evening of karmic balances — is the business of the Gods, and may take place across a span of many lifetimes. Karmic balance is a thing we cannot change.

2. Set Up

   You have some decisions to make. The first one is whether you will work alone or ask one or more trusted friends to witness and facilitate your working. Some of us can only let our feelings go in strict privacy. For others, the presence of people who will make sure we don’t hurt ourselves or our homes removes a source of inhibition. And sometimes simply being heard is part of the release process.

   Next, exactly what kind of symbolic action will release your feelings? Will kicking a throw pillow suffice, or do you need to actually make a poppet? Or just screaming may be enough. If you want to work with a physical symbol, prepare it in advance, and be sure not to use anything you will want to keep after the rite or ever use again.

   Figure out whether you can either cast a Circle to include your bathroom, or leave a cast Circle for a period of time. This will depend on your particular training. If possible, have a warm, scented tub waiting for you. If not, a basin of warm, scented water and a washcloth within easy reach just outside of your Circle will suffice. Also, a ritual meal should be prepared and waiting outside of Circle, and this should include something green and growing — I favor sprouts — and something sweet.

Procedure:

1. Waning moon is a good time for this Circle, and the Dark of the Moon is even better. Cast the Circle and invoke the Watchers in your usual manner. Call on the Crone, on She who weeds and prunes and disposes of the obstructive and unnecessary.
2. Just inside the Circle, like the membrane in an eggshell, cast a grounding shield. One possible image for this shield would be a black absorptive chain link fence, supported at regular intervals by fence posts that are lightning rods. Whatever happens within this space will be contained and grounded.
3. Make clear to yourself what wound you seek to drain. Say it out loud, even if you are alone. Recall what happened to you in detail and let the feelings grow strong.
4. Now, let go of your feelings. Do whatever will help you release what is in you. Beat on a pillow or rip up a doll. Scream till you cry. Don’t stop till you are emptied. Then fling the thing you used as a symbol out of your Circle.
5. When you are sure you are all done, all drained, contract the shield into a tight ball in the center of the Circle. As it contracts, it will gather all the negative energy from the Circle. Ground it. Affirm that you are sending this energy to the fire at the heart of the Earth — to Jarnsaxe or to Pele — to be purified in that blast furnace and cycled to wherever strong energy is needed. Know that what you now let go is gone. Affirm this out loud.
6. Wash or bathe in a ritual manner, feeling the last traces of your bad feelings dissolve away. If others are present, allow them to wash and serve you.
7. Rest a few minutes. Feel the peace of emptiness.
8. Then invoke the Maiden’s energy for new beginnings. Have your ritual feast and otherwise indulge your senses. Gentle and joyful music would be effective, and you may want to switch to a sweeter-smelling incense. This is a time to dream dreams and plan plans. You have removed an energy drain from your life, now you will be able to … ?
9. Thank and dismiss whatever Beings you have called on, throughout the whole ritual. Close your Circle as usual. Do not do any other kinds of working or worship within this particular Circle.

Follow Through:

The final part of any effective magical working is “acting in accordance” on the material plane. By doing this, we give the magic a channel through which to manifest. For this working, there are three forms of follow through, and all are important.

1. Remember that painful feelings are partly habitual. Acting in accordance with magic to banish such feelings requires you to stop feeding the habit. Don’t talk about the pain with anybody until at least the second full moon after the working. This gives the habit a chance to fade out. As much as you can, eliminate the topic from your internal dialogue as well. When you notice yourself dwelling on the old pain, gently and firmly change the subject.
2. Thinking about action to change your life in the here and now is perfectly OK. The problem is reiteration of old feelings of frustration and helplessness that actually impede change.
3. If the hurtful situation is current and ongoing, continue with any steps you were taking to change the things you can change. In fact, you will probably find you have more energy than you did before to devote to your projects.
4. Be sure to use some of your newly freed emotional energy to reward yourself. Take time for friendship, love, and pleasure. The object of the exercise is to clear space for the enjoyment of life, so start right now.

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Originally posted 2011-04-14 09:51:27. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I have to preface this by stating that I was first drawn to this work by Leigh Ann Hussey, and reacted very negatively to it. This will be my second time through these Laws, with comments that are solely my own opinion. I know that Lady Galadriel put a lot of work (translate: sweat blood) into these Laws, and I am not attacking her or her work. Making my points without sounding negative would have been nice, but I have not been very successful at this; since several people have been asking me to put down why I didn’t like them, I felt that getting the project over with would be better than struggling with a novel-length exercise in not offending anyone. To Lady Galadriel: I, too, have sweat blood over a reconstruction project similar to this (and I got lots of negative feedback, too). My finished copy, which includes the old “Burning Times” laws as a historical source or what to do when things really get bad, can be had from Leigh Ann, Judy Harrow, or downloaded from WeirdBase in St. Louis as “JRFLAWS.TXT”. My heart goes out to you, but I am commenting on your Laws from my head only.

Notes:

On the Preface: The Book of the Law, or Liber Al, which Lady G. refers to as a primary source, is not the same as Craft law in most traditions as it was written by Aleister Crowley; it is, therefore, hardly a wonder why it was not found to be very pertinent by Lady G. If, indeed, Lady G.’s Book of the Law was not Liber Al, it is hard to understand where many of these Laws originated.

The Laws:

1. Form and Order? Ask a Discordian or Shamanic Craft type. The Laws were created for guidance, as the latter part of this Law attests.
2. Channels, and manifestation of the Source? This sounds more like New Age Christianity than Wicca. I should stop talking about the flowers in the language, although they are disconcerting and very distracting from the original goal of “readable, usable, and pertinent to the needs…” I suppose I can just use the term “flowers” as my way of saying that the language is unnecessarily complicated when it really bothers me – and most of these laws do fall in this category.
3. Oh, no. Not the Christian “Ye are as children” routine again. The Gods, in my training, wish us to grow, not perpetually remain children. To not test what they say is the same as channeling some unknown spirit and believing everything he/she says. We are growing, making the Gods proud, not belittling or mocking them.
4. This law is over-judgmental (something I am accused of being at times), and ignores the need for working with our shadow-side; I suppose naiveté is the worst I can say about this Law. I can easily find better in Marion Weinstein’s Positive Magic…
5. The “Mothership” routine smacks of Close Encounters, but other than the children routine and some language problems, this one isn’t too bad – but isn’t there something in an initiation ritual about us and the Gods being the same “but for a difference of power”? I would think Brothers and Sisters of the Gods would be better terminology – feminists are welcome to reverse the wording.
6. Hmmm. Sounds like tithing to me. While it is certainly a good idea, we give back to the Gods all the time – this would be making the meaningful ritual a mechanical one. Sustain its Priests and Priestesses? Paid (or fed) clergy? Shades of Paul! This part would still work in my tradition, since we are all priests and priestesses, but I know some that are different…
7. I can’t see the purpose of this Law, and know of no corresponding Law in the Laws I have come across. It sounds like the God of the Christians again, making people the way they are and then judging them for being that way.
8. A direct statement would be better. Who do you know in these times that goes around weighing silver? Is this a modern metaphor? I don’t think so.
9. Does not parse. Sounds good, though…
10. This sounds like it’s setting up the teacher as infallible – shut up and listen. Also, while I hear Karma used frequently in Craft discussions, it is because it is a useful concept for us; however, this is the first time I have seen the Lords of Karma enthroned in Craft Law.
11. I could have taken the Golden Rule in one of its permutations, but this is much more akin to the concept of “Sin” than that of Karma.
12. “You must not be a teller of tales…”? What, we are to have no Bards in the Craft? If this law means that gossiping is not a good thing, why doesn’t it say so? And “must hold no malice” indicates that we are not allowed to be human again – true, it is better for the Craft that we all be as a loving family, but there are other ways to deal with the problems caused by personality conflicts than to outlaw legitimate feelings.
13. Flowers. Old Law. (Meaning that, other than difference in wording, this is the same as the “Old Laws”, i.e., Lady Sheba and others.)
14. Oh, boy! Priestess Knows Best (and will be happy to be responsible for you). If someone asks me a question, give them the straightest answer I can, and without phoning up my Priestess for permission to do so. I am a trained, adult Witch, and am capable both of making my own decisions and taking the consequences for making a wrong decision. The “You must not put stumbling blocks…” sounds like the old parental admonishment, “Don’t put beans in your ears.” The Christians have enough stumbling blocks of their own; I don’t think ours would even be noticed, and so are unnecessary.
15. The key words are in the Preface: readable, usable, and pertinent. “Fetters” and “woe” are not very meaningful words in this half of the 20th century. Not sure about the use of “souls”, either, since that seems to be mostly a Christian concern. Remember, Lady G. said that she reworded some of these laws “to make them clearer and more understandable”. I think she missed here.
16. Sounds like “Trust in God; He will provide.” Where is the Craft basis for this Law?
17. If you kill someone magically, accidentally or otherwise, you should be sacrificed to atone for it? My Goddess demands nothing in sacrifice. It would be far better to get into therapy and see how you could forgive yourself and help others to forgive you (I’m using “forgive” as a psychological, not religious, term). No problem with the first sentence.
18. Could be said more clearly.
19. The source for this, especially the final sentence, seems to be Jesus in Revelation. “Many say, Lord, Lord, but I know them not…” etc.
20. Sounds like, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God in vain”. Either that is what this law is saying, or it needs to be clearer.
21. Old Law. I would have worded it, “In any disputes among the Wicca…”
22. Old Law.
23. To me, my magickal tools are channels between what is within me and what is outside of me (on the magickal planes, which frequently intersect with the planes of reality). Still, Do Not Haggle is Old Law.
24. Old Law, except for the semantical substitution of “Power” for “Art” and the use of the judgmental terms “evil” and “unworthy”.
25. “Thou shalt not steal”? Hinted-at consequences are unnecessary.
26. I don’t understand “Show honor” as a phrase, and the last phrase is not comprehensible to me.
27. “Those who are of the Wicca shall not own slaves,” – good idea, although I have never seen it included in Craft Law. The rest of this sentence is again unclear and/or unnecessary justification. “Nor shall you take as a pledge any person’s life,”; well, the Laws of Karma (if you accept them, which these Laws purport to) demand otherwise from time to time, and again, this has not been found necessary in any other set of Craft Laws I have seen.
28. This is the second time the Golden Rule has been quoted in a faulty permutation. “If a stranger sojourns with you…they shall be as one of the Circle…” What, we’re going to invite total strangers into our rites just because this Law says so? There are enough Laws that contradict this already. This doesn’t sound right.
29. This came straight out of Leviticus, and also exists in Baha’i law in a slightly clearer form. It’s nice that We’re getting ecumenical, but what is the need for this in Craft Law? The Threefold Law applies, and is easier to understand.
30. The Good Wiccan Housekeeping Seal is required for Circle?
31. Not a Wiccan Law. “Cleanliness is next to god/dessliness” would be a shorter way of phrasing this. Although the old customs (not laws) require bathing prior to a ritual, even that has been used to “find” Witches with in some areas (they’re clean and smell nice – they must be seducing our men for Satan!).
32. Not Law, but a start; I believe none should die without someone having cared for them; and that death with dignity is the hoped-for ideal. Many of you already know that I’m initiating action toward Pagan hospice, funeral, and cemetery care. The judgment about “their actions” is for the Dark Lord to make.
33. Threefold Law is all you need here. Anything else is moral judgment.
34. Amended version: “Let those who desire union as a couple (or other forms as might be desirable, such as a triad or a group relationship) be handfasted, sharing their love in a manner they and the Gods find pleasing.” Children are not necessary for shared love (and often separate the parents from their mutual desires), and there is no need to deny Handfasting to couples not wanting children. I also am not certain that this needs to be a Law.
35. “The Law of the Goddess is that none of the Wicca shall take and wed someone who they do not love.” Period.
36. Not Law. Also uses “brethren”, another male term. (Anyone who has read my revision of Gardnerian Craft Law should have noticed the near-total lack of gender terminology.)
37. The first sentence is incomprehensible, immaterial, or both. This law is very flowery, and I would love to know what Lady G. extracted it from.
38. Old Law: “Never boast, never threaten…” seems to be the root here – and is much clearer in that form.
39. The concept of magickal purity is one of ritual magick, not the Craft. This Law is, in letter and spirit, one of ritual magick. While some traditions of the Craft do get into ritual magick, that still does not make this “proper” as Craft Law.
40. Old Law was both clearer and less “new-agey”.
41. Where hath the Goddess said these things? Nowhere in my tradition, and they sound more like things She may have said in circle – certainly no need to canonize them.
42. Back to Leviticus. This is far too judgmental for any tradition I am familiar with. There also seems to be confusion between “work” as in make money and “work” as in learning and teaching the things of the Craft.
43. A sacred trust? This explains why Grove of the Unicorn built a sanctuary in Georgia, but I have never seen this expressed as a requirement. Most traditions are not getting over being hidden; this Law requires total openness. I think it’s dangerous to do this in most areas, and having the Goddess decree (here) that we should do something that could harm Her Witches (something She expressly forbids us to do in the Old Laws) doesn’t feel right. What is the source of this one? It appears to be the inner feelings of some Witch or Witches, which is not good enough to pass off as Craft Law.
44. While I have been taught this, it was under “What We Do” rather than “The Law”. The style of presentation sounds too much like what YHWH would have written as a law rather than the Goddess I know…
45. Am I reading this wrong, or is this saying “Honor the Sabbath and keep it holy”? We need to set aside a whole day(s)? I don’t think that’s realistic in these times, although it might have been in Paleolithic times.
46. Not necessary. Any teacher will give you this information.
47. Definitely flowers. Let each Witch keep a book (she even dropped the “in their own hand” part). What else is necessary?
48. Clumsy, with too many “they”s in spots; How about, “Study the signs of the Gods in all their forms; these shall guide your thoughts to the Gods and the Gods will take notice of you. Turn your thoughts and worship to the Gods, not the signs and statues of them.”
49. The original here says “If any in the Craft owns any land…guard all moneys of the Craft…” thus widening the circle of love beyond just the Circle you are a part of.
50. Old Law. I feel this could be done a bit more clearly.
51. Extremely Crowleyian in content, where the content can be determined. It sounds like it is favoring asceticism “for the good of the Craft…”. Unclear rules like this have led to excesses in other religions they have appeared in.
52. Not Craft Law. Paul would have loved to have this kind of law as stated by Christ, but it wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now. If we’re not supposed to take money for the art, how come we can be allowed to take gifts?????
53. Taken as an extension of #52, this law repulses me; however, having deleted #52, and deleting “offerings of…money”, it could be OK. But it is totally unnecessary unless you’re trying to set yourself up as the First Church of Wicca, N.A., complete with Christian abuses of power. In any loving circle, people will bring the incense, or the cakes and/or wine, or work together on building a new altar. This is already covered in the laws above, though.
54. Harmony will be restored by working toward harmony, not by donating to your favorite non-profit Temple. Again, the emphasis on giving makes me think of televangelists (“I need to make the payment on my Inspirational Cadillac”). I don’t know what problems Grove of the Unicorn has been having in keeping up their payments on the land or whatever, but their problems should not be used as a lever to change Craft Law (if indeed this is the object of these laws).
55. Once more, this law either comes out of ritual magic or televangelism (or both). Every Witch should know (or know how to look up) the proper times for a ritual, and should be able to offer it up themselves (“through the most proper medium” could mean “Pay the Priestess” or it could mean “use the right tools” – if it is not intended to mean the latter, then this law has no basis in the Craft).
56. Old Law, and one of the most important Craft Laws.
57. Separating this Law from the previous one causes a minor problem – it now becomes “Never break the Laws” (and there are some dillies in this set) instead of “Never break this Law”.
58. The “Mighty Ones” decided for us “in days of old” that we cannot use the Art against anyone? A shirking of responsibility is again evident. While the same precept occurs in my set of the Laws, it is obviously a decision made in the light of persecutions, not something decreed from on high.
59. Sentence fragments. (sic) This is a subject that is not in the Laws (but is in the Charge of the Goddess, without the God’s side of things).
60. Why do we need “the dimly remembered dawn of ages past” and Atlantis to make this point? This is the only version I’ve seen that goes beyond remembered history.
61. Should be combined with #60, and have more of the excessive verbiage dropped. Oh, no! Not another cry of “the evil of chaos” again! How can these people even talk to Discordians? Any set of Laws that is intended to be Craft-inclusive must not include value judgments, especially using the words “good”, “evil”, and “chaos”. This law seems to be wishing for the time when we were in power; every set of Laws I’ve seen prior to this one would settle for a time in which we are tolerated or accepted.
62. I don’t understand what this is trying to say – it seems to fluctuate between “No more secrets”, “Only a few secrets”, and “Don’t tell anybody anything”. Since all three of these have been expressed above, I’m not sure this law is needed; it hardly even adds to the confusion.
63. The change from “always heeding the Messenger” to “always heeding the messages” is a little dangerous, but otherwise, this is Old Law.
64. This law sounds pretty Gardnerian in tone, but it does not agree with Gardnerian myths – i.e., while Goddess created everything, she did not create Death itself. Life without Death offers no regeneration, as Life could not continue on its own; the God was outside of Her creation, and so He had things to teach Her about Death. (Those of you who prefer Starhawk’s version of this myth are totally ignored in this law.)
65. I thought an HPs was only concerned mainly with what happens in Her Circle – this Law seems to state that She is concerned with an unstated, but large-sounding, community. Other than that, this is Old Law.
66. I don’t think this needs to be in the Laws, but it’s a good idea for each Circle to consider.
67. This seems to be based upon the Old Laws’ “If any in the Craft has any land…”, but it does take that additional step into demi-deified clergy. I wish I knew whether Grove of the Unicorn was an authoritarian structure or not, but these Laws go a long way toward making its sound like one. (I’m not sure this group could “pass” Isaac Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame after having read this many of their Laws.)
68. Aha! Almost Old Law, and a “Burning Times” law! This is still a good Law, but it was formulated to keep anyone from knowing more than one group to “give away” if they cracked under pressure of Inquisition.
69. Old Law; probably should be included in #68.
70. Are we talking about pneumonia, herpes, or a cold here? You can do a lot better healing work in Circle (in my experience) than outside of it in many cases, and any Witch can decide for her/himself whether they are too sick to be in Circle and ask (or not ask) for healing. I suppose I find this law too judgmental, or too general.
71. Old Law.
72. There is no definition of Council given (the “Old Law” says “the Elders”), and the “Old Law” states that either the High Priest or the High Priestess can convene the Elders (useful if the HPs is out of town…) Otherwise, Old Law.
73. Generally, Old Law. Some of the restatements are difficult or unwieldy, but no real problems.
74. Old Law. (Actually, a bit of another Old Law is grafted in for clarification, but it doesn’t hurt anything.)
75. In conflict with English(/American) Law, “Ignorance is no excuse,” includes threefold law (which is not included in the Old Laws), and throws in the Lords of Karma again; rephrased, this could be an excellent law or rule, but I do not recognize a single source for this one. Some ritual magic, a little Hinduism, no Craft per se.
76. Nice thought; sounds like a personal addition.
77. As above, the “want of an offering” is not an issue in Old Law; the “lack of a robe” has never been discussed, since most groups I am familiar with generally work skyclad or negotiate the issue. Personal addition?
78. Nice thought; sounds like a personal addition.
79. So many flowers that (I feel) most would miss the point. I’m afraid I did, and I’m a musician.
80. Sounds like the Apostle Paul. The qualities I was taught to look for in a High Priestess were caring, leadership, patience, ability, and knowing when to ask for help. This cuts out faith (something Goddess says in Her Charge is not asked for) and belief (something she wouldn’t be in Circle without). More flames on the topic of children.
81. Source? Sounds clergy-like to me…
82. Old Law states that a requirement of being High Priestess is youth; while this is not easily practiced in all covens, going to the opposite extreme is probably not much better. My personal experiences have been in covens where everyone takes their hand at practicing HP and HPs, with the HPs acting more like organizer and running coven meetings.
83. Ouch. Based upon Old Law, this Law removes the aspect of Love as an excuse (or Glands, if you like the Wombat Wicca version) – and demands both judgment and atonement for a HPs who has left and come back – even uses the judgmental term, “deserts”, in dealing with the issue. The Old Law may have its drawbacks, but is a much better guide (I feel) than getting nasty about it. Oooh, they don’t even get to hold office again! Many things are sacred, and certainly being High Priestess is one of them, but in my teaching, Love is a higher ideal, and the Craft has always allowed for it.
84. Old Law, with flames as above. “It is the lives of all of the Craft they endanger.” Honor is still undefined in this context.
85. The use of the word, “Sabbatical” is cute in this context, but this should be a part of #83 rather than separating them out. Also, the phrase, “the Maiden should continue in that office” confuses the reader as to which office – the law has already stated that she should reap the reward; does election of another person invalidate the election? It should read, “…the Maiden shall be the Maiden for the new HPs.”
86. This is a new idea, and probably a good one: the Priestess and the Priest need not be the consort of the other, but are selected each by the coven or circle and are free to choose their own consorts. The one possible negative I can think of concerns the few times when Great Rite is held, and the feelings of their consorts on this matter. But then it lets the coven decide whether the choice was right nor not! If we’re dealing with private lives, let them remain private. Based on Old Law, except that in Old Law the Priestess is chosen and She selects the Priest. This law again contains too many value judgments – if you need a perfect person to run your circle, you will never meet.
87. Adapted from the Letters of Paul the Apostle, not the Old Laws. It is nice to state that we should be responsible for ourselves, but that is a part of being a Witch (oops, by these Laws, Witches are only children, so I suppose making “those of the Priesthood” adults is what this law is about). This also seems to state (per Christianity) that their mates, children, and house are all possessions; hardly a feminist or Craft perspective.
88. Reverse Christian. Extremely sexist, and no more or less bad than making the Man ruler of the world.

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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 witches because of their healing power, but they are also often called upon to undo the work of witches.

Many of the folktales, legends, and cuentos (stories) collected in New Mexico by Aurelio Espinosa, Juan Bautista Rael, and R. D. Jameson (Robe 1980) are about witches and witchcraft. In the 1930s, writers employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal collected many cuentos and legends about witches from the people of northern New Mexico, and many beliefs expressed then are still held today. For instance, the way to tell if a person is a witch is to stick two needles in the form of a cross into the sill above a door; if the person in the room is a witch, she won’t be able to leave the room. Another belief is that only men named Juan or Juan Bautista or women named Juana have the ability to catch or overpower a witch. Conversely the power of a witch cannot be exerted over a person named Juan or Juana. A witch cannot sense the presence of a Juan, so he may be able to trap her by drawing a circle on the ground and throwing his shirt, turned inside out, into the circle.

Witches often take the form of an owl, in New Mexican Spanish called a tecolote, from the Nahuatl word teolotl. The hoot of an owl is an evil omen, so one must be careful to stay away from owls. In other parts of the Southwest owls are sometimes known as lechuzas. A lechuza is a woman who has sold her soul to the devil and becomes an owl by night. Only a woman can become a lechuza.

A prayer meant to keep witches away was recited at night in a low voice:

Cuatro esquinas tiene me casa

Cuatro ángeles que la adoran

Lucas, Marcos, Juan y Mateo

Ni brujas ni hechiceras

Ni hombre malhechor

En el nombre del Padre,

Y del Hijo y del Espirtu Santo.

(My house has four corners

Four angels adore it

Luke, Mark, John and Matthew

Neither witches nor charmers

Nor evil-doing man

In the name of the Father,

and of the Son

and of the Holy Ghost.)

(Simmons 1974a, 11)

Besides being present in folktales and legends, the world of brujas seeps into discussions of love and lovers, literature, and other forms of Chicano folklore and culture.

See also Curanderismo; Espinosa, Aurelio Macedonio

References Brown 1978; Delgado 1994; Espinosa 1910; García 1992; Jaramillo 1972; Rael 1957; Robe 1980; Simmons 1974a, 1974b; Ulibarri 1977; Weigle and White 1988

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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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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.

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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 used to influence the mind and thoughts of others.
• Strengthen our break-up relationships.
• Then someone will do your own.
• To control other elements or elementals
• To do your bidding across the astral plane.

It is important when creating elementals to use the corresponding elements to your desired outcome.

When you first start creating elementals. It is important to start small and build up as this will help learn to control, command and form the elemental. Before the elements are combined and formed it should be visualised in the following format-

Element of fire, should be visualised as a ball of fire, element of air, should be visualised as a blush coloured mist, element of water, should be visualised as a glass ball. And finally, the elements of Earth, should be seen as grey coloured dust. I would recommend that you start with simple elementals, such as ones that will act like if fetch sending and receiving messages, between yourself and close friend this will help you gain confidence in your abilities and help you create more powerful elementals.

Working in groups of two have one person in the sender and one as receiver. The person sending will create an elemental and send it to their partner. To gain some information. The receiver should write a word or image on a piece of paper, which the elemental will gain information from a return that information to the sender both partners should take turns in creating an elemental and gaining information. The more you practice, the better you will get at this.

Instructing your elemental.

Insuring you create your elemental correctly choose the corresponding element or an elements of to your purpose (for passing information back and forth, air and Earth work well) is surely you name your elemental choosing an appropriate name will help impress upon the elemental. Its purpose, example, naming your elemental messenger Post person will define its role and help enforce your authority over its. You will need to ensure that your elemental will follow your orders to completion. You will need to command your elemental in the present tense. Examples are elemental name, you will go and see person’s name and read what they have written and returns to me. The information they wish to share. Once you have completed your services will no longer be required and you shall cease to be.

How to create an elemental.

You will need to go into a trance state or a spate of high creative visualisation. You will need to imagine yourself inside, the elements required as you would do if you were invoking the elemental force. As you do when you call the quarters, watchtowers or guardians. But do not invoke the element itself. Instead, focus and condensed the element into a sphere, which you can then shape or mould to the required form of your elemental. All the time impressing and online pharmacy prescription reinforcing the purpose that your elemental will have. Once you have the correct shape of your elemental you will then need to name this naming will give your elemental life. You will then need to give your elemental a purpose. You will then need to create the death date of your elemental a point where it ceases to exist or retain any power at all once you practised, creating elementals short purposes and practised sending and receiving them. You can then move on to elementals that will need to be recharged.

Creating rechargeable elementals.

Once you feel happy creating elementals, and allowing them to do their duty and dissipate. You may wish to create elementals that you can call on when needed. All for repetitive task, these forms of elementals, act like loyal animals. They will go off and do as you require and return when you call upon them in the form of elementals will require feeding or recharging from the same energies that created them.

Rechargeable elementals can be used by a group if created by the group.

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This is an adaptation of a meditation from Laurie Cabot originally called the pink star meditation, which was used to send self love energy towards a person for healing, self love Can be a very powerful thing to send to a person it can help transform them in to a better person.

Original the meditation sent pink healing energy to a person but I have found that if you adjust the colour of the light you can send different energies, which help bring about change.

As long as your motives are pure this spell / meditation can bring about some great transformation not just for the intended recipient but also for the person / group doing the meditation.

This meditation can be done solitary or in a group as part of a path working / walking.

Start by getting yourself comfortable and close your eyes and begin your breathing.

Visualise a white light moving up your body starting at your toes and when it reaches your crown see it form in to a lotus flower.

Once the lotus has formed watch it float from your crown to the floor.

Once on the ground see the petals open slowly until the lotus is fully open.

Once the lotus is fully open you will see in the centre outer space you step through the centre of the lotus and look around see the gateway behind you.

As you stand floating in space you will feel drawn in a direction and you start moving off in that direction, making note of the planet you pass making a mental note of your journey.

Off in the far distance you see a small star (colour will depend on the colour and purpose of this meditation for the purpose of this I will use pink NB*) in a soft pink drawing you towards it.

The closer you get the bigger the star will get radiating a soft pink light you can see the light vibrating and reaching out to you.

The closer you get the deeper you will fill the vibrations until one of the vibrations touches you and you become to harmonise with the colour and the intentions and correspondences of that colour.

Once you have become attuned to the colour call the name of the person you wish to send the gift to see them forming before you.

A perfect image of the person standing before you watch as the stars energy reaches out to the person wrapping them in the healing light.

Watch as the form changes to a vibrating pink form of the person and watch it vibrate at the exact rate as the pink star.

Now say <persons name> this astral form is now charge with the healing energy of pink light to bring you ** self love that you can use to help you find what you need in yourself now return to yourself and bring this change about so mote it be.

What as the astral form fades away (you can repeat with another person if you choose).

Allow your self to absorb some of the stars energy before thanking the star and returning back to the gateway again noting the planet you pass.

Once back at the gateway step through and return to your physical form close the petals of the lotus and draw back the energy and return it to the earth.

Open your eyes and ground yourself.

NB

* change colour to desires colour for your purpose.

** change words to include the affirmations that you wish to send.

Basic colours and meanings

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 - A Comprehensive Introduction to the Religions of the World – Have you ever wondered about the roots of Islamic Militancy, the schism in the Anglican Communion or the history of Kabbalah? What are the teachings of the Satanic Bible? Who is the founder of the Scientology religious philosophy? What are the rules for Sikh living? James A. Beverley has left few stones unturned in this comprehensive and well researched introduction to the religions of the world.
The significance of religious beliefs is reflected in the headlines of our newspapers. Religion is a complicated topic and in today’s world it’s more important than ever to understand the beliefs of our neighbors. Beverly’s book provides a welcome means of exploring the origins of religion regardless of your own particular faith. Although the analysis is from a Christian perspective each religion is approached with love and tolerance. Information is presented in an objective style without bias, partisanship or judgment.
 
The book has chapters on Baha’i, Branch Davidians, Buddhism, Christian Science, Christian Sectarian Groups, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Judaism, Mormonism, The New Age, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Satanism, Scientology, Sikhism, Unification Church and Witchcraft. There is historical information and timelines on each major religion. In addition to key principles and beliefs there are profiles of the primary leaders. New groups are explored and there are opinions and commentary on controversial issues. The pictures may not be necessary but they break up the text and make the book more readable. There’s a vast amount of information but glossaries and an index simplify usage. The recommended reading is helpful if you want to investigate further.
 
I believe this is a must have for students and teachers of religion but the easy to read format makes it a good resource for a layperson like myself. It certainly helped me to accomplish my goal of understanding people of other faiths and what they believe. Anyone with a curiosity and desire to be enlightened will benefit from reading this book. My copy has already been borrowed by a friend and I expect I won’t see it back for awhile.
 
James A. Beverley is Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Canada and Associate Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara. He has thirty years of research, investigation and meetings with religious leaders, including the Dalai Lama in India, behind him
 

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