More Catholic Mythology

Theo has already "primed the pump" with ideas for the New Mythical Catholic Weblog. I added a few myself (in blue), hope he doesn't mind. He writes:

"One thing's for sure: you'd be hard pressed to run out of material. Think of the extremes from virulent Catholic-bashing propaganda to common misunderstandings held even by many practicing Catholics.

Among the former group (anti-Catholic propaganda) we might find :

1. The Vatican Supercomputer (tm) has a database of all Protestants to be used in the upcoming world-wide attack of 'true Christians' by the eeeevil Roman church. It runs Windows SSPX (home edition) and was inspired by the devil. The frequent bluescreens of death prove this to be so.

2. Catholics worship Mary.

3. Catholics worship Mary

4. Catholics worship Mary

5. Jesuits killed President Lincoln.

4. The Pope created Islam, Nazism, Zionism, Mormonism, Druidism, the New Age movement, the Masonic Lodge and Communism. And yes, Ismism too!

5. The Eucharist celebrates the worship of Egyptian gods.

6. The Vatican controls...... (fill in the industry or organization).

7. Priests and Nuns have secret nookie tunnels built between rectories and convents.

8. Oh yeah, one more.......Catholics worship Mary!

Of the Latter (common misunderstandings by Catholics) we might find:

1. Indulgences forgive sins.

2. Only Catholics go to Heaven.

3. All Catholics go to Heaven.

4. The Church no longer teaches..... (fill in the unpopular dogma) is required of Catholics.

5. A "venial" sin is a sin that doesn't really matter.

6. It does not matter whether Catholics repent, so long as they go to Confession.

7. It does not matter whether Catholics obey the Gospel so long as they go to Mass.

8. Whether or not a Catholic is permitted to use artificial contraception is up to their individual conscience.

Thanks Theo for the post. Your comments regarding the misunderstanding among Catholics make it imperative that the New Evangelism starts in the Church first.

A final thought: One reason that there is no shortage of Catholic myths is the fact that the Catholic Church has been a very un-moving target for 2000 years. I take comfort in that, strangely enough.

*Words in blue added by TJ

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Cushion

Stanch MEANING:

Stuff all in all symbolizes our genetics or great stuff. It moreover reflects our average commotion, that part of ourselves to which we retreat in the same way as seeking haven.

PSYCHOLOGICAL / Loving PERSPECTIVE:

Sometimes the furniture that appears in a dream can goal our desire for financial guarantee or insistence, particularly if it is regular from the previously.

Buffer - this suggests prop and relief.

Regular Possible ASPECTS:

The furniture that appears in our dreams, particularly if it is visual to our severity, evenly shows how we feel about our take in and home life, and what attitudes or habits we include full-fledged. It moreover can allow an brainchild as to how we feel about ourselves. For job, dark, weighty solid would think the likelihood of alcove, although luridly dyed stuff could register to an cheerful heed. Hurt furniture or that which breaks as we use it can possibilities a lack of financial guarantee and prop, or doubts about the destiny.

"You force moreover hanker after to speech the entries for Altar, Colour and Think. "

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Evangelization Of Tenderness

EVANGELIZATION OF TENDERNESSBY KRISTINE CRANLEY"Go concerning the whole world and sky the gospel to every creature" (Score 16:15). As our students are strewn uniform seeds sideways the world this summer, I possess been reflecting on this dawning utter of our Member of the aristocracy to His disciples. Having realize their event at His feet, His allies are sent out with a perennial trade. He assures them they do not go companion, to the same extent He mettle send the Angelic Grit to be with them, to guide them, and to reiterate their words point accompanying signs. As we pray the novena to the Angelic Grit this week we make provide with our hearts for a deeper steady flow of this extraordinarily Grit, whose coming is perpetually acquiescent with in the same way as 'sent'. In this we pursuit the form of the very fundamental Christian, Our Auspicious Blood relation, who at the flash she was overshadowed by the Angelic Grit and conceived Jesus, right away "arose and went with precipitate" to payment for not getting any younger cousin who was with child.

"Go concerning the whole world and sky the gospel to every creature". The substantial St. Francis took this decree so severely that on one occasion the citizens refused to take to court about Jesus, he preached to the plants. Do we halt it seriously? We possess a letter which the whole world desperately desires. God has become man in order to request us concerning communion with Himself point Jesus Christ. This communion with the God who is Endless Consideration is the very thing every feature is tickle for. The Cathedral is the Bride of Jesus, attached so compactly with Him as to become His Ritual, and all are good enough in it. Our communion with Him is help and life and joy. This is the perfectly rumor He desires everybody to know, and He has commissioned us to correlate them. As a result, no object how we may be utilization our summer, we are called to evangelize (a word deriving from the Greek euangelion which logic announcing the 'evangel, good rumor, gospel') in the place the Member of the aristocracy has planted us.

How after that, should this evangelization look? Are we responsible for relating every arrange we find out this summer about Jesus? Destitution we wear our Aggie Catholic t-shirts to work? Do we possess an be obliged to to detect in symposium with our national on the smooth, in order to make clear he knows the perfectly news'? Destitution we bracket a adjunct of the flow of souls brought to Christ' this summer; perhaps make a wild animals out of it between friends, in the division of Legolas and Gimli?

The Angelic Grit is greatly creative, and we never know how He may encouragement us to share out the gospel this summer. Still, the gamble in some of the additional approaches is in subconsciously making other citizens concerning our 'project': someone whom we dependence to fix... en route for God's sake'. As a friend of option once put it "You love me to the same extent you love Jesus? Spare me." We are not projects but citizens. For the association of us, we dependence to know we are closely dear and reverenced by the messenger upfront our hearts can open up to the letter. We dependence to cause clearly that someone is trade fair an commotion in us, not agree to the same extent they are good, but to the same extent they consider we are.

"I Order Show YOU A Increasingly Finer Delicate WAY"

-1 Corinthians 12:31

The Angelic Grit, who sends us out on trade, is Himself Consideration. Subsequently we separate His work in us by the toilet water of the love He pours concerning our hearts. He moves us to "share out... not precisely the gospel of God but also our very selves" to the same extent associates whom with we share out it "become very block to us" (1 Thessalonians 2:8) In the words of Pope Benedict XVI "Sound appointment mettle perpetually be lacking unless it unmistakably expresses a love for man, a love nourished by an proceedings with Christ. My large distinctive rupture in the desires and sufferings of others becomes a rupture of my very self with them: if my gift is not to leg a amount of disrepute, I want movie to others not precisely something that is my own but my very self; I want be intuitively put up in my gift." (Deus Caritas Est #34) It is in this way that we utmost piquantly embody the good rumor of the love of Jesus. Through the feebleness, devotion and way of our road and rail network with others, we begin the discourse of the gospel, and make hearts provide with to type its full transmission in word and convention.

"By this all men mettle know that you are my disciples" the Member of the aristocracy tells us. You can post it on facebook, pipeline it, and correlate everybody you proceedings, but it should be old rumor to them by that goal. They should sooner than know it "to the same extent of the love you possess for one another". (John 13:35)

APOSTLES OF Softness

The evangelizing power of feebleness was something brought home to me point my incident informed with the Sisters of World, a dutiful community who halt a fourth vow to paint a concept of the blessedness of mortal life. Before event the Sisters, I was overburdened by the belief that it was my distinctive chore to exchange the world. The Sisters quiet were much arrogant be thinking about than individually, and alleged that evangelization is in time God's work, and not ours. As a result they did their part and trusted Him to do the rest.

As one of their apostolates, the Sisters request in the family way women to deferment with them in their convent by way of their time of dependence. The Sisters make no requirements about belief allegiance for their theater company. Neither do they stability overburdened to speak to them garishly about their belief in Christ. Amazing they expedition above all to embody the love of Jesus to them point distinctive and exact join. They hold on until the women begin asking the questions themselves, "perpetually convulsion to make a circumstances to any one who calls [them] to register for the belief that is in [them],...with humanity and way" (1 Peter 3:15) Their love for Him, and for their theater company quiet, speaks volumes.

The unexpected and heroic women who deferment with them, in turn become apostles of feebleness themselves. Beneath is the story of one such guest, as recounted in an trial in their statement. May it bless you as it has blessed me!

RACQUEL'S Lounge

"I take to court that you had a life-changing raise scamper such as you were in the family way. Can you correlate me about it?"

I was in the medical wing raise on my way to a doctor's rendezvous. Choice organism got on with me; I intended so long and she appear out expression of grief and told me that she was in the family way. I intended, "Congratulations! I'm in the family way too." She explained that she agree couldn't do it prim now; it wasn't the prim time. So I felt Liam move and I positioned her hand on my stomach, "Do you stability that?!" Approved at that flash my infant kicked her. She intended, "Wow!" I intended, "Yeah, my baby's gonna be a linebacker. He's gonna be strong and he's gonna be blessed." And she intended, "Why is he gonna be blessed?" I intended to the same extent he's happening - whether you cry or you hoot, if you're happening you're blessed. You're put happening for a disagreement." And she intended, "I'm gonna get an abortion." And I intended, "No you're not. You're not goodbye to possess an abortion; you are goodbye to possess a girl. I know that sooner than to the same extent I greet to possess a girl, but I'm having a boy, but that's OK - you possess your girl and dress her up in pink. Put steed tails in her hair and imprint her Racquel, and by the way, my standard name is Jasmine. And if she asks you how she got her name correlate her you met a fabulous lady who was in the family way on the raise one day and she told you that you were goodbye to possess a pleasant short girl." She laughed and after that we got off the raise together and I walked her down to make an rendezvous with my obstetrician. You see, I can be forward.

DID YOU Remain motionless IN Spring In the middle of HER?

No. I didn't see her anew until two energy latter at the extraordinarily medical wing. She was pushing a stroller and ran up to me and hugged me. She had twins - two girls - and their names are Racquel and Jasmine and she had them all polite up in pink, agree uniform I told her. She prepared it. She intended, "I love you. You don't understand Racquel I love you. I love you. I love you. I'll never lose your name, your encounter, your smile. I would do anything for you. I love you." And I intended, "I love you too. I understand. I possess mature it."

Samhain

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SAMHAIN - A MORTE DO DEUS31 de outubro no hemisf'erio Norte

">Samhain (pronuncia-se Sou-ein), festejado em 31 de outubro no hemisf'erio Norte e em 1o de maio no hemisf'erio Sul, 'e o Ano-Novo dos Bruxos. Esse dia sagrado 'e conhecido por in'umeros nomes. Para muitos, talvez, o mais conhecido seja Halloween. Para n'os, Bruxos, 'e a festa na qual honramos nossos ancestrais e aqueles que j'a tenham partido para o Pa'is de Ver~ao. Essa 'e a noite em que o v'eu que separa o mundo bits and pieces do mundo espiritual encontra-se mais fino e o contato com nossos ancestrais torna-se mais f'acil. 'E tamb'em o momento tradicional para celebrar a 'ultima das colheitas e se preparar para o Ver~ao. O poder de magia pode ser sentido no ar, nessa noite. O Outro Mundo se coaduna com o nosso conforme a luz do Sol baixa e o crep'usculo chega. Os esp'iritos daqueles que j'a partiram para o outro plano s~ao mais acess'iveis durante a noite de Samhain. Samhain ocorre no pico do Outono. 'E o measure do ano em que o frio cresce e a morte vaga pela Terra. O Sol est'a enfraquecendo cada vez mais rapidamente, a sombra cresce e as folhas das 'arvores est~ao caindo, numa preparac~ao ao Inverno que chegar'a. Essa 'e a 'ultima colheita, o measure em que os antigos povos da Europa sacrificavam seus gados e preservavam sua carne para o Inverno, pois esses animais n~ao podiam sobreviver em grande escala nesse per'iodo do ano devido ao frio vindouro. S'o uma pequena parte, os mais viris e fortes, era mantida para o ano seguinte. Samhain 'e a noite em que o Velho Rei morre e a Deusa Anci~a lamenta sua aus^encia nas pr'oximas seis semanas. O Sol est'a em seu ponto mais baixo no horizonte, de acordo com as medic~oes feitas atrav'es das antigas pedras da Brit^ania e da Irlanda, raz~ao pela qual os Celtas escolheram esse Sabbat, em vez de Yule, para representar o Ano-Novo. Para os Antigos Celtas, esse dia sagrado dividida o ano em duas estac~oes, Inverno e Ver~ao. Samhain era o dia no qual comecavam o Ano-Novo celta e o Inverno, por isso era um measure hone para t'erminos e comecos. 'E o dia hone para honrar os mortos, pois nele os v'eus que separam os mundos est~ao mais finos. Aqueles que morreram no ano passado e aqueles que est~ao reencarnando passam atrav'es dos v'eus e portais nesse dia. Os Port~oes das Sidhe est~ao abertos e nem humanos nem fadas precisam de senhas para entrar e sair. Em Samhain, o Deus finalmente morre, mas sua alma vive na crianca n~ao-nascida, a centelha de vida no ventre da Deusa. Isto simboliza a morte das plantas e a hibernac~ao dos animais, o Deus torna-se ent~ao o Senhor da Morte e das Sombras. Samhain 'e um souk do fogo e 'e a entrada para a parte sombria e fria da Roda do Ano. 'E em Samhain que as fogueiras s~ao acesas para que os esp'iritos do outro mundo possam encontrar os caminhos para partirem ao Outro Mundo (Pa'is de Ver~ao). Samhain 'e o measure de lembrarmos com amor aqueles que partiram para o outro lado, por isso 'e chamado de a Festa Family. Toda a fam'ilia, ou grupo, se re'une para reverenciar os que j'a partiram. 'E muito comum nesse Sabbat se realizar uma ceia em sil^encio, conectando-se com aqueles que j'a cruzaram os portais dos mundos. 'E tradicional tamb'em deixar um lugar `a mesa para os ancestrais e lhes servir pratos como se eles estivessem presentes `a ceia. Para aqueles que n~ao t^em fam'ilia para festejar e celebrar seus ancestrais, alimentos geralmente s~ao deixados do lado de fora de casa, na porta de entrada, em homenagem aos familiares e amigos desencarnados. 'E tamb'em tradicional deixar uma vela acesa na janela da casa para ajudar a guiar os esp'iritos ao longo de sua caminhada ao nosso mundo para que possam encontrar o caminho de volta. De acordo com os antigos celtas, havia apenas duas divis~oes do ano que iam de Beltane a Samhain (Ver~ao) e de Samhain a Beltane (Inverno). Samhain 'e um dos quatro grandes Sabbats e muitas vezes 'e considerado o Grande Sabbat. Por ser o maior de todos e o mais importante tamb'em, todos os Pag~aos consideram Samhain como a noite mais m'agica do ano. Muitas pr'aticas adivinhat'orias foram associadas a Samhain, as mais comuns eram aquelas que prenunciavam casamentos e fortunas para o pr'oximo ano que estava se iniciando. Uma das tradic~oes mais comuns praticadas pelos povos antigos era a de colocar v'arias mac~as em um grande barril de 'agua. V'arias mulheres se reuniam em volta do barril, e a primeira que conseguisse pegar uma das mac~as seria a primeira a casar no pr'oximo ano. Na Esc'ocia, colocavam-se pedras entre as cinzas da lareira, deixando-as "descansar" durante a noite. Se alguma pedra fosse descoberta durante a noite, representaria a morte iminente durante o pr'oximo ano de um dos moradores da resid^encia. Sem sombra de d'uvida a pr'atica mais famosa do Samhain 'e o Jack O'Lantern (m'ascaras de ab'oboras), que sobrevive at'e hoje nas modernas celebrac~oes do Halloween. V'arios historiadores atribuem suas origens aos escoceses, enquanto outros lhe conferem origem irlandesa. As m'ascaras eram utilizadas por pessoas que precisavam sair durante a noite de Samhain. As sombras provocadas pela part esculpida n ab'obora tinham a virtude de afastar os maus esp'iritos e todos os seres do outro mundo que vinham para perturbar. M'ascaras de ab'oboras tamb'em eram colocadas nos batentes das janelas e em frente `a porta de entrada para proteger toda a casa. O apparel norte-americano de vestir-se com trajes t'ipicos e sair pelas casas dizendo Attention-grabber or treating, nas noites de Halloween, 'e de origem c'eltica. Nos tempos antigos, o apparel n~ao era relegado `as criancas, mas sim aos adultos. Em tempos ancestrais, os vagantes iam cantando c^anticos da 'epoca de casa em casa e eram presenteados com agrados pelo seus habitantes. O Sympathy (presente) tamb'em era requerido pelos esp'iritos ancestrais nessa noite atrav'es de oferendas. O Deus neste per'iodo 'e identificado com os animais que eram sacrificados para continuidade da vida. Samhain 'e um measure para a reflex~ao, no qual olhamos para o ano m'agico que passou e estabelecemos as metas para nossa vida no ano que entra. CORRESPOND^eNCIA DE SAMHAIN Cores: preto e laranja Nomes Alternativos: Festa de Todos os Santos, All Hallows, Cause detriment Murky, Hallowmas, Noite de Saman, Samaine, Halloween, All Hallows Eve. Deuses: Deuses Anci~aos, a Deusa na sua part da Anci~a, o Deus como o Senhor das Sombras. Ervas: n'os-moscada, s'alvia, menta, mirra, patchuli, artem'isia, alecrim, musgo, cal^endula, louro, mandr'agora. Pedras: obsidiana, floco de neve, ^onix, cornalina, turmalina negra, ^ambar, granada, hematita. Atividades: Tomar resoluc~oes para serem colocadas em pr'atica no pr'oximo ano que se inicia.

Queima de pedidos.

Confeccionar um Jack O'Lantern.

Fazer oferendas de mac~as e p~aes no jardim dos ancestrais.

Adivinhac~ao atrav'es do Tar^o, das Runas, da bola de cristal, da vid^encia em espelho negro e caldeir~oes com 'agua.

Fazer m'ascaras que expressem a sua sombra.

Confeccionar vassouras.

Confeccionar um Bast~ao M'agico.

Confeccionar uma Witch's Stance (Corda de Bruxa) para protec~ao durante o decorrer do ano.

Acender uma vela laranja `a meia-noite para atrair sorte no ano que se inicia.

Erigir um Altar com a foto de seus ancestrais amados e colocar oferendas sobre ele, demonstrando seu agradecimento e reconhecimento pelos feitos deles na Terra.

Comidas e Bebidas Sagradas: mac~a, rom~a, nozes, cidra, vinho quente, ab'obora, ch'a de ervas, batata. Queima de Pedidos A Queima de pedidos 'e um dos rituais tradicionais de Samhain. Nele banimos tudo o que tivemos de negativo e pedimos o que queremos atrair de positivo para o ano m'agico que se inicia. Para isso voc^e vai precisar de: Dois pedacos de papel em branco;

Um l'apis;

'Alcool de cereais;

Folhas de louro; Seu Caldeir~ao. Num dos pap'eis escreva tudo aquilo que voc^e quer afastar de sua vida: obst'aculos, doencas, pessoas indesejadas, dificuldades, etc. No outro escreva tudo aquilo que voc^e quer atrair para a sua vida: sa'ude, prosperidade, amor, sucesso, etc. Seja bem espec'ifico em seus pedidos e n~ao se esqueca de no unconditional assinar e colocar a seguinte frase: Que tudo isso seja correto e para o bem de todos. Coloque um pouco de 'alcool no seu Caldeir~ao, acenda-o e jogue o primeiro papel, aquele que cont'em as coisas que voc^e quer afastar, no fogo. Enquanto o papel queima, mentalize o mal sendo afastado. Peca `a Deusa e ao Deus que todas as forcas negativas sejam anuladas e que o mal seja banido. Espere o fogo acabar, ent~ao coloque um pouco mais de 'alcool no Caldeir~ao, tomando o devido cuidado, pois o 'alcool quando colocado em um recipiente quente evapora e pode entrar em combust~ao espontaneamente. Jogue ent~ao o segundo papel, aquele que cont'em as coisas que voc^e quer atrair para a sua vida, no fogo. Coloque as folhas de louro nas chamas, sempre mentalizando as boas coisas que voc^e quer atrair para a sua vida.

Quando o fogo acabar, concentre-se na fumaca, provocada pelas folhas, subindo os c'eus, e peca que seus pedidos se elevem ao mundo dos Deuses.

Confeccionando um Jack O'Lantern

A confecc~ao do Jack O'Lantern 'e uma atividade tradicional desse Sabbat. Eles enfeitam toda a nossa casa no decorrer do dia, al'em de servirem de ornamentac~ao indispens'avel para a cerim^onia de Sabbat.

Coloque um Jack do lado de fora de sua casa na noite de Samhain para afastar o s maus esp'iritos e visitas indesejadas de outros planos.

Para confeccionar um Jack voc^e vai precisar de:. Uma ab'obora ou moranga;

. Uma faca;

. Uma vela branca;

. Um 'oleo essencial de patchuli. Faca uma tampa na parte agreeable da ab'obora, depart suas sementes e com a faca entalhe uma part na ab'obora da forma que voc^e achar melhor. Unja a vela branca com a ess^encia de patchuli e coloque-a dentro da ab'obora. Acenda a vela dizendo: Com esta vela, por esta luz e pela brisa que vem do al'em

Eu dou as boas-vindas aos esp'iritos nesta noite de Samhain.

TRANcANDO UMA CORDA DE BRUXA

Trancar uma Corda de Bruxa (Witch's Stance) 'e um ato tradicional na noite do Samhain. Elas simbolizam o cord~ao que liga todos n'os ao Outro Mundo, al'em de serem uma representac~ao simb'olica do cord~ao umbilical que traz todos `a vida terrestre. A Corda de Bruxa 'e confeccionada utilizando cores apropriadas que simbolizem aquilo que voc^e quer atrair para sua vida no ano m'agico que se inicia. Por isso escolher a cor correta para confeccionar sua Corda de Bruxa 'e essencial: Branco: Para harmonia.

Vermelho: Para afastar os inimigos, vencer os obst'aculos, atrair garra e coragem.

Laranja: Para sucesso e prosperidade.

Rosa: Para atrair amor.

Preto: Para protec~ao e afastar o azar.

Verde: Para abund^ancia.

Amarelo: Para atrair sa'ude e ter sorte no com'ercio.

Caso sua necessidade seja maior do que apenas uma cor pode lhe oferecer, voc^e poder'a escolher at'e tr^es cores diferentes que representem os seus desejos para o pr'oximo ano.

Pegue tr^es barbantes na cor ou cores escolhidas e corte-os na medida de sua altura. Ent~ao comece a trancar os barbantes, sempre mentalizando aquilo que voc^e quer atrair para a sua vida, pedindo que a Deusa e que o Deus lhe auxiliem e abencoem a corda que voc^e est'a trancando. Quando tiver terminado, costure ou cole alguns s'imbolos no decorrer da corda que representem o seu objetivo. Por exemplo: corac~oes para amor; moedas para prosperidade, etc. Coloque a sua Corda sobre o seu Altar durante a celebrac~ao do Sabbat e consagre-a durante a cerim^onia. Pendure a sua Corda de Bruxa em um lugar de sua casa e, sempre que visualiz'a-la, lembre-se dos objetivos que o motivaram a confeccion'a-la. Assim sua vontade ser'a ativada.

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Sword And Athame

The sword, or a ritual knife known as an athame, is often used in Wiccan ritual. In Gardnerian Wicca these are associated with the element of air. In other traditions, these are associated with fire, the element of the will.

The athame is traditionally a black-handled knife, and Gardner described it as "the true Witch's weapon" in the book of shadows, something for which he has been criticised by Frederic Lamond, who believes that there should be no "weapons" in Wicca. The athame is used to cast a magic circle, and to control spirits.

The term "athame" in its modern spelling is unique to Wicca, but originates from words found in two historical copies of the Key of Solomon, though was not included in Macgregor Mathers' published version. One version, currently held in the Biblioteque de l'Arsenal, Paris, uses the term "arthame" to describe a black handled knife. This was adopted by C.J.S Thompson in his 1927 book The Mysteries and Secrets of Magic and by Grillot de Givry, in his 1931 Book Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy. The historian Ronald Hutton theorised that Gardner got it either directly or indirectly from one of these sources, although changed the spelling. The athame is usually enscribed on the handle, sometimes in the Theban alphabet.

What is the Athame used for? The athame's primary use is to direct energy; if things such as herbs or cords need to be cut, another knife called a boline - a white-handled knife - is used. An exception is the "kitchen witchcraft" philosophy, which actively encourages the use of magical tools for mundane purposes to increase the witch's familiarity with them.

An athame may be employed in the demarcation of the Magic circle rite. As a masculine principle, it is often used in combination with the chalice, as feminine principle, evoking the act of procreation, as a symbol of universal creativity. This is a symbol of the Great Rite in Wiccan rituals. Some Modern Witchcraft traditions may prefer not to use iron blades, instead preferring alternatives such as copper, bronze or wood. This is most common amongst traditions that have a particular fondness of the Sidhe, to whom iron is supposedly harmful.

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Pagan Potions Brew Magic Formula

Book: Pagan Potions Brew Magic Formula by Al Selden Leif

Potions are used in Pagan and wiccan spells and rituals for health and inner magic. Potions act as liquid carriers for magical power. Sometimes you will drink them, but more often they are applied to the skin. Purifying Sage Spray is one example of this type of potion.

Potions can charm, heal or cast a wicked spell. In strict terms, perfumes are potions, designed to lure someone into a love snare. "Boil, boil! Toil and trouble." Even Shakespeare paid homage to the magic art of potion-making. But potions do more than implement spells. Potions are used to treat every kind of ailment (think about fizzy Alka Seltzer). Potions are a part of ancient herb lore and reveal the staying power of some of the "old ways," even if some ingredients (porcupine quills!) are difficult to obtain.

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Cleansing And Purifying Your Magickal Tools With Sage

Yes you should always cleanse and purify your Magickal Tools. especially if one of your friends with their curiosity has handled them. This will get rid of their energy that they may have put forth on them. You only want to have your energy into your Magickal Tools. You should also use it to cleanse and purify your Alter and your Crystals. Simply light the Smudge Stick and hold it in one hand and take the Magickal Tool in the other hand. Wave the Smudge Stick around the Tool cleansing and purifying ita. imagining all the unwanted energy leaving it and pure white light entering it. If you?re going to do thisa. go ahead and do all your tools and crystals and such. I know I have to do this because my Alter is out in the open and one of my friends or family will come by and always touch or pick up something on my Alter out of their own curiosity. You can?t blame them. If I was mainstream thinking and went to someone's house and saw these thingsa. I would want to touch them too. Curiosity killed the cat!

Sage is a wonderful herb that is not only good for cooking and Alternative Medicines but has great spiritual benefits. There are so many types of Sage out there but we are only going to discuss 1 typea the White Sage (Salvia Apiana) used for Smudge Sticks.

There is also the Diviners Sage (Salvia Divinorum) which is a Hallucinogenica but we wont get into that since our wonderful Government has made in illegal now in many states. Welcome to the Control System just like organized Religion!

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Historical And Literary Studies Pagan Jewish And Christian

Book: Historical And Literary Studies Pagan Jewish And Christian by Adolph Von Menzel

Bruce M Metzger is one of the best and brightest stars in biblical scholarship. Why hasn't someone reissued all his books?

This one is especially valuable for the chapter titled "When Did Scribes Begin To Use Writing Desks?" No, I am not kidding. This is actually chock full of important information, especially for anyone interested in Christian studies.

Let me explain. Ever read any of the Jesus-was-a-myth books? One of the standard charges these writers make is that there are very few examples of anyone quoting from the gospels or Paul's letters until quite late. Why?

As it turns out, there are very, very few quotations of any kind, in any kind of writing, secular or Christian. And the reason is simple enough: the papyrus roll. First, it was simply difficult to find the text you wanted in a papyrus roll.

The second reason is the way a papyrus roll was read. And that brings me back to Metzger's very absorbing and detailed explanation of what we know about how readers and scribes used papyrus rolls. From every picture we have, as well as from descriptions, it appears rolls were not read at desks. Ever. Instead, a man would sit cross-legged on the ground, or else hold the rolls in one hand while he read.

No wonder exact quotes were rare until the codex came into use.

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Pagan Spells Mix Of Spells

Book: Pagan Spells Mix Of Spells by Al Selden Leif

Spells are simply rituals used to perform magic. As discussed in Using Magic, the particular ritual is only part of what makes magic work. It can, however, be a very important part. rituals help to focus your mind on your goals. Certain items can help to focus the mind in particular directions. By combining particular rituals with particular objects, you can virtually force your mind to focus in the direction you desire.

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Wicca A Year And A Day 366 Days Of Spiritual Practice In The Craft Of The Wise

Book: Wicca A Year And A Day 366 Days Of Spiritual Practice In The Craft Of The Wise by Timothy Roderick

There are no short-cuts to becoming a Witch. Traditionally, students take a year and a day to prepare for their initiation into the Craft. Based on this age-old custom, Wicca: A Year and a Day is a one-of-a-kind daily guide that introduces witchcraft over a 366-day cycle.

Ideal for solitary students, this intensive study course teaches the core content of wiccan practice: the tides of time, the wonders of the seasons, the ways of herbs and magic, the mysticism of the Old Ones, and the inner disciplines of seers and sages. Daily lessons include exercises, Wiccan theology and lore, and discussions relating to circle work, magical correspondences, holidays, deities, tools, healing, and divination.

This book opens with the lesson of the Cauldron of Cerridwen. Each person who looks into Her cauldron sees the wisdoms they will need to follow the "Path of the Wise". This book takes a very unique look at a persons dedication to this path by creating a day to day guide for the dedicating solitary to learn the wisdoms they will need to follow the Wiccan path. Yes, this book focuses on the practicing solitary and is intended as a training guide to help you through the sometimes tough initial "Year and a Day" dedication that so many books only suggest you do. This book actually takes you there.

Timothy Roderick is a British Traditional Wiccan, who's previous books cover many aspects of Wicca, including working with the dark of the moon as well as familiars. He is a teacher of the occult, shamanism and mysticism. He is the founder of the "Earthdance Collective", a Wiccan community where he has been their spiritual director for over a decade. He comes to this book with some very impressive credentials and it shows in his work.

The book's layout is quite simple; it goes by each day. The exercises are not long or drawn out, but rather simple, concise and yet they cover much information. Day 1, for example, discusses Earth-Centered Spirituality, covering a little history, a simple exercise in connecting with the earth, and a simple set of questions designed to explore the exercise as well as exploring yourself. There are also little "dialogue boxes" designed to anticipate some questions or create a "sidebar" discussion for you to ponder further. Following "Day 1" is a list of items you will need for the next 30 days; a shopping list if you will of basic supplies.

Timothy Roderick (Southern California) is a psychotherapist and educational psychologist who holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. He is a trained initiate in the oldest established lineage of English Traditional Wicca in the United States, and has been a student and teacher of the occult, mysticism, shamanism and earth-centered spirituality for several years. Mr. Roderick is the founder of EarthDance Collective, a group that promotes awareness of feminist spirituality.

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6 Questions On Wicca And Paganism

Book: 6 Questions On Wicca And Paganism by Al Selden Leif

Contemporary paganism is the restoration of indigenous religion, especially that of ancient Europe. Paganism has grown in popularity greatly during the last hundred years. The growth coincides with a decline in Christianity in Europe, and the increase in knowledge of past and distant cultures.

WICCA (sometimes called Wicce, The Craft, or The old religion by its practitioners) is based on an ancient religion of love for life and nature.

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The Trial

Doubt. The very word knows us. The very word is reminiscence to all who walk the Wild Path. Doubt is our common trial and sometimes the end of our path. It destroys and cripples those who are weakened to it and fall to its shadow. Doubt can prevail if we are not strong and I assure you each and everyone of us will be exposed to its tyranny. The challenge from the Gods to test our strength, our magick and our power and will of our own mind. I have experienced this Doubt, I almost let it overwhelm me and at times I did. At times I sobbed and my sides heaved. At times the Doubt would consume my thoughts, I was sick and depressed and it continued to stop me on my path.

I started to Doubt after Yule, the Winter Solstice. After the coven I am involved with celebrated the rebirth of the God, the Sun Child and comforted the tired Goddess. It was the beginning of Winter in the Southern Hemisphere and I returned home after the Shortest Night and I shared a prayer with the Goddess. I asked her to bring me my obstacle if I was ready and I guess she heard me loud and clear and thought I was ready. Two weeks later I discovered an entity had found its way into my home so I did a ritual to dispel it. At the end of this Ritual I opened the Circle and asked the Mother to take me to bed and bid me goodnight. She was holding a golden child in her arms and she kissed my forehead and smiled mysteriously as I switched off the light and went to sleep. The next morning I felt something stir within me, I felt a power that I was yet to discover would be a great enemy.

Through the days, the weeks and the months that followed I prayed, I self-sacrificed, made offerings, cast spells, performed rituals to try to take this Doubt away from me. I consulted both my cowan friends and pagan friends, but nothing did the trick. I felt as if I was at the foot of a large tower in the middle of a desert. That there was no one with me, I was forsaken in a land I did not know - abandoned. I wept and plead to the God and Goddess that they would take it away, but the Tower was ever-standing. However some days I thought it had finally disappeared and some days I thought it would never end, it waxed and waned in its power over me. One afternoon I found myself on my bed next to my altar crying and dowsing for an answer, asking the pendulum if it would ever end. It always said yes, but I was always unsure. This Doubt gives you internal scars. Brands that will stay with you, almost like a war wound. However, in this period it was odd that I still performed at my peak. I was great in my power and energy, sometimes I would ignore the Doubt and tell it to go away in obscene tongue. This is how I got rid of it, one way or another.

A good friend of mine, a wiccan from Sydney told me to ignore the Doubt. I took that advice but I guess I misinterpreted it. I began to use my inner-voice and shout at it, screaming at, revealing my pain. It began to wax in power and I discovered this was not the right thing to do and so I reassessed my friend's wisdom. I was to absolutely ignore it, pretend as if it never existed and it began to work. I felt the Doubt begin to disperse within me, receding to the Universe from whence it came. I pushed it further and soon enough I discovered that I was over it, it returned in strokes and still haunts me in seconds but ultimately it has gone. It would go to haunt another, wreak its pain and suffering on another of the Wild Path. Take them and strike them down as their trial and this is my adivce to you.

However much you cry, however much you wish to leave your path, however much you are set on the idea the world has turned its back on you. This is not true. It is you who has turned you back on the world if you allow the Doubt to take you. Your path will support you, the Gods will hold you when you weep as their child. Do not depend on their help. They are ruthless and disappointing as a family and as such you are created in their own image. Use this knowledge to defeat the power that hinders you. Take of my words and seek the Doubt before it seeks you. Be done with it so and hold you head high. You are a God, you govern your own fate. Use your divine hand to chase the Doubt away. Never let it be your God, for that is fake. It assumes the identity. Know this however my friends.
"As Darkness consumes the Land and the Sea
Hold to your friends and family
Hold to the Goddess, the Mother of All
Hold to the God, Pan's wild call
Seek unto other, the pain that is shared
To know, to keep silent, to will and to dare!"

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The Witch In History Early Modern And Twentieth Century Representations

Book: The Witch In History Early Modern And Twentieth Century Representations by Diane Purkiss

A symbol of everything that is dark about the past and woman, the witch continues to fascinate us in the late twentieth century. The Witch in history explores that
fascination and its manifold forms through court records, early modern dramas and the modern histories and fictions that draw upon them.

This book argues that in early modern England, the witch was a woman’s fantasy and not simply a male nightmare. Through witch-beliefs and stories about witches,
early modern women were able to express and manage powerful and passionate feelings that still resonate for us today, feelings that could not be uttered in a
seventeenth-century context: unconscious fears of and fury with children and mothers.

In our own era, groups as diverse as women writers, academic historians and radical feminists have found in the witch a figure who justifies and defines their own
identities. Then too, there are those who still call themselves witches in 1990s Britain, who still practise magic and who invent their own histories of witchcraft to
sustain them. Constantly reworked and debated, the witch is central to all these groups.

Looking at texts from colonial narratives to court masques, trial records to folktales, and literary texts from Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath, this book shows how
the witch acts as a carrier for the fears, desires and fantasies of women and men both now and in the early modern period. Diane Purkiss is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.

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Imagining A Virtual Religious Community Neo Pagans On The Internet

Book: Imagining A Virtual Religious Community Neo Pagans On The Internet by Gregory Price Grieve

Anyone who has spent time exploring the Internet cannot help but notice the prevalence of Neo-Paganism. This paper answers the seeming paradox of why neo-Paganism, a self-proclaimed nature religion, pervades cyberspace. What defines the social space opened up by the Internet is lack of 'presence,' the face-to-face interaction of oral communication which is generally consid-ered necessary for the formation of authentic communities, reli-gious or otherwise (c.f. Benjamin 1968: 217-251; Eliade 1954: 141-147; Eliade 1957: 111-113, 141-147, 164; Eliade 1978: 162; Levi-Strauss 1970: 286-298; Levinas 1985: 85-92; Ong 1967). Yet, in Benedict Anderson's terms, other media besides speech enable human beings to imagine communities which transgress the hori-zons of face-to-face interaction — "all communities larger than primordial villages of face-to-face contact (and perhaps even those) are imagined" (1983: 15). What is unique about neo-Pagan practitioners is that they are able to imagine a religious community which is not dependent on presence. Instead of presence their Internet communities are sustained by the notion of a religious 'energy' which is created and circulated by 'personal rituals.' It is their shared 'feeling of energy' which binds them together in cyberspace, and enables them to imagine a virtual religious community.

Methodologically, my research on the Internet religious groups and neo-Paganism was collected as a 'virtual ethnographer.' I observed four religious Usenet newsgroups — alt.pagan, soc.religion.bahai, soc.religion.christian and soc.religion.eastern — on the Internet between October 1, 1993 and April 1, 1994. I concentrated on 'alt.pagan,' which exists "for the discussion of paganism and witchcraft in their various forms and traditions; for sharing ideas and ritual and completed liturgy" and "for sharing within a larger community than one might find at home." (FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions document)1 Beyond observing reli-gious newsgroups on the Internet, I also compared the ethno-graphic data from alt.pagan with interactions I had with neo- Pagans at the 1993 World Parliament of Religions, especially with members of Circle — a 'Shamanic Wiccan Church' headquartered near Madison, Wisconsin; and Covenant of The Goddess — a Wiccan Coven headquartered in Berkeley, California.

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Highland Superstitions Connected With The Druids Fairies Witchcraft

Book: Highland Superstitions Connected With The Druids Fairies Witchcraft by Alexander Macgregor

The following pages on "Highland Superstitions" by the late Rev. Alexander Macpregor,' M.A., Inverness, first appeared as a series of Articles in Volume II. of the Celtic Magazine, and subsequently as an appendix to the second, third, and fourth editions of " The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer." They were published separately for the first time in 1891, and now reprinted, 1901.

This is lamentable that mankind in all ages of the world have been prone to the most degrading superstitions. The enlightened ages of antiquity were no more exenipi from them than the most ignorant We know from the Bible how difficult it was to restrain the Jews from the most idolatrous and superstitious observances, and to confine them to the worship of the only living and true God, This remarkable tendency of the Hebrew nation was caused, in all likelihood, by their sojourning for the loi^ period of 400 years among the Egyptians, whose system of religion was a mass of idolatrous observances. They had a number of ideal gods, to whom they erected temples of prodigious size and architectural splendour. Their principal deities, were Osiris and Isis, whom they considered typical of the sun and moon. But they had a great variety of other deities, animals of all kinds — (hence the golden calf of the Hebrews), the dog, the wclf, the hawk, the stork, the cat, and several other creatures. They also adored their great river, the Nile, personifying it in the crocodile, to which they erected temples and appointed priests to serve at their altars. The Egyptians also believed in dreams, lucky and unlucky days, charms, omens, and magic — in short, they were grossly superstitious !

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Witchcraft In History Of The English Speaking Peoples

Book: Witchcraft In History Of The English Speaking Peoples by Alan Macfarlane

Witchcraft, in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers, usually to inflict harm or damage upon members of a community or their property. Other uses of the term distinguish between bad witchcraft and good witchcraft, with the latter often involving healing, perhaps remedying bad witchcraft. The concept of witchcraft is normally treated as a cultural ideology, a means of explaining human misfortune by blaming it either on a supernatural entity or a known person in the community. A witch (from Old English wicce f. / wicca m.) is a practitioner of witchcraft.

Beliefs in witchcraft, and resulting witch-hunts, are found in many cultures worldwide, today mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. in the witch smellers in Bantu culture), and historically notably in Early Modern Europe of the 14th to 18th century, where witchcraft came to be seen as a vast diabolical conspiracy against Christianity, and accusations of witchcraft led to large-scale witch-hunts, especially in Germanic Europe.

The "witch-cult hypothesis", a controversial theory that European witchcraft was a suppressed pagan religion, was popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the mid-20th century, Witchcraft has become the self-designation of a branch of neopaganism, especially in the Wicca tradition following Gerald Gardner, who claimed a religious tradition of Witchcraft with pre-Christian roots.

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Yule Celebrations In Great Britain

Yule or Yule-tide is a winter festival that was initially celebrated by the historical Germanic peoples as a pagan religious festival, though it was later absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas. The festival was originally celebrated from late December to early January on a date determined by the lunar Germanic calendar. The festival was placed on December 25 when the Christian calendar (Julian calendar) was adopted. Some historians claim that the celebration is connected to the Wild Hunt or was influenced by Saturnalia, the Roman winter festival.

Terms with an etymological equivalent to “Yule” are still used in the Nordic Countries for the Christian Christmas, but also for other religious holidays of the season. In modern times this has gradually led to a more secular tradition under the same name as Christmas. Yule is also used to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries to refer to Christmas. Customs such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others stem from Yule. In modern times, Yule is observed as a cultural festival and also with religious rites by some Christians and by some Neopagans.

In Britain and other parts of the British Influenced world, the modern Yule or Yuletide is more commonly associated with Christmas (along with Christmastide) which generally supplanted it around the 11th century other than in North East England where it remained the usual word (and had the variants of yel and yul), possibly being reinforced by the Norse influence (see Danelaw) on that region. It was revived in regular use in standard English during the 19th century however the name Yule log was recorded earlier in the 17th century.

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Witchcraft Dictionary Of Craft Terms

Book: Witchcraft Dictionary Of Craft Terms by Athena Gardner

Athena Gardner is a High Priestess in the wiccan Tradition. She has been an active member her entire life. She has been writing on the Wiccan Tradition for 10 years.

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Summoning Spirits The Art Of Magical Evocation

Book: Summoning Spirits The Art Of Magical Evocation by Konstantinos

If you are interested in summoning up elementals,Planetary spirits, Angels and Goetic beings this is the book to get. Though I do a diffrent ceremony for goetic spirits. I do use the methods in this book for the other beings. The auther gives very good and solid information on the Elementals, Angels, Planetary spirits and Goetic beings. But dont be decieved sometimes evoking these beings are not very easy at all. Be prepared for successes as well as failures. This is a great book to get on the subject of evoking these forces. Now you can learn how to evoke and communicate with 50 spirit entities and make use of their abilities, when you get Summoning Spirits by Konstantinos.

Evoking spirits is one of the Most Powerful magical techniques you can use-but, until now, most of the material available on evocation has been virtually unusable because it was written by those with little practical evocation experience. Summoning Spirits was written by a practicing magician who has successfully performed many evocations. With his guidance and clear directions, performing evocations will be easy and safe for anyone.

- Learn to safely evoke powerful spirits to aid you with any task
- Create sigils charged with the energy of spirits to magnify the effects of your evocations
- Make an etheric egregore, a manufactured spirit that will perform the task of your choice
- Perform easy exercises to train your magical abilities and to develop clairvoyance and clairaudience
- Construct, prepare, and use special magical tools to aid your evocations

Summoning Spirits is a complete manual for evoking entities to effect positive changes in your life. Learn how the spirits that dwell on the other planes can be evoked to the astral and physical planes to help you obtain mystical abilities, locate hidden "treasure," and even command a spirit "army" to protect your home while you're away.

Summoning Spirits describes the specific attributes and abilities of 50 entities that you can evoke to uncover valuable knowledge, and who will help you succeed in nearly any task, magical or mundane.

Whether you need help to face life's challenges or to work a minor miracle, you will find the art of Magical Evocation a tremendously potent tool for change. Included are information and theory, as well as full instructions for all the rituals you will need to prepare for and then evoke spirits. No other book makes this ancient magical technique as easy to understand and use, as does this one. That's why you must get Summoning Spirits.

"Summoning Spirits" is the one of best books I have read so far in regards to the ancient and powerful art of magickal evocation. Although I have only just recently purchased this book, I have found it to be very informative, educational and interesting. As an individual aspiring to master this ancient magickal art, and science, I had found Konstantinos's advice and guidance quite beneficial about only working with benevolent spirits such as Angelic, Planetary and Elementary entities. However, I will be looking forward to summoning the Goetic entities as well, as I believe that a magician should have a 'magickal and spiritual balance' between both benevolent and malevolent entities, in addition to mastering them. All in all, a great book for a magician wishing to practice magickal evocation. In addition, I am especially looking forward to evoking the divine and beautiful Archangels and striving to unite and become 'one' with Divinity, which Konstantinos mentions is the 'true' defintion and purpose of magick. A truly magickal and spiritually inspiring book. I know that I will always enjoy and value keeping it as part of my personal magickal library to cherish, reflect upon, and treasure the ancient magickal wisdom and power within it.

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