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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 13, 2004 12:59:14 GMT -5
Litha
13th June
The first day of summer is Litha (which happens to fall on Father's Day this year), a festival that honors the Sun at its zenith (the Summer Solstice). This year the Moon is feeling aggressivley dramatic, and with preparation you can create a rutual of high drama that will be long remembered.
You'll want music and dancing with these revels. How crafty are you? Drape a broom handle with a white sheet and put a papier mache horse's head on it to symbolize domestic farm animals. Arrange a cauldron of fire so that those seeking purification and protection can leap over it, and let someone ride the horse among the dancers and the fire leapers. In a day or so, when the ashes have cooled, spread them in the garden to bring the power of the fire elemnent to the fertility of your soil.
Make headdresses with mugwort, lavender, and rosemary for all participants. Provide ribbon for participants to tie on your oak or hawthorne tree. Use golds and oranges and yellows for this ritual. Make large Sun disks for the dancers to carry; use lots of gold glitter. When night falls, light firey torches to encourage the Sun's flagging energy.
~~K.D. Spitzer~~
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 14, 2004 7:24:55 GMT -5
Hawthorn 14th June
Over a century ago, the musical play H.M.S. Pinafore debuted on the London stage. One of the songs from the score insisted that, “Things are seldom what they seem.” These words personify the hawthorn—a tree that, in folklore, is much more than what it seems. Even in modern Ireland you’d be hard-pressed to find someone willing to move or harm one for fear of upsetting the capricious fairy spirits who call it home.
When you need to know what is what, call upon the spirit of the hawthorn to assist you:
Fairies of the hawthorn, I ask, A favor and a simple task: Show me what is false and true, And I will give a gift to you.
When you’ve received a vision of your answer, tie a pretty ribbon on the bush or plant a coin near its base in thanks.
~~Edain McCoy~~
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Post by LadyWinterWolf on Jun 14, 2004 14:21:59 GMT -5
June 14th, 2004
Flag Day Protection Spell
Color of the day: Silver Incense of the day: Peony
For a good dose of patriotic magic, buy a red, white, and blue uncrossing candle. If you can’t find such a tricolor candle, buy a votive in each of the three separate colors. Early in the morning, place them on your altar with a small American flag and with images or statues of Venus, Freya, and Hathor. If using three candles, place Hathor near the red candle, Freya near the white, and Venus near the blue. Breathe deeply, and visualize yourself sending loving protection to each and every on of your fellow countrymen. Continue meditating on this idea until you feel you are sending out a wholly unconditional love. Ask the three love goddesses to assist you in circulating this love. Imagine that you are, with the goddesses’ help, surrounding the country with a clear white shield, much like a force field. Thank the goddesses, and hang your flag outdoors until sundown.
By: Denise Dumars
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 14, 2004 20:43:10 GMT -5
Healing Light Spell 15th June
Color of the day: Amber Incense of the day: Basil
Create sacred space by sitting outdoors for a few minutes in full sunlight, or in a room with windows allowing sunlight through. Decorate your circle with images and symbols of the Sun, if you desire, or wear jewelry of gold or with an icon that represents the Sun. Enjoy the sensation of sunlight on your skin. Feel your body feeding on the healing light as it destroys all negativity inside you. Know that this light heals and energizes you. This is the same light that is responsible for all life on Earth. Speak these words:
I feel you, Sun God, your fingers in my hair, your caresses on my shoulders, your light within my skin. Fill me, Warm me, Heal me. So mote it be.
by: Ember
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 15, 2004 20:00:05 GMT -5
Five Points of the Pentagram Protection Spell 16th June
Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Poplar
Get drawing paper, and draw a large pentagram on it, without drawing a circle around it. Take five votive candles, and place them at each corner of the star. Get your broom, and light each candle saying this:
With each corner that I light, this star of all stars so bright will show my way and my path to protect loved ones from anger and wrath. Let this path be one of ease, as we walk through the trees with this fire I command tonight, blessings upon those who walk it right. So mote it be.
Face outward, and sweep your broom one full circle counterclockwise around your pentagram. Finish your pentagram by drawing a circle around it.
by: Susan Sheppard
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Post by LadyWinterWolf on Jun 16, 2004 4:04:10 GMT -5
June 16
Increase Your Business Spell
Color of the day: White Incense of the day: Coriander
Begin this spell on a Wednesday, and conclude it on the following Wednesday. You’ll need a flowerpot, some soil, and a package of California poppy seeds. Starting on a Wednesday, begin filling the flower pot with soil, bit by bit, each day for six days. As you do so, think of your business growing. On the seventh day, fill the pot completely with soil. Carry the pot and seeds out to a sunny garden spot. Spread the soil on the earth, and press in the seeds. Water the seeds, then say the following charm:
With soil and seeds, with water and Sun, the growth of my business has begun.
Nurture the seeds until they can grow on their own. Then, so shall your business endeavors thrive.
by: James Kambos
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 16, 2004 20:07:15 GMT -5
Holly 17th June
The Celts felt holly had a strong masculine energy, yet in modern times it is often viewed as a symbol of birth and feminine power. One of the mysteries of the Craft is that it takes a balance of both of these polarities to make strong magic, ritual, and people.
To help impress upon you the lessons of polarity, you will need some dried holly and a place to safely burn the herb. Spend some time holding and contemplating the holly, merging with its energy. Allow the plant to speak to you, revealing its secrets.
Begin breaking it into small pieces, as if you are trying to separate the masculine and feminine parts of the plant. Toss them one by one into the burner while chanting:
Holly of fire and the God’s own might, Sparked to life by the Goddess’s light; The lesson that two in one must first be, Allow that power to be manifest within me.
~~Edain McCoy~~
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 17, 2004 22:05:30 GMT -5
Spell for Eloquence 18th June
Color of the day: Purple Incense of the day: Sage
There are times when we need to be at our eloquent “best” in our verbal or written skills. This spell will aid in cutting through any haziness or confusion to produce communication that is concise and clear. Choose a symbol to represent your method of communication. This symbol can be a pen for writing, a lipstick for speaking, or even a gemstone that you associate with clarity and wisdom in communication. Anoint your symbol with peppermint oil. Present this symbol to the directional elements. As you call on these elements, focus the intent of their energies into your symbol: the east brings clarity of thought; the south brings creative passion; the west brings fluidity of thought; and the north brings ideas into action. Hold your symbol, and consider your focused intent. Have confidence in the fact that you have been blessed with eloquence.
by: Karen Follett
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 18, 2004 9:08:57 GMT -5
Passion and Fidelity Spell 19th June
Color of the day: Rose Incense of the day: Dill
To prevent a spouse or lover from straying, take a pair each of your partner’s and your underwear. Place them on the bed along with two nutmeg seeds, a length of red ribbon, a red pen, and some superglue. With the red pen, write your partner’s name on one of the nutmeg seeds, and yours on the other. Bind the seeds together with superglue. When the glue is dried, wrap them in both pairs of underwear to symbolize passionate fidelity. Place the bundle in a red cloth bag, secure it with red ribbon, and keep it in the wardrobe among your more sensual clothing. The cloth bag may also be placed in between two layers of mattresses.
by: S. Y. Zenith
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 19, 2004 23:29:58 GMT -5
The Planetary Days
Have you ever wondered why certain days of the week have a particular feel to them? Sunday is a restful day with nothing much to do; Monday means back to wok, usually with little energy to spare. Motivation runs high on Tuesday, and Wednesday is a day for communication, such as making arrangements for the coming weekend. Thursday expands on everything set in motion earlier in the week, Friday is traditionally known as “date night,” and chores tend to get done on Saturday. The days of the week have a basic rhythm to them because each one is associated with a specific planet of our solar system. These are energies that we can use to our advantage, especially when it comes to spell-crafting.
There are two origins for a seven-day week. The first comes from the ancient Hebrews, who observed a day of rest and worship every seventh day—to commemorate the biblical creation myth in which God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The other origin of the seven-day week stems from astrology. Ancient astronomers were aware of only the five planets visible to the unaided eye: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Persian astrologers, expanding on this knowledge, constructed a cycle of seven days—a day for each of the five planets, a day for the Sun, and a day for the Moon. Due to trade, conquest, and migration, the astrological week of seven days arrived in the Roman empire during the first century AD.
Later, around the early part of the third century AD, the Roman empire embraced Christianity as its main religion. As a result, the week observed by the Judeo-Christian tradition merged with the astrological seven-day week, and became part of Roman culture.
The Roman week retained its Pagan heritage in the base-words that became names of the days: Solis, Lunae, Martis, Mercurii, Jovis, Veneris, and Saturni—for the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, respectively. The English language is Germanic in origin, but these language groups borrowed many words and concepts from Latin and the Roman empire, and the words have evolved over time so that we now have Sun’s day or Sunday, Saturn’s day or Saturday, and Moon’s day or Monday. The other days of the week are based on the Pagan names as well—Norse equivalents to the Roman gods: Tyr’s day or Tuesday, Wotan’s day or Wednesday, Thor’s day or Thursday, and Freya’s day or Friday.
Consequently, each day has a special significance because it takes on the activity of the planetary energy ruling over it. Let’s take a more in-depth look at the importance of the planetary days, their correspondences, and meanings, and how it can benefit you in your spellwork.
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 19, 2004 23:39:36 GMT -5
Sunday
Sunday draws its energy from the primary luminary of our solar system—the Sun. The Sun represents self-awareness, and individuality. The Sun’s day is a great time to enhance any project requiring creativity, artistry, gambling, and financial speculation. It is also the day to call on protection if you need it, as well as for resolving issues concerning children, matters of the heart, and for performing rituals concerning exorcism, healing, and prosperity.
Sign: Leo Metal: Gold Gem: Diamond Colors: Orange, White Incense: Lemon Deity: Sol
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Post by RowanMoonWynd on Jun 20, 2004 11:21:59 GMT -5
Sunday, June 20
New Start Spell
Color of the day: Gold Incense of the day: Parsley
It is believed that in the Neolithic period the New Year was celebrated on the Summer Solstice. That would seem to make this holiday one of the oldest in the history (or prehistory) of the world. This is the day when the Sun is at its peak, and daylight occupies the greatest possible part of the day. In Ireland it is called Alban Heruin, though many now know it by its Anglo-Saxon name, Litha. The yearly cycle of holidays are strongly colored by the symbolism of the waning and waxing of the Sun’s light. Today the Sun, light, health, and strength are at their peak, and by celebrating and sharing these qualities on this day we can increase these powers in ourselves. The traditional way of celebrating is to participate in athletic competitions. In the evening, a bonfire is lit and the participants jump over it for luck and health. In 1909, Sonora Dodd, inspired by a Mother’s Day sermon, began to lobby for a similar holiday for fathers. Her father, who was a widower, had brought up Sonora and her five brothers and sisters by himself. As her father was born in June, she held the first Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19 in 1910 in Spokane, Washington. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed it a national holiday, which would be held on the third Sunday in June. This year it fittingly coincides with the Solstice, the pinnacle of the Sun’s masculine energy.
by: Robert Place
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 20, 2004 21:34:32 GMT -5
Monday
Monday receives empowerment from the Moon, whose light is a reflection of the Sun. The Moon symbolizes the instinctive mind that fluctuates and is easily influenced by external sources. It is peaceful, malleable, changeable, receptive, maternal, imaginative, and rather retiring, so Monday, unfortunately, isn’t the best of days to start the workweek.
The Moon’s day is the proper day of the week to perform spells involving agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, reconciliation, and voyages, and a time to attend to all emotional and domestic affairs, including intimate concerns, secrets, old memories, the home, land, and real estate.
Sign: Cancer Metal: Silver Gems: Pearl, Opal Colors: Silver, Gray Incense: Willow Deity: Luna
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Post by RowanMoonWynd on Jun 21, 2004 11:17:42 GMT -5
Monday, June 21
Fairy Charm Spell
Color of the day: Ivory Incense of the day: Lavender
Fairies are respected and feared in Gaelic culture, accepted as a fact of life by a people acknowledging the mystic realm. Victorian visions of gossamer-winged lovelies are actually a romanticized version of the Sidhe, a fairy spirit-race believed by the Scotch/Irish to have powers to harm and confuse the vulnerable, and influence human fate. According to one charming Irish custom, when a child spills a drink at a picnic or outing, the adult refrains from scolding him or her, saying instead: “Leave it to the fairies!” Fairy lore asserts that fairies abhor a miserly spirit. To appease fairies in your life, leave small gifts of food and drink in your garden, on your doorstep, or any outside place you sense might be a fairy ring or fairy tree.
by: Karri Ann Allrich
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Post by OceanWhysper on Jun 21, 2004 21:15:46 GMT -5
Tuesday
Tuesday comes under he influence of Mars, the planet associated with vitality, passion, ambition, and raw unabashed power. Mars energy makes the mind acute and the body restless; therefore, on Tuesday we are likely to exert ourselves physically and take action to achieve goals.
This day is dynamic and high-spirited, and the prevailing energies may include carelessness and destructiveness as well, so it is good to be cautious—especially while traveling. It is the right day of the week to perform rituals involving courage, physical strength, revenge, surgery, and the breaking of negative spells.
Sign: Aries, Scorpio Metal: Iron Gems: Flint Colors: Red, Orange Incense: Patchouli Deity: Mars, Tyr
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