Tag: pagan
group name: mwap
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January 04, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
Meditation
The term Meditation describes a variety of practices witha variety of goals. It usually involves turning our attention inward to themind itself. Meditation is often recognized as a component . . .
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July 26, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
I've been in the Craft for over ten years now - and something that has bothered me a lot is when something comes up - it seems we like to let people know how different our religion is from theirs. . . .
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July 30, 2007 07:11 PM EDT --
How many times have you been wearing a Pentagram and people come up and act as though you are evil? It's the sign of Satan? Yet it represents the four elements - surmounted by spirit. . . .
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January 08, 2007 06:55 PM EST --
This Spot
by WhiteBlackbird
This spot, holy in my heart and in truth,
Reflected whole within the heart of the pregnant drop
Hanging full, ready to fall
From summer-lush branch,
Bore . . .
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February 17, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
What is Kitchen Witchery?
The term "Kitchen Witch" brings up many different images to people, but the most common idea is that of a Witch who practices her art mainly thru cooking . . .
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January 04, 2008 01:33 PM EST --
A very brief history of Wicca
Theword Pagan means from the countryside and reflects the fact that pagans followindigenous native religions rather than the book religions. Built over amillennia . . .
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January 05, 2008 12:21 PM EST --
ChargingA Herb For Your Use
Charging isthe act of mixing your own energy with that of the thing you are charging.Anything used for magical work should be charged.
To charge anherb is a process . . .
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January 05, 2008 12:22 PM EST --
Infusion
Infusions work best for making tea from leaves and flowers because these plantparts give up their active constituents easily.
Allow the tea to steep for 10 to 20 minutes so the therapeutic . . .
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October 11, 2007 01:01 AM EDT --
"Dictionary that Speaks" Provides Both Audio and Visual Feedback!
Most witches, Wiccans, Druids, wizards, sorcerers and ceremonial magicians these days are pretty much self-taught, either through . . .
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August 14, 2007 02:34 AM EDT --
Today we have a lot of different traditions of Witchcraft – many claiming to be more “real” or more of a “direct descendant “of Real Witchcraft or Original Witchcraft or whatever. . . .
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September 28, 2007 10:50 PM EDT --
Hello all practitioners! How did you celebrate Mabon and the lovely Harvest Moon? I've found that making my own rituals is very grounding and uplifting at the same time.
Do you use herbs, . . .
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March 16, 2008 05:00 PM EDT --
Ostara falls on March 20th this year, and on the 21st is the next full moon. I was so exciteed to see the two fall so closely together because this lends an incredible amount of power to any fertility . . .
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December 12, 2007 07:28 PM EST --
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached . . .
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January 04, 2008 01:47 PM EST --
Altar.
Analtar is your ritual desktop. It can be anything, a tree stump to a coffeetable. It holds all your tools for the ritual. It can be as ornate as you wish.
AltarCloths.
Usedifferent . . .
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January 04, 2008 01:54 PM EST --
Ritual Steps
These are the basic steps of a Wiccanritual.
1) Prepare area and body; set up, andfrequently bathe. This allows for the separation of the ritual space and commonspace.
2) . . .
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January 05, 2008 12:30 PM EST --
Divination Webster's Ninth New Collogaite Dictionary
1: the art or practicethat seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledgeusu. by the interpretation of omens . . .
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August 03, 2007 04:05 AM EDT --
Lughnassadh (pronounced LOO-nus-uh) is the first of the harvest festivals celebrated by modern Wiccans and Pagans. It is a time where the rains of spring, and the bright sun of . . .
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March 20, 2008 04:28 PM EDT --
Ostara is a time to schluff off your winter bear suit and come out of hibernation. Though for some of us, it may still be flurrying outside our windows, Spring has officially sprung, and you can . . .
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