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    Merry Yule and Welcome to our December Issue

    Blessing Everyone.  Welcome to our Yule issue packed with Yule information, spells, correspondences, and much more.  We hope you enjoy it! We are, of course, always looking for new and exciting writers to add to our family.  Some of the topics we are looking for writers for are: Meditation Kitchen Witchery recipes Or if you have any ideas of your own you would like to add.  If you are interested email us at [email protected] We are still collecting for our soldier bags.  So please, find it in your hearts to help.  Write to us at [email protected] to help. Have a happy and safe Yule everyone, and we will see you…

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    Ask Your Mama

    Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more. *Ask Your Mama™ Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Spirituality and Didn’t Know Who to Ask™ by ©Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A Question of Healing Circles Dear Mama Donna, Greetings!  I am seeking your advice. A friend is very ill with a lung condition that has plagued her since childhood. The condition has deteriorated rapidly over the last two years and now today she is at home on oxygen, fighting for her health. I would like to perform a healing circle with some of our female friends. Not having done this before I seek your…

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    GypsyWytch

    Yule-Time Log Spell Long ago, Pagan’s brought a live tree into their homes, then decorated it with symbolic items like bells that would ring when a Spirit was near. Small tasty treats hung on the tree to feed the hungry Spirits. The tree itself was for the wood spirits to keep warm out of the weather during winter. Green and red were the corresponding seasonal colors, and gift giving was embraced by all. Lastly, a pentagram was set atop the tree to represent Spirit, Earth, Water, Fire and Air. If this ancient ritual sounds familiar, remember, Pagan’s had these traditions centuries before the Christians. Even the Horned God was represented…

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    Interweavings

    I love Winter Solstice!  It is the quiet moment before the holiday chaos.  The in-breath of stillness and peace brings the meaning of the season inward. We have created a ritual for our family consisting of  walking a beautiful spiral labrinth.   Each person carries an unlit candle and walks the path to the center where they light their candle and then find a place on the spiral to stand and bring their “light to the world”. An indoor spiral is created in our living room using stars cut out of white, gold or silver paper. I let the kids trace star cookie cutters onto the paper and then cut out.…

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    Forest Moon Grove Church

    So there I was in the first formation of my new company. It was 1 July 2002 and I was transferred from C Co. to B Co. since they needed more NCO’s (Non-Commissioned Officers) to take over a new section of the Motor Pool and me, knowing my job and good at leading Soldiers, was sent over. It was supposed to be an honor to be chosen but I felt like a red-headed step-child being sent to the worst company of the battalion by reputation. I was a witch, practiced in my home, and felt no need for politics or getting involved in a group setting although I had checked…

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    Madame Mora’s Herbal, Lesson 2

    Please remember, the information in this class is a look at herbal therapies that may show promise as adjunctive treatments to conventional medical approaches, and is not meant to give specific recommendations or advise for the treatment of a specific illness, nor is it intended to be a replacement for good medical diagnosis and treatment. Lesson 2 Cold and Flu Fighters Each of these herbs is shown to be an expectorant as well as serving other functions.  As well as being shown to fight against bronchitis, colds, cough, and fever (ephemeral, intermittent, rheumatic). ?  Elder (Sambucus Canadensis) – antiviral – also shown to treat ear infections, headache, mucus, pneumonia, respiratory…

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    Greetings from Afar

    The Last of the Boys in Blue It was November 11th, 1968, and even though it sounds trite and overused, I actually do remember it just as if it were yesterday. I was standing in my grandfather’s living room tapping my foot and being impatient while the old man finished putting on his old uniform, the one that he’d lovingly preserved for over 70 years. I know for a fact that next door, Sherry, my girlfriend and soon to be fianc?e, was doing the same thing while Papa Pete, her grandfather, was doing exactly the same thing, and two houses farther down Bobby Adkinson was doing the same thing while…

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    The Grove

    Poseidon The Wheel turns & with it comes the creaking of oars & the smell of brine. The sun retreats for the year once again & I’m finding it hard to remember the promise of spring. It’s clear I needed some time out. Which is why I find myself on the shore watching a bit of driftwood get pulled around by the waves. I know how you feel, I think at it. I try to divert my mind from dwelling on my problems by studying the waves as they crash against the sand. Perhaps it’s fitting that I’m here at this time. If I understood the article I read recently…

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    Airmid’s Cauldron

    Salem’s Best Cranberry Relish Yule is fast approaching and this is one staple condiment you will want to keep in your refrigerator throughout the season. It is simple and will last for at least a month under refrigeration, and taste great on top of your favorite stuffing. Salem’s Best Cranberry Relish (No Cook) 2 bags washed and stemmed fresh cranberries 1 Large sweet seedless orange (Blood oranges work nicely here as well) 1/2 cup granulated raw sugar Prep Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Prep the cranberries, quarter the orange, run cranberries and whole quartered orange through food processor with a grater blade attached pour contents into a deep…

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    Interview with Cernunnos Rising

    Artwork by: Angela Jayne Barnett ~2010 Cernunnos Rising – Music Review It is a rarity to find an album that every song touches the heart, but Wild Soul by Cernunnos Rising has accomplished something others have only dreamed about. Interview with Cernunnos Rising (George Nicholas) Pagan Pages: Since our last interview I see you have graced us with a new album Wild Soul, what was your inspiration here? George Nicholas: Well, I had originally done my first album with Medwyn Goodall the famous New Age Music composer and producer; that project involved my guitar playing and singing only  and didn`t feature any of my friends or group who actually play…