Celestite Gentle.  Soothes nerves and stress.  Quiets mind.  Serenity, harmony, easiness, stillness for receiving connection to spirit, creativity.  Aids throat.  Honesty, openness, worry, hearing thyroid.  Central nervous system, tiredness.  This mineral tunes consciousness to higher planes.  It improve mental powers and communication. Cerussite Helps us be centered, confident, capable and versatile amidst life’s challenges.  Grounding to here/now and higher self.  Graciousness, good listening/communication skills.  Psychicness, clarity.  Shows what we can/can’t change.  Letting go (Stress, addictions…). Insomnia, Central Nervous system, coordination, general healing.   Grounds root chakra and opens crown and throat.  Plant growth.  Protection against bugs.   This stone acts on the Higher Self interface with the body.

Well Met!!  We welcome in the summer with a brand new issue of PaganPages!! This issue is a big one!!  We have some new columns for you: The Tarot with Marisol Velasco Questions for the Shaman with Pegasus You wanted it and we did it….spells spells and more spells…. You asked for more spells for your BOS’s and we listened.  This issue has quite a few helpful spells in it and the beginning of  a new spells column Spell-Struck We are looking for the following writers: Runes Oils Incense Faeries Rituals and we are looking or any spells you would like to share. We hope you have a great month…

The sixth month of the Gregorian Calender, June is the first month of summer. June derives it’s name from the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart is Hera. The traditional birthstone amulets of June are alexandrite, moonstone, and pearl; and the rose is the month’s traditional flower. June is shared by the astrological signs of Gemini the Twins and Cancer the Crab, and is sacred to the following Pagan deities: Juno, and all gods and goddesses who preside over love, passion, and beauty. During the month of June, the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to the Summer Solstice, one of the four Lesser Sabbats celebrated each year…

June 1 Festival of the Oak Nymph. This Pagan celebration honors all hamadryads (female nature spirits who are believed to inhabit oak trees). Decorate a Pagan altar with acorns and war some oak leaves in your hair. Kiss an oak tree or place a small offering of some kind before it, and the tree nymphs who dwell within it will surely bestow a blessing upon you. June 2 Shapatu of Ishtar. A Pagan festival dedicated to the goddess Ishtar is celebrated every year on this date. She is the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian deity who presides over love and fertility as well as war. The birth of the god Apollo…

History of Litha (MidSummer) Also known as Summer Solstice, Litha, Alban Hefin, Sun Blessing, Gathering Day, Feill-Sheathain, Whit Sunday, Whitsuntide, Vestalia, Thing-tide, St. John’s Day In addition to the four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year, there are four lesser holidays as well: the two solstices, and the two equinoxes. In folklore, these are referred to as the four ‘quarter-days’ of the year, and modern Witches call them the four ‘Lesser Sabbats’, or the four ‘Low Holidays’. The Summer Solstice is one of them. Litha is usually celebrated on June 21st, but varies somewhat from the 20th to the 23rd, dependant upon the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. According…

The sixth month of the Gregorian Calender, June is the first month of summer. June derives it’s name from the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart is Hera. The traditional birthstone amulets of June are alexandrite, moonstone, and pearl; and the rose is the month’s traditional flower. June is shared by the astrological signs of Gemini the Twins and Cancer the Crab, and is sacred to the following Pagan deities: Juno, and all gods and goddesses who preside over love, passion, and beauty. During the month of June, the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to the Summer Solstice, one of the four Lesser Sabbats celebrated each year…

June 1 Festival of the Oak Nymph. This Pagan celebration honors all hamadryads (female nature spirits who are believed to inhabit oak trees). Decorate a Pagan altar with acorns and war some oak leaves in your hair. Kiss an oak tree or place a small offering of some kind before it, and the tree nymphs who dwell within it will surely bestow a blessing upon you. June 2 Shapatu of Ishtar. A Pagan festival dedicated to the goddess Ishtar is celebrated every year on this date. She is the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian deity who presides over love and fertility as well as war. The birth of the god Apollo…

Carnelian Balance creativity and mental processes.  Good for wheezing.  Confidence, boldness, initiative, dramatic abilities, assertiveness, outgoingness.  precision , analysis, appetite, awareness of feelings.  Warms and cleanses blood, kidneys, stimulates appetite, emotions, passion, sexuality, physical energy.  Celebration, reproductive system, menstrual craps, arthritis, gall bladder, pancreas.  Historically also used to pull excess fever out through the feet.  Used in Middle East in recent times as an amulet to restrain nose bleeds and excessive menstrual flow.  Defense against the Evil eye and poverty.  Believed in India to protect the wearer against the falling of walls.  Helps with asthma. Cat’s Eye In the Middle Ages was believed to protect the wearer from the evil…

History of Litha (MidSummer) Also known as Summer Solstice, Litha, Alban Hefin, Sun Blessing, Gathering Day, Feill-Sheathain, Whit Sunday, Whitsuntide, Vestalia, Thing-tide, St. John’s Day In addition to the four great festivals of the Pagan Celtic year, there are four lesser holidays as well: the two solstices, and the two equinoxes. In folklore, these are referred to as the four ‘quarter-days’ of the year, and modern Witches call them the four ‘Lesser Sabbats’, or the four ‘Low Holidays’. The Summer Solstice is one of them. Litha is usually celebrated on June 21st, but varies somewhat from the 20th to the 23rd, dependant upon the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. According…

A wonderful and safe holiday to you all.  I hope you had good travels around your maypoles!!! In this issue we have: A review of Kami McBride’s The herbal kitchen This month’s herb is the wonderful Dandelion which is in abundance this time of year! Plus all of your favorite columns, advice, correspondences, and recipes. We hope you enjoy this issue!! GlitteryBlessingsandLove