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Animal Totem Guides Spirit/Life Long Totem Guides stay with us throughout our life, but actually knowing / meeting that guide is a different thing entirely, since they will only show themselves when you are ready to being learning the lessons they have to teach you.  It’s a common thing for most people to have not met with their life long animal guide, its okay it really depends where we are on our life path and if and when they think we are ready then the teaching will being. I met my Life Long animal guide a few weeks ago, I had been searching and almost desperate for this to happen…

The Banishing Power of Fire: A Ritual There’s no denying the hypnotic, mesmerizing power of fire, whether in the gentlest candle flame or in the terrifying destruction of a forest fire.  Of the four elements, fire is the most volatile and fast-acting.  Its effects are often permanent and dramatic on the physical plane and the same can be said for when it is used in magick.  The element of fire encompasses passion, determination, action, success, anger, sex, big changes and fast transformation. You don’t need to have access to a bonfire to harness the energy and spirit of fire in your spells and rituals.  Most of us have to make…

Morrigan – FLYING QUEEN When you see a crow or a raven, do you think of them as an omen or a message bringer?  Do you believe them unlucky or enchanting? Crows and ravens are believed to have many meanings and interpretations.  Throughout history they have been known as creatures who can fly through the veil and back again, full of wisdom and power. Naturally these mysterious beings would be in common contact with the intelligent Celtic Goddess Morrigan.  She has even been said to be one herself, flying over battle fields of war, and deciding the fate of the opposing side.  This made her claim the name of The…

Gods and Goddesses When I was asked to write this column, I had all ideas that I would write about the divine feminine, and what it means to be a man and embrace the divine feminine in myself. As it turned out, this is not going to be the case. In my explorations of the divine, and divine qualities, I found that I had a hard time with the entire idea of the “divine” having gender divisions at all. Sure, we have “male” and “female” deities, and I do believe they actually exist, but, I’m not sure they exist as beings with the male and female genders. While we are…

Redeployment of Energy To say that all of our energy is already deployed is of course an exaggeration.  If that were so, we would be like puppets, unable to move on our own.  It is true, however, that, compared to the energy we could enjoy, we presently have practically none at our disposal.  All that we have is renewed each night by sleep, so that when we awake in the morning, or later in the day from a nap, we are in the best position to find our energy leaks and plug them. Habits are our energy leaks, as has been mentioned, and they run in cycles.  As they siphon…

The Old Gods and Goddesses One question that seems to be fundamental to Pagan belief is whether the Gods and Goddesses represent one idea or underlying form that has many names, or whether they represent many individual entities that, well, have many names.  This must be an important issue because it almost always seems to get mentioned in any discussion of belief or working.   The way it usually goes is along the lines “she is the mystery that we call by many names.”  This seems to be subdivided between those who say there is some practical division (male/female, dark/light) in the mystery and those who feel that everything is unified…

Merry Meet Readers and Welcome to the August Issue of PaganPages. This issue of PaganPages is brought to you by: http://www.BetterHagsandGargoyles.com Better Hags & Gargoyles provides Tarot Consultations via phone & in the Denver Metro area, in person; Reiki Master/Teacher services; and incense & oils, prepared in astrologic accord, for your magickal & ritual purposes. Thank you so much to Better Hags & Gargoyles for making this month possible! Our Assistant Editor, Michele Burke, was recently interviewed for Lunar Wisdom Podcast , on July 22.  If you didn’t happen to hear it yet, please go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lunarwisdom/2011/07/23/delving-into-paganpages We hope you enjoy it!! In this issue: You will find a few…

Shadow Ritual What is your shadow? To answer this question we simply need to look within nature. Where there is good there is bad. Where there is light there is darkness. Where there is nurturing and growth there is cruelty and destruction. Your shadow is the embodiment of your negative energy. It is the whisper in your mind that says “Take it, no one is watching.” It is the voice that tells you you’re not good enough, it is your insecurities, your darkest secrets, every time you did the right thing but wondered just what it would feel like if you hadn’t. This is your shadow. And for this reason…

Washed Away If meditating in motion wasn’t really your thing, here’s another approach to meditation that also takes advantage of summer’s more temperate weather! Most of what I wrote about in terms of beginning meditation was about how to reduce your distractions: quiet time, calm space, and one simple thing to focus on. The approach I’m suggesting this time seems like it’s just the opposite: it’s all about your senses. It’s about letting your senses be your focus, but not any one particular sense or object, the whole flow of things it’s possible to be aware of, all around you. There’s a constant stream of sense-data that we are capable…

Originally called Sextillis by the Romans, was later named Augustus in honor of Augustus Caesar. August is the eighth month of the current Gregorian calendar and the third month of Summer’s rule. Traditional birthstone amulets of August are the peridot and the sardonyx. The gladiolus and the poppy are the month’s traditional flowers. August is shared by the astrological signs of Leo the Lion and Virgo the Virgin. During the month of August, the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to Lammas, one of the four Grand Sabbats celebrated each year by Wiccans and modern Witches throughout the world. Gathered harvest are celebrated during August. Corn Moon Astrological…