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Part of a new begining… at AVONDALE! http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/AvondaleTheRPG/ Avondale is a completely new and innovative concept in original Historically Based Role Playing Games. Age Range: Adult (17+) It’s 1901 and the world is entering a new century. It’s a time of rapid growth and expansion; a time of industrialization and commerce — of waves of immigration to the land where “the streets are paved with gold”. The United States has just engaged in it’s first “foreign war” and has suddenly found itself with an unwanted and unwelcome “colonial empire” and comittments to far-away places and peoples. It is a time of transition in which old meets new. TR is in…

LILLITH THE TEMPTRESS Some may think of her as a daemon, and even a fallen angel, but Lilith is far beyond what she is perceived as.  Legend says that Lilith was the first women created, not Eve.  Lilith and Adam were put on earth to reproduce, and when Adam started to take the dominant position during intercourse by being on top, Lilith just wouldn’t have it.  She asked him why he insisted this, and he replied by saying that she was a women.  Lilith became enraged, and argued that since they were created by the same creator, that they were both equals.  When Adam still refused Lilith left the Garden…

Space Ship There are several different variations of this same traveling method. Most involve creating your own room/work space/ laboratory. I created this variation because it was easier for me to travel to and work with. With your eye mask on, get into a meditative state using your preferred method. I think that this one will be easier if you lay down, but of course be in the position that works best for you. Once you are in your meditative state, and you are calm, quiet, and still, a bright light beams down upon you from above. This light is white with blue, red, orange hues. It is warm. You…

Inviting in your Ancestors A good time to pay respect to your ancestors is at Samhain. While the veil between the world is at it’s thinnest you will want to gather at your altar or sacred space some black cloth, a black candle, a bowl of water, a feather, a citrine, amethyst or lapis lazuli crystal, and photos and mementos from your loved ones who have passed beyond. Place the black cloth on your altar or on the floor. Position the feather in the east, the candle in the south, the bowl of water in the west, and the crystal in the north. Arrange the photos and other objects in…

The Skill of Forgetting We often think of forgetting as a problem, something that only happens by accident, something that we want to fight against. Our memories are vital to who we are and how we live; loss of memory is one of the most feared aspects of aging for some people. But memory isn’t always a good thing. The traumatic, intrusive memories of PTSD are just one example of memory run amok. Think about what your mind would feel like if you could never forget anything, even the most trivial details, like the thousands of license plates you see on the road in the course of your life. Having…

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 Ritual as Service Dear Mama Donna. I work with a group here in Cleveland who cook and feed close to 200 men at a homeless shelter every Thursday. It is a big commitment. The shelter is run by the Salvation Army, and the people who run the shelter are open to programming. As we have come to know these men, they are opening to us, and I feel it’s an opportunity…

I’m very excited about being a part of Pagan Pages and being able to share my knowledge of the Tarot with readers.  Although I’m not an expert I have been reading cards for over 20 years and have also grown quite a collection of cards most of which I don’t use because I have a preference for the Traditional Rider-Waite cards myself however, the Tarot and its history have always interested me and so here I am to share a little of my knowledge with you. The Tarot is believed by some to be as old as ancient Egypt, but according to historians the tarot didn’t come about till much…

Urban Legends If somebody told you to be wary of something called “di hydrogen mono oxide”, that it was dangerous and you should avoid it at all costs, and you believed them and went around telling everyone you knew about it…well then you would be in the middle of an urban legend experience.  Urban legend? What’s that you say? Well you know that a myth is a traditional story or idea that centers on a hero, deity or event that isn’t exactly easy to explain naturally or factually. A legend is a story that has a teeny grain of truth that is wrapped in layer upon layer of story or…

What is Celtic Shamanism? The two words are not synonymous together in fact the two words are nothing of the same together. The first understanding is what the words mean by themselves, and then we understand what they mean together. Celt, Celticism and Celtic: The Celts are a tribe of people that originated in Gaul (France) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts ) . Many people who assume the Celts were the people “Blue People” of Scotland. The true “Blue People of Scotland” were the Pectish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts ). There are many people who are miss lead by the movies and the romantic notion that the Celts were crazy lovers and a romantic people. This is…

Sunflower Sunburst Cookies Photo by Kazuhiko Teramoto, used with Creative Commons license Link to photo Now is the time to hit your farmer’s market to enjoy the Sun’s hard work! We are coming into summer squashes, corn, tomatoes, lettuces, cucumbers, peppers, as well as berries, citrus fruits, and melons. This is also a great time to indulge in some local wine or any frilly, fruity drinks. To honor the Sun, you can choose foods that are the colors of the sun–yellow, white, orange, and red. Cooking over an open fire or grilling tap into the Sun’s heat energy. Sun-dried foods also work in the same way. Spicy foods are also…