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The August Assignments Astral Travel Class Assignments: Keep up your journals! Write down your dreams, experiences, fears, meditations, attempted travels. Write down your feelings, who made you angry, who made you sad, why yesterday was such a great day….and so on. Our waking, physical world is so busy that sometimes we only get the time to sort it all out in our dreams. If you can, make the connection: i.e. I had a dream where I was getting beat up. The day before my co-worker wrongly accused me of something and it felt like everyone took her side. I felt helpless and angry in both cases. 10 minute intentions: keep…

Nixies Nixies are shape-changing fresh water spirits originating in Germanic myths and legends.  The term nixie (or neck) is English in origin, while nix, nyx and nixe are the German equivalents.  Nixies usually shape shift into human form, both male and female, but some can change into dragons (wyrms), horses, fish, or snakes.  Nixies can be benevolent, malicious or merely harmless. English versions of the nixie include: The Knucker, a dragon-like “water monster” that lived in a pool near the village of Lyminster and was known to kill both livestock and people; Jenny Greenteeth, a green-skinned, sharp-toothed, long-haired river hag that pulls in and drowns children and the elderly; Peg…

Myth or legend? How does one define a story as a myth or a legend? Why do we say “The legend of King arthur” and “Greek mythology” instead of  “The myth of King arthur and Greek legends”? Myth and legend are synonyms for each other. They can be used interchangeably but is this correct? In some cases yes it is. In other no. Myth and legend are like first cousins as opposed to siblings. A legend is defined as one of several things; A group of stories relating to a particular group, people or clan such as the Native American legends. A collection of stories such as the Legend of…

The Energy in Emails Last month we covered the energetic imprint left in food and the affects that this has on us, which sometimes is positive and other times to our detriment. The energy trail we leave is ever-present on all that we do. It is no surprise that we are predominantly energy filling matter. Perhaps with this in mind it is no surprise that electricity was found as a core source in how we live. Movies such as the Matrix come to mind in how powerful we are as energetic beings. Those that work in healing, metaphysics or anything that is on another ethereal plane will understand the magnitude…

Lughnasadh and the Moon of August “I remember I held you, up high on the mountain’s side. As I looked out over the land, all your magick filled my eyes. I hear the ravens call my name, reminding me everything must change. For the Earth, she lays waiting for me.” This month I stand between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox. It is a moment upon the Wheel that seems to defy my ability to discern the turning changes still taking place. The morning air is warm and sweet. I can see and feel a richness of the land. The bounty of Summer’s end is now ripened and ready…

Pets and hot weather For many of us this is our favorite time of year and a chance to have fun outdoors with our pets. The Humane Societies want Pet owners to enjoy this time while being mindful of the dangers that hot weather can pose for our Furbabies. Dogs primarily control their body heat thru panting and drinking cool water. In extreme heat, it can be difficult for pets to cool off and overheating is a serious danger. On very hot days, pet owners should always be aware of their pet’s condition. Immediately stop strenuous exercise if pets start excessively panting, drooling or appear weak. You should take these…

Be Careful What You Don’t Wish For We have all heard the saying “Be careful what you wish for” and it is actually good advice. Sometimes we think we know what we want, but we do not understand the real ramifications of our wishes. For example, someone may wish to win the lottery, only to win the lottery and end up hating what their life becomes. Once someone is famous and well off they often wish they were normal again instead of constantly being asked for money or being blackmailed. Our wishes are not always in our own best interest. As witches we do not have this problem too often.…

Reborn Baby Dolls I always thought the Reborn baby dolls brought out the maternal instinct in a woman, but the other day I listened to a couple of women talking and began to wonder. “Wash the baby with an alcohol swab until she is nice and clean then hold her with a steady hand as you trace the veins so they stand out nice and blue. Once you’re done, lay the baby carefully on a towel in a cake or pie pan, depending on size of infant and place them on the center rack in the oven. I like to bake my babies at 250 degrees for about 10 minutes.”…

Mid-Summer Spiritual Purification with Vesta “Daughter of Saturn, venerable dame, Who dwell’st amid great fire’s eternal flame, In thee the gods have fix’d their dwelling place, Strong stable basis of the mortal race.” Taylor’s Orphic Hymns: Hymn to Vesta What’s in a name? Vesta’s name means “torch” and was sometimes called the “Shining One” or the “The One of Light” and conversely some called her the “Lady of the Night”.  She was the “Keeper of the Hearth”, the “Keeper of the Flame”, the “Lady of the Loving Light”, the “Goddess of Fire and Purity” and the “Guardian of the Hearth and Home”.  Even though she was the “The Virgin Goddess…

Lesson Two Beginning of the Burning Times Part one. We will start looking at the dark times of Wicca because there is so such to take in, we will run this over two, may three  lessons as there much to burning times that we must discuss  within the course. The Beginnings of the Burning Times The burning times were the beginnings of the organised church fight to banish the beliefs of the people whom still held on to their pagan/wiccan beliefs in spited of the Christian Church teachings. We must look at the black ground to beginnings of these times and the causes. One of these factors was the eroding…