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Cinnamon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, C. verum) also known as Sweet Wood and Ceylon cinnamon.   Its origin is Sri Lanka.   Cinnamon is pretty common in foods these days such as cinnamon rolls and cinnamon tea.  It is a bark that is ground into powder form that can be added to food and burned as incense. In ancient times, Cinnamon was used as a religious herb, created to purify temples.   It also helped with mummification to create a sweet smell.  Throughout history, its leaves have been used in medicine. Cinnamon can be used and substituted for Sun Magickal work such as healing, illumination, magickal power, physical energy, protection, success, and putting an…

PaganPages: Who are the members of your band? Saira B.: It’s just me. PP: Where were you born and raised? SB: South Bend, Indiana PP: Can you tell us about your childhood, parents, siblings, and surroundings? SB: I really don’t talk about my childhood…. Let’s just say, it influenced the way I am today. PP: What instruments do you play? SB:  I dabble with playing instruments… When I was younger, I played piano. Tried guitar (acoustic) PP: When did you start to have an appreciation for music? What age? SB: Ever since I can remember. Always. I was always singing. PP: What was the culminating point in your life where…

How do you reason with a drunken, toga-wearing party guy? You can ignore him, but he’ll only make more noise to get your attention. You can yell at him, but it will only get him excited. The only thing you can do, it seems, is to take a deep breath & invite him in. See where it takes you. So it is with Dionysus. Logically it would’ve been more appropriate to explore another god now. Grapes abound in autumn. It would make sense to honour the fruit of the vine & its associated deities at, say, Mabon instead. Dionysus announced his presence not with a bang but with a rather…

The Six Steps of Healing What are the Six Steps of Healing? These are remedies you can use for your problem in order from safest to most dangerous: Step 0 is the safest; Step 6 the most dangerous.  Use Steps 0, 1, 2 and 3 as preventive medicine. Prevention is an important, though often invisible, way of healing/wholing in the Wise Woman tradition. Deep relaxation, information exchange, energetic engagement, optimum nourishment (including touch) and exercise promote health with little or no side effects. Examples are in parenthesis: (with a few of the modalities available at each step) Step 0:  Do Nothing (sleep, meditate, unplug the clock or the telephone) A…

Torchlight Guides the path To the crossroads I ride My companions Honey Pearl and poppy Encased in silver and black Dragons pull along As dogs bark the evening song A message I take with me To the Mistress of Storms I harkened back When I turned the Key Wisdom and faith Grew like daisies And the Sun laughed As I cried her name I knew it then She would be with me So here I ride With all I have A message to give To the Mistress of Storms Turn the sands Echo of time Let the plants grow Let the grain shine In this moment In this torchlight In…

Dear Reader, Welcome to ‘It’s In the Cards’ for www.PaganPages.org. At one time this column appeared in Finer Things Magazine in New Haven, CT, and I am very pleased to be writing my column again; this time for the Pagan Community. Every month, I will do a tarot reading for one person whose question I choose for this column. Also, by writing me, you will have a chance for a free tarot 10 minute reading on the phone. If you would like to contact me about purchasing a reading, please visit my web site at www.SubRosaMagick.com or write me at [email protected]. Since I first began reading for the public 13…

Break; break from the preachers of despair, join the liquidations of masses that travel electric around space, chiming in unison about lost quatrains. Their spiritual urgency created by a primordial light where sanctuaries of prophesies linger in spirals of white, Sabbath moon, tree of life. Break; break from the remorse of dawn, the stain of guilt that makes clock hands stick with savage servility behind star drifts of forgotten connections. You’re my beautiful ransom in this bubble of metaphysics that makes my heart beat faster and faster with the simple devotion of your manic passion. Break; break from those that hate, slithering as eels, inside the grief of your soul.…

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…

Barbecued Shrimp # 1 2 lb. large shrimp, 20-25 count per lb. French bread green onions for garnish Marinade: 1/2 C. margarine, melted 4 T. olive oil 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. Worcestershire sauce 6 thin slices of a medium white or yellow onion 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 T. Pickapeppa pepper sauce 1 tsp. Tabasco garlic pepper sauce 1/4 tsp. red pepper 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1/4 tsp. salt Wash, peel and devein shrimp. Mix together marinade ingredients and pour marinade over shrimp, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Place shrimp and marinade in a greased 9 X 13 pan. Bake 350 degrees, turning shrimp often for about…

*The Hedgewitch lives in the space between the Village and the Forest. Between the mundane and the magical. S/He lives with a foot in both worlds. This column is dedicated to the Hedgewitches of the planet earth. Sitting On A Dream I wish I had more clues to the mystery of My House to share with you. But, then, that’s what this month’s column is all about… To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful “magic skills” that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every…