{"id":6238,"date":"2012-01-01T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T06:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2011-12-18T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T21:40:18","slug":"wiccan-basics-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2012\/01\/01\/wiccan-basics-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiccan Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE SEASONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seasons have a powerful effect on us , but also, according to some Earth magicians,<\/p>\n<p>subtly affect magickal workings. Theses are the different types of magicks that could be<\/p>\n<p>preformed during the different seasons.<\/p>\n<p>SPRING: A time for healing; purification, spring cleaning of ones self as well as ones<\/p>\n<p>surroundings; psychic awareness; paying bills; fertility; planting magickal gardens; &amp;<\/p>\n<p>ecological rituals. Air magick.<\/p>\n<p>SUMMER: A time for love, marriage, friendship, beauty, protection, courage, magickal<\/p>\n<p>energy, physical energy, &amp; strength. Fire magick.<\/p>\n<p>AUTUMN: A time for money, employment, new possessions (including cars &amp; homes).<\/p>\n<p>Water magick.<\/p>\n<p>WINTER: A time for banishments of disease, habits &amp; addictions, seeking past lives.<\/p>\n<p>This is a time for introspection, meditation, reading, &amp; magickal exercises designed to<\/p>\n<p>renew the magician for the coming spring. Earth magick.<\/p>\n<p>SPECIAL TIMES<\/p>\n<p>LIGHTNING STORMS: are periods of intense energy. All spells cast during storms will be empowered by them, and may prove to be more effective. Protection rituals are ideal at these times.<\/p>\n<p>RAINSTORMS: are fine for purification, love, compassion, friendship, beauty rituals, &amp; releasing guilt &amp; jealousy.<\/p>\n<p>SNOWSTORMS: are the time for gentle magick, purification, &amp; stilling emotions. Release unrequited love.<\/p>\n<p>HEAVY WINDS: empower rites designed to break addictions, assist study, &amp; travel spells.<\/p>\n<p>SEARING HOT DAY: charge rites of protection, courage, &amp; energy.<\/p>\n<p>Blessing until next Month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SEASONS The seasons have a powerful effect on us , but also, according to some Earth magicians, subtly affect magickal workings. Theses are the different types of magicks that could be preformed during the different seasons. SPRING: A time for healing; purification, spring cleaning of ones self as well as ones surroundings; psychic awareness; paying bills; fertility; planting magickal gardens; &amp; ecological rituals. Air magick. SUMMER: A time for love, marriage, friendship, beauty, protection, courage, magickal energy, physical energy, &amp; strength. Fire magick. AUTUMN: A time for money, employment, new possessions (including cars &amp; homes). Water magick. WINTER: A time for banishments of disease, habits &amp; addictions, seeking past lives. This is a time for introspection, meditation, reading, &amp; magickal exercises designed to renew the magician for the coming spring. Earth magick. SPECIAL TIMES LIGHTNING STORMS: are periods of intense energy. All spells cast during storms will be empowered by them, and may prove to be more effective. Protection rituals are ideal at these times. RAINSTORMS: are fine for purification, love, compassion, friendship, beauty rituals, &amp; releasing guilt &amp; jealousy. SNOWSTORMS: are the time for gentle magick, purification, &amp; stilling emotions. Release unrequited love. HEAVY WINDS: empower rites designed to break addictions, assist study, &amp; travel spells. SEARING HOT DAY: charge rites of protection, courage, &amp; energy. Blessing until next Month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}