{"id":799,"date":"2008-12-01T01:10:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=755"},"modified":"2008-11-24T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T19:48:25","slug":"lets-spell-it-out-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2008\/12\/01\/lets-spell-it-out-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Spell it Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year\u2019s Eve Asatru Festival of 12th Night (12\/31)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hogmany (also as known as Hogmany, Hogmanay, Hogmannay, Hogmarmay, Hogmena, Hagmena, Hagmenai, or Hogg-night) is the Scottish New Year\u2019s Eve Festival that commemorates the solar divinity Hogmagog.\u00a0 Hogmagog, sometimes called Gogmagog, the God of the Sun, is really two divinities, Gog and Magog.\u00a0 Gogmagog is the chalk figure carved into the earth at the Wandlebury near Cambridge.\u00a0 This deity was divided into two giants, Gog and Magog.\u00a0 Gog, the male fertility aspect, is the male consort of Magog and the spiritual guardian of London.\u00a0 Magog, the female fertility aspect, is far more important.\u00a0 Britain\u2019s Megg\u2019s Hills are named for her and several hillside chalk effigies portray her as a four-breasted woman astride a horse.\u00a0 Her name means \u201cmother deity\u201d and as the Mother Earth Goddess, she is in charge of fertility.\u00a0 In time, she was demoted to England\u2019s Saint Margaret.<\/p>\n

Hagmenai means \u201cMoon of the Hag\u201d, honoring the Goddess of Winter who mourned her lost mate.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of today\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve festivities come from the old Hogmany customs.\u00a0 Festival participants dress in hides and horns of animals (guising), burn smoke sticks (Hogmanays) to ward off evil sprites, and eat special cakes.\u00a0 Doors are opened and utensils are rattled to drive off the last psychic vestiges of the Old Year and welcome in the new.\u00a0 Traditional foods are bannocks, oarsmen, shortbread, black buns and ankersocks (gingerbread).<\/p>\n

The Spell:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This spell is designed to be simple using everyday items you either have around the house or can easily obtain.\u00a0 It is also a good excuse for you to \u201cmake some noise\u201d and have some fun.\u00a0 But, you will also be completing some work, ridding your home of unwanted negative energies and opening yourself up for positive changes for the New Year.<\/p>\n

Gather some incense (as replacement smoke sticks, one stick for the whole house or one stick per room that you wish to cleanse), some kitchen utensils (spoons, forks, butter knives, etc), pen and paper and a package of gingerbread cookies (as replacement ankersocks).\u00a0 Optionally, you can also use modern New Year\u2019s Eve items like noisemakers (as replacement utensils) and pointy hats (symbolic of the dressing in hides and horns).<\/p>\n

Light the incense and say:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this night of Hogmany,<\/p>\n

I honor the gods of fertility;<\/p>\n

May the next year be fruitful for me,<\/p>\n

Full of health and prosperity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Eat a gingerbread cookie making sure to set aside some for an offering to the outdoor spirits.\u00a0 Write down all the things that you wish to change for the better for the next year and then say:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this night of the Hag\u2019s Moon,<\/p>\n

I ask for a special boon;<\/p>\n

My voice cries out just like the Loon,<\/p>\n

As I rattle knife, fork and spoon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Rattle your kitchen utensils to drive out all negative energy form your home.\u00a0 If it\u2019s not too cold, open your doors and windows and \u201csweep\u201d the energy out with the incense.\u00a0 Unless you fear the neighbors calling the authorities for excessive noise, make as much of a racket as possible, yelling \u201cgood riddance\u201d before shutting the windows and doors after dispelling the negative energy.\u00a0 To seal your windows and doors to keep the negative energy out, make the sign of the moon with our power hand, \u201clocking\u201d the windows and doors shut.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve gone through the entire house, make sure to place some of the cookies outside for the Faeries and nature spirits.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow look at your list again and then formulate a plan for each item on your list as to how you will help make these things manifest.\u00a0 Its fine-and-dandy to ask for the help of the Universe, but you have to do your part as well, so get to work and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Year\u2019s Eve Asatru Festival of 12th Night (12\/31) Hogmany (also as known as Hogmany, Hogmanay, Hogmannay, Hogmarmay, Hogmena, Hagmena, Hagmenai, or Hogg-night) is the Scottish New Year\u2019s Eve Festival that commemorates the solar divinity Hogmagog.\u00a0 Hogmagog, sometimes called Gogmagog, the God of the Sun, is really two divinities, Gog and Magog.\u00a0 Gogmagog is the chalk figure carved into the earth at the Wandlebury near Cambridge.\u00a0 This deity was divided into two giants, Gog and Magog.\u00a0 Gog, the male fertility aspect, is the male consort of Magog and the spiritual guardian of London.\u00a0 Magog, the female fertility aspect, is far more important.\u00a0 Britain\u2019s Megg\u2019s Hills are named for her and several hillside chalk effigies portray her as a four-breasted woman astride a horse.\u00a0 Her name means \u201cmother deity\u201d and as the Mother Earth Goddess, she is in charge of fertility.\u00a0 In time, she was demoted to England\u2019s Saint Margaret. Hagmenai means \u201cMoon of the Hag\u201d, honoring the Goddess of Winter who mourned her lost mate.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of today\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve festivities come from the old Hogmany customs.\u00a0 Festival participants dress in hides and horns of animals (guising), burn smoke sticks (Hogmanays) to ward off evil sprites, and eat special cakes.\u00a0 Doors are opened and utensils are rattled to drive off the last psychic vestiges of the Old Year and welcome in the new.\u00a0 Traditional foods are bannocks, oarsmen, shortbread, black buns and ankersocks (gingerbread). The Spell: This spell is designed to be simple using everyday items you either have around the house or can easily obtain.\u00a0 It is also a good excuse for you to \u201cmake some noise\u201d and have some fun.\u00a0 But, you will also be completing some work, ridding your home of unwanted negative energies and opening yourself up for positive changes for the New Year. Gather some incense (as replacement smoke sticks, one stick for the whole house or one stick per room that you wish to cleanse), some kitchen utensils (spoons, forks, butter knives, etc), pen and paper and a package of gingerbread cookies (as replacement ankersocks).\u00a0 Optionally, you can also use modern New Year\u2019s Eve items like noisemakers (as replacement utensils) and pointy hats (symbolic of the dressing in hides and horns). Light the incense and say: \u201cOn this night of Hogmany, I honor the gods of fertility; May the next year be fruitful for me, Full of health and prosperity.\u201d Eat a gingerbread cookie making sure to set aside some for an offering to the outdoor spirits.\u00a0 Write down all the things that you wish to change for the better for the next year and then say: \u201cOn this night of the Hag\u2019s Moon, I ask for a special boon; My voice cries out just like the Loon, As I rattle knife, fork and spoon.\u201d Rattle your kitchen utensils to drive out all negative energy form your home.\u00a0 If it\u2019s not too cold, open your doors and windows and \u201csweep\u201d the energy out with the incense.\u00a0 Unless you fear the neighbors calling the authorities for excessive noise, make as much of a racket as possible, yelling \u201cgood riddance\u201d before shutting the windows and doors after dispelling the negative energy.\u00a0 To seal your windows and doors to keep the negative energy out, make the sign of the moon with our power hand, \u201clocking\u201d the windows and doors shut. Once you\u2019ve gone through the entire house, make sure to place some of the cookies outside for the Faeries and nature spirits. Tomorrow look at your list again and then formulate a plan for each item on your list as to how you will help make these things manifest.\u00a0 Its fine-and-dandy to ask for the help of the Universe, but you have to do your part as well, so get to work and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}