Descent of the GoddessIn ancient times, our Lord, the Horned One, was (as he still is) the Controller, the Comforter. But men know him as the dread Lord of Shadows, lonely, stern, and just.
But our Lady the Goddess oft grieved deeply for the fate of her creations as they aged and died. She would solve all mysteries, even the mystery of death, and so journeyed to the underworld.
The Guardian of the Portals challenged her: 'Strip off thy garments, lay aside thy jewels; for naught may you bring with you into this our land, for it is written that your True Self is the only fitting adornment for those in the realms of Death.'
So she laid down her garments and her jewels, and was bound, as all living must be who seek to enter the realms of Death, the Mighty One.
Such was her beauty that Death himself knelt, and laid his sword and crown at her feet, and kissed her feet, saying: 'Blessed be thy feet that have brought thee in these ways. Abide with me; but let me place my cold hand on thy heart.'
And she replied: 'Why do you cause all things that I love, and take delight in, to fade and die?'
'Lady,' replied Death, 'it is age and fate, against which I am helpless. Age causes all things to wither; but when men die at the end of time, I give them rest and peace and strength, so that they may return. But you, you are lovely. Return not, abide with me.'
And she replied, 'Nay, I love thee not and I am needed in the world of the living.'
Again Death knelt, and kissed her knees, saying: 'Blessed be thy knees that kneel before the Altar. Abide with me; let me place my cold hand on thy heart.'
And she replied, 'Nay, I love thee not and I am needed in the world of the living.'
Death (still kneeling), kissed her on the womb, saying: 'Blessed be thy organs of generation, without which none of us would be. Abide with me; let me place my cold hand on thy heart.'
And she replied, 'Nay though I feel the beginnings of love for thee, I must return to those I fully love in the world of creation.'
Death then stood, and kissed her on the breast, saying: Blessed be thy breast, formed in strength and beauty. Abide with me; let me place my cold hand on thy heart.'
And she replied, 'Nay though I feel love for thee, I must not abandon those I am responsible for, in the world of creation. I cannot do this thing, better you would return with me.'
'Lady,' replied Death, It cannot be so. If I were to leave my realm, and abandon those who seek their comfort and rest with me, then the Wheel would no longer turn. Age and weakness would overtake those whom you love, and they would have nowhere to find rest, and peace, and reunion with those who have gone before. As age and debility overtook your creations, there would quickly be no room for the new, only the withered, the tired, and the stagnant.' He then kissed her lips, saying: 'Blessed be thy lips, which shall utter the Holy Names. Abide with me; let me place my cold hand on thy heart.'
And she replied, Let us BOTH lay our hands, each unto the heart of the other, thereby claiming and uniting each unto the other. In this way may I rule my kingdom of birth, creation, and life; yet share with you your kingdom of death, rejuvenation, and rest. United in Perfect Love and Perfect Trust, that the Universe may be whole and the Wheel turn smoothly.
Death replied, 'This is indeed WISDOM, So Mote it Be!' They embraced, thus pledging their eternal love.
And he taught her all his mysteries, and gave her the necklace which is the circle of rebirth. And she taught him her mystery of the sacred cup which is the cauldron of rebirth.
They loved, and were one; for there be three great mysteries in the life of mankind, and magic controls them all. To fulfill love, you must return again at the same time and at the same place as the loved ones; and you must meet, and know, and remember, and love them again.
But to be reborn, you must die, and be made ready for a new body. And to die, you must be born; and without love, you may not be born.
And our Goddess is ever inclined to love, and mirth, and happiness; and guards and cherishes her hidden children in life, and in death she teaches the way to her communion; and even in this world she teaches them the mystery of the Magic Circle, which is placed between the worlds of men and of the Gods.
And thus we are taught of the beginnings of the wheel of the year wherein the Lord and the Lady share their rulership of the year, each offering and sharing a balance to the other, and the basis of that sharing.
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A lot can be taken away from this passage. The biggest theme is "there's no life without death." It also recognizes that there is a constant circle of birth, life, death and then rebirth, giving rise to the common belief of reincarnation. What do you take away from this?
Shayla Ayn =)
Police state madness - more and more children being arrested for trivial things - things we all got up to as kids:
#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.
#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was recently arrested by police for burping in class.
#3 Another student down in Albuquerque was forced to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched because he had $200 in his pocket. The student was never formally charged with doing anything wrong.
#4 A security guard at one school in California broke the arm of a 16-year-old girl because she left some crumbs on the floor after cleaning up some cake that she had spilled.
#5 One teenage couple down in Houston poured milk on each other during a squabble while they were breaking up. Instead of being sent to see the principal, they were arrested and sent to court.
#6 In early 2010, a 12-year-old girl at a school in Forest Hills, New York was arrested by police and marched out of her school in handcuffs just because she doodled on her desk. "I love my friends Abby and Faith" was what she reportedly scribbled on her desk.
#7 A 6-year-old girl down in Florida was handcuffed and sent to a mental facility after throwing temper tantrums at her elementary school.
#8 One student down in Texas was reportedly arrested by police for throwing paper airplanes in class.
#9 A 17-year-old honor student in North Carolina named Ashley Smithwick accidentally took her father's lunch with her to school. It contained a small paring knife which he would use to slice up apples. So what happened to this standout student when the school discovered this? The school suspended her for the rest of the year and the police charged her with a misdemeanor.
#10 In Allentown, Pennsylvania a 14-year-old girl was tasered in the groin area by a school security officer even though she had put up her hands in the air to surrender.
#11 Down in Florida, an 11-year-old student was arrested, thrown in jail and charged with a third-degree felony for bringing a plastic butter knife to school.
#12 Back in 2009, an 8-year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.
#13 A police officer in San Mateo, California blasted a 7-year-old special education student in the face with pepper spray because he would not quit climbing on the furniture.
#14 In America today, even 5-year-old children are treated brutally by police. The following is from a recent article that described what happened to one very young student in Stockton, California a while back....
"Earlier this year, a Stockton student was handcuffed with zip ties on his hands and feet, forced to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with battery on a police officer. That student was 5 years old".
#15 At one school in Connecticut, a 17-year-old boy was thrown to the floor and tasered five times because he was yelling at a cafeteria worker.
#16 A teenager in suburban Dallas was forced to take on a part-time job after being ticketed for using foul language in one high school classroom. The original ticket was for $340, but additional fees have raised the total bill to $637.
#17 A few months ago, police were called out when a little girl kissed a little boy during a physical education class at an elementary school down in Florida.
#18 A 6-year-old boy was recently charged with sexual battery for some "inappropriate touching" during a game of tag at one elementary school in the San Francisco area.
#19 In Massachusetts, police were recently sent out to collect an overdue library book from a 5-year-old girl.
HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THIS PAGE MADE ALL THIS UP: (thanks Kara)
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http://abcnews.go.com/m/
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/
http://m.guardiannews.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2010/
http://www.tcpalm.com/
http://m.guardiannews.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
http://www.eagleforum.org/
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#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.
#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was recently arrested by police for burping in class.
#3 Another student down in Albuquerque was forced to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched because he had $200 in his pocket. The student was never formally charged with doing anything wrong.
#4 A security guard at one school in California broke the arm of a 16-year-old girl because she left some crumbs on the floor after cleaning up some cake that she had spilled.
#5 One teenage couple down in Houston poured milk on each other during a squabble while they were breaking up. Instead of being sent to see the principal, they were arrested and sent to court.
#6 In early 2010, a 12-year-old girl at a school in Forest Hills, New York was arrested by police and marched out of her school in handcuffs just because she doodled on her desk. "I love my friends Abby and Faith" was what she reportedly scribbled on her desk.
#7 A 6-year-old girl down in Florida was handcuffed and sent to a mental facility after throwing temper tantrums at her elementary school.
#8 One student down in Texas was reportedly arrested by police for throwing paper airplanes in class.
#9 A 17-year-old honor student in North Carolina named Ashley Smithwick accidentally took her father's lunch with her to school. It contained a small paring knife which he would use to slice up apples. So what happened to this standout student when the school discovered this? The school suspended her for the rest of the year and the police charged her with a misdemeanor.
#10 In Allentown, Pennsylvania a 14-year-old girl was tasered in the groin area by a school security officer even though she had put up her hands in the air to surrender.
#11 Down in Florida, an 11-year-old student was arrested, thrown in jail and charged with a third-degree felony for bringing a plastic butter knife to school.
#12 Back in 2009, an 8-year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.
#13 A police officer in San Mateo, California blasted a 7-year-old special education student in the face with pepper spray because he would not quit climbing on the furniture.
#14 In America today, even 5-year-old children are treated brutally by police. The following is from a recent article that described what happened to one very young student in Stockton, California a while back....
"Earlier this year, a Stockton student was handcuffed with zip ties on his hands and feet, forced to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with battery on a police officer. That student was 5 years old".
#15 At one school in Connecticut, a 17-year-old boy was thrown to the floor and tasered five times because he was yelling at a cafeteria worker.
#16 A teenager in suburban Dallas was forced to take on a part-time job after being ticketed for using foul language in one high school classroom. The original ticket was for $340, but additional fees have raised the total bill to $637.
#17 A few months ago, police were called out when a little girl kissed a little boy during a physical education class at an elementary school down in Florida.
#18 A 6-year-old boy was recently charged with sexual battery for some "inappropriate touching" during a game of tag at one elementary school in the San Francisco area.
#19 In Massachusetts, police were recently sent out to collect an overdue library book from a 5-year-old girl.
HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THIS PAGE MADE ALL THIS UP: (thanks Kara)
http://
http://abcnews.go.com/m/
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/
http://m.guardiannews.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2010/
http://www.tcpalm.com/
http://m.guardiannews.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
http://www.eagleforum.org/
http://
http://www.sfgate.com/
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~ Spell To Cleanse & Charm Jewelry ~
*Holy Water & Herb Potpourri
1/8 tsp lavender herb
1/8 tsp rose petals
1/8 tsp eyebright herb
small amount of ground frankincense resin
*Note, if jewelry is second-hand or used, add a small amount of lemon juice to the mixture.
Clean the jewelry with the holy water mixture and hold it in your hands while repeating the following incantation:
"Gifts of metal, speak to me
Of flowing grace and energy
Of bringing thoughts to vibrant form
Yet carry secrets in their mist
Of how to move and make the shift
It always works. Always a blessing!"
Repeat this spell anytime you feel the charm wearing off or you have need.
1/8 tsp eyebright herb
small amount of ground frankincense resin
*Note, if jewelry is second-hand or used, add a small amount of lemon juice to the mixture.
Clean the jewelry with the holy water mixture and hold it in your hands while repeating the following incantation:
"Gifts of metal, speak to me
Of flowing grace and energy
Of bringing thoughts to vibrant form
Yet carry secrets in their mist
Of how to move and make the shift
It always works. Always a blessing!"
Repeat this spell anytime you feel the charm wearing off or you have need.
Faerie sisters in the twilight...
Beseeching Mother Moon...
'Hear our calls this magickal night,
Return the flowers in bloom.'
Beseeching Mother Moon...
'Hear our calls this magickal night,
Return the flowers in bloom.'
(Artwork by Katherine Rose Barber - http://moonpaw.com/gallery)
~ Leandra
*The Coven Avalon claims no rights to this artwork, or any on our page. If this work belongs to you and you would like for us to remove it, please contact us and we will certainly do so. Being a non-profit educational site, we operate under the Fair Use rule of the US Copyright Law - please refer to the page information for full details. Blessings!
~ Leandra
*The Coven Avalon claims no rights to this artwork, or any on our page. If this work belongs to you and you would like for us to remove it, please contact us and we will certainly do so. Being a non-profit educational site, we operate under the Fair Use rule of the US Copyright Law - please refer to the page information for full details. Blessings!
(Spell courtesy of Silver Ravenwolf's book, "Hedgewitch", purchase the book on amazon, here:http://www.amazon.com/
(Pentacle bracelet is by Astarte Moon, find it here:http://
*The Coven Avalon claims no rights to this artwork, or any on our page. If this work belongs to you and you would like for us to remove it, please contact us and we will certainly do so. Blessings!
Together We Stand
We are the Witches of the Red White and Blue,
We stand united as one together with you.
We honor our heroes; every man woman and child,
We are the Witches of the Red White and Blue,
We stand united as one together with you.
We honor our heroes; every man woman and child,
Those who have battled through centuries and miles.
Together we stand proud for freedoms light,
Blessed forever by their sacrifice for right.
* With blessing to all who serve and have served. We will never know all the sacrifices that you have made for us. In peace and light... blessed be.
Together we stand proud for freedoms light,
Blessed forever by their sacrifice for right.
* With blessing to all who serve and have served. We will never know all the sacrifices that you have made for us. In peace and light... blessed be.
USA: Happy Veterans Day! We honored Al, Air Force veteran of Vietnam war, and Jim, Navy submarine veteran & Army National Guard veteran of Iraq war, in our Veterans Day Circle yesterday at Circle Sanctuary headquarters in Wisconsin with the Pagan Military Service Ribbon.
"May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours. That stay with you all the year long."
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- Jamie Margelofsky Look back 70 years and tell me things have not changed. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to make improvements and all of the hate and bad mouthing on this page is not helping anyone. Every race that has come to this country has made sacrifices of one kind or another. It is time to move forward if we want change
- Dean Dokken @Josh...I agree regarding the Indians getting the true short end of the stick.
All other racial groups at least have a motherland they can go back to. - Alexis Edwards What sacrifices did the Europeans make??? Oh yea that would be us. Kinda hard to move on when the issues are directly related to your own ancestory. BTW its insulting as well to tell someone to "move on", in ANY regard. If you can't personally relate, then you don't know how they feel.
- Terry DatmeddlinKid Peete that's some real nigguh shit..dont mind my use of the N-word given the subject of the post, but yeah that's some real shit
- Alexis Edwards @josh, we don't call ourselves that, that's our classification. When we have to check a "race box" on any application it will say "Black-African American (Non-Hispanic). We didn't come up with it...
- Dean Dokken Sacrifices of Europeans?
They've had countless.
Something local...I've lost family members to the Japanese during the Second World War, do I hate or hold a grudge against Japanese people?
Negative.
Will I teach my kids about the Bataan Death March?
Yes.
Will I do my best to help all people of all races to unite rather than divide them from each other?
Yes. - Olle Linton Alexis: I will in no way take away the dignity of the crimes made by europeans against native americans and africans, but to claim that europeans made no sacrifices is ignorant. Slavery was aboundant in Europe, and even "free" europeans suffered greatly under the heels of the oppressors. Knowledge of history, everyones history, is a valuable thing. Peace and love!
- Alexis Edwards Dean I was referring to the Europeans who took over this country and killed numerous people in the process, not Europeans in general.
- Rj Blaze If racism was just about name calling then dean dokkens idea would def work. Too bad racism is way more complex than calling someone white. They tried color blind approach to race in brazil, the result was the continuation of rapant racism thruout the country. Until racism is effectively removed from the access to wealth and power(education,politics,economic, etc) racism will continue and pretending to be color blind and culture blind will only solidify racism in the system.
- Dean Dokken @robert...you've got to lose that hatred, that fear because it gets you nowhere and plenty of Indians fought to the death, the ones that surrendered their tribes knew the war was lost and they were thinking of their children unlike the Afghan's that strap explosions on their kids.
- Alexis Edwards Olle, see above response. And my comment regarding Europeans sacrifice was I response to someone else's comment. And not to be rude, but we're talking about the history in THIS country. I know other countries have their issues too. But I don't live there, so I can't voice an opinion on those issues.
- Yarn Scope Hey, I got a great idea! Let's perceive this picture as a joke. You guys know what a joke is, right? A statement that isn't completely rooted in truth & sensibility, but is delivered in a fashion that should generate a humors reaction. Here, lemme show you what I mean.
"Hah hah hah hah"
Did ya catch that? No? It might help if you stopped masturbating to your history books & started feeding it to your wives every once in awhile (because odds are who ever you're busy hating on right now is probably doing it for you as we speak). - James Koscinski Dumb mothafuckass always cryin bout 400 hundred years of struggle not knowin white man been fuckin us over since tha mayflower
- Daniel C Ryan Ok Irish desent they got shit on here too but I dont see an Irish American history month all I have to say is im American where is that check box
- Kiara Likes Platypi Damn white people thought they were so smart crossing the ocean and taking advantage of all the nice people.. now we all live together and they don't like to keep hearing about all the wrongs their ancestors did. Haha.
- Ricky Hunt I wish rascism would just dissapear I dislike it but I gusse there's a lil dirty history behind it all
- Brenda A. Cooney The show is actually very good and it does show the good and bad of how they treated their employees. It's because of these "Robber Barons" that unions organized for workers rights and safety. They are no different from today's Corporations that would gladly take away our rights AGAIN for their PROFITS. History does have a habit of repeating itself if people forget!
- Cholla Turley-Johnson @Alexis a registry # is like a census #. so the gov can keep an eye on us Natives.
- Devon Urroz Holy shit everyone helped shape this country to what it is get over it any country that has been formed was taken over at one point in history move on and live with the cards you have been dealt
- PrescillaNicole Barbie soo true, ppl just forget that there were native her before ever one came across the pond,
- Avilla Kepo'o Jewell Lastell In Hawaii we love n live among all races. Never see color only human beings Living in Peace n Respect for all.
- Elaine Pond lol. Where's the Irish and Chinese in the top photo? The Big Four couldn't of done it without them. I take it that is who they are..4 men in front of a train. Crocker, Huntington, Stanford and Hopkins. Slaves, unfortunatly only did field work and the south really didn't build anything. As for the Indians...they built mounds and stone cairns for their dead, which white settlers dismantled for their own use. The Cherokees built their villages up but again the whites moved in and took away everything. While the comments are cute, the entire thing is misleading in facts. Bottom line..the America we know today really does owe much to that first transcontinental railroad. The Big Four? Crocker has an art gallery, Huntington has a beach, Stanford a university and Hopkins a hotel. Their California memorials.
- Ian Sovereign Spier Devon, the "cards" are being controlled by the rothschilds. those who ignore history or forget it's lessons, are doomed to repeat it.
- Amir Dread My sense is that women are much more central to civilization than men are. Men are the heroes because of domestic and political violence.
- Paul Greet any human that claims to have built a country are mildly deluded........that land was around a long time before us, and the rate we are all going its gonna be around for a long time after as well.......maybe we should be more respectful guests and stop arguing about who got there first.....
- Catt Glidden Native americans have been screwed over since the mayflower (should of let the bitches starve). Black ppl got sold by their own ppl in africa . Irish and italian got abused and demoralized since in Elias island coming here from being England's slaves. Chinese sold into slavery here for the railroad then forced to stay here . Jewish ppl butchered and taged like animals by germans and even got dang nazi wannabes in america (go fiqure). We all have a story . My ppl just still live it . Were tracked and given numbers on a card to prove were one of the butchereds ancestors on their list . Given this slab of land in the middle of nowere . With signs to display "the indians in the areas " they still don't see us as ppl. Werd still just on thr Rez . It wasent long ago when signs were posted saying "inguns not welcome" " irish, gooks, spcks, whops. Need not apply" "colored only entry" . You overcame that in history now we natives will over come our oppression that still going on . But not with ppl still acting like this .
- Dean Dokken 'Hearing about all the wrongs their ancestors did'?
By matters of implication you are making a lame attempt to say that only white people have done wrong in the world.
Heres the thing...every race has performed some vile, horrible act upon another suc...See More - Dean Dokken @Catt...that's terrible how the government keeps tabs on Indians.
In a way its similar to the Jews getting tattooed numbers on their arms on the way to Buchenwald ovens. - Dean Dokken As I stated earlier, everyone here has a home country, a motherland to go back to except for the native Americans.
- David Red Young Man times r Changan, the most powerful guy in the states is a black man for another 4yrs!! suck on that!!! Hahaha.
- Charlene Norton Jen Smith you are stupid the went to war, worked our land and made any inventions, and worked the railroad.
- Ananokachi Russ Ok first of its about time the non native(spicifically the whites) pull their heads out of their butts and understand what their ancestor did and and what they continue to do will never be forgotten. We will never move on. When my grandparents tell me ...See More
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