http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/-t1.htm Discussions on Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:33:05 GMT 10 http://hitskin.com/themes/11/73/47/i_logo.jpg http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/-t1.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-witches-rune-t209.htm Anasopiah The Witches' Rune. Darksome night and shining moon, Hearken to the witches' rune. East, then south, west then north, Here come I to call thee forth. Earth and water, air and fire, Work ye unto my desire. Wand and Pentacle and Sword Hearken ye unto my word. Cords and Censer, Scourge and Knife, Waken all ye into life. Power of the Witches Blade, Come ye as the charm is made. Queen of Heaven, Queen of Hell, Lend your aid unto the spell. Horned Hunter ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:33:05 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-witches-rune-t209.htm#462 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-witches-rune-t209.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-green-man-t208.htm Anasopiah The Green Man. The Green Man is primarily a vegetation god. He helps with fertilisation of the Earth as well as being Lord of the Trees and Guardian of the Earth. He symbolises the spirit of harvest and the growth of all things from the Earth. He is traditionally depicted as a male face with oak leaves sprouting from his face, hence his connection to the oak. Like most greenery, he sleeps in Autumn and withers in Winter, but always comes back in the Spring. This is symbolic ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:07:19 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-green-man-t208.htm#461 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-green-man-t208.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-god-t207.htm Anasopiah The Charge of the God. Listen to the words of the Horned God, The Guardian of all things wild and free, and Keeper of the Gates of Death, whose Call all must answer: I am the fire within your heart... The yearning of your Soul. I am the Hunter of Knowledge and the Seeker of the Holy Quest; I who stand in the darkness of light; I am He whom you have called Death. I am the Consort and Mate of Her we adore, call forth to me. Heed my call beloved ones, come unto me and ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:04:57 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-god-t207.htm#460 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-god-t207.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-goddess-t206.htm Anasopiah The Charge of the Goddess Now listen to the words of the Great Mother, who was of old also called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride, and by many other names. At her altars, the youth of Lacedaemon in Sparta made due sacrifice. Whenever ye have need of any thing, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place, and adore the spirit of me, who ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:04:05 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-goddess-t206.htm#459 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-charge-of-the-goddess-t206.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-pentagram-t205.htm Anasopiah The Pentagram. The Pentacle, the most famous symbol of Witchcraft is a bold and fascinating statement about our place in the Universe. When the pentacle is drawn or written, the image created is called a pentagram. The pentagram represents an ancient concept that can be found in philosophical thought in both East and West. Although over 8,000 years old, the image of the pentagram is applicable in our modern world. The pentagram tells us that we have the ability to bring Spirit to Earth; ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:02:58 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-pentagram-t205.htm#458 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-pentagram-t205.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-elements-and-correspondences-t204.htm Anasopiah The Elements and Correspondences. Our world is viewed of in terms of four physical elements - earth, water, air and fire (which roughly correspond to the four scientific forms of matter: solid, liquid, gas and plasma) - plus spirit. Together, these elements form a united whole, as is symbolized in the pentagram. All are necessary and should be in balance. Circles are generally cast through the use of all elements. Incense (fire and air) and salt water (earth and water) is the simplest ... Wicca. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:00:50 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-elements-and-correspondences-t204.htm#457 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/the-elements-and-correspondences-t204.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wicca-in-every-day-life-t194.htm Anasopiah Wicca in Every Day Life. As with religions like Christianity and Judaism, Wiccans should try to integrate their religion into their everyday lives. It isn't just about the spells, rituals and festivals. You can try simple things like trying to "feel" a person’s energy when you are speaking to them, trying to get to know the elements when working with them, such as realising the abilities and feeling the power of the element Water when washing the dishes, or recognising the ... Wicca. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:00:26 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wicca-in-every-day-life-t194.htm#429 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wicca-in-every-day-life-t194.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/magickal-names-t193.htm Anasopiah Magickal names. What is it? These is a name that you create, or in some cases (such as in a Coven) are given. When do you use it? In a Coven you only use your magickal name there. However, amongst solitary witches there is some dispute as to whether you can share your magickal name or if it's private and only to use in your spells and rituals. How do I make one? There's two ways I've learnt you can gain a magickal name. 1) Meditate until one comes to you, or... 2) Make ... Wicca. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:41:20 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/magickal-names-t193.htm#428 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/magickal-names-t193.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/book-of-shadows-t192.htm Anasopiah The Book of Shadows. Also called a Grimoire, a Book of Light, a Book of Secrets, and so forth. A Book of Shadows is basically a Witches diary. Anything can be written in it, most witches only record things of spiritual, religious or magickal relevance. What can you record in your Book of Shadows (BoS)? Anything you like. The following are a good starter: What your beliefs are The Sabbats (Pagan Celebrations) The element you feel closest to and why Your magickal name if you ... Wicca. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:13:26 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/book-of-shadows-t192.htm#427 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/book-of-shadows-t192.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wheel-of-the-year-and-correspondences-t187.htm Anasopiah ]]> Wicca. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:39:25 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wheel-of-the-year-and-correspondences-t187.htm#411 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wheel-of-the-year-and-correspondences-t187.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wiccan-poem-t186.htm Anasopiah ]]> Wicca. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:31:49 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wiccan-poem-t186.htm#410 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/wiccan-poem-t186.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/gods-and-goddesses-t166.htm Anasopiah Stuck on which God and/or Goddess to call upon for your spell? Here's some listed below to help you. Apologies if some are not very well worded, this is from online. Goddesses Aphrodite: She is a Greek Goddess of passionate sexual love. She is a good goddess to call upon when you want to pull loving energies towards yourself. She is also a sky goddess. Aradia: She is Italian and the Queen of the Witches. Aradia is the daughter of Diana. She’s a very powerful Goddess and protects ... Wicca. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:28:56 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/gods-and-goddesses-t166.htm#380 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/gods-and-goddesses-t166.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/first-self-written-spell-t164.htm Anasopiah My First Self-Written Spell. I call it a spell but it was more of a jazzed up, flamboyant spell. It was a spell to help me with me coursework, in particular my "understanding financial information" coursework which is due in in two days time. I've been struggling with motivation and was worried about time, so I decided to write a spell based on that. I thought that, because I never had the herbs I need for the spell, I would try with some other tools to help focus my spell. ... Wicca. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:52:07 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/first-self-written-spell-t164.htm#378 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/first-self-written-spell-t164.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/what-are-spells-t28.htm Anasopiah I posted this so we can all discuss what spells are. I believe that spells are basically the prayers of a witch. If you believe in them, they will work. If you don't believe then they will not. After all, would a Christian, Muslim, or someone of another faith pray to God and not believe in what he or she is saying? I doubt it. We use coloured candles, incenses, and other objects to represent the elements because it strengthens our spells/prayers to the God and/or Goddess in the area we are ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:04:06 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/what-are-spells-t28.htm#28 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/what-are-spells-t28.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/witches-alphabet-t29.htm Anasopiah Also called the Theban Alphabet, many witches use this alphabet to encode their spells and writings in their Book of Shadows. In doing this they keep their writings safe from prying eyes. They also use this to secretly writethe symbols into wood, candles and stone to use as amulets or for spells. History of the Alphabet. The earliest known source for the Theban alphabet is as said above from Cornelius Agrippa's "Three Books of Occult Philosophy" first published at Antwerp ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:22:29 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/witches-alphabet-t29.htm#29 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/witches-alphabet-t29.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/mabon-september-21st-t27.htm Anasopiah Mabon Autumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 21st Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, or MAH-bawn) is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year's crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. Offerings ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:51:34 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/mabon-september-21st-t27.htm#27 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/mabon-september-21st-t27.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/lammas-lughnasadh-july-31st-t26.htm Anasopiah July 31st Lughnasadh / Lammas Lughnasadh means the funeral games of Lugh (pronounced Loo), referring to Lugh, the Irish sun god. However, the funeral is not his own, but the funeral games he hosts in honor of his foster-mother Tailte. For that reason, the traditional Tailtean craft fairs and Tailtean marriages (which last for a year and a day) are celebrated at this time. This day originally coincided with the first reapings of the harvest. It was known as the time when the plants ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:49:34 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/lammas-lughnasadh-july-31st-t26.htm#26 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/lammas-lughnasadh-july-31st-t26.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/litha-june-21st-t25.htm Anasopiah June 21 -- Summer Solstice -- Litha Also known as: Alban Heruin (Druidic) Although the name Litha is not well attested, it may come from Saxon tradition -- the opposite of Yule. On this longest day of the year, light and life are abundant. At mid-summer, the Sun God has reached the moment of his greatest strength. Seated on his greenwood throne, he is also lord of the forests, and his face is seen in church architecture peering from countless foliate masks. The Christian religion ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:48:03 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/litha-june-21st-t25.htm#25 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/litha-june-21st-t25.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/beltane-april-30th-t24.htm Anasopiah April 30th -- Beltane Also known as Roodmas or May Day Beltane has long been celebrated with feasts and rituals. Beltane means fire of Bel; Belinos being one name for the Sun God, whose coronation feast we now celebrate. As summer begins, weather becomes warmer, and the plant world blossoms, an exuberant mood prevails. In old Celtic traditions it was a time of unabashed sexuality and promiscuity where marriages of a year and a day could be undertaken but it is rarely observed ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:44:30 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/beltane-april-30th-t24.htm#24 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/beltane-april-30th-t24.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/ostara-march-21st-t23.htm Anasopiah March 21 -- Ostara -- Spring or The Vernal Equinox Also known as: Lady Day or Alban Eiler (Druidic) As Spring reaches its midpoint, night and day stand in perfect balance, with light on the increase. The young Sun God now celebrates a hierogamy (sacred marriage) with the young Maiden Goddess, who conceives. In nine months, she will again become the Great Mother. It is a time of great fertility, new growth, and newborn animals. The next full moon (a time of increased births) is ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:43:26 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/ostara-march-21st-t23.htm#23 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/ostara-march-21st-t23.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/imbolic-february-2nd-t22.htm Anasopiah Imbolc Lore (February 2nd) Imbolc, (pronounced "IM-bulk" or "EM-bowlk"), also called Oimealg, ("IM-mol'g), by the Druids, is the festival of the lactating sheep. It is derived from the Gaelic word "oimelc" which means "ewes milk". Herd animals have either given birth to the first offspring of the year or their wombs are swollen and the milk of life is flowing into their teats and udders. It is the time of Blessing of the seeds and consecration ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:41:45 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/imbolic-february-2nd-t22.htm#22 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/imbolic-february-2nd-t22.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/yule-december-21st-t21.htm Anasopiah Yule Lore (December 21st) Yule, (pronounced EWE-elle) is when the dark half of the year relinquishes to the light half. Starting the next morning at sunrise, the sun climbs just a little higher and stays a little longer in the sky each day. Known as Solstice Night, or the longest night of the year, much celebration was to be had as the ancestors awaited the rebirth of the Oak King, the Sun King, the Giver of Life that warmed the frozen Earth and made her to bear forth from seeds protected ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:38:53 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/yule-december-21st-t21.htm#21 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/yule-december-21st-t21.htm http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/samhain-october-31st-t20.htm Anasopiah Samhain Lore (October 31st) Samhain, (pronounced SOW-in, SAH-vin, or SAM-hayne) means "End of Summer", and is the third and final Harvest. The dark winter half of the year commences on this Sabbat. It is generally celebrated on October 31st, but some traditions prefer November 1st. It is one of the two "spirit-nights" each year, the other being Beltane. It is a magical interval when the mundane laws of time and space are temporarily suspended, and the Thin Veil ... Wicca. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:29:47 GMT http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/samhain-october-31st-t20.htm#20 http://astralomia.heavenforum.com/wicca-f28/samhain-october-31st-t20.htm