While I believe that your intention when saying things is more important then your pronunciation I do like that Kenny Klein talks about the power of Pronunciation in Pagan beliefs...especially words that are always mispronounced.
Check it out!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
EXACTLY
Star Foster has hit the ball out of the park (as I wish the Red Sox would have done more often this season). In her article on Pathos' Pantheon she talks about Reciprocity of the Gods. This is something that I truly believe.
Here is the link. READ IT.
When I was a Christian, I took every hardship as a "sign that I should suffer" because "that is what god and Jesus wants". When I became Wiccan I found the novel notion that I didn't HAVE to suffer...that life is not this pre-ordained mess that you have to get through in order to be happy at death. Life is about LIVING and LIVING happily. AND IT WORKED. I was happier, more content and I could just be. When I was given the opportunity to move to Boston (as Ms. Foster has found) things fell into place. It was a revelation that you don't have to suffer. That if things don't feel right you don't have to continue them. If YOU don't like the way things are going in YOUR life CHANGE IT. Don't just sit there and bitch and moan and whine. That is not helpful. Sure, if you need to, take a moment to shake your fist at the sky and cry...I do all the time. But then get up and do something about it. Make yourself happy.
Here is the link. READ IT.
When I was a Christian, I took every hardship as a "sign that I should suffer" because "that is what god and Jesus wants". When I became Wiccan I found the novel notion that I didn't HAVE to suffer...that life is not this pre-ordained mess that you have to get through in order to be happy at death. Life is about LIVING and LIVING happily. AND IT WORKED. I was happier, more content and I could just be. When I was given the opportunity to move to Boston (as Ms. Foster has found) things fell into place. It was a revelation that you don't have to suffer. That if things don't feel right you don't have to continue them. If YOU don't like the way things are going in YOUR life CHANGE IT. Don't just sit there and bitch and moan and whine. That is not helpful. Sure, if you need to, take a moment to shake your fist at the sky and cry...I do all the time. But then get up and do something about it. Make yourself happy.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Hail Mary...
I have always loved The Hail Mary...for those who don't know it it goes like this:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace
The Lord is with you...
Blessed are you amoung women
and blessed is the fruit of your womb
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
Amen
It is a Simple Prayer honoring Mary the Mother (goddess) of Jesus (god)
I love that Bill Faherty made a New Hail Mary...or Hail Mother:
Hail Mother, who art Earth
Hallowed be thy soil, rocks and flora
that nourish and support all life
Blessed by thy wind that gives us breath
and thy waters that quench, bathe and refresh all living things
Holy Earth, as one, we praise your majesty, grace and wonder
Blessed be
DM
Hail Mary, Full of Grace
The Lord is with you...
Blessed are you amoung women
and blessed is the fruit of your womb
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
Amen
It is a Simple Prayer honoring Mary the Mother (goddess) of Jesus (god)
I love that Bill Faherty made a New Hail Mary...or Hail Mother:
Hail Mother, who art Earth
Hallowed be thy soil, rocks and flora
that nourish and support all life
Blessed by thy wind that gives us breath
and thy waters that quench, bathe and refresh all living things
Holy Earth, as one, we praise your majesty, grace and wonder
Blessed be
DM
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Listen....
This is a very powerful article. I get caught up in what I want to say and I do feel that no one truly listens to what I have to say. But to truly listen is divine.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Friday, August 3, 2012
RIP Gore Vidal
This is a thought provoking article about Gore Vidal from a Pagan Perspective!
RIP and Enjoy the Summerlands
Peace
DM
RIP and Enjoy the Summerlands
Peace
DM
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Blessed Lammas!
I found this article while looking for something to write about Lammas and Waverley Fitzgerald's work is perfect. Here is the full article.
Here are the highlights:
Food for Thought
Lammas is a festival of regrets and farewells, of harvest and preserves. Reflect on these topics alone in the privacy of your journal or share them with others around a fire. Lughnasad is one of the great Celtic fire-festivals, so if at all possible, have your feast around a bonfire. While you're sitting around the fire, you might want to tell stories. Look up the myths of any of the grain Gods and Goddesses mentioned above and try re-telling them in your own words.
Regrets: Think of the things you meant to do this summer or this year that are not coming to fruition. You can project your regrets onto natural objects like pine cones and throw them into the fire, releasing them. Or you can write them on dried corn husks (as suggested by Nancy Brady Cunningham in Feeding the Spirit) or on a piece of paper and burn them.
Farewells: What is passing from your life? What is over? Say good-bye to it. As with regrets, you can find visual symbols and throw them into the fire, the lake or the ocean. You can also bury them in the ground, perhaps in the form of bulbs which will manifest in a new form in spring.
Harvest: What have you harvested this year? What seeds have your planted that are sprouting? Find a visual way to represent these, perhaps creating a decoration in your house or altar which represents the harvest to you. Or you could make a corn dolly or learn to weave wheat. Look for classes in your area which can teach you how to weave wheat into wall pieces, which were made by early grain farmers as a resting place for the harvest spirits.
Preserves: This is also a good time for making preserves, either literally or symbolically. As you turn the summer's fruit into jams, jellies and chutneys for winter, think about the fruits that you have gathered this year and how you can hold onto them. How can you keep them sweet in the store of your memory?
Regrets: Think of the things you meant to do this summer or this year that are not coming to fruition. You can project your regrets onto natural objects like pine cones and throw them into the fire, releasing them. Or you can write them on dried corn husks (as suggested by Nancy Brady Cunningham in Feeding the Spirit) or on a piece of paper and burn them.
Farewells: What is passing from your life? What is over? Say good-bye to it. As with regrets, you can find visual symbols and throw them into the fire, the lake or the ocean. You can also bury them in the ground, perhaps in the form of bulbs which will manifest in a new form in spring.
Harvest: What have you harvested this year? What seeds have your planted that are sprouting? Find a visual way to represent these, perhaps creating a decoration in your house or altar which represents the harvest to you. Or you could make a corn dolly or learn to weave wheat. Look for classes in your area which can teach you how to weave wheat into wall pieces, which were made by early grain farmers as a resting place for the harvest spirits.
Preserves: This is also a good time for making preserves, either literally or symbolically. As you turn the summer's fruit into jams, jellies and chutneys for winter, think about the fruits that you have gathered this year and how you can hold onto them. How can you keep them sweet in the store of your memory?
Blessed be and have a wonderful day...as for me I am baking some cinnamon rolls and celebrating the last days of Summer with my family.
Peace
DM
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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