Post No. 3,057 - Tonight’s Full Moon Esbat

The greater part of tonight’s Full Moon Esbat was about acknowledging that the greater part of the mother is about nurturing life to be all that it can be - birth (creation) is essential, but of far lesser time, effort, resources and impact in the longer term. 

And acknowledging that was warmly welcomed by the Goddess ...

If you appreciated this post, please consider promoting it - there are some links below, and there’s also other options. 

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here. 

(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)  

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

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Post No. 474 - Rituals - Sabbat and (belated) full moon

One of the projects I started some time ago was writing a complete set of rituals for Esbats and Sabbats. I haven't completed those yet, but I've written a few more, which you can find here. The Full Moon was in Pisces, for which you can find a ritual here, and, of course, we have Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere, and Mabon in the north - for which combination you can find a ritual here.

And, of course, today was the day for the Be the Peace rituals.

I am planning on doing a few reminders for these rituals, now that I've found the "schedule publication" feature: they'll just be brief reminders and links, a week or so before the Sabbats, and whenever I can think of them for the Esbats.

I'll also eventually complete my rituals based on the Koori seasons, and do little reminders for them as well.

Enjoy :)

[1] BPF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Forces. See here and here for more on this.

[2] Please see here and my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2, although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather engagingly - to be the Earth edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"). 

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

My "blogiography" (list of all posts - currently not up to date) is here.  

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ...  See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "pagans for peace" project (and join me at 9 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
• Ban the dream interpretation industry! 
• A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
• The secret to being (financially) rich is not to have lots of money: it is to have an income above the poverty line, and then make whatever sacrifices are necessary in order to live within 90% of your means.  
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• Armageddon is alive and well and happening right now: it is a battle between the indolence of "I only ..." and/or "I just ..." and/or "Everyone knows ... " and what Bruce Schneier [2] calls "security theatre" on one side, and perspicacity and the understanding that the means shape the end on the other. 
• The means shape the end.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• As words can kill, the right to freedom of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and balanced as you can be.
• Spiritual love is far more than just an emotion - it is a concept, thoughts, actions and a way of living. 
• One of the basics of serious spiritual / psychic work is that the greatest work is that which we do on ourself, which seems trivial to many. Our own Innermost Essence, which is our Higher Self / Soul / Spirit, has the power to do so much, and is actively participating in the creation and sustenance of this physical reality. Some mote of our conscious or unconscious knows that, which is why we seem inclined to be dismissive of Self Mastery - which is a bit like the child who sees an adult spending money to buy toys, and fails to recognise the daily grind of work which has led to having the money. 
• My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi". However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more so in some cases than many war films.

 Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing. (based on writing by) EDMUND BURKE

Your children are not your children. ... They come through you but ... they belong not to you ... for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow KAHLIL GIBRAN

We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Those whom we cannot stand are usually those who we cannot understand P.K.SHAW

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, and the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (US Attorney General 1966 Speech)

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First published: Laugardagr, 21st September, 2013

Last edited: Saturday, 21st September, 2013

Post No. 365 - New Moon and other Rituals, and More Reading and Speculations

I know I've missed a few rituals: I'll try to catch up in due course, but I found a few links which may be of interest to others:

• http://astrology.about.com/od/themoon/qt/NewMoonAqgen.htm?nl=1;
• http://astrology.about.com/lr/new_moon_rituals/833667/2/;
• http://astrology.about.com/od/foundations/p/FullMoon.htm;
• http://astrology.about.com/od/themoon/a/FullMoonRit.htm.

Some links for reading:

• "It's Elemental, My Dear Watson", by BellaDonna Saberhagen
  http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=14847;
• "The Seven Directions", by Diane Wing
  http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=uspa&c=words&id=14849;
• "A Thinking Witch’s Approach to Silence (and Quantum Physics)" by Ehsha
  http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usal&c=words&id=14852;
• Videos from the Order of Scathach
  "Give Yourself"
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBSHW9pfvVA&feature=related,
  "How to be Glorious"
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm9vQctWj08&feature=related;
• From the Temple of Manannan Mac Lir :
  Basic Psychic Protection, including a technique that is similar to flaming, although their technique is described as taking a lot of energy
  http://www.manannan.net/occult/protection-basic.html.

And finally, I thought I'd start putting up a few small speculations and thoughts that I can't put into posts for reasons such as lack of time:

• Peer pressure - When one comes under peer pressure, it can often be easy to succumb to that, and that is often viewed in terms of wanting to "belong". The thing is, however, that if one resists that peer pressure, what one does is clarify that one "belongs" to one's own Higher Self - one is one's own person. Worth thinking about when coming under pressure to cave into some group think (which is endemic, in my experience, in many commercial/business situations).
• Honour - what are you prepared to lose to maintain your honour? Personal convenience? Money? Your lifestyle, family or life? That - which must be countered by your responsibilities - gives an indication of how much honour you have or don't have. I have come across many people (particularly immature people) who justify being dishonourable as a matter of convenience (e.g., park in a disabled space "well I'm not going to walk further when there's a vacant space!).
• I have been reading (I have eclectic tastes!) of the lives of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke who lived in the 1100s and early 1200s, and Helmut Lent, a German night fighter pilot from the Second World War: two lives several centuries apart, and yet both still had to be exceedingly careful of how they spoke and behaved. In Marshal's case, to manage the intrigues of the court, where a wrong tone of voice to a sentence could be dangerous, Lent to manage the risks of an evil regime with a vicious and effective secret police - particularly as he became increasingly despairing of the war (which I think explains his surprising fatal crash), as he tried to have his brother released from the Gestapo, and when he married a Russian. I can relate to that, as writing letters for lobbying purposes is, if one wishes to be effective, a matter that requires extreme diplomacy, and managing the politics of an office can be trying - although not so demanding and dangerous as either a royal court or an evil regime such as Germany in the 30s and 40s (and there are still evil regimes in this world). Still, it shows the lack of progress of the world on some issues, which is sad.
• Animal rights are universal rights, just as human rights are.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear")

Tags: rituals, Esbats, full moon, new moon, peer pressure, honour, gossip, discrimination,

First published: Sumnudagr, 15th January, 2012

Last edited: Sunday, 15th January, 2012

Post No. 360 - Full Moon in Aquarius

BACKGROUND

Aquarius is a fixed, yang, air sign. Its strength are vision, intellect and humanity: they are trailblazers (according to http://www.astrology.com).

ESSENCE

Invoke (by chanting the name with increasing vigour) the runes Eihwaz, Mannaz, and Ansuz.

Contemplate how the insight of true vision can lead to understanding, and desire to make new ways that are of benefit to humanity.

Light a red, blue and gold candle.

I see,
I understand,
I know,
and in empathy,
I lead.

Devoke (by chanting the name with decreasing vigour) the runes Eihwaz, Yr, and Ansuz.

The ritual in full follows:

THE RITUAL

All rituals consists of 5 major parts, which you will notice below are segmented into the five elements.  Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit, but not in that order.  Each Elemental correspondence has its own unique role within the ritual.

In most cases they are broken down as follows:

·         East – Air – Athame – Opening – This is the basis of preparation, introduction of the ceremony.

·         North – Fire – Wand -  Invocations – This is the basis of invocations, prayers of the ceremony.

·         Spirit – Centre – the ritual itself.

·         West – Water – Chalice -  Offerings – This is the time of offerings, libations, and honour

·         South – Earth – Pentacle – Closing – This is the time of devocation and opening of the circle.

Phase	Actions	Words (if wish to provide guide or use particular words)
	Overall direction of ritual:
	Collate items required: ·         Cauldron and match ·         salt, water ·         athame ·         copy of order of ritual / running sheet / speaking notes
	Ask for and brief volunteers
Air – East - Athame OPENING	Cleanse salt, water, incense and fire. Charge salt, water, incense and fire. Cleanse and charge area. Participants waiting outside to Ground and Release, and make sure watches are removed and mobile phones are turned off.	- hand over water, visualise yellow-white light from hand into water, 3 Clockwise, to the south, circles while say “Behold, I exorcise you, O creature of Water, casting out from you any impurities which may lie within!” - hand over water, visualise blue-white light filling water, 3 Sunwise (to the north, anticlockwise) circles while say “And I do bless and consecrate you to this work!” - hand over salt, visualise yellow-white light from hand into water to force out negativity, 3 Clockwise, to the south, circles while say “Behold, I exorcise you, O creature of Earth, casting out from you any impurities which may lie within!” - hand over salt, visualise blue-white light filling water, 3 Sunwise (to the north, anticlockwise) circles while say “And I do bless and consecrate you to this work!” - add three pinches salt to water (to make Holy Water) and say “Behold, the salt is pure! Behold, the water is pure! Purity into purity then, and purity be blessed!” Walk Sunwise (to the north, anticlockwise, in the Southern Hemisphere) and asperge (sprinkle with Holy Water) while visualise filled with yellow-white light. “Behold I cleanse and purify this space.” Turn to face inside of circle, visualise blue-white light and say. “I bless and consecrate this space.”
	Cast circle	“Behold I do cut apart a space between the realms of humankind and of the Might Ones – a Circle of Art, to focus and contain the power raised herein!”
	Invite participants into circle and smudge
Fire – North – Wand INVOCATIONS	Invoke the Four Quarters
	East (air)	Example only: “Hail unto You, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the East, power of Air and intellect. We pray that You will be with us this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this our undertaking! We bid you hail, and welcome!”
	North (fire)	Example only: “Hail unto You, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the North, power of Fire and manifestation. We pray that You will be with us this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this our undertaking! We bid you hail, and welcome!”
	West (water)	Example only: “Hail unto You, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the West, power of Water and emotion. We pray that You will be with us this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this our undertaking! We bid you hail, and welcome!”
	South (earth)	Example only: “Hail unto You, O Guardian of the Watchtower of the South, power of Earth and integration. We pray that You will be with us this night in our circle, and that You will give Your blessing and Your aid to this our undertaking! We bid you hail, and welcome!”
	Invoke the Goddess	Example only: "Divine Mother Goddess, All-Bountiful, All-Beautiful, Source and Sustenance of Existence: we do invoke You, asking now for your aid and guidance in this our undertaking.– May Your Divine Love be as a light within our hearts, now and always! Light our path, guide and strengthen us, enfold us in Your love, Divine Mother – we thus pray! Holy One, we bid You Hail and Welcome!"
	Invoke the God (optional / depending on type of ritual)	Example only: "Holy Father God –Son, Brother, and Consort of Our Lady- we do invoke You asking now for your aid and guidance in this our undertaking.–. May Your Divine Love be as a light within our hearts, now and always! Light our path, guide and strengthen us, enfold us in Your love, Divine Father – we thus pray! Holy One, we bid You Hail and Welcome!"
	Invoke your Patron Deity (optional / depending on type of ritual)
	Invoke the Ancestors  (optional / depending on type of ritual)	Example only: “O Mighty Ancestors, Beloved Ones Who have gone before, We invoke You and ask You to join us and to Bless us! Ancestors of the Correllian Tradition, Priestesses and Priests, Mothers and Uncles of the lineage, Spiritual family which aids and supports us –lend us Your inspiration and Your love, Your guidance and Your aid this night, we pray. Beloved Ones, we bid You Hail and Welcome!”
Spirit – Centre RITUAL	Libra is a cardinal, yang, air sign. Its strengths are their quest for fairness, peace and harmony, and Libra is known for balance.	Invoke (by chanting the name with increasing vigour) the runes Eihwaz, Mannaz, and Ansuz. Contemplate how the insight of true vision can lead to understanding, and desire to make new ways that are of benefit to humanity. Light a red, blue and gold candle. I see, I understand, I know, and in empathy, I lead. Devoke (by chanting the name with decreasing vigour) the runes Eihwaz, Yr, and Ansuz.
Water – West - Chalice OFFERING	This is traditionally done with a chalice of juice, wine or water passed around the company within the circle AFTER the dedicationary offering has been completed. Then it is common practice to pour out a small libation, and dedicate that to your Ancestors, physical and spiritual, and to all your friends in Nature, seen and unseen. Dedicate what remains in the Chalice to the Goddess and the God. (After the ritual, the libations may be emptied outside, or otherwise respectfully disposed of.)
Earth - South - Pentacle CLOSING	It is now time to give thanks, and close the ritual
	Devoke the Four Quarters
	North (fire)	Example only: “Guardian of the Watchtower of the North, power of Fire and manifestation. We thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	West (water)	Example only: “Guardian of the Watchtower of the West, power of Water and emotion. We thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	South (earth)	Example only: “Guardian of the Watchtower of the South, power of Earth and integration. We thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	East (air)	Example only: “Guardian of the Watchtower of the East, power of Air and intellect. We thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	Devoke the Goddess (optional / depending on type of ritual)	Example only: "Divine Mother Goddess, All-Bountiful, All-Beautiful, Source and Sustenance of Existence: we thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!
	Devoke the God (optional / depending on type of ritual)	Example only: "Holy Father God –Son, Brother, and Consort of Our Lady, we thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	Devoke your Patron Deity (optional / depending on type of ritual)
	Devoke the Ancestors  (optional / depending on type of ritual)	Example only: “O Mighty Ancestors, Beloved Ones Who have gone before, we thank You for Your presence here tonight – we thank You for Your aid, and Your guidance. May there be peace between us now and always. Go if You must, stay if You will, we bid You hail, and farewell!”
	Take down the Circle itself.	Example only: “As Above, So Below. As the Universe, so the Soul. As within, so without. Merry meet. Merry part. And merry meet again.”
	Ground and release all excess energy.