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8th-Mar-2008 09:47 am - Long List of Herbs and Their Many Names
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5th-Oct-2007 01:57 pm - 2008 Wiccan Calendar from About.com
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January

  • 8: New moon at 6:37 am
  • 22: Full moon (Cold Moon) at 8:35 am
  • 30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca

February

  • 2: Imbolc
  • 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 4: New moon at 10:44 pm
  • 7: Annular solar eclipse
  • 12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
  • 20: Full moon (Quickening Moon) at 10:30 pm
  • 21: Total lunar eclipse

March

  • 7: New moon at 12:14 pm
  • 20: Ostara
  • 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 21: Full moon (Storm Moon) at 2:40 pm
  • 28: Death of author Scott Cunningham in 1993

April

  • 5: New moon at 11:55 pm
  • 20: Full moon (Wind Moon) at 6:25 am
  • 22: Earth Day

May

  • 1: Beltane
  • 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 5: New moon at 8:18 am
  • 19: Full moon (Flower Moon)at 10:11 pm

June

July

  • 2: New moon at 10:18 pm
  • 4: Independence Day
  • 18: Full moon (Blessing Moon) at 3:59 am
  • 19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692

August

September

October

November

  • 14: Full moon (Mourning Moon) at 1:17 am)
  • 27: New moon at 11:54 am

December

2nd-Oct-2007 09:59 am - All About October
field of grain

Nature spirits:
Frost Faeries, Plant Faeries

Herbs:
Pennyroyal, Thyme, Catnip, Uva Ursi, Angelica and Burdock

Colours:
Dark Blue-Green

Flowers:
Calendula, Marigold and Cosmos

Scents:
Strawberry, Apple Blossom and Cherry

Stones:
Opal, Tourmaline, Beryl and Turquoise

Trees:
Yew, Cypress ans Acacia

Animals:
Stag, Jackal, Elephant, Ram and Scorpion

Birds:
Heron, Crow and Robin

Deities:
Ishtar, Astarte, Demeter, Kore, Lakshimi, The Horned God, Belili and
Hathor

Power Flow:
Inner Cleansing, Karma and Reincarnation, Justice and Balance, Inner
Harmony

**Oct 27-Nov 1**

Nature Spirits:
Banshees and other between world messengers

Herbs:
Ginger, Hop, Wormwood, Hyssop, Patchouli, Mugwort, Nutmeg and Star
Anise

Colours:
Black, White and Purple

Flowers:
White Lily, Dahlia and Chrysanthemum

Scents:
Rosemary, Dragons blood, Liliac, Pine and Wisteria

Stones:
Obsidian, Onyx and Apache Tear

Trees:
Pine, Cypress, Yew and Elder

Animals:
Bat, Wolf, Sow, Dog and Snake

Birds:
Owl, Raven and Falcon

Deities:
Cybele, Circe, Hel, Nephthys, Cerridwen, The Horned God

Power Flow:
Release, Remembering, Communion with the Dead, Prophecy, Releasing
old negative emotions and memories

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The October moon is known as... Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, Shedding
Moon, Winterfelleth (Winter Coming), Windermanoth (Vintage Month),
Falling Leaf Moon, Ten Colds Moon, Moon of the Changing season.

Oct 7: Sumerian New Year in honour of the goddesses Ishtar and
Astarte

Oct: 11-13: Greek 'Thesmophoria' Women only festival in honour of
Demeter and Kore

Oct 12: Roman 'Fortuna Redux' celebration for happy journeys.
Birthday of Aleister Crowley

Oct 13: Jacques de Molay and other French Templars arrested by order
of King Phillip IV 1306

Oct 14: Nepalese and Indian 'Durga Puja' honouring the victory of
the Great Mother Durga over evil

Oct 15: Roman purification of the city

Oct 16: Indian 'Lakshmi Puja' (Diwalii, Festival of Light)

Oct 18: British 'Great Horn Fair' in honour of the Horned God

Oct 21: Slavonic 'Day of Orsel' (Day of Ursula) moon goddess

Oct 22: Mesoptamian 'Day of willows' in honour of Belili or Astarte

Oct 25: Chinese 'Festival of Han Lu' Moon and Harvest goddess.
Jacques de Molay first interrogated after Templar arrest 1306

Oct 26: Egyptian 'Festival of Hathor'. De Molay and 31 other
Templars confess to herasy, all these confessions are later recanted
1306

The late October moon is known as... Blue Moon, Moon of the dead,
Hunting Moon, Ancestor Moon, Hunters Moon.

Oct 28-Nov 2: Egyptian 'Isia' celebrating the search and recovery of
Osiris

Oct 29: Iroquois 'Feast of the Dead'

Oct 30: Mexican: 'Angelitos' In memory of the souls of dead children

Oct 31: Celtic 'Samhain' (Celtic Feast of the Dead). Egyptian 'Feast
of Sekhmet and Bast'. Indian 'Festival of Dasehra' celebrating the
battle of Rama and Kali against Ravana the demon.

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Rite To Honor The Dead

In October the other world comes very close to the one we are living
in.

Create an altar for your deceased ancestors by decorating with a
white altar
cloth, flowers and a small bowl of water. Sprinkle some herbs on your
candles. Put pics of your departed loved ones in the middle of the
table.
Light your white or yellow devotional candle in front of them. Burn
a little
incense for the ghosts. Put out some red fruit or hard candies. Use
your own
words to speak to your ancestors saying something similar to the
following.

Dear_______, hello! This is your relative(daughter, son, mother,
etc).
Happy Halloween! I have set out food for you to eat and water to
drink. I
honor you, my ancestor, because what you were is who I am today, and
I am
all that you could give me. I thank you for my life and ask you for
more
protection on the street, in my home, and within myself, so that I
may
reject negative ideas and will not internalize oppression. Rest in
the holy
beauty of the goddess; rejoice in your nearness to the source of all
life.
Extend your powers like wings over the family you have left behind
and we
shall remember you with reverence on this night every year.

If your ancestors graves are nearby, visit them and tend to weeding,
planting, etc.

The Grandmother of Time by Zsuzsanna E Budapest

8th-Jul-2007 07:20 pm - New Community
fire and rocking chair
My friend [info]mysticmirth, of the [info]crinkly_things icon community fame, has started another really cool community. [info]goddess_charm is a showcase of her Goddess bracelets. You should really go check it out and join. If you like sparkly things, you will like them. :D
21st-Jun-2007 05:18 pm - myLot
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You may have seen this in my main journal. If so, I apologize. But, we are trying to do things to get extra money for a down payment on a house. One of the ways I'm doing this is writing on the internet. This is my referral url for myLot. If you sign up on myLot and participate in the discussions, not only do you get paid, but I get a bonus which is 25% of what you are getting.So, the thing to do is to get other people to sign up using your referral link and then the money adds up faster. So, here is my link. And thanks to the person who signed up.

http://www.mylot.com/?ref=myfanwy65

Thanks. :D
14th-Apr-2007 03:53 pm - FDA Trying to Control the Growing and Usage of Herbal Supplements
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FDA Regulators Using Legal Trickery to Kill Alternative Procedures and Products
The FDA is using legal maneuvering to end your access to natural health products (like vitamins, minerals and herbs) and natural health therapies of all sorts. Again. This time, their ploy is to declare the therapies are "Medicine" so any non-physician who uses them will be practicing medicine without a license. Since these practices are "Medicine", any products used would be untested drugs and therefore forbidden.

Go here to find out more.
http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc

I'm not sure if this site is legit, but, I thought it wouldn't hurt to spread the word if it turns out to be.

12th-Apr-2007 07:29 pm - New Home Cleansing Ritual
cottage in woods
Whether your home is a new apartment or a new house, you should clean it not just with soap and water, but also in a spiritual way. To start, smudge the home. For this, I prefer a sage and lavender smudge. Visualize warm thoughts of how you will spend time here with your family and friends. To ground and clear the home, use a mix of pine needles, mint leaves, salt, crushed cedar shavings, and lavender buds to sprinkle on the floors and carpets. Leave this mixture in place for twenty-four hours before sweeping and vacuuming, and you will draw out negativity. As soon as you are finished vacuuming, dump the bag to rid the house of any energies from the previous residents. Next, steep a handful of dried burdock (Arctium lappa) in water and wash your floors with this to purify, protect, and ward off negativity. Sinks, drains, and toilets benefit by mixing lavender oil and salt with water and allowed to stand over night before rinsing.
By: Boudica
12th-Apr-2007 07:29 pm - Full Moon Water
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Every Full Moon take a jar or bottle of water outside and set it where
the light of the Full Moon will shine on it. Leave it there as long as
the Moon is out. Ask the Goddess to bless the water with Her light and
love. Now take the jar and close it tightly. Keep it to use in all
rituals and spells that require water. When the next Full Moon comes,
pour the remaining water in the grass or a garden (don't pour it down
the drain!), and repeat the process
6th-Apr-2007 09:14 am - A Prayer Before Cooking
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from The Circle Within by Dianne Sylvan

Earth and Water, Fire and Air
Love and joy and laughter
All come together in this food.
I nurture others and I am nurtured by Your love.
Goddess of the verdant Earth,
God of the ripening harvest,
Bless the stirring of this spoon,
Bless the stirring of our hearts.
31st-Mar-2007 04:42 pm - Meditation To Meet the Wise Woman
fire and rocking chair
Snagged from GreenWitchGarden

Meditation To Meet the Wise Woman

This meditation takes you to meet your plant guide or teacher who
will answer your questions, guide your study and suggest areas of
work in your learning about the plant world.

Allow yourself at least 20 minutes for this meditation. Go to a place
where you will not be disturbed, and unplug the phone. It is a good
idea to pre-record the meditation on a tape recorder and then play it
back to yourself, or, if you are a group, elect one member to guide
the rest.

Make yourself comfortable, lie or sit down, loosen tight clothing, be
warm enough as your body heat will drop after a while.

Relax, take a few deep breaths, with each out-breath feel yourself
breathing out tension, relaxing down, down into the ground. Relax
your feet. Feel the muscles of the feet become heavy and let go of
any tension there. Relax the calves, breathe out any tension in the
calves. Relax the knees, feel them grow heavy. Relax the thighs,
relax the buttocks. Feel the floor (or chair) support them, let go.
Relax the genitals and the belly. Breathe away tension, feel them
become soft and empty. Relax the spine. Feel the tension draining
away. Allow your spine to become heavy, to sink into the floor. Relax
your abdomen, feel it become soft, breathe out any tension there.
Relax your chest. Be aware of your breathing; with each breathing in
breathe in light and with each out-breath breathe out tension.
Relax your shoulders, let them go heavy and sink into the floor.
Feel the weight glide off them. Relax your upper arms and then your
lower arms and hands, feel tension washing out of your arms,
through your fingers and into the floor. Relax your neck,
relax your throat, feel them become soft. Relax your face, relax your
jaw muscles, relax your eyes, feel them turn inward. Relax your scalp
muscles . . .

Imagine you are walking in a wood. It is a bright summer's day; the
sunlight dapples through the trees overhead and there is a warm and
balmy breeze. Be aware of your surroundings. See the plants growing
on the ground around you, notice the trees and any birds and animals
nearby. Begin to walk, treading a well-worn path which leads you
deeper and deeper in the forest . . . As you walk, pay close
attention to your surroundings, notice what is around you . . . As
you move deeper and deeper into the forest the trees begin to grow
closer and closer together; it becomes darker. But you are not
afraid; this is a welcome darkness; you feel safe and protected . . .
Suddenly you come across a clearing in the forest and in the center
of the clearing is a hut. Make the choice to approach the hut,
someone will come out to greet you . . . Allow her to take you
inside, go with her where she takes you . . . Speak to her, ask her
any questions you have . . . (Allow 10 to 15 minutes to hear what she
has to say to you) . . . Then realize it is time to leave, but be
aware that you can return any time you wish. Say goodbye now, and
slowly walk back along the path until you reach the place you started
at . . . Then gradually come back into the room. Open your eyes, re-
orientate yourself and write down your experiences.Your plant teacher
will teach you about the physical uses of plants, their magical and
emotional properties, their plant lore and everyday uses. As you
develop a relationship with her you will also go on a journey deep
into yourself.

from: *A Wisewoman's Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Goddess Lore
Elisabeth Brooke*

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