Day: October 25, 2012

Calendar of the Moon for October 25th

Calendar of the Moon

Ivy Month

Colors: Light blue and dark green
Element: Air
Altar: Upon cloth of dark green lay pots of ivy twined up around posts of gold with suns, three blue candles, a vine-painted chalice of water, and a feather fan.
Offerings: Pray for enlightenment, and to be lifted up.
Daily Meal: Sheep, goat, or vegetarian using the fruits of the local harvests.

Gort Invocation

Call: Hail the month of the Ivy!
Response: Hail the month of twining for the sky!
Call: Where the vine yielded forth the blood of the earth…
Response: The ivy yields up the winds of the sky!
Call: Where the vine dulls the mind with happiness…
Response: The ivy opens the mind with terror and light!
Call: Hail to the chains of the Maenads!
Response: Hail to Dionysos and his torrent of madness!
Call: Hail to the Lady that mates with the Oak!
Response: She has entwined him, she has wrapped her limbs about him!
Call: Even his great strength is not enough to stay her!
Response: She shows that not all strength is standing tall!
Call: Hail to she who is supported by others….
Response: Yet reaches as high as they themselves!
Call: Show us, sacred Ivy, what it is to rise with the aid of the strong.
Response: Show us what it is to be borne up by branches.
Call: Show us what it is to be borne up by hopes.
Response: Show us what it is to be borne up by the Gods.
Call: We cannot reach the sky without aid…
Response: So we entreat you, Ivy, beg for aid for our earthbound hands.
Call: Teach us that the sky can be gained not only by the straight path…
Response: But also by the path of the spiral!
Call: Dance that spiral for us, Ivy, and we shall follow you!
Response: We shall follow you toward the blessed realms of the Gods.

Chant:
Turn turn turn again
Turn wind turn leaf
Twine o’er the last sheaf
Turn turn turn again

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun for October 25th

Calendar of the Sun

25 Winterfyllith

Selket’s Day

Colors: Bronze and Black
Element: Air
Altar: Upon cloth of black place a bronze figurine of a scorpion, and four black candles.
Offerings: Help someone who is a troublemaker.
Daily Meal: Lentils, flatbread, millet, pomegranates.

Invocation to Selket

Lady of the Scorpion’s Whip,
Implacable one, hardest of the Four Deaths,
Sun of the unforgiving desert at high noon,
You blast down upon all wrongdoing
And show those wrongs in their true light.
Lady of the Poison Tail,
You are entrusted with those souls
Who have not done what they should do,
Who have spurned the path they were meant to walk,
Who have struggled and lashed out,
Who have caused hurt and pain to others.
Your firm hand takes them in, guides them
To see what they have done through eyes
Unclouded by their own pain,
And leads them to a place of understanding
And perhaps repentance. And yet,
There is something of this is all of us,
Some part of each that needs your guiding hand
Lest we think ourselves too perfect
And become uncompassionate in our pride.
Lady of the Scorpion’s Whip,
Sting us to the heart, and show us
That poison still within us,
That we may better learn to ride its strike,
That we may better learn to heal its wounds.

(Each comes forward, one at a time, and touches the tail of the Scorpion, which should be sharp. Each tells Selket, aloud or silently, where the poison is in them which makes them hurt others, and asks for her help in controlling it.)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

The Witches Spell for October 25th – Simple Yet Powerful Healing Spell

SIMPLE YET POWERFUL HEALING SPELL

1 blue candle (light blue)

Grains of paradise

Cinnamon oil

Clear Quartz Crystal w/ black tourmaline through it

Anoint the blue candle with cinnamon oil (be careful not to touch your eyes or face, or any other part of your body with oil before washing your hands.) This oil is very powerful and carries high spiritual vibes and Healing vibes. From the center of the candle outward, to each end, rub the oil on the candle while visualizing you friend and saying “this candle is ….”. Light it.

Sit and feel the earth beneath you facing north. Feel the moving and yet stable and powerful life force in the ground. Feel your spine connected to the deep earth and turn your consciousness to the center of yourself. You are in a place of stillness and there is nothing else but you and this time and space.

Know that to your right is the archangel Raphael. He is the physician / and musician. Call to him and ask him to protect and bless your eastern gate.

Behind you is Michael. He is the Archangel of the south. He is the warrior. Strong and fearless and brave. He does not fight without a cause. Call and ask him to guard and bless your southern gate.

To your left is Gabriel. He is the Archangel of initiation. Ask for his blessings and protection of the western gate. He will lead you and help you.

In front of you is Uriel. He is the Archangel of death and natural law. He will never take anyone before their time. He will allow people to experience what they need to grow spiritually. He is very lawful and trustworthy. Ask him to guard and protect your northern gate. Tell him you do not want him take your beloved friend.

Take the grains of paradise and split into four sections ( hand full, about a teaspoon ). Take up one section at a time. Go to each quarter separately. Hold up the fist full of grains and state your wish.

Empower it and state it as a fact not a question. Make it a statement. (Like…,”….. is well and healed. She feels good and strong and will continue to go into remission.) then throw the grains as far as you can. Do this for each direction. Take the crystal to the four directions and ask the Archangels to bless and charge the stone. Be specific about what you think each with their gift they should bring to your friend.

Then pass the stone through the flame of the candle (do not burn yourself!). Chant over it while visualizing your friend happy and healthy and glowing with white and golden light.

This is the spell that I intone
flesh to flesh and bone to bone
Sinew to sinew and vein to vein
each one shall be whole again.

Then set the stone down in front of the candle. Let the candle burn out. When it is done, put the stone in a crystal pouch and give it to your friend to keep near him/her.

The Witches Correspondence for Thursday, October 25th

The Witches Correspondence for Thursday, October 25th

Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Clothing Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success Incense: Cinnamon, Must, Nutmeg and Sage
Planet: Jupiter
Sign: Sagittarius and Pisces
Angel: Sachiel
Colors: Purple, Royal Blue and Indigo
Herbs/Plants: Cinnamon, Beech, Buttercup, Coltsfoot, Oak
Stones: Sugilite, Amethyst, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
Oil: (Jupiter) Clove, Lemon Balm, Oak moss, Star Anise

Jupiter presides over Thursday. The vibrations of this day attune well to all matters involving material gain. Use them for working rituals that entail general success, accomplishment, honors and awards, or legal issues. These energies are also helpful in matters of luck, gambling, and prosperity.

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 25th

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 25th

*Thursday (Jupiter): Expansion, money, prosperity and generosity.

 

St. Crispin’s Day

 

Moon Sign: *Pisces

*Pisces: The focus is on dreaming, nostalgia, intuition, and psychic impressions. A good time for spiritual or philanthropic activities.

*Waxing Moon

*The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Incense:  Balsam

Moon Sign:  Second Quarter

Color: White

Hail & Merry Meet this Fabulous Thursday Morning!

 

GOOD MORNING, WORLD!!!!

It has been so long since I logged into WordPress I almost forgot my own password. That’s bad, very bad! You don’t realize how you take things for granted until you can’t do them or have them. I went back and read the post were Annie told you I had went to the hospital. I originally went because I was suppose to have fluid drawed off all my joints. Then I had a reaction and they sent me over to the main hospital. It was suppose to be simple, draw the fluid off, inject some antibiotics and I believe steroids into the joints. Nothing is ever simple with me, anybody who knows me, knows that. I am allergic to some antibiotics and have never tolerated steroids very well. So what the reaction was from, who knows.

While at the main hospital, the pain in my left side returned. At first, it was dismissed as a reaction from the allergy I had. Except the pain kept getting worse and worse. I was finally doubled up in the bed, screaming from pain when they took me serious. They brought up the x-ray machine and I could hardly straighten out for the x-ray. The x-ray showed my colon being in a horrible shape. They brought in a doctor that knew something about colons. He looked at the x-ray and told me I needed surgery to determine just exactly what had happen or was going on. So off to surgery, we go.

There is a word for what happened to me but I can’t spell it. And I am sure you are like me, you would go “What?” In simple terms, I had ate a something with a hard husk on it. It didn’t digest the way it was suppose too. It hid itself in my colon. There is formed a pulp. The pulp grew and grew till finally it burst. They had to remove some of my colon and suck out all the icky stuff left from the blow out. Meantime, I had lost a lot of blood during the surgery. The doctor wanted to wait and see if my body could reproduce the blood it had lost by itself. I think the next day after surgery, the doctor decided that my body wasn’t producing the blood fast enough. I needed a blood transfusion. My hubby said no, he didn’t want me having any blood from the bank. He would donate and everyone else line up behind him, even my good friends I work with every day. They forgot to listen to my blood type. I could only take my hubby’s blood (which he already knew, he had done it before), my son’s and a man’s from  work. I know the Red Cross had to be very happy that day with all the blood they got, lol!

This is my third day since I was released from the hospital. After the transfusions, I picked right up. But I still have the fluid that crystalizes on my joints, maybe? Right now, all my joints are normal. I don’t remember if anyone bothered to ask them, if my colon could have caused that problem or not. I don’t remember much. My mind is starting to clear now, FINALLY!

Annie and the others stopped publishing our daily posts because there was way too much for them to do. First, they were at the hospital for at least two or three days straight. Then they had the animals to tend to at the refuge. They rented me a wheelchair, yeah you heard right. They didn’t want me walking that far. So they wheeled me to the animals. They did a super fantastic job taking care of them.

I know Annie should have told you what was going on but we are like sisters. We grew up together and she was extremely upset. But you know now, why we were off the net. I have always been told I was the driving force of this operation and I always denied it. I guess apparently I am. I know I am loved and have the best bunch of friends anyone could want.

I am sorry for any inconvenience our absence has caused. Annie mentioned yesterday about some rude comments in the back. She left them for me to read. I can assure you they have been dealt with. I turned them over to WordPress. They removed them from the entire site. They no longer had any access to any WordPress blog. Then Annie wanted to know if it would be alright for her to take care of them in her own special way. She has worked so hard, I couldn’t deny her, now could I? It is great to be back. I know that much. Hell, it’s great to be out of the hospital. Go for something simple and nearly die. Forget that!

For everyone that wished us well and had wonderful words of encouragement for us, THANK YOU! We know we have the best bunch of internet friends you could ask for. We appreciate your patience and your understanding. Most of all, we appreciate your love. We love you.

Love & Blessings to all,

Lady A

 

 

 

 

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