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Recently during one of my classes on the history within our magickal traditions, a question came up about levels and degrees of hierarchy found in Witchcraft and Wicca. Within these, is there a title or position wherein someone is called Witch Queen or Witch King.First of all: YES!This is a real term, older than recorded time. It does not matter what the word is you use King, Queen, Sovereign, Master, Elder Lord or Lady; these are each equal titles given to someone that is held i
Fair warning -- this article is about SEX!! Congratulations — you will now be inundated with science porn! Seriously, though… sex is central to Wicca and we’ll be discussing it regularly but hold off on lighting up that cigarette for just a moment. Sex, as I’m referring to it, does not equal kink or titillating nuance. While we might be one of the species on this earth that has sex for pleasure, never forget that the act of sex is geared for one function and one function alone — reproduc
and quot;Female-Male polarities in terms of Universal energy is a very powerful magick all it's own. and quot;-Lynn V. Andrews Generally speaking men/male aspects and women/female aspect are very different, and everyone knows basically how and why. My friends and I joke about it all the time, how the men's version of church is the sports bar, their holy communion is beer and cheeseburgers. And it's all good, because 'girl's night out' is as sacred holiday as any Sabbat. It's my opinion that those aspects
As the wheel turns…Sorry, that was a, now obscure, reference to an old soap opera. Imbolc is tomorrow! The meaning of the word it’s self is “in the milk” or something close to that. The real meaning of Imbolc is that we are beginning to see the changes in the days and that spring will eventually be here!The promise that we will be able to survive another year and thrive is starting to materialize. When Imbolc was Christianized, it became Candlemas, and is a celebration of light.
While listening to an old clip from The Way of the Master Radio – a Christian Fundamentalist show, the radio host asked why anyone would want darkness in them. He asked this because Kirk Cameron, the co-host, had infiltrated a Mabon ritual and recorded the whole thing. This question came about, because pagans supposedly celebrate the balance of light and dark within them and in the world on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes – contemporarily known as Ostara and Mabon, and the two hosts could not
I can imagine that the title of this article has already raised a few Wiccan eyebrows, so before I launch into the discussion proper, let me say this to them: Don't worry. I'm not flaming you. I'm not going to ridicule your beliefs, and to do so would be hypocritical, as I myself devoted several years of my life to Wicca. It's a good, sound, well-structured system, with a wonderful sense of community and empowerment. So don't panic. If you want to follow the Wiccan Rede, great! I
I'm not above quoting fantasy books myself if they say it well. and quot;The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. and quot; -- The Last Unicorn. This is essentially true.Curses work the same way other magic works. A Contact spell, for example, sends out feelers across the chaotic systems. A lot like a computer match up. If the potential person/s you are interested in meeting is also interested, as some of your energy is going along with i
Our culture has a pretty strong colloquial understanding of what “prayer” means. An unfortunate connotation of prayer is ‘entreaty’, which suggests a form of implied beggary resorted to by the desperate or emotionally dependent. In addition, there is an erroneous yet persistent implication that “The Big Three” (Christians, Jews, and Muslims) corner the market on prayer and it can only be earnestly offered to the God of Abraham.Perhaps a little clarification on the word itself is needed:
Those who are familiar with Greek deities know that most of them are not actually native to Greece. As the Greeks explored the ancient world, primarily in the Aegean area and the Near East, they encountered and adopted many foreign deities. Artemis is one of a later group of deities known as the 12 Olympians, which indicates that she was adopted sometime after the Ionian colonization of western Turkey began.Some early evidence about Artemis comes to us from the records of the sac
Song of the Young War GodI have been to the end of the earth.I have been to the end of the waters.I have been to the end of the sky.I have been to the end of the mountains.I have found none that were not my friends. - -Traditional Navaho song (1) How do you define “tolerance”? When you think of the word, what immediately springs to mind? These days I’m more inclined to envision a gathering of many different faiths among which individuals may freely mingle w
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