I do a morning devotion for the God and a nightly devotion for the Goddess to show my appreciation and love for them and to spend quality time with them and build up a relationship. I usually bless my body, charge my chalice with the power of the Goddess and drink, then meditate. Well tonight, She came to me and embraced me. I felt her love for me and could feel that she was proud of me and gave me strength. I could actually feel her arms around me as she hugged me. Suddenly, I like nightly devotions a lot more. It's times like that when I'm glad and proud to be a Wiccan.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Once in a Blue Moon
The blue moon is very powerfull, especially this year since it falls on New Years eve night. Some are very excited to cast spells on this night since it is so powerfull and will ensure a higher rate of success. I must ask you to heed my warning when I say that casting spells on a Blue Moon is DANGEROUS. You are dealing with forces much to great for and inexperienced practitioner to handle. Now, if you've been a witch/wiccan/pagan for about 20 or 30 years then you don't need to listen, but some still don't anyway. Instead, bask in the Goddesses beauty, perform and Esbat, but do not mess with the forces that night
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Yule is Good for New Beginnings
Hail to the New Year everyone! I thought this was an awesome time to start a blog about my passion, Wicca. This is my first Yule celebration and I'm very excited. I've strung popcorn and made Pine Cone Bird Feeder Ornaments and hung them on the tree outside, put up lots of lights, decorated a Christmas tree for my mom and a yule tree for myself, decorated my altar, and dressed my Yule log. I also plan on making Buttered Rum (Butter Beer) and I hang up my wish card on my Yule Tree. I'm also performing the 12 yule day devotionals, one for everyday leading up to Yule. I'll try to post pics of all this when I can.
Yule (Winter Solstice) is the celebration of the longest night of the year and the shortest day. This celebration, like almost all pagan traditions, predates Christianity and some of the traditions are still alive in all cultures. The christmas tree is actually the Yule tree that pagans would decorate with symbols of the sun and the star. The tree itself represents the tree of life. While converting pagans to Christians, the religion adapted many of the pagan traditions to make the transition easier for new followers. The star on top has nothing to do with Christianity, it's a pagan symbol, and Frankincense and Myrrh are incense used during the holiday. LOL, they brought baby Jesus pagan gifts XD. The Yule log is a tradition of enfusing the log with your wishes for the new year then burning it all night, releasing your wishes. Now-a-days its made out of chocolate and is eaten instead (yum!).
Now, if you're a wiccan in a christian family, like myself, don't fret about religion during the holiday, Yule and Christmas is essentially the same holiday. They both celebrate the Goddess (ie Mary) giving birth to the new year and light (Jesus). We both celebrate hope and good tidings and most of the christian tradistions are pagan, remember, so when celebrating this year know that if you are celebrating Yule on the inside then it doesn't matter what you do for the holidays. Happy Yule everyone.
Yule (Winter Solstice) is the celebration of the longest night of the year and the shortest day. This celebration, like almost all pagan traditions, predates Christianity and some of the traditions are still alive in all cultures. The christmas tree is actually the Yule tree that pagans would decorate with symbols of the sun and the star. The tree itself represents the tree of life. While converting pagans to Christians, the religion adapted many of the pagan traditions to make the transition easier for new followers. The star on top has nothing to do with Christianity, it's a pagan symbol, and Frankincense and Myrrh are incense used during the holiday. LOL, they brought baby Jesus pagan gifts XD. The Yule log is a tradition of enfusing the log with your wishes for the new year then burning it all night, releasing your wishes. Now-a-days its made out of chocolate and is eaten instead (yum!).
Now, if you're a wiccan in a christian family, like myself, don't fret about religion during the holiday, Yule and Christmas is essentially the same holiday. They both celebrate the Goddess (ie Mary) giving birth to the new year and light (Jesus). We both celebrate hope and good tidings and most of the christian tradistions are pagan, remember, so when celebrating this year know that if you are celebrating Yule on the inside then it doesn't matter what you do for the holidays. Happy Yule everyone.
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