Category: Rituals
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A Breakthrough: "For the Highest Good of All" and Other Caveats
What I learned from my conversation with Dorothy was that I’ve become too enmeshed with the philosophies of some of my spiritual friends. That’s not uncommon for me, being a Double Pisces, because I do tend to mesh with others, and while that’s a lovely thing to happen in a romance, it’s not always the…
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A Cleansing of Sorts
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Halloween, 2007; copyright Tedder/Bailey It’s 1 AM, the morning of Halloween. Halloween, not Samhain, for the Sun is not yet at 15 degrees of Scorpio. Something in the house is troubling me, taunting. Only now do I remember the talisman on my dresser. I’ve hardly slept at all in my room these past few…
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Better to Rush Upon this Blade
Beautiful dagger– Photo by inhisgrace; creative commons license Oh, the power of words! Especially when said in a ritual circle. As my Circle grows, I find it helpful to discuss situations with other High Priests and High Priestesses because at some point, I’m going to be asked a question I really cannot answer and that…
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The Joy (and Shock) of Clarity
Clarity is a beautiful thing…eventually. To be honest, the fog can be prettier but sometimes it’s best if you see the truth. It’s one of those things that highly spiritual people ask for. They don’t ask for money or power. They go for the more spiritual quality that can help them on their own journeys…
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Spiritual Paths and Rocky First Steps
Photo by atomicpuppy68; creative commons license I’ve been trying to explain the Wiccan degree system of formalized training to a new student who is excited about taking this important step on her spiritual path in late December. I think it would be prudent of me to make sure I space out the rest of the…
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Prosperity Spells Sell Well in a Bad Economy
Photo from http://flickr.com/photos/lisa_yarost/; creative commons license. It was Edain McCoy who first called my attention to it—the link between the current economy and prosperity spells. I honestly had not noticed. And maybe that’s a good thing. I’d just returned from a trip to the Daytona-Orlando area where New Age shop owners talked of the…
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Photo by auntikhaki; creative commons license. AND SHE WILL ALWAYS CARRY ON SOMETHING IS LOST BUT SOMETHING IS FOUND THEY WILL KEEP ON SPEAKING HER NAME SOME THINGS CHANGE SOME STAY THE SAME –“Hymn to Her,” The Pretenders If you know me well enough to know what happened with my last relationship and still know…
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Parallel Eclipses and How They Influence your Life (Part I)
As I mentioned in 16 August 2008: Lunar Eclipse Rituals and Meditations for the Full Moon in Aquarius, eclipses have repetitive patterns, if you know where to look. Understanding these patterns and how they parallel one another can be useful in figuring out what’s going on in your life and where to put your attention…
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A New Definition for "Saving Souls" –The Big Difference between Christianity and Wicca
Lorna Tedder at a lakeside chapel, copyright 2007; photo by Shannon Bailey, all rights reserved. One day, I’ll write about less controversial topics. Today isn’t it. Today, it’s simply my goal to make you think, and I’m sure I’ll lose some readers and I’ll make others defensive. If so, know that I’m being true to…
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16 AUGUST 2008 Lunar Eclipse: Rituals and Meditations for the Full Moon in Aquarius
Photo by jetalone; creative commons license. To hear about eclipses and moon phases, plus other good stuff, sign up for our RSS feed (right column), bookmark us, or follow us on Twitter, now available.) Honestly. I hadn’t planned to post about the upcoming lunar eclipse quite yet, but here we are on 8 August 2008…