urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe+ Spirit ++ Spirit +bitchface@cherriemail.com+ Spirit +2008-06-16T05:15:01Zurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:666372008-06-16T00:12:00blessedbe @ 2008-06-16T00:12:002008-06-16T05:15:01Z2008-06-16T05:15:01ZI just joined this community and would like to introduce myself despite the fact that this community seems very much dead.<br /><br />My name is Lykaios, I'm twenty years old, I'm a female, I'm bisexual, I'm a therianthrope, I'm a psi vampire, and of course...I'm a Pagan. I've been practicing/studying for about 7 years now. I'm looking to join a community or two based on Paganism of some sort, plus I enjoy reading others entries on the subject. I'm also looking for friends who share this interest with me. I've found it hard to find Pagan or Wiccan friends.urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:663672006-03-26T12:00:00Crystal Healing2006-03-26T11:00:31Z2006-03-26T11:00:31ZHi. My name is <span class='ljuser' style='white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: line-through;'><a href='http://freddie-bj.deadjournal.com/profile'><img src='http://www.deadjournal.com:8080/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0;' /></a><a href='http://freddie-bj.deadjournal.com/'><b>freddie_bj</b></a></span> and I am the moderator of the new community, <span class='ljuser' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://crystal-healing.deadjournal.com/profile'><img src='http://www.deadjournal.com:8080/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0;' /></a><a href='http://crystal-healing.deadjournal.com/'><b>crystal_healing</b></a></span><br><br>I am joining to learn more about the crystals and ways in which they are used and/or to share onformation about which I have learnt. <br>I found this community by searching for people with interests in the chakra, and you are one of the few I found.<br><br><a href="http://crystal-healing.deadjournal.com/1058.html">I recently have been looking in to the chakra.</a><br><br>I'd like people to join and share their experiences and thoughts about crystals.<br><br>give it a go.<br>urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:660992006-03-20T23:17:00Play Editor.2006-03-21T07:19:57Z2006-03-21T07:19:57ZIf you were to pick up a pagan/occult magazine what sorts of things would you be most interested in seeing listed in the table of contents? (The more specific you are the better, and examples are nice.)urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:658382006-02-19T21:12:00Things I Hate.2006-02-20T05:18:04Z2006-02-20T05:18:04ZWhat is your <i>least</i> favourite aspect of your choice of magical/religious practice?urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:656632006-02-15T11:03:00blessedbe @ 2006-02-15T11:03:002006-02-15T17:04:24Z2006-02-15T17:04:24ZIs this community alive?urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:654662005-08-03T17:24:00blessedbe @ 2005-08-03T17:24:002005-08-03T21:21:51Z2005-08-03T21:21:51Zsomewhere a phone rings, unanswered<br />it was me and i was trying to get myself. i am never at home<br />or else not answering.<br /><br /><br />cold cruel ghosts use bad magic of reversal <br /><br />to try and increse the pain to kiling levels. it backfires. god smiles.urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:652782005-08-03T09:26:00Lol ^_^2005-08-03T13:27:23Z2005-08-03T13:27:23ZI found this really funny thing on my greatest journal communitie. <br><br><a name="cutid1"></a>You might be a redneck Pagan if... <br /><br />If any part of your invocation of the South Quarter includes any lines from any song by Lynard Skynard....<br /><br />If chewing tobacco is considered a sacred herb.....<br /><br />If part of your rite includes throwing shotgun shells on the fire....<br /><br />If the bell on your alter was ever worn by an animal in a pasture....<br /><br />If the cakes and wine are done with a bowie-knife, a can of Foster's, and a Little Debbie.....<br /><br />If they chose their High Priestess at a wet t-shirt contest....<br /><br />If when your priestess says "Blessed Be" in circle, you respond with "YEEE-HAW!"...<br /><br />If you believe a pentagram is a Western Union message to 5 people....<br /><br />If you bought your chalice at the Piggly Wiggly.....<br /><br />If you buy your incense and candles at Wal-Mart....<br /><br />If you call the God and Goddess by hollerin' "Hey, y'all! Watch me!"....<br /><br />If you call the North Quarter, but what you call it is an inner court secret.....<br /><br />If you can play the "Burning Times" on the banjo....<br /><br />If you carry your ritual sword in your pickup's gun rack.....<br /><br />If you found out your familiar is an oppossum -- and still ate it........<br /><br />If you have combined Maypole Dancing/ Tractor Pull/ Turkey Shoot for Beltane....<br /><br />If you have cast a love spell on livestock....<br /><br />If you have ever called the National Enquirer because you raised a potato that resembled the Willendorf Goddess....<br /><br />If you've ever cancelled a coven meeting to watch Pay-Per-View wrestling on TV....<br /><br />If you've ever written a spell on the back of a Denny's menu.....<br /><br />If you have ever refilled your chalice from a keg.....<br /><br />If you invoke the spirits so that your beer lasts longer.....<br /><br />If you pray nightly to the god of big tires.....<br /><br />If you sacrifice BBQ and pork rinds on an alter made of old car hoods....<br /><br />If you shoot guns into the air when the priestess says, "the circle is open but never unbroken"...<br /><br />If you smoke Salem cigarettes for the historical significance....<br /><br />If you think a "family tradition" is a dating club....<br /><br />If you think the Wiccan Rede is good for making twig furniture....<br /><br />If you worship the gods of cheap beer and Nascar....<br /><br />If you've ever done a candle spell for your local high-school football team....<br /><br />If you've ever harvested ritual herbs with a weed whacker.....<br /><br />If you've ever meditated to "Dueling Banjos".....<br /><br />If you've reached the 3rd Degree but not the third grade......<br /><br />If your God statue looks a little too much like Elvis Presley.....<br /><br />If your Goddess picture says "Miss September" at the bottom......<br /><br />If your Wand of Power is a cattle prod.....<br /><br />If your altar cloth is a Confederate flag.....<br /><br />If your altar cloth is vinyl......<br /><br />If your altar cloth says "Holiday Inn" or "Howard Johnson's"....<br /><br />If your altar has a spit cup.....<br /><br />If your altar pentacle is a photo of John Wayne's star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame".....<br /><br />If your annointing oil smells like Old Spice.....<br /><br />If your athame is by Bowie.....<br /><br />If your broom has 4 wheel drive and SC plates.....<br /><br />If your ceremonial chalice says "Budweiser" on it....<br /><br />If your ceremonial garb consists of cut-offs and a tube-top.....<br /><br />If your circle dance contains the words "dosey-do"......<br /><br />If your circle dance is a two-step....<br /><br />If your coven chose its High Priest at a belching contest....<br /><br />If your coven's secret names for the God and Goddess are "Cooter" and "Sweet Cheeks"....<br /><br />If your coven-stead is propped up on cinder blocks.....<br /><br />If your craft name starts with "Bubba"......<br /><br />If your familiar can point quail....<br /><br />If your familiar keeps mice out of the granary.....<br /><br />If your favorite Great Rite partner is your first, second, and third cousin....<br /><br />If your backyard ritual libation is brewed in an illegal backyard still......<br /><br />If your favorite painting of the Goddess does her hair like Rheba McEntire....<br /><br />If your maiden sweeps the circle with a weed whacker....<br /><br />If your most sacred altar items include a hubcap, a velvet painting, and a half-empty can of chaw.....<br /><br />If your outdoor circle has defunct washing machines for quarter altars....<br /><br />If your pantheon includes Yukon Jack, Jim Beam and the St. Pauli Girl...<br /><br />If your ritual music has ever included Johnny Cash singing "Ring of Fire"....<br /><br />If your robes are made out of denim with Harley Davidson patches.....<br /><br />Well, you might just be a redneck pagan!! <br><br>Lol ^_^urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:649672005-07-19T11:54:00Survey Says...!2005-07-19T18:53:12Z2005-07-19T18:53:12ZOkay, this one's just for fun, and if you answer you get a cookie:<br /><br />What pagan/occult 'celebrity' do you find yourself mentioning most often in conversation, journals, forums, whatever? Quote Crowley? Cite Cunnigham? Or maybe you refer to Nancy in <i>The Craft</i>, I dunno. Fuck, I don't care! just answer the question.urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:645782005-07-18T12:28:00New Person2005-07-18T19:29:44Z2005-07-18T19:29:44ZHello, im miranda. and umm ask me questiona aobut myself. im not to good at inrtoductions. >_urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:644962005-07-13T14:35:00blessedbe @ 2005-07-13T14:35:002005-07-13T18:39:03Z2005-07-13T18:39:03Zmerry meet, everyone!<br /><br />I've recently sparked interest in Dianic Wicca and I was wondering if anybody knew of some books or webpages (or other resources) pertaining to the topic, because I've looked and I've found nothing. Or maybe I'm not looking hard enough. ^_~<br /><br />thanks!<br /><br />blessed be <br />)O(urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:641432005-07-08T11:34:00Books?2005-07-08T18:28:14Z2005-07-08T18:28:14ZOkay boils and ghouls, I would like to know if anyone has read the following books:<br /><br />Postmodern Magic<br />Thundersqueak<br />SSOTBME (revised edition)<br /><br />Worth my money, you think? I didn't get much of a chance to skim through em at the bookstore due to a creepy guy who for whatever reason decided my <i>Night of the Living Dead</i> patch was a chat-up oppurtunity. <br /><br />Thanks bunches.<br /><br />(cross-posted in an attempt to find the literate)<br /><br />- Nurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:638912005-06-11T16:08:00Survey2005-06-11T20:09:32Z2005-06-11T20:14:25ZSo I'm getting married in August. <br />To a Catholic.<br />Yup.<br /><br />It is an interesting experience, trying to decide how and if to express one's spirituality in an life-cycle event like a marriage, especially an inter-faith marriage. It raises a lot of personal questions.<br /><br />But enough about me.<br /><br />Have any of you witnessed a pagan/wiccan/shamanic wedding? <br /><br />What about other life-cycle rites (coming-of-age, child-birth, funeral, etc.)<br /><br />What do you think about the "traditional" trappings of, say, Wiccan weddings - handfasting, broom-jumping, etc. What other life-cycle ritual traditions can you think of?<br /><br />Have you given any thoughts to what you might like to do, should you ever want to "tie-the-knot"?<br /><br />I'm very curious to hear stories or even just philosophical ramblings on this topic - as a solitary witch, this is one of those areas where being well-read doesn't really enlighten me. I haven't had the experience of attending any special events. <br /><br />Have you?urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:636652005-06-03T15:47:00sidereal and ritual2005-06-03T20:06:33Z2005-06-03T20:06:33Zi figured i would talk about one of the easier magics to get well versed in, astrology. it's all green to me.<br /><br /><br />where did it go? the power... witches once held?<br />some of it lost in fruitless astral battles, pissing powers away. there is a deeperelement that some who understand esoteric astrology are aware of. but few are aware of estoteric astrology -- ancient rulerships and the precession of equinoxes creating a solar view and a system of prognostication VASTLY different from the day to day world of sydney omarr and others<br /><br />STONEHENGE was a clock. a moondial. it was like the myanm calendar. base thirteen.<br /><br />how did they get those rocks there? levitation perhas, a long time ago. latent psychism -- minor surface throughtelepathy is th beginning of what is eventually psychokinesis and real energy healing.<br />how they must have fretted not understanding the earth's tilt! the moon clock every daygetting more and more incorect, every year more and more off of what once made sense. there was little accounting for it -- <br /><br />but what it comes down to i have yet to figure out. <br /><br />who are those who fear the truth of the stars? those who seek to profit from the ignorance ofthe majority to pass themselves off as great magickians when realy they are dabblers. they become transparent to a gemini type like myself -- as i can just basically se right through them -- they are practically shouting thatthey are liars and the truth offends them. i mean really...like they have glass heads.<br /><br /><br />in ad 1 if you were born on june thirtieth you sun sign would be cancer. niot so by ad 1700, this is because of the earth's tilt.<br /><br />some esotericians believe that "cosmic calamities"<br />created mad planet effects -- that mercuryis called a thief becaue he came from a far away star syustem , a wandering star - and disrupte dthe whole solar system -- destroying the planet that was once between mars and jupiter orbit - destroying thrioving culture of antiquity on venus and mars and that old planet that is now an asteroid belt rather famous. who's tosay? there are varying histories, lostlike lemuria...and atlantis. but for whatever reason the earth has a twenty-three (23.5, give or take...illuminating, huh?) tilt to its axis. esotericians understand this but dabbler s in star magic are usually not ready. in fact a lot of well known astrolgers with degrees and certificates are stymied by sidereal -- or dead reckoning of actual star positions as opposed to keeping to what the skies would be like were there no axial tilt.<br /><br />it's major but the point is -- witches over centureis lost more and more power gained more and more spiritual amnesia. and this is connected to understanding that coems when we know exactly what planets are doing when we are born.<br /><br />great bad confusion ensues and people becoem protective of their wrong ness...it strangles creativity and shortens lifespans. finding truth can really help you decipehr and understand fakes -- and also find youthful beginners who simply don't know yet and would be accurate knew they teh Way.<br /><br />but it comes down to this...days...shift. <br /><br />so christmas<br />is a great example as it is on this almost arbitrary day that was meant to be a dilution of saturnalia...a different fest as we know.<br /><br />over the years the day that the planets would have aligned to make that day a power day...shifted. halloween is what itis becaue the veil is thinner. it's meantto be scorpio's day -- death and regeneration, sexuality - wedon't need to get cheezy -- it's scorpio and she has seen it all.but go by an old star chart -- like what you read in ninety percent of daily horoscopes...urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:631982005-05-22T18:06:00hellooo2005-05-22T17:06:21Z2005-05-22T17:06:21ZHeya :p<br /> Please check out my toys on ebay <a href="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZemptymarquis">http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZempt<wbr />ymarquis</a> and on my new website, which is still under construction but is certainly useable www.geocities.com/jsgiftcraft<br /> Thanks :p<br />xxxurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:627322005-05-02T09:24:00What I did on my Pagan Holiday2005-05-02T13:25:00Z2005-05-02T13:25:00ZSo I spent Beltane shopping for a wedding gown, preparing a gourmet salad, and being snippy with my mother. Sort of appropriate. I guess. <br /><br />I did get in some good cuddling time. So that's good.<br /><br />What did you do?urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:626022005-04-20T16:02:00Ciao2005-04-20T20:05:07Z2005-04-20T20:05:07ZHi, I know I don't really post here often, but I have a question:<br />Does anybody know where I can get any information/books etc. on runes? I'm really interested but I don't have much time to research on my own because of school. Thanks in advance!<br /><br />-Karoleurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:623972005-04-19T08:51:00Survey Says...!2005-04-19T15:58:07Z2005-04-19T15:58:07ZOkay, boils and ghouls, something occured to me today...<br /><br />I have no idea what half of you are. (Or I've forgotten. It's the shits being old and senile.)<br /><br />By which, I mean, what the hell religion are you guys? Are you British Traditional Wiccan? Druid? Hellenic Recon? Squishy Neo-Wiccan? Eclectic Pagan? What?<br /><br />How do you define your religion? <br /><br />Or do you not have one at all? Are you strictly in it for the magic? <br /><br />Go on. Tell us about YOUR path. Hell, while you're at it, why don't you tell us what's involved in your path? Pretend I've never heard of a single pagan religion before in my life and I want to hear alllllll about yours!<br /><br />- Nurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:620212005-04-01T15:18:00Hey ^_^2005-04-01T20:20:42Z2005-04-02T09:45:30ZHi guys ^_^ Do any of you have vampire freaks accounts? If you do, join my cult ^_^ A cult on VF is like communities on here ^_^ <a href="http://vampirefreaks.com/cult.php?c=Eclectic_Shamanism" target="blank">Here is a link</a>. 0o0o I also made a communitie on here <span class='ljuser' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://shamanism.deadjournal.com/profile'><img src='http://www.deadjournal.com:8080/community.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0;' /></a><a href='http://shamanism.deadjournal.com/'><b>shamanism</b></a></span>. <br><br>Do any one you know a good web site that sells runes at a fair price? The one site I found with runes was selling them for $45.00 pluss shiping X_X If I had a job I would not mid spending that much for runes, but I do not want to take to much of my mom's money lol ^_^urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:617542005-04-01T09:47:00blessedbe @ 2005-04-01T09:47:002005-04-01T14:53:18Z2005-04-01T14:53:18Z<center><font size="1"><font color="ff0033">Hello everyone. My name is Arlene, 18/Leo/Female, and I'm from Peabody Massachusetts, and I live a minutes walk away from Salem. This seems to be the only Wiccan community that hasn't been silent for 3 months. I'm a solitary dedicant, and I love it. I'm going to be getting internet at my house again in a few weeks, so my journal and posts in here may also be silent for a little while- but not for long! Don't let the Marilyn Manson fascination fool you, I don't believe in what he believes in, I just like the music and think he's a genius.<br /><br />*Blessed Be*<br /><br />* ♥ *</font></font></center>urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:616512005-03-30T23:23:00herb2005-03-31T07:24:47Z2005-03-31T07:24:47Zhey does anybody know of any good website that sell herbs and roots etc.. It's kinda a pain to find stuff where I live..urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:612322005-03-30T17:50:00Bad Kitty!2005-03-31T00:50:21Z2005-03-31T00:50:21Z<small>Hmm... a very wierd thing happened today and I was wondering if I could find some oppinions on the matter. <br /><br />I bought a tarot deck online and have been waiting as patiently (yeah right!) as I can for it to come it. It came in today around 10am and I was sooo happy! Its the Sacred Circle Tarot Deck and book. Anyways, if you have it, you know it comes with a little cardboard box with celtic borders on it for.. I dont know, temporary storage? I looked at the cards and then put them away once I had to go to school, I placed the cards and the book on my bed.<br /><br />I have a cat. Her name is Anya. She is a beautiful long haired, green eyed black cat. She's still a little young and I respect her greatly. I do spoil her though and she's grown quite a voice on her. I've been sick for a few weeks now, and I forgot to clean her cat box. (For about 1 week) <br /><br />When I came home today she had wiped her dirty but on my bed and yes.. the box that held my new cards! And the book too!!!! I was soooooo mad. I knew a cat that would go to the bathroom on my bed if she was in a fowl temper but Anya NEVER does this. This is the first time since I bought her that she's done this. Normaly she just meows and lets me know what the problem is.. <br /><br />My question is... do you think that she senses something bad about the deck and book or do you think she was just in a bad mood and perhaps knew this was the best way to get my attention. </small>urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:609422005-03-28T20:21:00Book Review2005-03-29T03:24:08Z2005-03-29T03:24:08Z<small><br />I -love- reading books. Right now I'm reading 'The Magical Life' from Vivianne Crowley. Havent read enough to make an oppinion but was wondering if anyone else read it and had any likes or dislikes about it. <br /><br />I'm always looking for a good book, so maybe everyone could comment on their favorite books, who they are by and why they are good? Or perhaps books that werent so great and why you were not impressed.</small>urn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:608282005-03-24T00:33:00Merry Meet2005-03-24T07:33:05Z2005-03-24T07:33:05ZI just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as I am new to this community. <br /><br />My name is Lorna, I am an 18 year old libra/female/sister/aunt/lover/daughter/c<wbr />hild/soul/etc. I currently live in Colorado. Near Manitu (lucky me! If you havent heard of it, it's a a -great- 'witch town' located right at the foot of the mountains) <br /><br />My intrests include runes, balance, paganism, faeries, spiritualit (in general), yoga, meditation, astral travel, and alot more. <br /><br />I am a dificult time in my life, becomeing an adult.. havent quit taken the big step yet (moving out) but Im definatly preparing for it. Im in a funk spiritually because I was raised Christian, but denounced it once I was about 13. Around that time I focused all of my thoughts on Wicca and Paganism and I've been studying since then. But I've never had disciplin and I left my former religion because I couldn't 'feel' 'god'.. and I'm still having that same problem. I'm getting desperate now because life is getting extremly hard for me and I don't know if I can make it if I dont think their is someone there... someone who knows me and someone I can find strength, comfort, and courage in. <br /><br />Anyways.. that was a lot longer than I should have probably posted. I hope to make new friends here.<br /><br />Love and Light, <br />Lornaurn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:604732005-03-20T02:51:00Hooray for SPRING!!!2005-03-20T07:52:58Z2005-03-20T07:52:58ZI just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Ostara!!! Yay for spring and the spring cleaning and sun and happiness! :Durn:lj:deadjournal.com:atom1:blessedbe:602332005-03-18T14:03:00Not...strictly Pagan question, but hey...it's kinda related *G*2005-03-18T20:04:25Z2005-03-18T20:04:25ZDoes it irritate anyone else when businesses use religion to market their wares? I know I posted something like this earlier, but...it seems kind of disrespectful to use something as personal as a person's belief system to advertize loans, or singles ads, or whatever. I think I'd be just as disgusted and irritated if I started getting junk mail telling me to "Consolidate debt the Pagan Way" or "Meet Pagan singles here!", as I am with the "Consolidate debt the Christian way" and "Meet Jewish Singles here!" (Only got the Jewish one once...it is almost always Christian ones...)<br /><br />Just seems extremely disrespectful and stupid to me. Anyone else?