http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostara
I shop at craft stores a lot and I see the seasons pass in retail.
Currently there are bunnines in every concievable incarnation. Bunny candy dishes. Bunny dolls.
Baby chicks made of marshmallow. Candies shaped like eggs.
The Pagan in me sees the iconography of spring, archetypes. The symbols of fertility and new life.
The rabbit is a fertile creature, mating and reproducing rapidly. The egg is the growing of new life and the chick is birth. The colors are pink and yellow, the yellow is the sun and the pink is birth like cherry blossoms.
Claire Elizabeth Archer's online Book of Shadows.
Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
The Charge of the Goddess
Traditional by Doreen Valiente, as adapted by Starhawk:
Listen to the words of the Great Mother, Who of old was called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arionrhod, Brigid, and by many other names:
Whenever you have need of anything, once a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise.
You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites.
Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.
For My law is love is unto all beings. Mine is the secret that opens the door of youth, and Mine is the cup of wine of life that is the cauldron of Cerridwen, that is the holy grail of immortality.
I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal, and beyond death I give peace and freedom and reunion with those that have gone before.
Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things and My love is poured out upon the earth.
Hear the words of the Star Goddess, the dust of Whose feet are the hosts of Heaven, whose body encircles the universe:
I Who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mysteries of the waters,
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.
For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.
From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.
Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
And you who seek to know Me, know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.
For behold, I have been with you from the beginning, and I am That which is attained at the end of desire.
Listen to the words of the Great Mother, Who of old was called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arionrhod, Brigid, and by many other names:
Whenever you have need of anything, once a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise.
You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites.
Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.
For My law is love is unto all beings. Mine is the secret that opens the door of youth, and Mine is the cup of wine of life that is the cauldron of Cerridwen, that is the holy grail of immortality.
I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal, and beyond death I give peace and freedom and reunion with those that have gone before.
Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things and My love is poured out upon the earth.
Hear the words of the Star Goddess, the dust of Whose feet are the hosts of Heaven, whose body encircles the universe:
I Who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mysteries of the waters,
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.
For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.
From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.
Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
And you who seek to know Me, know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.
For behold, I have been with you from the beginning, and I am That which is attained at the end of desire.
People Always Ask Me:
Wheel of the Year 2007
- January 3 full moon 5:57 am
- February 2 Imbolc
- February 2 full moon 9:45 pm
- March 3 full moon 3:17 pm
- April 2 full moon 10:15 am
- March 20 Spring Equinox/Ostara
- May 1 Beltane
- May 2 full moon 3:09 am
- May 31 full moon 6:04 pm
- June 21 Summer Solstice
- June 30 full moon 6:49 am
- July 29 full moon 5:48 pm
- August 1 Lammas
- August 28 full moon 3:35 am
- September 23 Fall Equinox/Mabon
- September 26 full moon 12:45 pm
- October 26 full moon 9:51 pm
- October 31 Samhain
- November 24 full moon 6:30 am
- December 22 Winter Solstice/Yule
- December 23 full moon 5:15 pm
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Peacock Neclace
by Claire E. Archer
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by Claire Elizabeth Archer
13 Goals of a Witch by Scott Cunningham from Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, 1988
- Know yourself
- Know your Craft (Wicca)
- Learn
- Apply knowledge with wisdom
- Achieve balance
- Keep your words in good order
- Keep your thoughts in good order
- Celebrate life
- Attune with the cycles of the Earth
- Breathe and eat correctly
- Exercise the body
- Meditate
- Honor the Goddess and God
Bast
Isis
Mother of Horus
Horus
Son of Isis and Osiris
pentagram
Suggested Reading
- Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain
- Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham
- Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen
- The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
- The Spiral Dance by Starhawk
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
- Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes PHD
- Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain
Suggested Viewing
- Remembering the Goddess directed by Donna Read
- The Burning Times directed by Donna Read
1 comment:
You are right. I have never thought the symbols of bunny,eggs like that before.
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