Brooklime

Veronica beccabunga
Brooklime – semi-aquatic perennial with succulent, hollow, creeping stems that root at intervals and sometimes float in the water. The leaves of brooklime are opposite, shiny green, and oblong with rounded ends. Thick and fleshy in texture, the leaves have slightly toothed margins. Numerous small, bright blue and white flowers on short stems flower during the whole of the summer months.

Chaulmoogra

Hydnocarpus kurzii
Reaching a height of 50 to 60 feet, the chaulmoogra tree bears brown, velvety, round fruit and irregular grayish seeds that are angled with blunt ends. Chaulmoogra oil can also come from Tarak-togenos kurzii, an allied species.

A Cat Spell For Spiritual Growth

© 1998 by D. J. Conway

Sometimes in our busy lives we get too caught up in the everyday cycle of life and we forget our spirituality. In the absence of our mysticism we forget the guidance, support and general well being that spirituality provides for us and lose track of what is important to us. The following is a cat spell for spiritual growth. Let the magickal cat remind us of our spiritual path and help us to regain the sight in which we see it.  Spiritual growth isn’t a one-time “I’ve got it” proposition. Ideally, it is a continuous, upward spiral of knowledge-seeking which never ends. Sometimes a metaphorical light will come on, and we will understand a single spiritual point with great clarity. Most of the time, however, we have to plod along, step by step, sweating for everything we learn. What we can learn through patience and perseverance usually lasts the longest. Here’s a cat spell that will help:

Alfrodull

by Alex Pacheco, Clarksville Middle School

 
Alfrodull is the sun in Norse mythology. “Glory of elfs” is the meaning of the name. Other names were also used. A chariot driven by a girl was thought to be the sun. Two horses pulled the chariot; their names were Arvak and Alsvid. Because she was being persued by the wolf, Skoll, she drove very fast. Before the world ends, she will have a daughter.