BANBA

Burning of the Clavie ( Scotland )

Theme: Protection

Symbol: Soil

AYIZAN

Themes: Pleasure; Playfulness; Divination

Symbol: Palm Leaf

AYIZAN

Themes: Pleasure; Playfulness; Divination

Symbol: Palm Leaf

 About Ayizan: Ayizan is the first priestess of voodoo tradition, governing the public places where people gather to celebrate the goddess. As such, she oversees the Mardi Gras exuberant revelry, offering psychic insight and protective energy to keep us out of trouble.

Apis

Bull god. Egyptian. The living personification of the creator god PTAH in Memphis, he acts as an intermediary between the supreme god and mankind. His mother is ISIS, who engendered him in a lightning flash. The bull is depicted as wholly black apart from a small white triangle on the forehead, and it bears vultuze wings. Between its horns are surmounted the sun disc (or, in later times, the moon) and the uraeus (snake symbol).

Gematria by David Allen Hulse

Of all the ancient magickal languages, the mysticism surrounding biblical Hebrew is the best known in the West. The body of esoteric teachings concerning the Hebrew language is known as the Qabalah (meaning that knowledge which can only be imparted orally in secret, handed down from one generation to the next). In modern occultism, the term Qabalah, which originally meant Hebraic secret wisdom, has now come to mean any secret, esoteric system of thought which uses alphabet letter, color, symbol, sound, and number as the basic building blocks of its philosophical system. Thus modern writers will refer to a “Greek” Qabalah, a “Celtic” Qabalah, or even a “Wiccan” Qabalah.

Religious Tolerance In Springfield and the Greenleaf Coven by Cimerian

Religious intolerance is alive and well in Springfield Missouri. The question is, to what degree, and in the terminology of “The Burning Times”, how high are the flames?
In 1999, the court case of Jean Webb vs. The City of Republic was a headliner and major topic of conversation in this community. Republic, a small suburb of Springfield which predominantly featured the ichthus, known as a Christian symbol, on the city logo was under fire from a self- proclaimed Witch who had the audacity to claim that this symbol violated her religious rights.

Sneezing: A Symptom or A Symbol? by Cheryl Lynne Bradley

“One sneeze, a wish
Two sneezes, a kiss
Three sneezes, a disappointment
Four sneezes, a letter”

As my household has spent the past two weeks fighting the fall version of the pit plague crud, in between the God Bless You’s and doses of cough medicine, I have had some time to contemplate on sneezing, or sternutation.

Candle Magick: A Basic Guide to the Art

by Ostara Nitewillow

 
Research your spell– colours, herbs, gems, moon and astrological phases. Create a visualisation for your intent, a symbol, maybe a rune? Light incense and cast your sacred circle. Invoke the deities needed for your work. Relax, ground and centre. Now you need to purify the candle. Pick it up and anoint with blessed olive oil or rub with salt and say:

Bow and Arrow

by Alex Hopson

 
Bows and arrows have been present in Egyptian culture since it’s predynastic origins. The nine bows symbolise the various peoples that had been ruled over by the pharaoh since Egypt was united. The goddess Nekhbet symbolised the unity of the peoples under the pharaoh, her epitaph was ‘She who binds nine bows’ The arrow itself was a symbol of divine power, which was personified by Neith, the goddess of war, whose cult was symbolised by two crossed arrows. Two crossed arrows could also represent the power of Hemsut, which was a female form of Ka.