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A Little Humor for Your Day – ‘Comparing the Genders’

Compare the genders

Differences Between Men & Women
NICKNAMES: If Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle go out for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Debra and Michelle. But if Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Useless.
EATING OUT: And when the check comes, Mike, Phil, Rob and Jack will each throw in $20 bills, even though it’s only for $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.
BATHROOMS: A man has six items in his bathroom-a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
GROCERIES: A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes out to the store and buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a soda. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett’s car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.
SHOES: When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, then slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day.
CATS: Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats.
DRESSING UP: A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail. A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.
LAUNDRY: Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the Laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the Laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by re-runs of old episodes of “Love, American Style.”
OFFSPRING: Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

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Life As The Witch – The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving

While most curses are designed to do their jobs and dissipate, upon occasion we have need of one that goes a little further. Sometimes, we need it to work indefinitely. And when those times arise, a little bit of aggravation simply isn’t going to do the trick. We need something that, like the Energizer Bunny, keeps on going. And it’s on those occasions that it’s best to give a gift – a gift like no other – a gift that has a curse built right in.

Of course, not just any gift will do. It’s going to have to be something that the subject of your intent is going to be delight with and will love beyond all reason. Otherwise, it will just get tossed aside or throw away, and all your efforts will be for naught.

Admittedly, this may be the most difficult thing you’ve ever done — especially since it requires you to purchase something absolutely lovely for your least favorite person in the world. However, there are reasons that you may actually want to go this route. And it’s those reasons that will keep you smiling all the way to the check out line.

What sort of reasons? well for one thing, your target is going to feel guilty as hell for having done you dirty if you turn up with a nice gift—and that, in itself is part of the curse. Every time he or she looks at that gift of uses it, a vision of you and how you were treated will be the first thing to surface in the mind’s eye. And  that’s exactly why it’s important that the person not be able to part with the gift.

Another reason for handling things in this fashion is that while you can certainly weave any curse you’d like into the object, your personal energy is not attached to it in the same way it would be if you crafted the gift yourself.  And this not only disassociates you somewhat from the target but helps to keep some of that negative reside  at bay.

If not that’s not enough to convince you, there’s this: Your target will never suspect that you are in any way responsible for the sudden turn that his or her life has taken. You did, after all, knock yourself out to obtain that wonderful gift. And anyone who goes to all that trouble couldn’t be anything but kind, compassionate, loveing and gracious. Right?

Taking this avenue is easy once you get past having to purchase the gift. There are, however, a few rules of thumb. Do yourself a favor, follow them caefully, and those worrisome afterthoughts won’t come to call.

Do not involve living creatures,I shouldn’t have to spell this out, but I will just to ease my own mind. This means absolutely no plants or aimals.

Only purchase gifts suitable for afults. This means no stuffed animals, no dolls, or any other toy that might inadvertently fall into the hands of a child or a pet.

In the case of music boxes, be mindful of the tune. While the music may be uplifting, it should not in any way, emmpower the target. A box that plays “When You Wish Upon a Star,” for example, is a magickal no-no.

Excerpt from:
Utterly Wicked
Curses, Hexes &Other Unsavory Notions
Author: Dorothy Morrison
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Your Guiding Animal Spirit for May 16th is Antelope

Your Animal Spirit for Today
    May 16, 2013 

Antelope

Antelope medicine is one of right action. If you were to visit Northern Plains today, you would see groups of antelope scattered about the fields and hills. However they are so quiet and unmoving that (from a distance) they resemble stones. But, get too close and they move like lightening. Antelope asks you: are you being still when you should be moving, or moving when stillness is required?

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A Few Beltane Songs for Your Merriment

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Beltane Chase Song

I shall go as a wren in spring: With sorrow and sighing on silent wing
And I shall go in our Lady’s name: Aye, till I come home again

We shall follow as falcons grey: And hunt thee cruelly as our prey
And we shall go in our Master’s name: Aye, to fetch thee home again

Then I shall go as a mouse in May: In fields by night and cellars by day
And I shall go in our Lady’s name: Aye, till I come home again

But we shall follow as fat tom cats: And chase thee through the corn and vats
And we shall go in our Master’s name: Aye, to fetch thee home again

Then I shall go as an autumn hare: With sorrow and sighing and mickle care
And I shall go in our Lady’s name: Aye, till I come home again

But we shall follow as swift greyhounds: And dog thy tracks by leaps and bounds
And we shall go in our Master’s name: Aye, to fetch thee home again

Then I shall go as a winter trout: With sorrow and sighing and mickle doubt
And I shall go in our Lady’s name: Aye, till I come home again

But we shall follow as otters swift: And snare thee fast ere thou canst shift
And we shall go in our Master’s name: Aye, to fetch thee home again

Aye, and I’ll come home again

Traditional, British Isles

 

Maypole Chant

Round and round the maypole: Weaving in and out
We sow our seeds in the spring of the year: We scatter them all about
HEY!

By Gina Ellis

Spiral Dance Song

Men sing:
Turning, re-turning, transforming, our heart’s fire is (repeat)

Women sing:
Winding, binding the seeds we’ve sown, weaving the truths we’ve known
And drawing them home again (repeat)

By Pashta MaryMoon

 Song & Chant Index

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Did you know……

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Like doors, windows were viewed with magical awe and were protected. Pentagrams were (and still are) carved or chalked onto windows; hanging a thick white curtain blocks Sun and negativity; small white pebbles, fragments of glass and seashells are placed on the sill, as is a large red tomato; and a ball of green grass is suspended before the window to drive away evil influences.

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Sage Incense

Sage Incense

Sage clumps are fairly common stuff for lots of new-agey, natural
and other holistic or magical supply places.

In a pinch, you can even make it yourself witout too much hassle, if you
have a patch of fresh-growing sage.  Pick a few leafy stalks, and kinda
stick ‘em together so the stalks join together, parallel to each other,
and tie ‘em nice and snug with some string or heavy thread.  Hang it
upside down to dry, and in a few days, you should have a nice little
bundle of sage, ready to burn for whatever purpose you choose (cleansing and purification is most common, but they have other uses, too).  Or just dry a single stalk, light the topmost leaves, and when it starts to burn on its own, blow out the flame.  The ignited leaves should burn down, and might even go on down the stalk to burn away other parts of it, if it’s really dry.  Play around with it a little, and see what you
get.

One harvesting tip, though–never take more than 1/4 of the plant’s
total growth!  More than that will send the plant into shock, and could
kill it, especially if it’s a younger, smaller plant!  Prune carefully–
remember, plants are living beings, too, and you wouldn’t enjoy
sacrificing big chunks of you to something you didn’t understand, now
would you?

Two to three bucks a bundle is the going rate for most “smudge sticks”,
ranging in size from about 5-9″ long and usually about 1-2″ wide.  Some
unscrupulous dealers will try to charge you upwards of $6 for a rod this
size, so don’t get so eager to try it that you pay an exorbitant fee for
the stuff.  Sage grows pretty readily, and comes in different varieties,
so don’t be afraid to shop around.  If there’s no stores in your area
that carry the stuff, ask again and see if anybody can give you a good
mail-order source.  There’s plenty of shops here in Seattle that carry
‘em ready-made, so i don’t know where to suggest you write to for
mail-order.

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Calendar of the Sun for March 29th

Calendar of the Sun

Aequinoctium Vernum

Colors: Yellow and light green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of yellow and light green set a pitcher of rainwater, small dishes of seeds (as many as there are people), a vase of budding branches, and a single green candle.
Offerings: Seeds to be planted in the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian

Aequinoctium Vernum Invocation

Earth, you begin your awakening
To the touch of the life-giving Sun
Whose rays stroke you like a lover.
Earth, your joy in awakening
Springs forth first golden
And then the green of life.
We awaken to your new life
And your new season,
And you help us to believe
That no matter how long the winter,
Spring will always come again.
We stand in the time of the year’s morning
And, like all living things,
We reach upwards for the sky.

Chant:
We open Earth and
Earth receives you
She gives you life and
We believe in you

(Each takes a pot of seeds and goes to the garden, and hoes or otherwise prepares a space for planting, and then plants their seeds, chanting while doing so. The pitcher of rainwater is carried out and ritually poured onto the seeds.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for March 21st

Calendar of the Sun

21 Hrethemonath

Quinquatria Day 3: Music Day

Color: Blue
Element: Air
Altar: Upon a blue cloth lay many musical instruments, blue candles, a clear glass bowl of water, and a fan made from a bird’s wing.
Offerings: Song and music.
Daily Meal: Light vegetarian meal.

Quinquatria Invocation II (to be sung)

Hail Athena, true and bright,
Sharp your blade and keen your sight,
Goddess of a Thousand Works,
Giver of the soul in flight.
Guide our touch as we reach out,
Weaver, crafter, artisan,
Guide our urge to build and make,
Guide the power of our hands.
Mentor, teacher, patient tutor,
Maker of heroes through the years
In the epic glance of history,
Giving sight to blinded seers,
Giving purpose to the wanderer,
Giving courage to the weak,
We beseech you, armored Lady,
By the Word of Power you speak,
Like the wind that blows so cold
And bright and clear through minds of grey,
Stand beside us when we falter,
Sweep our weakness clean away.

(The rest of Sponde should be spent in song, whatsoever has been chosen by the community as the absolute best that they can do, as an offering. Songs can be solo offerings, or as a group. Those who wish to give private offerings can play instrumental music after the main group has left.)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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