Posts Tagged With: Wine

Celebrating Spirituality 365 Days A Year – Vinalia Priora

Posted on April 23, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Celebrating Spirituality Everyday of the Year

April 23

Vinalia Priora

 

Vinalia Priora was one of the two major agricultural festivals held in Rome. It was held annually on April 23 and was connected with wine production. Vinalia is derived from vinum (wine). Originally held in honor of the God Jupiter, this festival later was connected with the Goddess Venus.

The wine casks filled in the previous Aautumn were opened, and the first draft of the new wine was offered as a libation to Jupiter. During this time outside the Porta Collina offerings were made to Venus from the female prostitutes of Roma.

Quick Woodruff Wine (for Be[tane on 30 April)

1 cup crushed woodruff leaves

1/2gallon white wine (Almaden, Mountain Rhine)

1 tsp. sugar

2 cups fresh strawberries

In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of the wine to a boil. Turn off the heat, and add the sugar and the crushed woodruff leaves. Cover and allow to steep for one hour. Add the mixture to the bottle of white wine. Cover and refrigerate for one week. Pour the wine into a large punch bowl and add the strawberries. You may also serve in individual wine glasses into which a strawberry has been added.

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Calendar of the Moon for April 9th

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Moon

 

9 Fearn/Elaphebolion

Dionysia Polis I

Color: Purple
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a purple cloth lay a chalice of red wine, grapevines, a fawnskin, masks, and the thyrsus of Dionysus.
Offering: A mystery play on some instructive subject should be rehearsed during these five days, and on the fifth day it should be performed for some outside audience, whether invited in or taken elsewhere.
Daily Meal: Wine. Grapes. Goat meat. Figs. Dates. Lentils. Meat or rice wrapped in grapeleaves.

Invocation to Dionysos

IO Dionysos, Lord of the Vine,
We call upon the Womanly One,
child of Zeus and Semele.
We drink from your cup and join
The maenad train, O Lord of Masks
That teach the truth. In your cup we gain
Escape from care and ecstasy in the vine,
Your blessing under which
The sacred and profane became one
And the gods’ wedding party never ends.
Twice-born, we will give thanks,
We’ll tell our stories again and again
Of running with maenads
Of the secrets of the earth
And the heavens, and all that lies between,
Of fate, and time, and how to slip
Beyond their confines into immortality.
We’ll teach your mysteries,
Which teach other mysteries,
To all who will listen.
We’ll testify
To the gift of the Womanly One
Dionysos.

Chant: Io Dionysos Io Dionysos

(Pass around the chalice of wine and then pour the rest out as a libation. All should then go to rehearse the mystery play, performed in his honor.)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Four Thieves Vinegar

Posted on March 18, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Four Thieves Vinegar

 

Four Thieves Vinegar is one of the tastiest salad dressings you’ll ever experience. It also has a wide-ranging reputation for healing and practical magic. For healing, it is used as a preventative tonic against all sorts of diseases, although its reputation was gained as a preventative against the bubonic plague in the Middle Ages. It is also used as a wound dressing in the old style treatment of gangrene, being applied to the wound after the maggotts have eaten off the dead flesh. It is not recommended for healing anymore, as there are more conventional ways of treating these illnesses.

To make the original Four Thieves Vinegar, peel a number of cloves of garlic. Place the garlic in a clean glass bottle. When the bottle is full of peeled garlic cloves, wine vinegar is poured over the garlic until the bottle is full. The bottle can then be capped and placed in the refrigerator, root cellar, or spring house for a week or so. The vinegar should be used a little at a time, with new wine vinegar being added as some is drawn out. It will last a year or so before a new batch needs to be made.

Purists use a red Bordeaux wine, and wait for it to tum to vinegar before using it. With modem pasteurized wines this may take some time, so wine vinegar is a faster starting place. Apple cider vinegar is not the “real thing” but it works just as well in magic and better for some healing work

 

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Calendar of the Moon for March 10th

Posted on March 10, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Moon

 

10 Fearn/Elaphebolion

Dionysia Polis II

Color: Purple
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a purple cloth lay a chalice of red wine, grapevines, a fawnskin, masks, and the thyrsus of Dionysus.
Offering: A mystery play on some instructive subject should be rehearsed during these five days, and on the fifth day it should be performed for some outside audience, whether invited in or taken elsewhere.
Daily Meal: Wine. Grapes. Goat meat. Figs. Dates. Lentils. Meat or rice wrapped in grapeleaves.

Invocation to Dionysos

IO Dionysos, Lord of the Vine,
We call upon the Womanly One,
child of Zeus and Semele.
We drink from your cup and join
The maenad train, O Lord of Masks
That teach the truth. In your cup we gain
Escape from care and ecstasy in the vine,
Your blessing under which
The sacred and profane became one
And the gods’ wedding party never ends.
Twice-born, we will give thanks,
We’ll tell our stories again and again
Of running with maenads
Of the secrets of the earth
And the heavens, and all that lies between,
Of fate, and time, and how to slip
Beyond their confines into immortality.
We’ll teach your mysteries,
Which teach other mysteries,
To all who will listen.
We’ll testify
To the gift of the Womanly One
Dionysos.

Chant: Io Dionysos Io Dionysos

(Pass around the chalice of wine and then pour the rest out as a libation. All should then go to rehearse the mystery play, performed in his honor.)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for March 9th

Posted on March 9, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Sun

 
9 Hrethemonath

Day of Adonis

Colors: Red, dark red, burgundy – colors of blood
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a dark red cloth place a chalice of red wine, two red candles, a knife, a bowl of ashes, a wreath of some greenery that has been collected and forced to bud, and a pot of flower bulbs that have been forced to bloom.
Offering: Make some sacrifice for the good of others.
Daily Meal: Red wine. Vegetarian.

Invocation to Adonis

O Beautiful one at the height of your glory
Lover of Aphrodite
Cherished by all who see you
Destined to rise and destined to fall
Sacrificed youth who gives up life
That we all may live in turn,
You are every flower that is cut,
You are every green plant that is gathered,
You are every trembling leaf
We place in our mouths.
You make us remember
That all life feeds on all life
That there is nothing that will sustain us
That did not once breathe.
Hail Adonis, You whose blood
Is spilled in the fields
While the Lady mourns you
And we praise you with our tears.

(Let two who have been chosen to do the work of the ritual come forth, one with the bowl of ashes and one with the chalice of red wine. The first marks each person’s forehead with ashes, saying, “Adonis is dead,” and as it is done, they should think of some great loss that will never live again, and weep, and mourn. The second gives them a sip of the wine, and says, “Yet there is still joy in life.” The rest of the wine is poured out as a libation for Adonis, and the rite ends with a chant of “Death has passed and Life still has her joy.”)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Calendar of the Sun for February 27th

Posted on February 27, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Calendar of the Sun

 
27 Solmonath

Day of the Elders

Colors: Grey, silver, and purple
Element: Earth
Altar: On cloth of purple, grey, and silver place three lit grey candles scented with cypress, a branch of yew, a silver chalice of fruit juice, and a silver tray of frosted white cakes.
Offerings: Food or other aid given to organizations that give aid to elders. Offer to spend time helping or keeping companionship with an elder.
Daily Meal: Allow the three eldest members of the community to choose the meal.

Invocation to the Elder Spirit

Hail, Old One,
Crone and Wise Man,
Silver of hair
And adamant of spirit,
Aged like fine wine
Through years of experience;
You who watch the young ones grow
And remember their path
And tell them the pitfalls ahead,
You who have made a friend
Of changing Time,
You whom Saturn has blessed
With a double circle,
You who keep the mysteries
And the secret knowledge,
You who mentor and teach,
Show us how to walk gracefully
Into the sunset of life.

(The chant for this day should be a wordless harmony. First the cakes are passed around, served in order of age, eldest first; then the juice is likewise shared. Then each member of the community, starting with the youngest, goes before each member who is past their second Saturn return, or if there are none the eldest among them, kneels, and asks for their blessing. After the next eldest has asked for the blessing of the eldest, the ritual is ended.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Cemetery Entrance Incantation

Posted on February 22, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

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Cemetery Entrance Incantation

 

Oh, Oya, I call on You! Please lift Your Head

And grant me swift entrance, Oh Queen  of the Dead,

Into Your Kingdom, I’ve brought You a present—

Nine pennies in red wine—which I think You’ll find

pleasant.

I beg of You earnestly, grant me admission;

Let me enter Your realm without terms or conditions!

“Utterly Wicked, Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions:
By Dorothy Morrison
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Spell To Become Completely Irresistible To All!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Spell To Become Completely Irresistible To All!

What You’ll Need:

rose petals (the prettier and healthier they are the better)

pink candle

light blue candle

wine and wine glass

sugar or honey

seduction oil

a small mirror

 

How to Make Seduction Oil:

1 rose petal

5 drops of musk

5 drops of civit

2 drops of patchouli

1 drop ambegris

1 drop jasmine

1 drop rosemary

 

On a Wednesday night anoint your candles with the seduction oil. Grab a small pinch of the sugar and throw it into the wine. Hold your power hand over the wine glass while holding the base of the wine glass with the opposite hand. Thrice say:

Beautiful, I call upon you to make this wish

Lend me your beauty and as I drink this

Make it so, he can’t resist

Place the wine glass on top of the mirror and light the blue candle. Take the blue candle and light the pink candle. Place the candles on either side of the mirror. It should be the blue candle, the wine glass and then the pink candle. Let the candles burn for six minutes. Meanwhile, while the candles are burning focus on the wine glass. On the seventh minute drink the wine while seeing yourself  filled with attracting energy.

You can also place the wine bottle on the altar while you are doing this to infuse the bottle with seduction. This is good to do if you can have the person drink the wine before the next new moon.

 

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