Celebrating Other Spirituality 365 Days A Year – Lemuria

May 9 – 13

Lemuria

In ancient Rome, May 9 through 11 was Lemuria. This was a time of great consequence and set aside to appease the spirits of the household dead, who were believed to be particularly active during the month of May. It seems that the most terrifying of the wandering apparitions were those of children who had died young, because they apparently harbored ill feelings for the living. The head of the household would rise at midnight and make the mana fico sign (the thumb between the middle of the closed fingers). He would then walk barefoot through the house and scatter black beans as a ransom so ghosts or spirits would leave the other household members alone. Otherwise, they might be carried off.

Little is known of the public rites that took place at this time, except that all state affairs were in abeyance, no battles were fought, no business was conducted and no marriages were contracted. It is, however, believed that the sacrifices made to Mania (mother of the Lares) on May 11th might have been part of the Lemuria, because Mania was a Goddess of Death.

Great Goddess, bless us all

Shine Your loving light down upon us

And help us all to improve our lives.

May we grow and blossom

May we always be surrounded by your love and friendship

May we be gifted with good fortune

May we do our best for ourselves and others

May we appreciate what we have

And may we make the most of any opportunities

That you may send our way.

Great Goddess, bless us now

Shine your loving light upon us all

And help us to improve our lives.

So Mote It Be

We have four days to go and still have a little amount to collect. We started out needing $549.00. Thanks to your generosity we only need $100.00. As you can tell the clock above is saying it all this morning. Hopefully during today’s postings, we will meet this amount. I have faith in the Goddess and I know she will provide for us.

Just stop and think about it, wouldn’t you miss us if we weren’t here? Would you miss the Witches Almanac, how about the daily horoscopes? Think about it, where would you find another site that does all this everyday. I don’t believe you would.

Please donate to our ISP Drive to keep us on the internet. Because I know I don’t want to have to say goodbye to all my family and friends here. That would be the hardest thing I ever had to do.

Thank you so much,

Lady A

(couldn’t help it, I love wolves. I miss my Mocha something terrible.)

I don’t know if you noticed it or not. But today after the dailys, there was a long pause. My head started swimming and I actually couldn’t think straight. I have tons of recipes and other things I want to share with you. Those today were from the internet as you can see. I have old books that I want to break open and share from them. Then it hit me, is there a point in doing this. I don’t know if we will be here much longer or not. My eyes welded up with tears. I finally got my act together and started posting again. I know I said we would carry on as usual but believe me, it ain’t been easy.

I just went and opened our PayPal account and got the shock of my life. We now are only $100.00 away from meeting our ISP bill.  I am crying now but they are tears of joy. Thank you  all so very much. I can never begin to repay you for all you have done for us. You are truly sent from the Goddess. Thank you, Thank you so much!

When this is all over and we reach our goal, I am going to publicly thank you (if you don’t want to be thanked publicly, email me and let me know). If it wasn’t for the donations we are receiving we wouldn’t have a place to call home. Personally, I like this old spot on the net and very proud to call it home. I hope the rest of you are too.

Now we only need $100.00. That’s it! We have come so far and now we are so close. If you have even considered donating now is the time to do it. After today, we will only have four more days to go. I know we will be cutting it close but I have faith in you and the Goddess. There are just so many things that we want to do for the Pagan community. Please help us fulfill our dreams and also stay on the net.

Remember no amount is too small.

Thank you so very much,

Lady A

‘THINK on THESE THINGS’
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

I don’t know of anyone I’d rather see happy than you. Perhaps somewhere along the way you’ll also find what causes it and maybe it will be something you can find within your heart to share with others….for only in sharing are we ever really happy.

Just remember that it may well be where you least expect it. You may recognize it as something you’re about to give away….But don’t worry, it will come back so many times; like love, it seeketh not its own but flies over us like angels. And when it finds a heart big enough to hold all the love it can supply it settles itself, wings and all, within the soul of that love.

And then the world will be new. There will be sights you’ve never seen, yet they have been there all the time….there will be laughter from the heart….and gratitude for all of life’s privileges. There will be peace and contentment….and strength abounding to withstand all adversity….and quiet acknowledgment of God. For without God, there could be none of these.

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day
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Making wishes come true

If every one of your wishes were instantly granted, you’d probably regret most of them. Fortunately, it takes more than wishing to make it so.

The wishes that come true are the wishes you really, truly want to come true. That’s because you must commit to them and work to bring them about.

Just imagine how disordered and superficial life would be if you were granted every little thing you wished for. Nothing would really have any value to you, because you would not have the opportunity to build that value with your time and effort.

The work you do to achieve what you desire is what makes that achievement meaningful. That work gives you the chance to put your own unique value into the achievement, and that’s what you truly desire.

So, by all means, wish for the very best for yourself, your community, your family and your world. Then get busy bringing those positive wishes to life.

Because you deserve much more than merely a wish that comes true. You deserve to be the person who makes it happen.

— Ralph Marston
Source:
The Daily Motivator