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Merry Meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

I am feeling a bit better not well enough to tomorrow posts too. Sorry for any inconvenience.

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

Merry Meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

I am down with the flu, oh yeah…lol. So, no tomorrow posts today. Hopefully I will be feeling better tomorrow and able to do the regular daily and tomorrow posts tomorrow.

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

Full Moon Ritual by Raymond Buckland c.2016

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FULL MOON RITUAL

The moon is a powerful tool to use in Witchcraft. Each phase of the moon has its own power, and if we perform spells or rituals to coincide with the phase of the moon, our magick will be stronger.

After erecting circle at esbat but before cookies and wine, kneel with hands held high:

When the moon rides high
as she crosses the sky
and the stars on her gown trail behind
then we wiccan below
are all aglow
just to see her so brightly enshrined.

On the night of the moon
as I sing to the tune
of the Lady who watches above
I raise high my song
as she glides by so strong
and I bask in the light of her light.

Rhythmic chant

Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate,
Demeter, Kali, Inanna
(Repeat as often as wanted)

Lovely Lady, you have been known by so many people. Aphrodite, Territory, Diana, Ea, Freyja, Gana Isis and so many more have been your names. It is with these names do I adore and worship you with your Lord by your side, do I give you due honour and invite you to join me on this, your special night.

Sit and meditate

Descend my Lady; descend I pray thee and speak with me, your child.

Meditate; if you do not feel the spirit, do the following:

I am she who watches over thee. Mother of you all. Know that I rejoice that you do not forget me. To pay homage at the full of the moon is meet and right and brings joy unto yourself, even as it does me. Know that, with my good Lord, I weave the skein of life for everyone. I am at the beginning of life and at its end: The Maiden, The Mother, The Crone.

Where ever you may be, if you seek me know that I am always here for I abide deep within you. Look, then, within yourself if you would seek me. I am Life and I am Love. Find me and rejoice, for love is my music and laughter is my song. Be true to me and I will ever be true to you. Love is the law and love is the bond.

So Mote it Be!

From Raymond Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft

 

A Witch’s Guide to Celebrating the Full Buck Moon: Spiritual Meaning, Rituals & More

The Full Buck Moon, which graces the skies every July, brings a unique energy perfect for spiritual reflection and celebration. While the exact timing of its peak may vary, the Full Moon’s powerful energy can be harnessed throughout the entire week. This guide will help you explore the spiritual meaning of the Buck Moon, its rich history and folklore, and various ways to celebrate this magical time.

When is the Buck Moon in 2024?

In 2024, the Buck Moon will reach its peak on Sunday, July 21, at around 3:17 AM PDT. While the exact timing may differ slightly depending on your location, the Full Moon’s energy can be harnessed throughout the entire week. This gives you plenty of time to engage in rituals, meditation, and other spiritual practices to fully benefit from its powerful influence.

History & Folklore of the Buck Moon

The Full Moon is named the Buck Moon in July, drawing inspiration from the animal kingdom. During this time, male deer, or bucks, are in the peak of their antler growth. This phenomenon, observed by Native American tribes, led to the naming of this Full Moon. Bucks grow their antlers in preparation for the mating season, symbolizing strength, dominance, and growth.

The Buck Moon is a time of abundant vitality in the natural world. With plenty of plant life, deer and other wildlife thrive, providing essential resources for the months ahead. The preservation techniques of smoking and drying meat were crucial for survival, making the Buck Moon a vital marker for the seasonal cycle.

Buck Moon Spiritual Meaning

The Buck Moon’s energy is imbued with themes of authority, ambition, and change. As we bask in the warmth of summer days, this Full Moon encourages us to harness

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Merry Meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! Thought for Today

I am having a very bad fibromyalgia flare today and it hurts to type so Monday posts will not go up until Monday unless it calms down later today.

After reading this I was reminded of the book The Four Agreements where it talks about a person’s best can change from minute to minute depending on how that person feels mentally or emotionally or spiritually or physically or a combination of any of these things. So if you cannot always be a 100% when doing something do not feel guilty or stressed because you are doing your best in that exact moment.

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

July 20 Today in History

Events in History

1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull surrenders to US federal troops

1921 Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives

1969 Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon. Seven hours later Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the moon at 10:56 p.m. EDT, Aldrin joins him shortly after. Michael Collins remains in orbit in the command module. [1]

1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing

2017 China announces a plan against “foreign garbage”, banning the import of 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018

Events in Flim and TV

1935 1st broadcast of “Gang Busters” on NBC-radio

1950 “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)

1977 10th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

1981 Irene Sáez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe

2000 33rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2006 39th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2012 12 people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado,

2018 American director James Gunn fired as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” by Disney after past offensive tweets surface

2021 Leyna Bloom becomes Sports Illustrated’s first transgender cover model

Events in Sports

1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)

1906 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis

1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0

1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game

1916 NY Giants trade future Baseball HOF pitcher Christy Mathewson to Cincinnati Reds

1920 Dutch soccer club Sportclub Heerenveen is formed; initially known as Athleta; KNVB Cup Champions 2008–09

1923 New York Yankees hit into a triple-play, but beat Philadelphia A’s 9-2

1924 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy

1938 IOC awards Helsinki, Finland 1940 Summer Olympic Games after Tokyo, Japan withdraws (Second Sino-Japanese War)

1941 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17

1942 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record

1944 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs

1947 Tour de France: French rider Jean Robic takes lead on final stage to win overall classification; Pierre Brambilla of Italy mountains champion

1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)

Source: www.onthisday.com

7 Things You Should Know About Stonehenge

Get the facts on the iconic ancient monument, including how it once ended up on the auction block and what the wizard Merlin and Charles Darwin have to do with it.

1. Stonehenge was built in phases.

Around 3000 B.C. a circular earthwork was constructed at the site, consisting of a ditch (dug using tools made from antlers) with an inner and outer bank. Inside the bank were 56 pits, which became known as the Aubrey Holes, after antiquarian John Aubrey, who identified them in 1666. Archaeologists estimate Stonehenge was home to 150 or more cremation burials from approximately 3000 B.C. to 2300 B.C., and they’ve called it Britain’s biggest known cemetery of the time.

The two types of stones at the center of the monument, the large sarsens and smaller bluestones, arrived at the site sometime around 2500 B.C. Afterward, they were shaped using various stoneworking techniques and arranged in formations. The final stage of construction was a ring of pits now referred to as the Y holes, dug sometime between 1600 B.C. to 1500 B.C. The Y holes encircled another ring of pits called the Z holes, which were dug at an earlier time and surrounded the sarsens. Researchers are unclear as to whether the Y and Z holes served any purpose. It’s also unknown how long Stonehenge continued to be used after the Y holes were dug.

2. It’s a mystery how some stones got to the site.

3. Stonehenge once was put up for auction.

4. Theories abound about Stonehenge’s purpose.

5. Summer solstice gatherings were banned at Stonehenge.

6. Darwin studied worms there.

7. Stonehenge is just one of several prehistoric stone circles in Great Britain.

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July 21, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

Source: nineplanets.org

Moon Phase

The current moon phase for July 21st, 2024 is the Full Moon phase.

On this day, the moon is 14.89 days old and 99.56% illuminated with a tilt of 83.177°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 372,232.14 km and the moon sign is Capricorn.

The Moon phase for July 21st, 2024 is the Full Moon phase. In this phase, the moon is 100% illuminated when seen from Earth (hence the name Full Moon).

The Full Moon happens when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The sunlight fully illuminated the moon, and this is what we call being “full”. The moon will be visible throughout the night sky as it rises at sunset in the east, transits the meridian at midnight, before setting at sunrise in the west.

The specific point at which the Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time that passes between full moons is called the Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long.

Fun fact: lunar eclipses can only happen within a few days of the Full Moon, but they don’t happen for every Full Moon because the moon’s orbit has a 5.1° tilt around the Earth compared to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Only when the intersection of these two orbits is pointing towards the centre of the Moon do we get a lunar eclipse.

Phase Details

Moon age: 14.89 days

Moon illumination: 99.56%

Moon tilt: 83.177°

Moon angle: 0.54

Moon distance: 372,232.14 km

Moon sign: Capricorn

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England 1100 GMT 12:00 PM BST

Chicago, Illinois 1700 GMT 12:00 PM CDT

Los Angels, California 1900 GMT 12:00 PM PDT

July 20 Today in History

Events in History

1595 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz, Austria

1843 Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world

1848 First US women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

1941 British PM Winston Churchill launches his “V for Victory” campaign

Events in Flim and TV

1937 Joris Ivens’ “Spanish Earth” premieres in Hollywood

1940 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films

1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1961 1st in-flight movie shown on TWA

1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”

1979 Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe

2001 34th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2017 BBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million

Events in Music

1913 Billboard publishes their earliest known chart “Last Week’s 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs”. #1 is “Malinda’s Wedding Day” by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins (recorded in Camden, New Jersey)

1951 “2 in the Aisle” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances

1952 “Paint Your Wagon” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 performances

1955 1st performance of Gerald Finzi’s Cello Concerto, his last major work; John Barbirolli leading the Hallé Orchestra, with soloist Christopher Bunting at Cheltenham Music Festival in Gloucestershire, England

1976 British rock group Deep Purple disbands

1992 “Price” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances

1992 NYC ballet dancer Peter Martins is arrested for beating his wife

Events in Sports

1877 1st Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

1884 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Maud Watson becomes inaugural female champion by beating her sister Lillian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3

1900 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion

1903 1st Tour de France: French rider Maurice Garin wins inaugural event

1908 Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978

1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians’ 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox

1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds

1918 Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September

1925 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy

1930 LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women’s major championship ever played

1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague

1952 XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland

1958 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg

Source: www.onthisday.com

Merry Meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

Even if you cannot or do not want to share you are a witch with others that does not mean you are denying your spiritual and magickal path. Remember it is what is in our heart and spirit that counts not what other people know about us.

I am lucky enough to have been able to come out of the broom closet at a fairly young age and have proudly admitted to being pagan and a witch for most of my adult life. Not all of us can do this because of family or friends or work which is ok as long as we know and acknowledge our path to ourselves.

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section or email Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Blessed be.

A Laugh for Your Day

Funny Thursday Quotes – For some, Thursday is just another day. Other times, Thursday is a means it’s one more day closer to the weekend. We all have different views on the days of the week. Sometimes, we end up with less than stellar days. Sometimes, a rough day can be made better with a good laugh. There are plenty of lines and quotes that can deliver some humor. Though it might not be for everyone, it can be helpful at times. If you enjoy a humorous line to perk up your day, here are some Funny Thursday Quotes to know:

“You say Thursday. I say it’s Friday Eve.”

“The only thing I throwback on Thursday is Scotch.”

“Dear Thursday: Are you sure you’re not Friday? Because I could really go for it being Friday. Nothing personal, it’s just been a long week”

“Happy Thursday! Sorry, but I’m saving my “Woo hoo!” for Friday.”

“Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It’s nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long”
– Nicci French

“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”
– Jef Raskin

“It’s Thursday… or as I like to call it… “Day 4 of the hostage situation.”

“Better days are just around the corner. They’re called Friday, Saturday and Sunday!”

“Thursday – you’re only one day away from being two days away from doing the same work you’re doing right now!”

“Thursdays are just wannabes. They wannabe Friday but they’re not”

Source: The Quotes

I hope the rest of your day and evening is relaxing, filled with fun and love.

Merry part until we merry meet again!