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WOTC Extra – The Ceremony Performed upon Reaching Sexual Maturity


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The Ceremony Performed upon Reaching Sexual Maturity

In wicca, reaching sexual maturity is extremely important, especially in groups of women, when a young girl has her first period and becomes a woman. The women get together for a celebration or a party in honor of the girl, and on this occasion, the girl hears about the responsibility that accompanies sexual maturity. Since free choice is of great importance in wicca, the girl has the option of being sexually active. It is important to remember that although fertility is the central belief in wicca, this does not include sexual promiscuity (as it does in various black magic rites – for example the ones recommended by Alistair Crawley). The opposite is true – personal responsibility and free choice in the sexual realm lead to aware sexual relations that are also linked to love and partnership. The time for celebrating boys’ sexual maturity is not defined. It can be upon the appearance of the secondary sex characteristics such as the growth of a mustache and pubic hair, or when the boy makes a conscious choice to undertake the responsibility of a man (like the Jewish bar-mitzvah ceremony). The tradition of celebrating boys’ sexual maturity is not widespread in wicca. At such parties, if they are held, the boy is told about sexual responsibility and his obligations upon reaching maturity.

The witches and wizards consider sexuality to be a natural and normal part of human life. How sexuality manifests itself is a totally private matter, so long as the person expresses his sexuality in accordance with the law of wicca that states: “Do as you please – as long as you do not hurt anyone else.” For witches and wizards, the family is sacred.

However, their definition of “family” may extend beyond merely their nuclear family: family can also be the extended family of grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. It can also include the members of the group, friends, the High Priestess or the High Priest, and so on. There are witches and wizards who consider all the witches and wizards in the world as one big family.

 

Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha.Jennings

 

WOTC Extra – How to Manage A Psychic Attack

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How to Manage A Psychic Attack

There are very specific steps to take in the case of psychic attack.

1) Banish all fear. Psychic attack, like all negativity, feeds on “negative” emotions such as anger and fear. Those feelings, regardless of how justified, only serve to make the initial attack stronger and amplify the symptoms. This only gives you a bigger demon to fight, so your approach should be very neutral.

2) Call for back up. If you are the victim, do not attempt to combat this situation alone. You need not only the additional energy of people you trust, but also their objectivity and grounding assistance. Let them know truthfully what is going on, ask for their opinion, and then ask for their help to deal with it.

3) Take a ritual bath. Soak yourself in water, preferably with lavender oil or flowers, and try to clear your head.

4) Smudge your home.

5) Receive and ground the energy. Once you have cleansed yourself and your home, light a BLACK candle to absorb any negativity that is coming your way and visualize all of the baneful, hurtful energy going directly into the candle and being grounded down to Mother Earth. Normally, we are major advocates for empowering the practitioner to take care of themselves. In this particular instance, we highly recommend the act of surrender, not to the attacker, but to Deity. Give it all over to God/ Goddess and let the Divine sort it out.. Julst like with any other kind of bully, what they want is attention. When they realize they are not garnering the results they want, they will lose interest and drift away. This is truly, the most hurtful thing you can do to the attacker.

Magical Ethics and Protection(Book 4)
Katrina Rasbold ; Eric Rasbold

Let’s Talk Witch – The Symptoms of a True Psychic Attack

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Let’s Talk Witch – The Symptoms of a True Psychic Attack

When true psychic attack is underway, the onset will be sudden and severe, seemingly out of the blue:
Severe fatigue and the inability to recover strength easily. Intense fearfulness and paranoia that is not common to the personality.

Severe headaches

Anxiety attacks/Panic attacks

Nightmares, particularly of being chased or someone/ something trying to kill the victim.

One part of the body or the whole body being extremely and unreasonably cold.

Severe pain or tension in the solar plexus, stomach, or intestinal area.

Unexplainable depression that cannot be shaken off.

Feelings of suicide or self-harm untraceable to any genuine issue.

Shaking and trembling.

Extreme pessimism and a sense of hopelessness.

Loss of self confidence in a normally self-assured person.

Abrupt onset of a “victim” mentality.

Unexpected severe health problems.

Basically, what you are looking for is an abrupt change in personality and often, the victim using words or phrases that are atypical to their usual form of experson. Often it is someone around the victim who first suspects psychic attack because to the victim their own thoughts processes seem organic and make person sense.

Magical Ethics and Protection(Book 4)
Katrina Rasbold ; Eric Rasbold

Let’s Talk Witch – The Influence of Free Will

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The Influence of Free Will

One of the universal standards in ethical behavior is that you never perform Bio-Universal energy work that manipulates the free will of another person. For instance, you do not ask the Universe to “make” someone love you if the or she does not have those feelings. You do not ask that someone to leave their home or job if you know that is not their desire. This is practical as well as ethical because the power of a person’s free will is very strong. It takes a tremendous amount of personal energy to overcome the free will of another and manipulate their life. This degree of energy is also normally not sustainable, so the effect would not last very long. Typically, such manipulation is NOT in our own greatest good anyway and would ground and neutralize. The point of using Bio-Universal energy is to work on yourself and your own life; not someone else’s.

If your goal involves other people, make certain that you are phrasing you goal in such a way that the impact of the result is on you rather than on others. If you want to manifest a romantic relationship, do not center your work on one person, but rather work toward a particular way you want to feel in a relationship and a certain type of relationship you desire. If you want a better paying job, do not work toward taking someone else’s job, but instead work toward how you want to feel in your new job and the details of the job you wish to have. This also opens up more options for the Universe to bring you what you want rather than limiting its focus on one particular situation.

One of the fastest ways your energy grounds is by your own free will getting in the way. Let’s say you don’t have a job and you know you really need one and if you don’t get one, you’re going to be in a serious financial lurch. You engage Bio-Universal energy to get a job, but you want to stay home in bed and not go to work. If your entire will is not behind the energy you send to your goal, your energy will be divided and weakened. It is important that you do the homework, so to speak, and clear away any internal obstacles you may have to your success. Maybe you ask that a relationship be healed when that really is not what you want. You might ask to attract buyers to your house when deep down, you do not want to move. Free will choices will not always derail your energy work, but they can most certainly slow it down.

Another way that Free Will has a major impact on magical endeavors is in the practice of gambling. One would think it would be easy to go to a slot machine, roulette wheel, or a card table send some energy toward the cards or the wheel and pour out a jackpot. The problem with gambling, especially lotteries, is that you are placing your free will choices up against those of many others who all want the target just as much as you do. The free will of all of those people pulls against and balances out your own free will interests. The free will desires of the casino are also at play. In short, gambling is one of the very few completely neutral places where if a win is meant to be, it will happen.
 

Source

Properties of Magical Energy: Effectively Engaging the Flow (The Bio-Universal Energy Series Book 2)
Eric Rasbold, Katrina Rasbold

Do You Have A Fire Persona?

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Do You Have A Fire Persona?

People with fire signs – Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius – often find themselves attracted to fire and warm colors such as gold, red, yellow, and orange. Light and fire exercises are very suitable for them. In order to fill up with energy, these people are advised to do their filling up and protection with golden light. The combination of this process with the aura-cleansing process using the brushing technique is very effective. Similarly, they are advised to visualize themselves in their mind’s eye surrounded by a glowing aura of golden light.

 
Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha Jennings

Do You Have An Air Persona?

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Do You Have An Air Persona?

Purification with air is very suitable for people with air signs – Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius – especially at times of emotional confusion and a burden of non-supportive emotions. For them, the wind is an effective tool for dispelling excess emotional energies. This is a method of purification that is extremely simple, and can be applied in a number of ways: sitting opposite a fan, traveling in a car with the window open (not when you are driving) so that the wind blows against your face and chest, a fast bicycle-ride in the wind, running into the wind, and so on. When you do these actions, see the wind blowing all the unwanted energies away from you, and carrying you far away, purifying and aerating you. You can also sit opposite an open window and visualize in your mind’s eye the wind blowing on and around you, as it purifies you and blows all the non-positive energies away.

 
Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha Jennings

Do You Have A Water Persona?

Water element

Do You Have A Water Persona?

Purifying with water is recommended for people whose water element is unbalanced. This can be expressed in a state of relatively frequent emotional imbalance, mood swings, and emotional instability. Cleansing with water is very suitable for people with water signs – Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. It is a good idea to focus on the feeling that the water is rinsing off the excess emotional energy. Energetic purification in seawater is also recommended. If you are not near water and feel that you are in need of cleansing, see yourself in your mind’s eye standing under a turbulent waterfall, or bathing into a flowing stream. See how the water washes over your entire body, and feel its coolness and purity. Continue with this visualization for a few minutes.

 
Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha Jennings

Do You Have An Earth Persona?

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Do You Have An Earth Persona?

People with a weak earth element have a slight tendency toward levitating, sometimes toward slight physical weakness, pallor, intense mental activity as opposed to a lack of physical activity, and sometimes toward a high sensitivity to energies. People who lack the earth element are likely to find the grounding exercises in this book suitable for purification as well. Similarly, people with earth signs – Virgo, Taurus, and Capricorn – may find grounding an effective method of energetic cleansing.

 

Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha Jennings

D E S I D E R A T A

wiccan dragon D E S I D E R A T A

Goes Hand-In-Hand With the Witch Oath

GO PLACIDLY

amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

  • Speak your truth quietly and clearly; listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
  • Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
  • Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
  • Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
  • Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
  • Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
  • Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
  • Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
  • Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less then the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
  • And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
  • Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusions of life keep peace with your soul.
  • With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
  • Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

 

Penned by Max Ehrmann, 1927
Published in Lady Ishtar’s Complete Guide to Wicca Protection Spells

 

“The White Witch Oath”

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“The White Witch Oath”

In Life’s name, and for Life’s sake,
I say that I will use the
Art for nothing but the service of Life.
I will guard growth and ease pain.
I will fight to preserve what grows
and lives well in its own way;
and I will change no object
or creature unless its growth and life,
or that of the system of
which it is part, are threatened.
To these ends, in the practice of my
Art, I will put aside fear for courage,
and death for life, when it is right to do so
—till Universe’s end.

 

Published in Lady Ishtar’s Complete Guide to Wicca Protection Spells

The Elements & The Pentacle

The Elements & The Pentacle

 

The  elements  are  what  makes  up  the  universe,  without  them  there  would  be  no   form;  we  are  made  up  from  them.  So  the  five  points  represent  the  five  elements   known  as  Earth,  Air,  Fire,  Water  and  Space.

 

Earth  represents  our  bodies  and  the  material  world,  the  Earth  the  stars   and  all  the  contents  of  the  universe.  Air  is  what  we  breathe  and  animates  life,   Water  is  the  our  life  blood  and  the  oceans,  rivers  and  watercourses  that  are  so   abundant  on  the  planet.  Fire  is  what  gives  us  heat,  it  burns  in  our  bodies  allowing   us  to  digest  the  food  we  eat  and  it  warms  our  bodies  in  the  life  giving  properties  of   the  sun.  It  gives  us  the  beauty  of  the  heavens  at  night  when  we  look  up  at  the   stars,  each  one  a  mighty  fireball  of  energy  and  without  fire  we  would  not  have  the   most  precious  substance  of  them  all,  light!  Without  light  the  universe  we  live  in   would  be  devoid  of  any  sentient  life  because  it’s  light  that  gives  rise  to  all  creation.

 

The  fifth  element  is  the  most  mis-­‐understood  and  that  is  Space,  people   have  called  it  “Ether”  or  “Spirit”  and  those  words  do  descried  some  of  its   properties,  but  space  sums  it  up  best.  Empty  space  the  stuff  between  the  stars,  the   stuff  that  hold  and  supports all creation. The formless void we come to know as the cauldron of the Goddess.

 

The Experience of Life:

On  a  more  basic  level  of  life  the  pentacle  comes  to  represent  our  journey  through   life  and  the  Give  points  can  be  attributed  to  the  lessons  we  learn  through  life  such   as;

✴ To Love,

✴ To Create,

✴ To Experience,

✴ To Learn

✴ To Grow.

The  pentacle  opens  up  a  gateway  into  the  mysteries  that  allow  us  to  have  devotion   to  the  forces  of  nature  and  this  encourages  us  to  open  our  hearts  giving  rise  to  an   unconditional  love.  When  we  start  to  work  with  these  forces  we  learn  to  create   with  them  and  this  gives  rise  to  experiences. When we have experience we learn and in turn we grow, this is called wisdom.

 

The Basic Emotions of Life

The  pentacle  can  also  come  to  present  the  Give  basic  emotions  that  often  cloud  our   mind  because  they  cause  so  much  havoc.  These  are;

✴ Anger,

✴ Jealousy,

✴ Envy,

✴ Attachment

✴ Greed.

 

These  things  arise  in  each  and  every  one  of  us  and  when  they  become  extreme   they  cause  us  to  experience  all  the  difficulties  of  life.  The  aim  of  any  spiritual  path   is  to  transform  these  basic  emotions  into  Give  wisdoms  so  that  they  don’t  affect  us   as  much.  We  need  to  turn;

✴ Anger into Love,

✴ Attachment into Generosity,

✴ Jealousy & Envy into Forgiveness

✴ Greed into a Freedom that allows us to let go.

It’s  not  easy  but  it  can  be  done  if  we  have  patience  and  are  prepared  to  put  in   some  work.  That’s  the  journey,  the  path  or  training  that  is  needed  to  allow  the   individual  to  experience  the  deep  mysteries  and  then  in  turn  actualize  them  into   their  lives.

We  are  all  looking  for  a  happy  and  fulfilled  life  and  it’s  through  the  spiritual path we aim to try to find ways of helping us achieve these goals.

EARTH – Its colour is Yellow (Direction East)

EARTH – Its colour is Yellow (Direction East)

 

The  element  of  earth  is  the  densest  and  the  most  accessible  of  all  the  elements   because  earth  is  the  foundations  and  building  blocks  of  life;  it  is  energy  in  its  solid   form.  The  carbons,  which  build  our  organs  and  skin  are  made  from  this  dense   element  giving  us  the  understanding  of  the  material  world  around  us  and   allowing  us  to  feel  objects  and  textures.  Earth  is  also  the  element  which  allows  us   to  understand  the  spiritual  teachings  physically,  it  gives  us  the  opportunity  to   experience  life  directly  and  brings  about  the  full  understanding  of  our  incarnated   selves.

 

This  is  the  most  practical  of  all  the  elements  as  it  transforms  the  world  of   energy  into  direct  experience,  allowing  us  to  realize  our  dreams  and  fulfill  our   potential  here  upon  the  globe.  The  very  planet  we  live  on  is  even  referred  to  as   Mother  Earth,  showing  us  that  this  is  a  powerful  element that sustains all life and give the foundational support all life needs to grow.

 

The  direction  we  turn  to  acknowledge  earth  is  East,  it  is  here  where  we   come  to  integrate  the  other  elements  and  teachings  into  our  lives  and  gain  insight   and  wisdom  within  ourselves.  This  is  the  direction  of  the  Witch,  the  Sorcerer,  and   the  Magician  the  direction  where  the  first  shafts  of  light  penetrate  the  day.  These   are  people  who  have  transformed  themselves  through  working  with  these  subtle   energies  and  have  come  to  the  full  understanding  of  the  outer  and  inner  worlds  of   existence.  Through  integration  and  understanding  of  all  the  elements  you  return   to  your  true  nature,  Integrating  and  balancing  all  the  elements  within  yourself  and   merging  with  the  ocean,  which  is  the  clear  essence  of  being.

 

The  Earth  element  resides  in  the  Stomach  and  from  time  to  time  when  you   are  feeling  a  bit  unwell  it’s  a  good  idea  to  visualize  pure  yellow  light  being   breathed  into  your  body  and  circulating  around  the  stomach  area.  This  way  the   elemental  qualities  will wash into your internal organs helping them to support their natural processes.

WATER – Its colour is Blue (Direction South)

WATER – Its colour is Blue (Direction South)

 

Water  is  the  element  of  the  South  and  through  meeting  water  we  meet  the  great   nurturer  that  it  is  our  mother.  For  nine  months  we  swam  in  the  seas  of  our   mother’s  womb,  being  protected  we  grew  within  this  vital  life  fluid.  Water  is  the   creator  of  our  emotions  enabling  us  to  experience  the  world  as  sensations  and   feelings.

 

Water  teaches  us  to  watch  the  world  with  non-­‐attachment;  by  just  letting   thoughts  drift  by  allows  us  to  come  to  the  understanding  of  the  nature  of  the   world.  Our  mind  is  the  vast  ocean  and  our  thoughts  are  what  swim  within  it.  If  we   remember  to  focus  on  the  ocean  and  just  watch  our  thoughts  without  creating  any   attachment  to  them  we  become  fluid  and  free.  This  is  the  element  that  reminds  us   we  are  made  up  from  water;  our  entire  bodies  are  fluid  and  moving  just  like  our   thoughts  and  the  sensations  within  us.  When  we  work  with  these  qualities we come to the understanding that we need to be fluid and flowing within the mind.

 

When  we  free  the  mind  from  the  constraints  of  thought  we  learn  that  we  become   clear.  By  having  no  attachment  to  our  thoughts  allows  us  to  experience  the  clear   mind  the  Witches  talk  about.

 

It  is  only  by  surrendering  to  the  depths  of  the  vast  ocean  that  we  come  to   experience  life,  allowing  us  to  be  reborn  once  again  within  a  second  birth,  this   time  not  from  our  maternal  mothers,  but  from  the  eternal  mother.

 

The  water  element  resides  in  the  kidney  organs  and  from  time  to  time   these  can  become  weakened  with  our  excessive  lifestyles,  when  you  feel  a   weakness  in  this  area  of  your  body  imagine  breathing  in  pure  blue  light  into  your   kidney  organs.  Let  it  wash  into  them  restoring  them with refeshing waters, restoring and healing you from deep within.

FIRE – Its colour is Red (Direction West)

FIRE – Its colour is Red (Direction West)

 

Fire  is  the  energy  that  creates  life  and  it  is  also  the  power  behind  conception  and   birth.  Fire  needs  air  to  sustain  its  existence  because  without  it,  it  withers  and  dies.   Fire  is  what  gives  us  the  potential  for  action  in  the  world;  it  forms  momentum  that   allows  us  to  grow  and  reach  adulthood  and  become  complete  in  our  life’s  purpose.   When  we  talk  of  people  burning  with  passion,  this  is  the  fire  we  talk  about,  an   energy  that  fuels  their  ability  to  achieve  their  dreams.  This  potent  element  allows   us  to  be  inspired  and  to  move  from  the  point  of  birth  growing  fully  into  our  lives.   It  brings  momentum  and  without  its  transformative  qualities  all  would  be  static. Fire  is  the  powerful  energy  store  within  us  that  allows  us  to  reach  transcendence   and  move  into  pure  consciousness  to  fully  understand  the  Gods.

 

Fire  is  in  the  West,  the  direction  of  the  setting  sun,  when  we  turn  to  the   direction  of  the  West  we  offer  our  prayers  for  the  gift  of  life.  We  light  candles  and burn bonfires to this element and we feel its power as it transforms everything with  its  touch.  Nothing  can  ever  stay  the  same  with  the  element  of  :ire,  our  lives   are  a  process  from  birth  to  death;  we  burn  throughout  our  existence  consuming   the  air  we  need  to  keep  living.  At  the  end  of  our  lives  when  the  fire  has  dwindled   we  finally  take  our  last  breath  and  devoid  of  fuel  we  transform  and  dissolve  into   the  next  form  of  existence.

 

The  fire  element  resides  in  your  liver  organ  and  from  time  to  time  when   we  get  a  bit  cranky  this  organ  feels  sluggish.  This  happens  when  we  eat  the  wrong   type  of  foods  and  when  we  get  stressed,  to  calm  yourself  and  strengthen  this   element  when  it  feels  weak  imagine  breathing  in  the  fire  element  as  red  pure  light   and  let  it  infuse  your  liver organ cleansing it with healing and refreshing light that restores and heals.

AIR – Its colour is Green (Direction North)

AIR – Its colour is Green (Direction North)

Air  is  associated  with  the  direction  of  the  North  winds  and  this  is  the  realm  of   spirit  where  the  primal  energy  of  the  universe  floods  into  our  world.  Air  is   invisible,  we  breathe  it  in  giving  us  life  but  we  cannot  touch  it.  We  feel  it   sometimes  on  our  skin,  when  the  wind  blows  it  caresses  us  and  touches  our   bodies.

 

Air  is  just  like  spirit,  it  is  there  but  we  cannot  give  it  form  because  it  is   formless,  it  is  a  feeling  that  lifts  us  beyond  the  everyday  world  and  transports  us   into  a  realm  where  all  things  are  possible,  the  realm  where  magic  is  made  and   transformation  takes  place.  It  is  one  of  the  greatest  gifts  of  the  universe  because  it   gives  us  life.  But  what  is  life?  It  is  the  awareness  with  which  we  can  perceive  the   world  around  us  with.  But  like  air  the  world  is  not  as  solid  as  is  seems,  it  is  a  moving  and  flowing  rhythm  of  energy  that  we  dream  into  being.    Air  teaches  us   that  everything  is  energy,  moving  in  and  out  of  form  and  formlessness,  forever  in   motion.

 

Our  breath  is  spirit,  air  gives  us  the  gift  of  life  and  we  in  turn  acknowledge   that  blessing  and  give  thanks.  Burn  some  sweet  incense  for  air  or  maybe  tie  a   small  piece  of  cloth  on  a  tree  as  a  spirit  flag.  The  air  will  carry  the  smoke  to  the   sky  and  toss  your  colored  rags  around  carrying  your  intentions  high.

 

The  air  element  resides  in  our  lungs  and  its  bright  luminous  quality  gives   strength  to  our  bodies.  When  you  are  feeling  a  bit  down  or  lacking  energy  try   breathing  in  pure  green  light  of  the  air  element  and  let  it  infuse  your  whole  body with a healing quality that supports and restores you.