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Spell for Today – Knot Healing Spell
Knot Healing Spell
This involves tying and untying the string.
Tie seven knots in a string
Visualize the illness and suffering as you tied the initial knots (you are not wishing the illness – in fact the opposite. You are transferring the illness into the knot)
Make it into a bracelet for the patient
Untie one knot each day – visualizing the relief as the knots are untied, as the illnesses negative energy is allowed to dissipate into the atmosphere.
On the last day, unravel the thread and throw everything into running live water, flowing away from the patient’s location.
April 11 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 April 11
A Space Station Crosses a Busy Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night)
Explanation: Typically, the International Space Station is visible only at night. Slowly drifting across the night sky as it orbits the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) can be seen as a bright spot several times a year from many locations. The ISS is then visible only just after sunset or just before sunrise because it shines by reflected sunlight — once the ISS enters the Earth’s shadow, it will drop out of sight. The only occasion when the ISS is visible during the day is when it passes right in front of the Sun. Then, it passes so quickly that only cameras taking short exposures can visually freeze the ISS’s silhouette onto the background Sun. The featured picture did exactly that — it is actually a series of images taken earlier this month from Beijing, China with perfect timing. This image series was later combined with separate images taken at nearly the same time but highlighting the texture and activity on the busy Sun. The solar activity included numerous gaseous prominences seen around the edge, highlighted in red, filaments seen against the Sun’s face, and a dark sunspot.
April 11 Today In History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
1783 Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War
1814 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
1955 Chartered Air India plane the “Kashmir Princess” is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya
2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
2019 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 29 years in power
Today’s Historical Events
491 Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I – often called the first Byzantine Emperor
672 Deusdedit II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1079 Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland
1471 Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI
1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
1551 English premier John Dudley appointed Duke of Northumberland
1564 England & France sign Peace of Troyes
1564 Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1955 “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
1966 Frank Sinatra records “Strangers in the Night” single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts
1967 Tom Stoppard‘s play “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” debuts in London at the Old Vic
1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: “Inchon!” wins
1983 55th Academy Awards: “Gandhi”, Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
1988 60th Academy Awards: “The Last Emperor”, Michael Douglas & Cher win
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1830 Robert Schumann hears the violinist Paganini play in Frankfurt
1888 The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated
1936 Rodgers & Hart’s musical “On Your Toes” premieres in NYC
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater in racial incident
1959 Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen’s musical “Jamaica”, starring Lena Horne, closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1961 Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City
1964 Stephen Sondheim‘s musical “Anyone Can Whistle” closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
1967 “Illya Darling” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1750 Jack Slack retains Champion of England boxing title, beats Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England; acknowledged as first international prize fight
1831 The 12th century Lewis chess pieces are exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, shortly after their rediscovery in a sand bank on the Scottish Isle of Lewis
1896 Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós beats Otto Herschmann of Austria by 0.6s to win the inaugural Olympic 100m freestyle final in 1:22.2 at the Athens Games; also takes out the 1,200m on the same day
1896 Irish tennis player John Boland, representing Great Britain wins both the men’s singles and doubles finals at the Athens Olympics; Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece loses both matches
1907 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards
1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1924 1st men’s college swimming championships begin
1936 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 for a 3-1 series win; Red Wings first SC Championship
Projects to Celebrate Samhain, the Witches’ New Year
As Samhain approaches, you can decorate your home with a number of easy craft projects. Start celebrating a bit early with these fun and simple ideas that honor the final harvest, and the cycle of life and death
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Pagan Treat Bags for Samhain
Do you have Pagan kids coming over for a Samhain event? You can have a kid-friendly celebration by putting together a goodie bag that’s representative of your Pagan spirituality. The key here is to do some creative, outside the box thinking. Sure, there are a ton of Halloween decorations in the store at this time of year, but not all of those are really connected with Pagan religious belief systems. They’re really more about the secular celebration of Halloween, which is fine, unless you’re looking for kid-friendly stuff that honors Pagan spirituality.
Here are a few things to try:
- Decorate the bags themselves with symbols that are meaningful to you – depending on the pantheon your group honors, you might include designs that are associated with Greek, Roman, Celtic, or Norse mythology.
- Small herbal sachets: sew herbs into a fabric pouch. Use lavender to help with dreams, or other appropriate plants.
- Crystals and gemstones: As long as the kids attending your event are beyond the put-everything-in-your-mouth stage, you could include rose quartz for love, hematite for protection, and more.
- A Portable Altar Kit: Depending on how old the kids are, think about making an altar box that fits in a backpack or pocket. This might not be useful or safe for really young children, but older tweens and teens could use it responsibly.
- Divination tools: make a simple pendulum with a stone wrapped in wire and attached to the end of a chain. Add a simple divination set by painting symbols on stones or wooden discs.
- Wands: Make a simple wand with a stick and a crystal wrapped in wire.
- Deity symbols: Does your tradition honor a particular god or goddess? Consider adding representative symbols – owls for Athena, cats for Bastet, or an antler for Cernunnos. Try printing out a wallet-size image of the deity on heavy cardstock, add a prayer to your god/dess on the reverse side, and laminate it.
Finally, remember, Samhain is the same day as Halloween, so never underestimate the power of a few strategically placed pieces of delicious candy!
Click here for more craft ideas for Samhain from learnreligions.com
Printable Spell for Today
April 10 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 April 10
Shadows at the Moon’s South Pole
Image Credit: NASA, Arizona State U., Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Explanation: Was this image of the Moon’s surface taken with a microscope? No — it’s a multi-temporal illumination map made with a wide-angle camera. To create it, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft collected 1,700 images over a period of 6 lunar days (6 Earth months), repeatedly covering an area centered on the Moon’s south pole from different angles. The resulting images were stacked to produce the featured map — representing the percentage of time each spot on the surface was illuminated by the Sun. Remaining convincingly in shadow, the floor of the 19-kilometer diameter Shackleton crater is seen near the map’s center. The lunar south pole itself is at about 9 o’clock on the crater’s rim. Crater floors near the lunar south and north poles can remain in permanent shadow, while mountain tops can remain in nearly continuous sunlight. Useful for future outposts, the shadowed crater floors could offer reservoirs of water-ice, while the sunlit mountain tops offer good locations to collect solar power.
April 10 Today In History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1815 Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter
1858 “Big Ben”, a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1998 The Good Friday Agreement [Belfast Agreement] for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
Today’s Historical Events
837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
879 Louis III becomes King of West Francia
1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1953 “House of Wax” 1st color 3-D movie, premieres in New York
1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1957 “12 Angry Men”, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb, is released
1967 39th Academy Awards: “A Man For All Seasons,” Best Picture, Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Scofield best actress/actor
1968 Musical “George M!”, based on the life of Broadway star George M. Cohan, opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
1968 40th Academy Awards: “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger & Katherine Hepburn win
1972 44th Academy Awards: “The French Connection”, Gene Hackman & Jane Fonda win
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1868 1st performance of Johannes Brahms‘ “A German Requiem”
1935 Vaughan Williams’ 4th Symphony premieres in London
1970 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
1986 “Big Deal” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, George Strait, and K.T. Oslin win
1994 “Les Miserables” opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
1995 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
2006 40th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney win
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1874 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr
1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
1896 Spyridon Louis of Greece wins inaugural Olympic marathon (2:58:50) in Athens; runs last lap accompanied by Constantine I
1896 High jumper Ellery Clark leads an American sweep of the placings with a leap of 1.81m at the Athens Olympics; his 2nd victory of the Games after taking out the long jump
1896 American athlete Thomas Burke claims the sprint double at the Athens Olympics winning the 100m final in 12.0s; his 2nd victory of the Games after success in the 400m
1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
1913 New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees; lose to the Washington Senators, 2-1 at Griffith Stadium
1916 The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City
April 9 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 April 9
Mars-Saturn Conjunction
Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach
Explanation: Fainter stars in the zodiacal constellation Capricornus are scattered near the plane of the ecliptic in this field of view. The two brightest ones at center aren’t stars at all though, but the planets Mars and Saturn. Taken on the morning of April 4, the telescopic snapshot captured their tantalizing close conjunction in a predawn sky, the pair of planets separated by only about 1/3 of a degree. That’s easily less than the apparent width of a Full Moon. Can you tell which planet is which? If you guessed Mars is the redder one , you’d be right. Above Mars, slightly fainter Saturn still shines with a paler yellowish tinge in reflected sunlight. Even at the low magnification, Saturn’s largest and brightest moon Titan can be spotted hugging the planet very closely on the left.
A Thought for Today
Until tomorrow I send you magickal blessings of love and light dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests.
Spell to Empower Object for Protection
This spell is best done during the Moon’s waxing phase or on the full Moon to get the most Universal energy to help empower it.
This spell can be used on a black stone, a necklace or other jewelry you were all the time.
First cleanse the object of all energy besides your own and the objects internal energy.
Hold object in your power hand or if you are doing it while in a circle place it in the middle of your altar. Use your wand or atheme to direct the power you raise into the object. Repeat spell three or five times. Fill in the blankets with the object you are empowering.
This _____ is now mine,
I will wear (carry) it through out time.
To protect me from things I can see.
To protect me even more from things I can not see.
_____ call to me if I forget to take thee.
So Mote It Be.
Copyright Lady Beltane Sage 2008
April 8 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 April 8
Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)
Explanation: Only twenty-five years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp rounded the Sun and offered a dazzling spectacle in planet Earth’s night skies. Digitized from the original astrophoto on 35mm color slide film, this classic image of the Great Comet of 1997 was recorded a few days after its perihelion passage on April 1, 1997. Made with a camera and telephoto lens piggy-backed on a small telescope, the 10 minute long, hand-guided exposure features the memorable tails of Hale-Bopp, a whitish dust tail and blue ion tail. Here, the ion tail extends well over ten degrees across the northern sky. In all, Hale-Bopp was reported as visible to the naked eye from late May 1996 through September 1997. Also known as C/1995 O1, Hale-Bopp is recognized as one of the most compositionally pristine comets to pass through the inner Solar System. A visitor from the distant Oort cloud, the comet’s next perihelion passage should be around the year 4380 AD. Do you remember Hale-Bopp?
April 8 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1767 Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders
1886 William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1913 Opening of China’s 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
2004 Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups
Today’s Historical Events click here for more
217 Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus
1093 The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by bishop Walkelin in Winchester, England
1139 Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated
1149 Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum
1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor
1341 Petrarch crowned a poet on the Capitoline Hill in Rome
1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
1455 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV click here for more
1963 35th Academy Awards: “Lawrence of Arabia“, Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win
1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 Discovery Island opens at Walt Disney World, Florida
1975 47th Academy Awards: “The Godfather Part II”, Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
1979 205th & final episode of “All in the Family”; followed by “Archie Bunker’s Place” for 4 seasons
Today’s Historical Events in Music click here for more
1781 Premiere of Mozart‘s violin sonata K379
1876 Amiliare Ponchielli’s opera “La Gioconda” premieres in Milan
1931 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s ballet “The Arrow” premieres
1935 Béla Bartók’s 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
1938 Walter Piston‘s 1st Symphony in E, premieres in Boston, by the Boston Symphony, conducted by the composer
1942 Arnold Schoenberg & Tudor’s ballet “Pillar of Fire” premieres in NYC
1950 “Miss Liberty” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
1954 “By the Beautiful Sea” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports click here for more
1935 2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes
1941 In his 4th title defence in 9 weeks Joe Louis beats Tony Musto by TKO in the 9th round at the Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown
1943 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins, 2-0 for a 4-0 series sweep and their 3rd SC Championship
1943 1943 NFL Draft: Frank Sinkwich from University of Georgia first pick by Detroit Lions
1945 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals
1956 20th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jack Burke Jr. wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi; final Masters played without a 36-hole cut
1963 Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain on waivers from the Chicago WS; McLain goes on the win Cy Young Award 1968, 69 and AL MVP 1968
1966 American Football League votes in 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner after Joe Foss resigns; appointment lasts 3 months when AFL merges with NFL
National Unicorn Day – April 9, 2022 World (Holiday)
[This is posted a day early to give us all a chance to wear something Unicorn related. I am honored to have a Unicorn as a totem animal that has been with me through many lifetimes.]
National Unicorn Day on April 9 is a day to celebrate the most popular mythical creature ever. Why? Because if we don’t take time out to celebrate a beautiful, horned, rainbow–printed mythical creature then we’re most definitely missing a trick. The unicorn is a symbol of happiness, fantasy, and wonder. It’s an icon of color, of childlike splendor and magic. They often make appearances on birthday cakes and children’s clothing, and let’s be honest quite a lot of us adults still dig them too. National Unicorn Day is your chance to express some unicorn love, so show some color and delve into the magnificence of unicorns with us!
WHEN IS NATIONAL UNICORN DAY 2022?
We celebrate the myth and magic of unicorns on National Unicorn Day, which takes place on April 9 every year.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL UNICORN DAY
The unicorn is known as a creature of legend, one with a single large, spiraled and pointy horn which projects from its forehead. They were spotted in early Mesopotamian artwork and were often noted in myths and stories deriving from China, Greece, and India. In Greek mythology writers strongly believed that unicorns were running wild in a faraway distant realm. That distant realm was India and Greek physician Ctesias quoted in his book ‘‘On the Nature of Animals’’ that he believed India produced a one-horned horse. Some argued that he wasn’t seeing a unicorn, but instead was citing the Indian Rhinoceros. In Iran, unicorns were said to be found in Persepolis and the Hebrew Bible describes an animal called the ‘‘re’em’’ which some believe to be the unicorn.
The unicorn has always been depicted as a symbol of grace and purity, with its horn said to hold the power to cleanse poisonous water and to heal sickness. In medieval times, they would sell the tusks of the Narwhal whale and advertise it as a Unicorn horn.
The Celts, Romans, and Persians also described a white magical horse with a single horn. The creature was said to represent …
Click here to read the rest of this article about Unicorns from nationaltoday.com
Good Day WOTC Family and Visitors
Wishing you all a wonderful and positive day!
Printable Some Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Thursday
Spell to Stop a Person From Harming You
Spell to Stop a Person From Harming You
You will need:
White candle
Favorite incense
Brown paper
Lead pencil
Spoonful of used coffee grounds
Light a white candle and your favorite incense. Meditate a short while on the problem. Invoke the Spirits of Protection.
Take a piece of brown paper, like from a grocery bag, on it use a lead pencil to print and write the name of the offending person or people. If unknown people are involved, also print and write, ‘and all persons unknown that are causing harm to me!’
Cross off each line forcefully and say, forcefully:
I freeze name(s) to be bound by this spell,
unable to cause any more harm to (name(s)!
As I will, so mote it be!
Put a spoonful of used coffee grounds on the brown paper, fold it small, and place it in the freezer. Leave it until the problem is completely resolved. I wrap a rubber band, string, twist tie, or what have you, to keep the coffee grounds from falling out of the paper. You can also use a zip lock bag.
Be sure and burn the candle completely up. Don’t use that candle for a different purpose.
A Witch’s Lucky Candle Spell
This is as large as I could post this spell without the letter getting blurry so I suggest writing it in your Book of Shadows instead of printing it out.
April 6 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 April 6
Earendel: A Star in the Early Universe
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU), D. Coe (STScI); Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)
Explanation: Is Earendel the farthest star yet discovered? This scientific possibility started when the Hubble Space Telescope observed a huge cluster of galaxies. The gravitational lens effect of this cluster was seen to magnify and distort a galaxy far in the background. This distorted background galaxy — so far away it has a redshift of 6.2 — appears in the featured image as a long red string, while beads on that string are likely to be star clusters. The galaxy cluster lens creates a line of maximum magnification line where superposed background objects may appear magnified many thousands of times. On the intersection between the galaxy line and the maximum magnification line is one “bead” which shows evidence of originating from a single bright star in the early universe — now named Earendel. Future investigations may include more imaging by Hubble to see how Earendel’s brightness varies, and, quite possibly, by the new James Webb Space Telescope when it becomes operational later this year. Earendel’s great distance exceeds that of any known stable star — although the star that exploded creating GRB 090423 had a redshift of 8.2.
A 12,000-mile-deep ‘canyon of fire’ has opened on the sun, spitting intense solar wind toward Earth
Filaments of plasma escaped from a fiery canyon that opened on the sun’s surface on Sunday (April 3) releasing powerful streams of magnetized solar wind(opens in new tab) that might bring more auroras to Earth later this week.
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