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Some Thoughts...
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Do not forget the world is one great family...
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother, and all things as your
brothers and sisters...
Shinto saying
Man is the maker
of his character, the molder of his life, and the builder of his destiny.
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Moon Beams-Full Moon
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Moon Glow
Full Moon Information and more
Each full moon has a number of ancient names and
magical meanings a few of which will be included each news letter. Join us
each month for a celebration of this event. This information is gathered
from Jim Maynard’s Pocket Astrologer, 2008 Witches’ Companion and Everyday
Moon Magic by Dorothy Morrison. All of these materials are available at
Enchanted Moments!
July –
Known as the Hay Moon, Thunder Moon or Buck Moon. This is a time divination,
dreams, focusing on goals, and expanding spiritual consciousness.
The new moon in July, 2008 occurs
on the 2nd.
The full moon in
July, 2008 will occur on the 18th
August
– Known as the Corn Moon, Barley Moon, or Wyrt (green plant) Moon. This is a
time for health and vitality, family, friends and gatherings.
The new moon
in August, 2008 occurs on the1st with a Solar Eclipse.
The full moon in August, 2008 will occur on the 16th
with a Lunar Eclipse.
Another new moon arrives on August 30, 2008.
September
– Known as the Wine Moon or Harvest Moon.
The full moon in September, 2008
will occur on the 15th
The
new moon in September, 2008 occurs on the 29th.
The new moon, even though it is
not visible in the sky, is still full of energy. It belongs to the Crone and
occurs between the waning and waxing phases of the moon. Many people use
this phase to rest and regenerate while others find the energy useful for
magical studies and dinination while still others say it is the best time
for truth discovery. “Nothing surpasses its energy for getting to the heart
of things and seeing them for what they are.”
The waxing Moon (from the New Moon
to the Full Moon) is the ideal time for magic to drw things toward you.
The waning Moon (from the Full
Moon to the New Moon) is a time for study, meditation and little magical
work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).
The full moon belongs to the
Mother Goddess. And if you are working with the energy of the full moon, it
is considered to be full for the one day before the calendar date and one
day after. The full moon energy can be used for any effort but it is
especially good for difficult or complicated matters. We use it for
healings. Just remember, the energy of the full moon is very powerful. Use
it wisely!
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The Astrological Months Ahead
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July
is the seventh month of the year. Its astrological sign is Cancer (June
21 to July 22/23), the Crab, a cardinal, water sign ruled by the Moon.
Motto:
I FEEL
August
is the eighth month of the year. Its astrological sign is Leo (July
22/23 to August 23), the Lion, a fixed, fire sign ruled by the Sun.
Motto:
I WILL
September
is the ninth month of the year. Its astrological sign is Virgo (August
23 to September 23), a virgin with a shaft of wheat, a mutable, earth
sign ruled by Mercury.
Motto: I ANALYZE
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Enchantment
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The Sabbats of Autumn
from SABBATS by Edain McCoy
Lughnasadh (Loo-nahs-ah)
celebrated on August 1st or 2nd is the first of the three harvest Sabbats.
In Old Irish, the word “Lunasa” (a variant spelling) means “August.” It
honors the Celtic Sun God, Lugh (Loo), but it is principally a grain
festival sometimes called the Sabbat of First Fruits. Corn, wheat, and
barley are ready to be picked by August, as are many other northern
hemisphere grains. Native Americans celebrate early August as a grain
festival in honor of the Corn Grandmother and called it the Festival of
Green Corn. The ancient Romans also honored their grain goddess, Ceres, at
their annual August Ceresalia. The birth of the Egyptian sun goddess, Isis,
was celebrated in North Africa near the time of this Sabbat, as was a Roman
festival in honor of Vulcan, god of the forge and guardian of its fire. In
ancient Phoenicia this Sabbat honored the grain god, Dagon, and a
substantial portion of the harvest was sacrificed to him.
Other names
for this Sabbat are First Harvest, August Eve, and Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon
word meaning “loaf-mass,” the Sabbat’s most commonly used name.
Mabon (May-bone or Mah-boon)
celebrated on September 22nd, is the Autumn Equinox. The Sabbat is named for
Mabon, the Welsh god who symbolized the male fertilizing principle in the
Welsh myths. Some mythologists equate him as the male counterpart for
Persephone.
As a day of balance between light and dark it was not
unnoticed by the English and Celts, but as a Sabbat it went unobserved by
them until the Norse invaders brought it into prominence and placed it
between Lughnasadh and Samhain as the second of the three harvests. With the
number three in these conquered lands associated with the Triple Goddess and
with the act of completeness, they adopted this addition wholeheartedly.
In China the day is known as Chung Ch’iu and marks the end of the rice
harvest. Judaism celebrates Succoth near this time, another harvest holiday
with pagan roots that is often observed by building a temporary outdoor
dwelling decorated with fall vegetables and in which all meals are eaten for
that celebration. In old Rome the equinox marked the infamous Festival of
Dionysus, the god of wine, whose party lasted for as many days as the
revelers could remain upright.
The old Anglo-Celtic festival of
Harvest Home, a respite from the work of harvesting and a celebration of
thanks, probably once fell on Mabon. In remembrance of that time, Mabon is
often referred to as the “Witches Thanksgiving” and is one of the oldest
harvest celebrations in Europe. Thanksgiving as it is known in the United
States and Canada grew more out of the Pilgrims’ need to connect with the
festivals of their homeland than it did from any religious impulse, and that
first Thanksgiving Day had many detractors among the Puritan leaders due to
its pagan origins.
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Words worth repeating
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Berthold Auerbach
HERE”S A THOUGHT!
what lies behind us
and what lies before us
are small matters
compared to
what lies
within us
Emerson
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