Cauldron of The Gray Witch: 2012-11-11

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Grimoire of the Gray Witch Study group

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This is a women only study group based on the book by Amythyst Raine

All members are encourage to get the book from Amazon or where one shops.

You are still welcome here even if you can not get book, but it helps to have it

You can also down load it for 6.00 from here

http://www.hive.co.uk/ebook/gray-witchs-grimoire/16473050/ .

The world of the gray witch has been largely avoided, misrepresented, or glossed over with various books geared gingerly towards 'protection magic'. These books, though informative and well written as they may be, have totally missed the spirit of the gray witch – who she really is, how she relates to the world...

http://thegraywitch.ning.com/group/grimoire-of-the-gray-witch-study

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Thanksgiving

ORIGINS OF THANKSGIVING The year was 1637.....700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe, gathered for their "Annual Green Corn Dance" in the area that is now known as Groton, Conn.

While they were gathered in this place of meeting, they were surrounded and attacked by mercernaries of the English and Dutch. The Indians were ordered from the building and as they came forth, they were shot down. The rest were burned alive in the building.

The next day, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared : "A day of Thanksgiving, thanking God that they had eliminated over 700 men, women and children.

For the next 100 years, every "Thanksgiving Day" ordained by a Governor or President was to honor that victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.

Newell based his research on studies of Holland Documents and the 13 volume Colonial Documentary History, both thick sets of letters and reports from colonial officials to their superiors and the king in England, and the private papers of Sir William Johnson, British Indian agent for the New York colony for 30 years in the mid-1600s.

"My research is authentic because it is documentary," Newell said. "You can't get anything more accurate than that because it is first hand. It is not hearsay."

Newell said the next 100 Thanksgivings commemorated the killing of the Indians at what is now Groton, Connecticut [home of a nuclear submarine base] rather than a celebration with them. He said the image of Indians and Pilgrims sitting around a large table to celebrate Thanksgiving Day was "fictitious" although Indians did share food with the first settlers.

Source: Documents of Holland, 13 Volume Colonial Documentary. History, letters and reports from colonial officials to their superiors and the King in England and the private papers of Sir William Johnson, Britsh Indian agent for the New York colony for 30 years.

Researched by William B. Newell (Penobscot Tribe) Former Chairman of the University of Connecticut Anthropology Department.

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Historically, Thanksgiving had roots in religious and cultural tradition. Today, Thanksgiving is primarily celebrated as a secular holiday.

To read more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

Moon Attune

In a private place alone

Shall ye come naked

Before Me shall ye just be

Naked, a sign you truly be free

Forget all else,

and just be

Before Me

Stand arms out

Kneel bent over

Heart wide open

Without fear shall ye come

When my Light is full, and when it is not

If what ye seek is not found within

Ye then shall not find without

I am the voice within

My voice is not loud

But within

Listen

You will hear

For I am what ye seek

I am you

You are Me

From Me all proceed and to Me

All shall return.

( 2012 Lady Hekate)

Monday, November 12, 2012

Hedge Witchery Videos

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THE GREEN HEDGE WITCH A Guide to Wild Magic

This book explores the roots of Hedge Witchcraft (forgive the pun) and is about magic upon the edge (or within the symbolic hedge) between our human world and the realms of wild nature spirits, elves and mystery. It is full of suggestions for how we hedgewitches can help to heal the human relationship with nature and cast spells for the abundance and harmony of the natural world. A joyful book in spite of the very serious issues explored within it. And a brand new vision of the hedge witch's work.

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