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Showing posts with label Pagan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pagan. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Relaxing to some pagan music from Damh the Bard
For more on Damh the Bard, see http://www.paganmusic.co.uk/.
To see his live shows on YouTube, try http://www.youtube.com/user/damhbard. His blog is at: http://damh.wordpress.com/.
PS Interestingly, dámh means bard in Gaelic. But damh means ox or stag, a nice pagan sort of thing, I suppose. Plus, his name is Dave (the 'mh' in Irish is pronounced 'v'), so it all comes together in several ways. I love names.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy New Year!
Listening to U2, 'New Year's Day'
They say that whatever you're doing when New Year arrives, you'll be doing the rest of the year. I was just getting into the house after helping a friend with a problem. I'd intended to be home a little earlier, take a bath, and do the libation at midnight, but I wound up pouring it about 12:15. Of course, true "middle" of the night right now is about 1:39 am, so I think I was okay. I annointed a plaque of Hekate that hangs over my front door, then poured spring water on the ground, followed by the wine, honey, and lavender mixture, calling to Her and praying. Tomorrow I'll annoint the image of Her on my car with the rest of the honeyed wine.
Then I came back inside, put a diffuser on a light bulb with Song of India oil in it and soft meditative music and sat in the recliner and let my mind wander, dropping off to sleep for a little while. My whole house quickly smelled beautifully. I feel very much at ease and ready to face 2009.
The reason I gave the offering to Hekate tonight (other than the fact I always do at some point when I'm menstruating) is that she is a Goddess of liminal points; she guards doorways, for example. The end of the old year and the beginning of the new is such a point. She is also a Goddess of wisdom and prosperity, two things I'd like to see in the New Year.
My impressions whilst 'meditating' were that in the coming year I need to work, as a friend has repeatedly told me, on not being mentally lazy and really focus on reasoned opinions, mental sharpness, mental health, and my low self-esteem. They say that lack of stimulation makes the brain atrophy and I feel like that is happening now that I've been out of school for some time. Also, I need to address my memory issues with my doctor. As far as problems like weight and finances--the rest will follow if I can overcome some of my psychological issues. I need to work on being happy; I'm not a lot of time, and it has to do with a pessimistic outlook that I have, one I don't want that's developed over time. I need to recapture the optimism of my youth. Hekate's guidance often echoes that of my friend. I can't argue when they team up together.
I hope you have some sort of guiding force in your life this coming year, whether it is an inner voice, God, whatever. I wish you wisdom, happiness and love.
They say that whatever you're doing when New Year arrives, you'll be doing the rest of the year. I was just getting into the house after helping a friend with a problem. I'd intended to be home a little earlier, take a bath, and do the libation at midnight, but I wound up pouring it about 12:15. Of course, true "middle" of the night right now is about 1:39 am, so I think I was okay. I annointed a plaque of Hekate that hangs over my front door, then poured spring water on the ground, followed by the wine, honey, and lavender mixture, calling to Her and praying. Tomorrow I'll annoint the image of Her on my car with the rest of the honeyed wine.
Then I came back inside, put a diffuser on a light bulb with Song of India oil in it and soft meditative music and sat in the recliner and let my mind wander, dropping off to sleep for a little while. My whole house quickly smelled beautifully. I feel very much at ease and ready to face 2009.
The reason I gave the offering to Hekate tonight (other than the fact I always do at some point when I'm menstruating) is that she is a Goddess of liminal points; she guards doorways, for example. The end of the old year and the beginning of the new is such a point. She is also a Goddess of wisdom and prosperity, two things I'd like to see in the New Year.
My impressions whilst 'meditating' were that in the coming year I need to work, as a friend has repeatedly told me, on not being mentally lazy and really focus on reasoned opinions, mental sharpness, mental health, and my low self-esteem. They say that lack of stimulation makes the brain atrophy and I feel like that is happening now that I've been out of school for some time. Also, I need to address my memory issues with my doctor. As far as problems like weight and finances--the rest will follow if I can overcome some of my psychological issues. I need to work on being happy; I'm not a lot of time, and it has to do with a pessimistic outlook that I have, one I don't want that's developed over time. I need to recapture the optimism of my youth. Hekate's guidance often echoes that of my friend. I can't argue when they team up together.
I hope you have some sort of guiding force in your life this coming year, whether it is an inner voice, God, whatever. I wish you wisdom, happiness and love.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Sorry I didn't post last night
I'd thrown up rather awfully out of the side of my car whilst picking up some friends (who quickly moved to the back seat and called for Lysol) and went home and slept to let the dizziness to subside. I wasn't sick with a virus. It seems to have been either 1) emotional, 2) I ate something bad 3) my period or 4) some combination of the above. I also managed to blow a blood vessel in my eye, which is now quite red.
Is it just me or am I becoming more of a danger to myself lately?
PS Burritos not as good coming up as they are down. Fortunately I had a couple tonight that seem to be sitting better on my stomach.
Today I didn't really dress up for Halloween beyond wearing black, but when trick-or-treating started at work (the kids come 'round the offices, which have candy for them, all coordinated by the rec therapy folks), someone let me borrow a Jason masque and I put the hood of my jacket up and apparently was suitably scary. Of course, I had to go without my glasses to wear the plastic masque, so I had to be a little careful when putting the candy into sacks and pumpkins. It was great fun. :)
Second work was uneventful except for some malfunctioning pumps that those affected handled with great aplomb, for which I'm grateful, as all I could really do is refer them to the manager and bag the pump so no one else could use it.
Tonight I finished up my notes for the month and then got some meds from the pharmacy, came home, and then I gave a pomegranate as offering to Hekate along with some mead, a departure from the regular honeyed burgundy, since tonight is a special night. Although She is considered a Graeco-Roman Goddess and She is my Patroness by mutual choice, my heritage is primarily Celtic. We've worked it out over the years. So even though the year dies and is reborn in Celtic tradition tonight, rather than at the various times found in the Greek or Roman world, I worship Her tonight on Samhain a little differently than I do all other nights. Besides, she's not really Greek, but older than that, some say Karian, or Thessalian, but She is associated with wild magic and death, both associated with Halloween. All I know is that She has made a wonderful difference in my life, and so tonight I thanked Her for the blessings of the last year and entreated fortune for the coming one.
In my office is a line drawing of Hekate, with the following Orphic hymn's translation:
I praise lovely
three-formed Hekate Enodia,
saffron-veiled,
of Sky, Earth, and Sea,
who celebrates
Bacchanalia at the tomb
with the souls of the dead,
Daughter of Perses,
Lover of solitude,
honored with cakes,
Nocturnal One,
Protector of dogs,
Invincible Sovereign,
heralded by the roar of wild beasts...
Keybearing Queen of the whole Cosmos.
Is it just me or am I becoming more of a danger to myself lately?
PS Burritos not as good coming up as they are down. Fortunately I had a couple tonight that seem to be sitting better on my stomach.
Today I didn't really dress up for Halloween beyond wearing black, but when trick-or-treating started at work (the kids come 'round the offices, which have candy for them, all coordinated by the rec therapy folks), someone let me borrow a Jason masque and I put the hood of my jacket up and apparently was suitably scary. Of course, I had to go without my glasses to wear the plastic masque, so I had to be a little careful when putting the candy into sacks and pumpkins. It was great fun. :)
Second work was uneventful except for some malfunctioning pumps that those affected handled with great aplomb, for which I'm grateful, as all I could really do is refer them to the manager and bag the pump so no one else could use it.
Tonight I finished up my notes for the month and then got some meds from the pharmacy, came home, and then I gave a pomegranate as offering to Hekate along with some mead, a departure from the regular honeyed burgundy, since tonight is a special night. Although She is considered a Graeco-Roman Goddess and She is my Patroness by mutual choice, my heritage is primarily Celtic. We've worked it out over the years. So even though the year dies and is reborn in Celtic tradition tonight, rather than at the various times found in the Greek or Roman world, I worship Her tonight on Samhain a little differently than I do all other nights. Besides, she's not really Greek, but older than that, some say Karian, or Thessalian, but She is associated with wild magic and death, both associated with Halloween. All I know is that She has made a wonderful difference in my life, and so tonight I thanked Her for the blessings of the last year and entreated fortune for the coming one.
In my office is a line drawing of Hekate, with the following Orphic hymn's translation:
I praise lovely
three-formed Hekate Enodia,
saffron-veiled,
of Sky, Earth, and Sea,
who celebrates
Bacchanalia at the tomb
with the souls of the dead,
Daughter of Perses,
Lover of solitude,
honored with cakes,
Nocturnal One,
Protector of dogs,
Invincible Sovereign,
heralded by the roar of wild beasts...
Keybearing Queen of the whole Cosmos.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
It looks to be a beautiful Bealtaine
with gorgeous weather and a big shining moon. I'd like to celebrate with some spiced mead I have, but I just went off the Flagyl and apparently alcohol and that drug will make you sick as a dog, so I don't want to take a chance. Maybe for Old Bealtaine--May 11/12. I have a meeting/continuing education programme over at St Joseph Hospital tomorrow, so I won't be going into work proper. Then I have a store meeting to get to. After that, I hope to enjoy some of the fine weather, as it's supposed to rain as the Derby approaches. Joys of the season to you.
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