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A Familiar. What is family that is not human? Those who know you, and accept and understand as you sacrifice for them.  One Familiar in my house is difficult to photograph so her image cannot be displayed. She is a  Beta named Ryn. I found her in the standard pet shop setting, she was in a small plastic cup, the Betas stacked on top of each other, she was near the bottom of the stack. I saw her as one of the disposable, not likely to be chosen compared to the more colorful ones available. I…

     When the name GOD is used or spoken, do you automatically think HE? I have found many do if not consciously, and this notion is a main contributor to atheism. In ancient paganism the Goddess was acknowledged alongside the God, she his equal in full strength of mind. It was in the time of the Old Testament that  the God began to dominate, thus silencing the Goddess where the female was then Eve, the disobedient daughter, not a Goddess equal to the god of the testament, but a child with…

•    Most religion is of dictate and dogma, where there is a leader making followers, those  who then lose themselves as they then follow in a space of spiritual non-participation. I have experienced Wicca as a spiritually free space of inner and outer exploration of the known and unknown universe. As a Wiccan I am allowed my own vision and insight; the meaning of Goddess. In the name of Gaia, Goddess of Earth, for the day of All Mothers, here is my ritual of Bell, Book and…

I think the Rede of "harm none" is beautiful yet nigh impossible for me to live by. Things could change, and I could change, but in the meantime I must keep my technology and my chicken salad. It's difficult for me to type out my feelings, but I will try...

I haven't mastered psychic access to the Akashic Records, but I have the Internet. Generally speaking, all the things needed for me to use the internet first come from Mother Earth. Large areas of Her natural resources are…

    So much dictate is used for whatever reason to speak of what a Wiccan is; but in Wicca we know we can look within for answers needed and  also look to the Earth through nature for faith in creation. Here there is no dictate, only truth that changes and is also solid. I am old now, fifty five, I remember being twenty-five, and as a Wicca I accept what must be. Is it better to be an old witch than a woman in youth. I say yes because I have acquired wisdom. There is no book or rule to tell…

  To Lydia my birth sister and to Randy my brother through marriage, the fact that you were both born on May 4th, 1964 is much more than coincidence, it is a MYSTICAL SIGN of what was meant to be. It is a cosmic sign- post that we are a family in a continuance that is forever. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYDIA AND RANDY. May 4th, 2015,  Your sister, laurel.

  To Lydia my birth sister and to Randy my brother through marriage, the fact that you were both born on May 4th, 1964 is much more than coincidence, it is a MYSTICAL SIGN of what was meant to be. It is a cosmic sign- post that we are a family in a continuance that is forever. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYDIA AND RANDY. May 4th, 2015,  Your sister, laurel.

 HAPPY BELTANE. To any who may have tried to connect earlier I'm sorry I missed you. My main purpose for being here is to give and send Blessing and to speak of our beautiful home Earth, in the name of the Goddess Gaia in the way of the Wiccan. Now as the time of light begins, we look about and see the springing forth of all our Earths bounty in it's full flowering space of spring, summer and fall. Feel joy in this time because of the Earth itself and the Blessings of our home. On October…

  Can I give you what you need  as a wish giver? I may and will so, for what you truly need will given. So mode it be, through the source of all. Wiccan. Now enter the time of darkness, May first.

This week, we celebrate Beltane! Beltane occurs on Friday, May 1.  It's a festival of Fertility and Love as we welcome the flowering of Nature's Return. In our mythology Beltane represents the Mating of the Goddess and the God. It's The Original White Wedding!

So, we'll talk in more detail about the meaning and significance of May Day from our earliest history.  Plus we'll talk about the mythologies and customs that are traditionally associated with Beltane.  And, while we're at it;…

Here we are well into the Spring season.  Have you done any Spring Cleaning yet?     It's time we Hop to It!   



The idea of Spring Cleaning actually goes way back, and we'll take a look at why Spring has become the time when we Clean House.  

 

And, while House Cleaning IS TERRIBLY, BORINGLY mundane, it does have magickal implications, and so we'll talk about some ways we can bring our Magick into our chores in some very powerful ways.



While we're clearing out our…

       This involves material objects.  Find a space in your home for a tea light, then chose a candle holder, make it personal to you. Know the four elements ,FIRE, WATER, AIR, and EARTH. These objects to be placed before your alter. The candle is Fire, but you may chose what  fires meaning is to you. The , the element is male, as it is lit, the next is water, the feminine, chose an object that represents water to you, I have chosen sea shell to represent something that contains life, next…

           One of Tree, one of falling leaf. Teach all of Wicca of life in the circle. Of spring and the beginning and of new life coming forth; our youth and childhood as is your will. And tell us of summer, a child no longer, in the full green leaf of young adulthood. Teach now of autumn, the changing colors beautiful, rich and showing the wisdom as you change, in the beginning of the fall. Falling to the earth, in the way of the spirit and faith, as elders becoming and glad to be so. And…

May the snow melt of winter become of gentle streams,to be the winding water that takes us all  into the warmth of summer, there for all to drink of.  BLESSED BE. laurel.

........I'm dedicating this weeks show to one of the Five Cardinal Elements, the Element of Air. It's a good topic for April because, by many traditions, Air is associated with Springtime and Day's Beginning.



Usually associated with Men's Mysteries, Air is most often thought of as on the Mental Plane.



The Romans gave the month of April it's name, which they called, Aprilis. For the Romans, it signifies a time of unfolding leaves and flowers.



So we'll take a look…

...In honor of April Fools Day, our theme this week is: The Trickster and Fool.  We'll take a look at the history of April Fools Day, as well as the Role that the Fool and the Trickster play in Earth-Based religious practices.



Also, a quick look at some of the best known hoaxes in the history of the Western World (well, sort of, anyway)



And we'll hear some foolishness from today's Modern Trickster, Russell Brand.  The English actor and commedian has, in my opinion, grown as…

...This week here on The Spiral Dance, we're Thinking About Deism.  



Deism as an encompassing thought and philosophy had a major influence over those we in American call our Founding Fathers.  Thus the shape of our Constitution is very much a product of Deism.



But what's the connection between Deism and Paganism?  Well, in the Eighteenth Century many Deists spoke of a Creator God, or The God of Nature.  They connected to the Devine through Rational Thought Processes, and by…

     So this is my first post on this site, and not to say the least. I am definitely new at it. I've been reading through the blogs and forums of this site and it is riddled with "I'm am new and need help" posts. Regardless of what it is you have come here for, help and guidance is I feel we all seek in life. I am not saying I am right or wrong, this is a matter of my opinion. I have fully taken for granted have a religious freedom in my country, and not fully utilizing my free time. I…

Hi everyone

I am trying to right my own ethics but I don't know where to start. The help will be much appreciated.