GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
12 December 2005
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Every day is a Feast Day!!!
Celebrate It!!!
GrannyMoon ~Bringing You The Feast Since 2001
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Goddess Month of Astrea runs from 11/28 - 12/25
Lunabar Moon Almanack for Monday, December 12, 2005
Phase: Waxing, Gibbous Moon. Age: 11 days 3h. 8m.
Ascending Node is at 10° Aries.
In the 17th° of the Constellation ^ Aries, the Ram;
& in the 15th° of the Signe _ Taurus, the Bull
Sets: 4:13 morn. Rises: 2:25 eve. Midheaven: 9:50 eve.
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Winter Solstice (Winter begins) December 21st at 1:36 evening.
Sun enters the signe of g Capricorn.
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Thank you all my dear readers...be blessed.~ GrannyMoon
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Moon Moon, Mother Moon
The Current Moon Phase - Waxing Moon
Time: From New Moon To Full (Approx. 14 Days)
Goddess Aspect: Maiden
Associated Goddesses: Artemis, Branwen, Eriu, Nymph, Epona
Magickal Attributes: Invoking Beginnings, New Projects, Ideas, Inspiriation,
Energy, Vitality, Freedom. Workings On This Day Are For "Constructive" Magick
(Love, Wealth, Success, Courage, Friendship, Luck Or Health.)
Perform magic on waxing moons to attract a new quality or behavior, to increase
the light within, to attain personal and spiritual growth and greater awareness.
The quarter moon suggests a period of overcoming obstacles and continuing on the
path to growth.
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Our next Sabbat is: Yule/ Winter Solstice
21 December 2005
Lunabar Moon Phases
New Moon falls on Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 10:00 AM
First Quarter falls on Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 4:37 AM
Full 'Long Night' Moon falls on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 11:15 AM
Last Quarter falls on Friday, December 23, 2005 at 2:38 PM
New Moon falls on Friday, December 30, 2005 at 10:11 PM
New Moon falls on Friday, January 06, 2006 at 1:57 PM
First Quarter falls on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 4:48 AM
Full 'Long Night' Moon falls on Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 10:15 AM
Last Quarter falls on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 9:15 AM
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Lunar Lore
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The moon this evening,
and in the whole wide sky
not a trace of cloud.
- Socho.
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Thunder in the fall indicates a mild, open winter.
- Collected in R. Inwards, "Weather Lore".
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Moon changing in the morning indicates warm weather;
in the evening, cold weather.
- Collected in R. Inwards, "Weather Lore"
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Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma
And endlessly chant complicated sutras.
Before doing that, though, they should learn
How to read the love letters sent by the wind
and rain, the snow and moon
- Ikkyu
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Now the day is spent,
And stars are kindling in the firmament,
To us how silent, though like ours, perchance,
Busy, and full of life and circumstance.
- "The Lady's Almanack" for 1852, London.
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GrannyMoon Says Today Is: Moon Day - Energy: Female Ruler: The Moon - Rules
emotions, protection, healing, and women's mysteries - Use for magick involving
the subconscious, healing, emotions, love, spirituality, healing wounds,
children, small animals, women's mysteries, the female side of men, mothers,
sisters, female partners, wives, instincts
a.. Today's Magickal Influences: Agriculture, Domestic, Long Life, Medicine,
Travels, Visions, Theft
b.. Today's Goddesses: Luna, Selene, Diana, Re, Gaelach, Ida, Artemis [Whom
The Greeks Associated With Bast], The Witches, Yemaya, Erzulie, Bast
c.. Incense: Myrtle
d.. Perfumes: White Poppy, White Rose, Wallflower
e.. Color of The Day: Silver, Grey, White
f.. Colors for Tomorrow: Red
g.. Lucky Sign: Monday Is The Lucky Day For The Sign of Cancer
h.. Candle: White
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Seasons of the Witch
a.. National Ambrosia Day
a.. Switzerland Independence Day
a.. Unmentionable Thoughts Festival (Goblins, Imps, and naughty Fairies)
a.. Farewell to Autumn Festival begins (Hopi)
a.. Feast of Rekareka (God of Pleasure; Polynesia)
a.. Poinsettia Day
a.. Kenya Independence Day (aka Jamhuri)
a.. St. Vicelin's Day
a.. Runic half-month of Is ends
a.. Toronto Peace Festival
a.. Miracle of the Roses
a.. Yuletide Lads begins (Iceland)
a.. St. Spyridon's Day (Eastern)
a.. Festival of Our Lady Guadalupe
a.. Bonza Bottler Day
a.. St. Cury's Day (patron against blindness, deafness, demonic possession)
a.. National Ding-A-Ling Day
a.. St. Jane Frances de Chantal's Day
a.. Hari No Kuyo -A Japanese festival when men and women reverse roles,
reminiscent of the Roman Saturnalia (Dec 17) when servants and masters change
roles.
a.. Catholicism: Mexico, 1531. First appearance of apparitions of Mary at the
hill of Tepayac at the former shrine of Aztec Moon Goddess Coatlicue. Our Lady
of Guadalupe is regarded as a miraculous apparition of Mary, virgin mother of
Jesus, by the Christian Catholic religion, but she is revered like a Goddess by
Mexicans. Our Lady of Guadalupe is Mother of the Oppressed, but seems also to be
linked to Coatlicue and the ancient Aztec Goddess Tonantzin.
a.. Voudun: Agoué - Arroyo (Mangé la mer): Two-day festival of Offerings to
Agoué, the loa of the sea. In sacrificial rituals to Agoué, champagne and other
offerings are loaded on small rafts and set adrift at sea; if the boat sinks,
the sacrifice has been accepted.
a.. Native American: Pojoaque Pueblo Feast. Also, Matachine Dances, Jemez
Pueblo.
a.. Dec 12 - St Lucy's Eve - In Austria, witches were thought to be especially
powerful on St Lucy's Eve as they were in England on Halloween and May Eve.
Incense was often burnt in houses to defeat them. A mysterious light called the
Lucy-shining was supposed to appear outdoors at midnight and those who had the
courage to watch for it could foretell the future from its varying forms.
In Italy, St Lucy is the gift-giver who comes in the night, like St Nicholas
(see Dec 6) or Santa Claus. Children leave bunches of carrots, hay and bowls of
milk for the donkey on which she travels around the countryside. In Bergamo and
the surrounding countryside, children leave their shoes on the kitchen window
with hay and in the morning find inside tiny sweets the size of a coin tied to
their shoelaces.
In Denmark, she brings prophetic dreams to women who recite this prayer before
retiring on St Lucy's eve:
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Sweet St Lucy, let me know
Whose cloth I shall lay
Whose bed I shall make
Whose child I shall bear
Whose darling I shall be
Whose arms I shall lie in.
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~Carol Field, "Celebrating Italy", William Morrow and Company 1990
Dec 12 - Virgin of Guadalupe- In 1531, on December 9th, an Indian farmer named
Juan Diego was passing by the hill called Tepeyac outside of Mexico City on his
way to an early morning Mass when he heard birds singing overhead, whistles and
flutes
and beating wings, and saw a maiden dressed in the robes of an Aztec princess.
She spoke Nahuatl, the Aztec
language, Juan's language, and had skin as brown as cinnamon. She told Juan that
she was Maria, the Mother of
God, and that he should tell the Bishop of Mexico City to build her a chapel on
the site. The Bishop, of course, was
not impressed by this message and demanded some proof. The Virgin told Juan to
climb the hill and gather an
armful of roses, Castilian roses, which should not have been blooming then. But
when Juan opened his cloak to
show the Bishop the miraculous roses, he was surprised to see the Bishop fall on
his knees. On the cloak was an
image of the virgin as she appeared to him, surrounded by an oval frame of
stars. Of course, the chapel was built.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is affectionately known as La Morenita, the little dark
one. The place on which she first
appeared used to be a shrine to the ancient Aztec goddess, Tonantzin. According
to Monaghan, Tonantzin was a
mother-goddess honored on the winter solstice. She was portrayed by a woman
dressed entirely in white and
covered with shells and eagle feathers, who danced through the crowd, weeping
and singing, until she was
ritually killed. ~ Patricia Monagahan, "The Book of Goddesses and Heroines",
Llewellyn 1990.
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From GrannyMoon's Morning Feast Archives
Remember the ancient ways and keep them sacred!
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The Winter Women
They come, the winter women, at harvest time
Turning the great Yule wheel, cross-quartered,
Down Persephone's dark road
While the earth weeps a mother's tears.
The Baba comes to the barn,
Corn Mother, Corn Maiden, Old Wife, Oatwife
Tossed high on the harvest, dancing, queening it she comes
The year's last sheaf come home.
Creeping she comes, the Old Wife of the Celts,
Cailleach Bheur, hag goddess, crag goddess,
Leaping from the rocks to lock the Bride of spring away.
She whistles up her winter winds, that pack of dogs
That follow dark Frau Gaude on her icy rounds.
Keening she comes! You careless ones,
Who leave your doorways cracked ajar
Will hear her dogs' keen whining at your hearth.
You lazy spinsters, mind your distaff's full
And wind your spindles tidy by the fire
Lest Berchta send you plague or blind your eyes for spying.
Sweep your altar stone
And pile the green boughs high to call her forth
To tell your future in the flames where past and
present mingle at your hearth.
Bright candle flames now wreath her, crowned in lingonberry,
Saint Lucia bringing light out of the heart of Northern darkness.
She brings you gifts of plenty, La Befana sweeping on
her broom
Beware, and honor her! Lest your Epiphany be black as
coal.
Black it was, in the beginning,
When the sun was on the far side of the world
And Spider Woman made the long journey with her pot of clay
To bring the sun back to the Cherokee.
Mary brought the Son, they say, the Prince of Peace --
For unto us a child is born! and the year begins anew.
Children carol for her, Kolyada, whiterobed in her snowy sleigh
In her deep Russian woods of frozen winter streams
where the winter nymphs, Rusalky, sing their secret solstice songs.
There in those winter woods was born the Snegurochka,Snow Maiden,
Ancient spirit, daughter of spring and winter come to earth.
At Candlemas, cross-quarter time, the Old Hag springs again,
But this time Brigit's cross wheels high above the door
And the frail Snow Maiden melts into her summer lover's arms.
See where they come, the winter women, in the bleak midwinter night
To summon up the sun and bring us light.
Used With Permission - Submitted By Dame Niamh
c) Lynn Noel 1990 and 1991 for Tapestry Folkdance
Center production of Summon the Sun! Carols and Rituals for Winter Solstice
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Goddess Of The Day: LUCINA
Saint Lucy's Day (Sweden)
Themes: Banishing; Kindness; Charity; Health; Protection
Symbols: Candles (light sources)
About Lucina: Lucina means light, and judging by her description and attributes,
it is very likely that this
Swedish Goddess was the prototype for Saint Lucy. Lucina is a mother and
guardian, offering fertility, protection,
and well-being. In worship, Lucina is often represented by a simple, lit candle.
To Do Today: To chase away winter's oppression and darkness, Saint Lucy's
festival is one of lights and charitable
acts. Saint Lucy is the patroness who protects against winter throat infections,
and commemorating her (or Lucina)
today keeps one healthy.
Begin the day in Swedish tradition by lighting a candle to represent the
goddess's presence. After this a breakfast
of coffee, saffron buns and ginger cookies is traditional fare. Coffee provides
energy to give of yourself, saffron
is often used in healing spells, and ginger promotes success in all your
endeavors today.
To manifest Lucina's energy and keep the goddess close by today, carry
luminescent stones like moonstone or
cat's eye with you, then visit hospitals or elder homes in the spirit of giving
of yourself. Lucina will bless those
you visit, and you, with well-being, productivity, and safety.
By Patricia Telesco From "365 Goddess" and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
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Midwinter
In the darkness
The light is born anew.
In the silence
The call is heard aloud.
Let new life waken
Let dry husks crumble.
The end and the beginning are one.
Deepest night nourishes the seed of life
Waiting in the womb.
Patience breathes the rhythm that brings life.
Time stands still at the beginning
Poised, waiting for the moment's first sigh.
We stand on the threshold of now
The past behind, the future before.
We are awake, yet dreaming
Hovering in the moment's birth.
Let us be still and know
The treasure lies within our grasp
As long as we do not grasp it,
Ours, as long as we do not claim it.
As we are present in the precious moment
So we become the peace we seek.
Between sleeping and waking
We call out our dream
And the seed grows to become all that we are.
Blessed Be.
© Tasha Halpert
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Heartwings Love Notes 186: Keys
Heartwings says, "If you want to open a locked door, it helps to have a key."
In my new home, one key opens all three doors to the outside. In the house I
just moved from I had a different key for each door, not to mention the new
storm door and the two new garage doors. My key ring weighed heavily in my
pocketbook, and I often had to think hard to pick out the correct key for the
correct door. Both my shoulder and my brain are relieved to have one key instead
of many. Keys can be a heavy responsibility.
In the days of castles and nobility, every large household had a chatelaine. She
was the head housekeeper. Her badge of office was a large key ring clustered
with keys. These opened the many cupboards and storerooms of the castle.
Everyone had to go to her to get whatever was needed. These keys gave her great
power, as well as great responsibility.
In times past I used to enjoy responsibility. It made me feel competent and even
proud to be relied upon. Then one day I took on more than I could handle:
mailing out the annual fundraising letters to my class alumnae. The time for
them to be mailed came and went and the notices remained on my desk. That
experience cured me of volunteering for extra responsibility. Lately, I am
looking to shed more of it.
I feel relieved to be free of the responsibility as well as the weight of those
keys. The house that went with them was often burdensome as well as beautiful. I
wish the new owners well. It is a lovely house, and I trust they will enjoy it
as much as I did, perhaps even more. For myself, I am glad to have downsized and
glad to be the proud owner of a home where one key opens every door.
May you find the right key to open every door you wish to enter.
Blessings and Best Regards, Tasha Halpert
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Fairy Message by Mysti for Dec.11-18, 2005~
~Fairies help us to believe and have faith~
by Mystiblu
~Parenting and Children~
You've been dealing with parent/child issues for some time now and some
positive, unexpected changes are about to unfold.
Keep having faith and believing with love, that anything is possible. The
Fairies are saying, that this card could mean between you and a parent, or a
parent and child. Families are funny things, they're valuable to us, but
sometimes hard to take. Feelings
get hurt and hurt feelings often come out as anger. Fairies never allow hurt
feelings to fester, they share and discuss them openly and honestly with one
another. By drawing this card, you're being urged to face up to any ill feelings
you may have with a family member and take human and spiritual steps to start a
healing. This card also signals that a new family member could be coming
into your life, like a new child or a new family member by marriage or even a
family member you lost contact with. With the Holiday Season upon us, the energy
is high and also the Full Moon energy helps that energy to be even stronger.
This message
comes on heaven's wings meaning that you are safe, protected and that you all
will gain much enjoyment from this news~.
Affirmation: I have a happen parent and child relationships. I allow my heart
to open up so that I can feel compassion and love
for all members of my family.
Peace and blessings,
Mystiblu~
~Fairies help us to believe and have faith~
by Mystiblu
**Please always replace Spirit/God/Goddess/Creator with whatever you believe
in... all paths lead to the ONE**
Fairies~The little Angels of Nature~* © Copyright Mystickblue 2005 All rights
reserved.
Cards USUALLY used are the "Healing with the Fairies" cards by Doreen Virtue
Images Copyright©1999 Doreen Virtue All Rights Reserved.Permission graciously
given by Doreen Virtue. On occasion, Mysti will use Claire Nahmand's Fairy Cards
illustrated by Danuta Mayer. These cards scream out for attention and are filled
with great energy, wisdom and magic from the
Fairies... right into your life! Please do share this message... in it's
entirety ~Thank you~* Do not Copy or use any parts of this message without
permission.
Fran Hafey is a Spiritual Counselor, Healer, Visionary Writer, Teacher and
Lightworker. She provides guidance and inspiration via her Website, groups and
newsletter on the World Wide Web. To read more of her articles visit the
Author's Website:
http://Mystickblue.com or her Weekly inspiration group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpiritualPathways/She's currently working on publishing her own books about love, inspiration,
magic and nature stories for Children of all ages.
© Copyright Mystickblue- Nov. -Dec. 2005 All rights reserved.
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bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act
accordingly. ~Corra
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Healing TalismansIncense of the day: Poplar Cartouche is sometimes referred to
as an "Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic." The symbols of several cartouche cards
may be used to effect self-healing or to send healing to someone in need. The
three main deities of cartouche that can be invoked for healing purposes are
Horus, Bast, and Thoth. Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris, is worshiped by all
as the redeemer and patron of homes and families. He is also the "All-Seeing
Eye," who deals with troubling physical ailments and eye conditions. Bast, the
twin sister of Horus and also the patroness of cats, takes care of all those who
suffer from mental problems and psychological setbacks. Thoth, the lord of time
and the patron of healers, looks after any imbalances that can cause disease in
people or society. He is petitioned by many to look after the overall healing of
the soul or spirit. Use your intuition as a guide when invoking gods and praying
to them for the restoration of good health.
By: S. Y. Zenith, Llewellyn and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
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Daily Aromatherapy Tip - Scented Beeswax Heart
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Scent a room with this decorative accent. Use a cookie cutter to cut a heart
shape from
a sheet of natural beeswax. Wrap the heart in cheesecloth and infuse it with a
few drops
of Rose Otto. Place the wrapped heart in a plastic bag for a week. Remove and
discard
the cloth and glue a ribbon hanger to the back of the heart. You can even
decorate
it with dried flowers and a bow. Hang it in the kitchen or even the bath!!
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Crone's Corner - .Spicy Gifts For Yule
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Start now making special herbal gifts and decorations with your own hands
expressing holiday sentiments
from your heart. We've searched far and wide and come up with a fine assortment
of herbal ideas, recipes
and crafts for you to select from.
Yule Time/Christmas Scent
3 sticks cinnamon
3 bay leaves
1/4 cup whole cloves
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange
1 quart water
Combine ingredients and simmer in a teakettle or saucepan throughout the
holidays!
Cinnamon Treasures By Brenda Hyde
Cinnamon is not only easy to craft with, but it's a smell that reflects the
warmth and charm of a cozy winter
home more than any other. These gifts can be used as additions to baskets filled
with homemade breads,
muffins or cookies. You can also package them alone for small gifts to give
teachers, friends and house guests.
Mulled Tea Bags
Ingredients:
5 tsp. loose black tea
4 whole cloves
6 whole allspice berries
2 tsp. coarsely crushed cinnamon stick
1 tsp. grated orange rind
1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
fine-mesh cheesecloth
Cotton string
Cut two five inch squares out of the cheese cloth. Place 1/2 of your tea
ingredients on one square, and the other
1/2 on the second one. Bring the corners together and tie into a bag with the
string. Place the teabags into a
mug, with these instructions:
To brew place one tea bag in a mug and 1 cup of boiling water. Steep 5 minutes
and enjoy!
If you wish you can also include a small jar of honey, an antique spoon (easily
found at a thrift store),
2 cinnamon sticks for stirring and a novel to enjoy reading while drinking.
Santa Cinnamon Sticks
You will need:
1 6 inch long cinnamon stick
red, peach or cream, black and pink acrylic paint
small paintbrush
tiny stiff paintbrush for textured paint
"snow" textured paint
Paint Santa's hat on a 1/2 inch space at the top of the stick, using textured
paint for ball and trim. For face,
paint 3/4 below the hat using peach or cream paint, paint eyes black and cheeks
pink. Lastly use texture paint
and the stiff brush to paint eyebrows and the beard. These make charming gift
toppers, or additions to gift
baskets and flower arrangements.
Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments
Two recipes, both simple, for making these neat ornaments that can also be used
as package toppers. If making
ahead, I would put each one in it's own plastic bag and store in a cool dry
place.
You will need:
4 ounces of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup of applesauce
2 tablespoons of white craft glue
These are not edible because of the glue. Mix together well, roll out and cut
your shapes. Poke a hole at the top
of each one for hanging before they dry. Put them on a wire rack for about a
week and let them dry, turning them
over about once a day.
Cinnamon Ornaments
You will need:
3/4 cup applesauce
1 4.12 ounce bottle ground cinnamon
Mix together to form a stiff dough. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with
cookie cutters. Make hole at top of
ornaments on rack to dry. Let dry 1-2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning
occasionally. Hang with decorative
thread, ribbon or natural raffia. Makes 12-15 ornaments.
Table Decorations
You will need:
Cinnamon sticks, 4-5 inches long
natural raffia
dried flowers of your choice
hot glue gun, glue sticks
To make a centerpiece glue together two cinnamon sticks, then top with two more,
gluing the four of them
together. Glue dried flowers to the top of the sticks to decorate, but not
overwhelm. Tie a few pieces of raffia
around the middle of the sticks and flowers to form a bow with a few ends
hanging slightly off the piece. Place
one in front of each place setting during your holiday meal. Guests can then
take home their cinnamon craft.
Cinnamon Stick Candle Holder
You will need:
1 clear glass votive candle holder
about 20 cinnamon sticks
transparent tape
scissors
hot glue gun, glue sticks
Measure the height of your holder, and add 1/2 inch. This is the length you will
need to cut your cinnamon sticks.
Cover the holder completely with tape. Hot glue does not adhere well to glass,
so this will give you a good surface
to glue to. Glue each stick vertically to the holder, making sure they are
placed evenly, until the entire surface is
covered. Use like this, or decorate with raffia, or other small holiday
decorations.
Dream Pillows
1 cup mugwort
1/2 cup rose petals
1/2 cup german chamomile
1/2 cup of sweet hops
1/3 cup lavender buds
1/3 cup catnip crushed
1/4 cup peppermint
Mix the ingredients together.Make cloth bags from a 5x12 inch piece of
material and fill the bags with your mixture. Sew the top of the bag shut.
Sweet dreams! These make great craft fair items, inexpensive gifts or neat
items for gift baskets.
From Herbal Witchcraft
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GrannyMoon's Morning Feast Archives
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"The Goddess Companion"
Wake up, people! Open your eyes! Wake up!
Move quickly, like people of light!
Draw clouds forth from the sky's quarters.
Draw clouds full of snow to us here!
Snow falling now means water in summer.
Come, ice, cover my fields!
In four days the festival starts, when we assemble
to call down snow in abundance.
~Pueblo Dawn Call To Winter Feast
Throughout the world, the darkest time is also the time of the greatest
celebration. One reason is simple:
busy people, bustling about to gather enough food to survive through the winter,
have less time to tell stories
and to feast and to sing. But there is another reason that is not so obvious:
the belief that the activities of human
beings during the winter somehow empower the earth to keep turning on its axis,
progressing slowly toward the
new seasons yet to come.
Stories have traditionally been vital in this quest for continued order in the
universe. Each winter, people would gather
to hear the old myths recited by the hearth-fire. This was the children's
school, the time to learn the rules by which
humankind was expected to live. It was a continuing education program for
adults, too, who each year heard the
familiar stories anew, with deeper meaning. But the stories did more than just
educate people. In a mysterious
and magickal way, they also linked humans to the cosmos. Just as the sun set at
the anticipated time, so we were
to tell the right story on the right night. We thus were bound to the cycle of
the seasons in a deep and meaningful way.
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By Patricia Monaghan ~ From "The Goddess Companion" and GrannyMoon's Morning
Feast
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I am unique.
There is no one else exactly like me.
And yet I am One with the whole of Nature.
I have the right to be what I am,
My essential Self is divine and beautiful.
I have the right also to be better than I am,
that the outer manifestation may be more true to the inner reality.
Beloved Pan, and all other gods who haunt this place,
grant me beauty in the inward soul,
and may the outward and the inward life be at one.
~Unknown
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