Animal magic - The spirit of the Horse

As we wander life's highways we look at the fields beyond and we see the Horse bounding round the grassy lowlands. this animal's spirit reminds us of travel in many ways as all you wanna do on the back of a horse is go a'wandering through the forest. You can find a wonderful view of the world from a horse's back as animals will venture closer than when you are on foot or in a motor!
What else does the horse help us to understand about life, well it's delicate nature. the feminine aspects of life are embodied by this animal and hence we could say "The Goddess". Softness and beauty are two strong aspects to this animal which are equally feminine qualities. The strength of the male animal in a stallion however perhaps shows us that the flip-side "the God" is just as highly attuned in this animal's nature.
how could we put these two aspects into one, how about the "Divine". The horse is a fabulous creature that makes you think of Pegasus or Unicorns, near on the most magical creature alive!
These dreamy aspects to the horse are as important to one's soul as the animal alive and kicking because they are alike magical tales of the animal herself. I am sure it is by getting to know horses in our lives that we will one day dream of a unicorn or seeing Pegasus fly. They as it were protect the magical dimensions of life.
Strength and mercy are qualities we aim to embody and this animal could help us to learn. How do we learn of a totem?
Well there is a plethora of ways to know of an animal, the best being to see them in their natural habitat just doing what they do! By watching carefully how they act and what their mannerisms are you can learn of their nature. See what movements they make and this can be worked into a dnace for shape-shifting. Whats this you ask? Well to become at one with an animal or bird while you are dancing is to truly learn of a totem and how to shape-shift. You really can fly like an eagle, prance like a horse or slither like a snake! Ancient shamans would appear to the tribe in this shapeshifting way.
The way of totem!

Magical creatures are animals and as they are so close to mother nature and the earth they help us to understand Her!
There are many more reasons that animals can become our greatest friends and anyone who has known a cat or dog at home would say so I'm sure! Totem teachings show us that not only can we learn from animals we can live alongside them happily and peacefully and we can learn the way of the shaman.

Blessings of a Shamanka be with you. Blessed be



































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A Lammas Day in the Sunshine!

As the summer draws to a close

The Autumnal heat is strong

The first day of harvest bears it's fruit

It is here we belong

Scythes fly and thresh the corn

People busy around

Life begins with the autumn!

The games begin for Lughnasad

Crafts and skills are made

Welcome to the menfolk, young and old

To meet the challenge of strength

How far and wide Lugh's skills are shown

Teacher to one and all

Guides the skills of the younger ones

Runs and rides to gold

The Green Lady is in being now

Bringing joy and abundance

Harvest time is good for all

Blessings amongst us

Leaves are beginning to turn red and gold

Autumntime approaches

The days are growing ever shorter

Nights are drawing in

The ripening time is here!

A new essence to the warmth of the world

The heat is dry and pleasant

Warmth of the soul resides in us

Sharing, caring, loving

Picnics for families with children who play

In golden hay and grass

Loving the blessing of a new world

The Hedge Druid gathers the ears of corn 

From first harvest cut

To make the Corn Dolly fine

To bring fertility back

Kept for months of wintertime to bury again at Imbolc

As we plant again next year

We remember yesteryear's harvest

With thanks and mercy on One and All

Happiness approaches

Welcome, Welcome to the Lammastime

Harvesting our goodies

A year's long toil

Is blessed with reward

Thanks to One and all

Blessings from the Earth Mother

Of food and shelter tall

Blessed be the Lammas!

For all to celebrate

Mother Goddess in all Her glory

Bountiful and fair

Thanks be to mothers everywhere

Sharing their kindness and generosity

Love to all abide

With joy we sing of life's true mercy

For within Mother this presides

Grainne the little sunny One 

Dances in the Light

Sunshine lights Her path

Telling of Her might

With thanks for summer's loving blessing

Of shared union divine

Innocence is ever there

For those who honour woman

With blessings of the swan's a swimming

With blessings of the Unicorn

The Lammas Angel shines on high

With golden locks so fine

Her heart an ever-knowing presence

Her eyees a pure delight

With gracious gifts of innocence and might

Blessed Be!

The Goddess Ostara

The Goddess Ostara is a wild , wild woman

Dancing by the fireside

the spirit of the Hare is in Her heart

Rebirth and Intuition

As the flames a'flicker

She dances to the beat

Of Her banging drum

Magic is made to the sound of the music

While the Moon looks on

Her feet tread lightly upon the Earth

To help the Great Mother rebirth

Welcome to the New World!

As the drum beats faster

So Ostara does a twirl

Widdeshins She goes

Banishing all the old energies from Her world

Doesil now with vigour 

Giving Her world a new Light

Pink and Orange hue

Tomorrow will be a sky blue

With happiness She closes the circle

Dancing all the while

Looking to the future

With dreamy eyes

Thank You to the Lady

For all Her blessings kind

With gentle heart She kisses the earth

Fertility of mind

Blessed be

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Peace!

 

Peace

 

With arms raised praising the heavens

Singing songs of peace and love

The essence of the Dove

Doth fly in Our hearts and minds

Great days to come

"It's all peace and love, man!"

Hippies unite

 

 

 

May the Earth be blessed

With good people who respect and honour

Bringing joy to the world

Thanking One another for the gift of help

We dance Our "Spiral Dance"

Creating as We go

Changing Life as We know it

While the wind doth blow

 

"Wind eh ah ho

Wind eh ah ho

Ah ahh ahh

Ho Ho Ho

Ja Ja Ja"

 

 

 

The tribal Ones are together

Gathered for pow-wow

Talking sense

Singing peace

Dancing for the Sun

Praying for the Moon

 

The Light doth shine

Upon Your face

Bringing out Your eyes of gold

Your hair it glows

With the love inside

 

 

 

Wonder at this world

Of glory to behold

Understanding all to come

In one flash of light

How will We live upto Our destiny

By keeping as One

In peace, love and harmony!

 

Thanks be!

Blessed Be

 



The Spirit of the COW!

 

The Spirit of the COW!

The cow a blessed creature symbolises all we know about the Goddess in Her Mother aspect. There be stories in Ancient Eireland that talk of three magical cows coming to the shore, one white (the Maiden), one red (the Mother) and the other black (the Crone). Although all aspects of the Goddess are represented here, the Cow symbolises everything We know of Motherhood most of all.

She nurtures, She cares
She cAtches Us unawares
She gives and receives
She runs through the leaves
She gathers, She collects
An abundance of things
Life is what She brings!

This little poem shows Us just how important a Mother is!!
The Mother Goddess gives Her life for Her children and is always happy to do so!!
In my experience children give you so much back with their little hearts, just a smile in the morning or a joyful laugh and I'm happy they're happy!!
Motherhood is such a joy for a woman and to me the Cow symbolises joy everlasting! Cows seem to walk about with a smile upon their faces and exude happiness and forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the "Key to Life" I've always felt!
So in this way Cows are a vital aspect to all We know and love! The Cow has so much to teach Us about how to be good people. They live together happily in large numbers, for a small field and are always seen to gather at watering holes.
This community living is a wonderful way for us Humans to be and learn from!
The Cow really does represent PEACE in it's true essence!
The peaceful and giving nature of the Cow shows Us how We can all live together happily and help to provide for Our families and One another.
By lending a hand and by giving practical help or even giving of Our work some how we can all provide for the starving, poor and needy people in this sad, sad World of Ours!

Peace is such a vital aspect of Life to truly appreciate the Human being in their best and only true nature!
How can We look at this World of Ours seeing war and famine and suffering of any kind without ACTING in some peaceful way to put it right!!

The Cow brings blessings in "Abundance"!!
Although as a VEGE-head I only see the Cow as a friend who lives happily around me, their Sacredness to Human has been revered in INDIA always.
Happily the people of BUDDHA hold the gentleness of the Cow as most important to it's nature and also live like I do, in true respect of the animal's FR-REEDOM!
Nice peeps!!

With Motherhood comes responsibility and the Cow and Her male Bull both show great protection to their young and loved One! The Bull will stand strong in the face of "Foe" and will charge at invaders when need be!
However the Cow is ALL Goddess' and remains protective in peace of the young and old. Woman could do much by learning of this blessed duality and the sacredness of the TRUST between Cow and Bull!

I feel this animal really epitomises the Goddess at Her best in all Her four aspects while living the Life of a Mother!
This teaches Us wimmin that Life begins with being a Mother whatever age that is for you!
Life has so much to offer Us in motherhood and the Goddess knows that! After all, the planet We live on that gives Us LIFE itself, is a MOTHER GODDESS, the MOTHER EARTH!

Thanks for reading mi lil prose, I hope you enjoyed mi rant!!
With joy I bring you a painting of the Cow I found on the net!

 

 

 



All Hallows Eve

 

 

All Hallows Eve

We do believe

Is full of ghosts and ghoulies

However we truly know

The light doth shine for the Otherworld

For Ancestors to find us in the night

Of All Hallow's Eve!

 

Witches and Warlocks,

Wizards and Pumpkins galore

Shine the light of Heaven once more

The joys of the world unite and sing

"Glory be to everything,

That cometh from justice,

Truth and honesty,

Blessed Be."

 

 

 

Cometh the night of All Hallows Eve

Trouble and strife

Of yesteryear

Come forth the Spirits of the Ancestors

To bring us glory again

May the Kelts unite

This holy night

To free Our souls of tyranny

May trouble subside

May peace reside

In Our hearts, minds and souls

Welcoming the Golden Age

To bring us dreams come true.

May we feel anew.

Rebirth for the Earth is true!

 

 

Blessed Be

 

Pheonix Smoldering Ash



Samhain Blessings

 

Samhain Blessings

 

 

 

Here we are again

It's that time of year

To dress up fancy

And give a cheer

Halloween is here!

Tonite we delve deep into Our souls

To find Our inner magic

From deep within Our hearts and minds

Sprout spells and ritual magic!

The magic literally swirls around

Creating glory in it's path

What will be the aftermath?!

 

 

All Hallows Eve

The Ancestors bright

Come hither to be with us on this night

The Kelts of Britain, the knights of old

Have a story to be told

Kind King Arthur and his tribe

Keep this night alive!!

Fighting for what is right

On this most hallowed of night

Beyond the Seventh Seal we send

Those who must make amend

The Veil is thin to all good

Naga gone from Our Heaven!!!

The Otherworld a place of the Ancestors

That once walked these lands

Beautiful Ones with wisdom strong

Knowing what needs to be done

Sending gifts from Heaven above

Flying with wings of a dove

Bring us home to Britain to dwell

Jesus Our Emmanuel!

 

 

How the Moon doth shine so bright

Welcoming us to the night

Ana's light!

The Goddess in being

Grandmother Moon

Shining o'er this world

Of happy peeps playing trick or treat

Friends we always meet

On Our journey across the world

Thanks be to the Heavens

Of new and old!

 

Blessed Be

 

Pheonix Smoldering Ash

 

 

The Snowflake Fairy

 

The Snowflake Fairy 

I dance, I dance through the sky
Bringing the joy of winter
Bright blessings I bring
To you and your King
Joy everlasting
Wintertime full of light
Snow so bright

My heart is filled with passion
I am overjoyed
Winter's here
The way is clear
We dance through the sky
The time is nigh
For peace on earth
For the Great Mother's Rebirth
Welcome, Welcome Everyone!

Snowflakes fall
Upon us all
To bless us with dainty love
Prancing around
A new world is found
Full of snowmen and white
A cover for the night
The light it brings
Full of ding-a-ling-lings
Has fairies making mirth
The Great Mother's rebirth!

Blessed Be

Pheonix Smoldering Ash

 



Lammas Blessings

 

Lammas Blessings

 

 

The Mother Goddess

 

 

 

As we reach the beginning of the harvest and Autumn in it's traditional sense, the Sun ripening the fields of crops and warming our souls, we find the time of the "Mother Goddess".

The sacred site in Britain related to this festival celebration is Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. It symbolised a mother's pregnant womb and embodies fertilty at it's best. The Ancient Druids would journey here at the Lammas time (1st August) and celebrate the Mother Goddess at Her most fertile.

 

 As this is a Mother Goddess celebration, the menfolk would gather together separately and celebrate Lughnasad (LOO-NAS-SAH). This celebration of the Celtic God Lugh, the god of craft, skill and master of many arts, was like the olympic games for menfolk!!

The Celtic God Lugh

 

Young men especially with the guidace of elders would celebrate together for the moon month. Fathers would be at the Lammas festival celebrating with the Mothers and their children.

 

In tradition their are many Mother Goddess' celebrated. DEMETER the mother of Persephone is also a Grain Goddess of the harvestime. Her blessed realm would be celebrated at Lammas with dancing and the making of Corn Dollys. The first ear of corn cut from the harvest was made into a Goddess' likeness and kept in the home til next year when it was planted into the fields in spring. This helped to ensure the fertility of the land and a good harvest. A fertilty dance at harvestime would help to celebrate the Mother Earth and the Goddess Ana at her most bountiful.

 

The sacred symbol for PEACE

 

Lammas Ritual

As this is the time of the harvest, it is nice to celebrate by making an offering of your harvest to the Mother Earth and the Fae. By leaving this offering you are giving thanks for all the bountiful gifts of the Great Mother. Another possibility is to have a picnic with family and friends celebrating of your harvest. Both aspects, the aspect of give-away and the aspect of enjoying yourself are always welcomed by the Mother Goddess' and the Great Mother Herself.

 

   To quote the Native American Commandments of the Great Spirit:

 

"Dedicate a share of your efforts to the Greater Good"

 

Blessed Be