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Rites of November

✖ ✖ The Rites of November

Holidays from the Pagano Calendar
November 1 . Samhain.
November 2. Feast of Loki. Festival of the Ancient Spirits. Feast of Epona.
11 November. Feast of Bastet novembre.Festa Sucellus
16- Hecate
November 18. Festival of Arts . Orsa goddess of fertility
November 19. Lctistrenia Cybèles: Feast of Cybele
November 21. Feast of Hathor
November 22. Feast of Pluto and Persephone
November 23. Feast of Artemis Calliste
November 24. Would
Day on November 25. Elder's Day.
November 26. Festdi Sekmeth
November 30. Feast of Diana.

pagan festival: Italian Stregheria - Sabba
Calenda (Celtic Name: Shamain, Halloween, ShadowFest, Martinmas, Old Hallowmas): [October 31] raccolto.La Last night he won the day, and the goddess die to be reborn in the form of Dio.Gli last fruits can be harvested, but this is a prelude to the arrival of the stripping of death purifying and dark. We understand that nothing in this day and 'eternal and that life and' a cycle of death rinascita.E 'time perhaps the most' magical and meaningful year for us. In fact, this festival 'was a real headache for the Christians in those who hinder' to resist despite the repressioni.Per as it is a holiday invented ad hoc (the Christians have never had cults of the dead or spirits in their culture ) as the feast of the dead continues to be remembered as the "Festival of Witches".
Were favored and summons all the rites aimed at restitution of wrongs.
AND 'the pagan new year. Late summer and early winter for the Celts, the beginning of the new year ... passing perhaps the most 'important. This festival is also considered the third and final harvest festival.
In this event, the Goddess is asleep and the scepter passed to God, old and declining in winter. Even nature seems to die, but awaken 'the next season, coming back to life with the Goddess.
For some traditions, the Goddess does not fall asleep, but descends into the ground, away from light, taking on the dark side that characterize 'the winter. In other traditions, this celebration corresponds to the "death" of God, born again 'and then the Winter Solstice, from the womb of the Goddess.

In 'Mediterranean area the period of the first cold autumn was dedicated to the cult of the dead everywhere. Already in ancient Egypt the tradition of killing Oriside placed there by the evil brother Seth. Nov. 1 at the Celts, Samhain (the end of summer '), was the New Year, the "black time": a very important day, which belonged neither to year that ended in what he was about to begin, which fell every barrier between the living and the dead and the two worlds could communicate. Those who had not reincarnate could return at this time and review the places and people, it was said that anyone would meet with their deceased loved ones could uncover the tomb and enter it: the only condition was to remain in the afterlife for one year, until the next Samhain. It ran only one danger: that the deceased chose to stay close to your loved one and to prevent you from back among the living.
Samhain also called the feast of the shadows of dead souls, of the Other World, was a moment of transition, the better for the rites of divination. At sunset, turn off all the fireworks, then lit a bonfire and that every head of household ignite the torch to relight the fire in the home, which was never let off for the rest of the year. The priests celebrated for three days during ceremonies in which they entered in close contact with the gods: the first commemorating the heroes, the dead in the second, and third were held fairs, games, horse racing, convivial gatherings and rejoicing at the end of hostilities, it was the custom during the wars suspending the cold.
Samhain is the only event which has a purely agrarian., The animal consumed at banquets was the pig, a sacred animal and symbol of prosperity and sovereignty, mead was a traditional drink beer together and gave immortality.
In Ireland the day was reserved for the consecration of a new king (if he died the previous year) the celebration that followed lasted a week, and sanctified by the sacrifice of a white bull Aigli of. On the solemn occasion
Samhain became Halloween, commercial and similar to the second Carnival, but the word Halloween has its origins Catholic Nov. 1, the day dedicated to the saints, was celebrated with bonfires because the light shone frightening spirits that roamed the 'air were so far away.
People used to dress to avoid being recognized and taken away by witches and spirits. In English, that the day was All Hallows 'Day and the Celtic tradition as the feast would begin at sunset, then on the eve of All Saints was called All Hallows' Eve which Halloween.



Rite of creativity
To increase your chances in every field, three in the morning of November 1 light a purple candle and a green. Put the sage leaves (preferably fresh, but dried are fine) on your desktop, in a natural container (a piece of bark, a concave stone, a shell, half coconut) Among the candles you put a jar with a bouquet of yellow flowers and then say three times:

of Creativity 'universe
appear before me.
I open my eyes and my heart my
To receive this power and inspiration.
mine that runs the flow of opportunities.
Whether this is done.
like that so be it.

out the candles with two fingers wet, let dry well before discarding the flowers, but thrown away within three days of the candle and sage in water.


Rites specific
How to use the time before the Winter Solstice? The Romans had their feasts in honor of Neptune, god of the sea "the Spa, celebrations of good luck because the winter was not too hard, the sacrifices of animals in the Forum Boario. Catholics celebrated the feast of St. Martin, popular in France, the glorious knight who cut his cloak in two to cover a poor man who plotted cold in a frosty day and was rewarded with a hot sun (the period is therefore known as "Estate of Martin).
We, waiting for the magic in December, let's take a break. At this time the witches are used to" pull the balance 'of the year draws to a close, you may wonder why this is not done the night New Year's Eve, when the year ends and begins a scratch, but the times and seasons of magic does not correspond exactly to the seasons canonical . In particular, it is tradition to invoke positive change in their lives.


Ritual change
is used to import a change of life in a positive return and good luck.
The spell begins in a full moon night, since the second week of November and no later than December 21. We need a candle silver
(which represents the end of bad luck), a black (which represents all the negativity in your life), an orange (that favors the change) a dark red (which represents the arrival of good luck) and a candle that you like (which should represent yourself). Put on the table cloth and five saucers in a row in front of you. Put five candles on small plates in this order, from left: the one that represents you, the black, silver, orange and the deep red. Right put the censer, left a bouquet of fresh pink flowers.
Fumigate the room with incense mingled with cedar of Lebanon, for at least fifteen minutes.

Light the candle that represents you and say: This candle
I am and everything that represents them

For the second turn on the black candle and say
This candle is the symbol of all the bad things in my life : bad luck will melt like wax of this candle.

For the third candle silver:
This candle will take away all traces of bad luck, that will dissolve in the 'infinite. For

The fourth candle orange:
This candle represents the light that will flow from the positive changes in my life. I look good luck and blessing.

For the last dark red candle and say
This candle represents the energy of 'universe, which I call to help me to change my life positively.

concentrate and repeat nine times
you look, change, and yi I welcome in my life.

Let the candles burn until the end. Repeat this ritual for nine days, then throw everything in running water within seven days.




Day Epona's November 2
Epona could be the personification of an ancient worship of the horses, a common worship to the people who came from the grasslands of Central Asia: tribal peoples came from the East, which expanded along the valley of Danube in central and western populations and which do not surprise the worship of a deity related to horses, because horses were vital for a wandering people (until you emerge above findings, it can be assumed about 4,500 years ago in Europe, the domestication older horse, by the shepherds who lived in present-day Ukraine, including Poland and Romania. To reveal the approximate date skeletal remains of horses have been dated using the carbon discovered buried with horse articles, such as - for example - a bit of antler).

The tribal people associate the masculine energies of nature with horned animals, hence the male gods bulls and goats. The horses were instead connected with the functions of female nurturing and fertility.

Epona is par excellence the patron goddess of horses. Its name derives from the Celtic word "epic" which means "horse" - "EPA" to the female horse.

To the Celts the horse was very important, to the point that they do not eat meat for any reason.
Epona was one of the most revered gods and, among its other functions conferred sovereignty.
The "Goddess of horses" Celtic-minded people about a deep, tied to a magical concept of creation and tradition of druidic rituals.

The cult of Epona was especially prevalent in Gaul and the Rhineland between the tribes of Aedui, and Lingones of Treves, but also appeared in more remote areas such as Britain and Iberia. Also in Romania and Yugoslavia have found that the inscriptions mentioning as gods.
The Irish kings were celebrating ceremony of the "symbolic birth" by Epona under form of a white colt, during the ceremonies of the proclamation of their royalty. In other ceremonies, the same king "ritually combine" with the goddess Epona in holy matrimony to legitimize their power.
the only Celtic goddess Epona was adopted by the Romans.

is possible that its appearance in Britain is linked to the presence of the Roman legionary troops but it is, without doubt, a Celtic god and it is assumed that the various Celtic tribes of Britain have long worshiped a female deity benign, associated with horses and possession of material goods, who was the bearer of health and fertility of donor mares and welfare to the simple.

The goddess could take the form of a woman, a mare, or that of a swollen river, his images appear in many contexts Celtic, but there are many variations and locations. While it is true that his adoption as a Roman goddess has helped to spread his cult throughout the empire, the very fact represents an important example of the influence on Roman civilization Celtic: Celtic goddess Epona was the only imported officially in Rome where he also had a festival in his honor.
Some inscriptions indicate that many of his devotees were members of the cavalry (although usually they were the gods Roman men to be associated with the horses and the horse was definitely a male domain in Rome). In fact more than a "goddess of the Roman cavalry" was the protector of everyone who worked or had business dealings on the horses. The presiding goddess

still above the health and fertility of animals. Mounted on the side, the old way and women at all, in the imagery, you can define a god of war. Epona is often held up objects of fertility and nourishment, rather than weapons: a plate from which a foal is nurtured, fruit or a cornucopia. Was always represented in the company of one or more horses, baskets of grain or fruit at his feet, brought in some paintings hanging on the belt as a key symbol of his ability to open the gates of the underworld and thus ensure the "rebirth".
Epona was also associated with river water and milk, essential nourishment for the Celts and - in addition to horses - donkeys, mules and the oxen.

The symbol of the horse with a rider on his back is a psychopomp the final journey of souls.
In the realm of life and that of death, Epona is a symbol of independence, instinct and vital capacity consolidation and intuition.
also represents the character of the horses: the joy of life, independence and power of nature.
Epona is often associated with goddesses Rhiannon of Wales, and Macha in Ireland: in all the legends associated with these two deities are portrayed as the heroic women are ready for dedication.
In the Christian Middle Ages the figure of Epona was still venerated as the patron saint of horses as a symbol of the white horse has been absorbed Christian iconography as a symbol of purity and still many saints are painted on white horses. How
lunar goddess, Epona holding in his hand a cornucopia, a symbol of abundance and vitality. Often feeds on horses with fruit, corn or apples, and is always depicted alongside at least one horse, or on his back. It is often with a large group of horses. Other times it is seen in the company a colt who eats in his hands from a patera or sleeping next to the hooves of the horse she mounted.
E 'communications appearing dogs or birds that follow. The birds are often three, is said to come from the beyond, "the home of the gods", and that their songs have the magic power to raise from the dead or heal from the sadness and pain.
is sometimes naked, sometimes wearing a cloak.
There was a shrine dedicated to her in Burgundy, a region particularly rich in its images.
A statue of Epona from Alesia in eastern France (one of his places of worship originating) is an example of his way to side mount ancient feminine way.
There are also statues that show settled into a throne, with two foals side (Epona from Schwarzenacker).
Often there are pictures around his roses and we know from Apuleius (The Golden Ass), which were offered fresh roses on his altars inside the stables. The habit of planting roses near the stables was widespread in Italy until the beginning of the century ... but the rose of Epona is the Dog Rose, Wild.
was also venerated in the guise of white mare, probably because the white color has always been considered a "pure", with deep spiritual connotations, and because it was rare in horses.
The cult of the horse certainly had spread to Britain from the Bronze Age. The most famous of ancient representations of horses, the white horse of Uffington, was dated around 1400 BC

This figure carved deep into solid chalk of a hill in Berkshire, describes the stylized silhouette of a horse, combined with elements of bird and dragon.

Many assumptions were made about the origin of this figure, some connected to a major defeat of the Danes, but especially to the mythical figures of Hengist and Horsa principles ("stallion" and "mare"), but it is possible that the cult of the horse was present in this place from the Neolithic period.
's horse Uffington is quite clearly female (as are all the old paintings of white horses in Britain).

was also venerated in the guise of white mare, probably because the white color has always been considered a "pure", with deep spiritual connotations, and because it was rare in horses.
The cult of the horse certainly had spread to Britain from the Bronze Age. The most famous of ancient representations of horses, the white horse of Uffington, was dated around 1400 BC

This figure carved deep into solid chalk of a hill in Berkshire, describes the stylized silhouette of a horse, combined with elements bird and dragon.

Many assumptions were made about the origin of this figure, some connected to a major defeat of the Danes, but especially to the mythical figures of Hengist and Horsa principles ("stallion" and "mare"), but it is possible that the cult of the horse was present in this place from the Neolithic period.
The horse of Uffington is quite clearly female (as are all the old paintings of white horses in Britain).


Devotion

protection of horses is not the only field of action of Epona. As the goddess of horses Epona had special strength and meaning, was a symbol of royalty, of material importance and value. Many images are describing as a dispenser of food and the cornucopia of abundance, which occurs in its iconography, extended his power in all fields of prosperity.

also has great healing powers associated with the suffering of animals which is protective, but also with the protection of human beings with the same animals have been there.

Epona was undoubtedly originally a goddess of horses, but its function now includes the powers of healing waters, the feeding of creatures, and the custody of the repose of the souls of the dead. By analogy, it is also patron of all creatures large and lovers of wildlife, sports, diving in nature, who loves to run and jump, travel or take a walk (even spiritual), who is strong and independent, who has an indomitable spirit.

Unfortunately there's nothing left of the ancient myths related to her, so that even seems that the cult had no special mysteries (although very popular), but even if the historical sources of its religious past are lost, it is not difficult to understand WHEN we may be close: all women, there is a wild creature and strong, very powerful even if submerged, which aspires to run free in the wind, smelling the scent of flowers. And in all men there is a serene and constant power, a force peaceful, quiet and invincible hidden under the cultural layers.
These creatures, full of energy without stress, living deep under our skin every day, owe much to Epona and are fed by her: her power to make them emerge!
epona

With the revival of interest in the "Old Religion", the basis for the new religion of Wicca by Gardner placed in the last century, and its appreciation of the divine feminine, Epona could begin to emerge from the shadows taking its rightful place in our spirituality, after years of exile that have been reserved for all deities old.

Meditation

Epona to approach the most effective way is to try horse riding, there are now almost everywhere (but look for one where the horses are loved and bentrattati!).

Generally, visitors are welcome, if educated. After a visit there will be difficult to caress them while they are in the box aside and thrust his head out of you curious: the likely your initial sense of fear will be overcome by the attraction for their quiet beauty.

Give them some apples. Abbracciatene one, preferably female, feel the flexibility of its neck, the force huge muscles and sweet. Are you listening. Look at his eyes deep and sweet, I invoke upon you the spirit: the power of Epona.
Maybe it will continue for another visit, maybe you will want to take a lesson and to mount it ...

Alternatively, if there is no handling or you are afraid of large animals unsurpassed, enjoy a good race walk in a meadow jumping like when you were little, nitrite, snort, jump, kick, stand at a trot and canter ... feel free and wild, loud, sweaty and happy!

Even that convinces you?
Then try with a poem:

Where in the wide world there is nobility without arrogance?
Where friendship without envy?
Where the beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is coupled with the strength,
and violence is tamed by the sweetness.
The kingdom of the horse.

Myth

No real myth of Epona has occurred to us. According to legend seems to have been the daughter of a horse and a man who became a goddess, could admit the form either human or equine.
His horse was magical because, in his step appeared slow and steady, the fastest horses were never able to reach him and was also his magical cornucopia, a symbol of fertility and prosperity, which offered food and never empty.



Feast of Bastet November 16

The Feline goddess Bast is a goddess Egiazina

I collect magic from anywhere and from any person who owns, fast
as the greyhound, fast as light ...
The magic that creates the form, which comes from the womb of Mother
the magic that invokes God, that comes out of silence;
the magic that heats God, who comes from Mother.
Now this spell is on me
from everywhere and from every person who has it, like Greyhound
fast, fast as light. "

Book of the Dead - Ch. XXIV

the Egyptian goddess Bast - feline shapes and always friendly of friends' cats - is ancient. In older texts listed as generated by Ra, the sun god, with her sister Sekhmet, while in later texts appears as the daughter of Isis and Osiris, Horus's twin sister, and sometimes as his wife (although often is mentioned as the wife of Horus or Hathor Sekhmeth).

Bast is the mother of the lion-headed god Mihos.

The Egyptian prophecy to the effect that Horus will return to restore the solar cycle his father, with the help of his wife Bast, reflect the advent of the Aquarian.

is known by the names Bast, Ba en Aset, Bastet, Pakhet, Pashto, Pasch, Ubastet, or more commonly Ubasti Bastet, even if the name should only be given when it appears in the form of a cat.

the oldest form of his name - mentioned in documents dating back to 3000 BC - and Pashto, but his cult came to touch the peak in later dynasties. The cult of Bastet, which lasted until the seventh century AD, was centered in Bubastis, a city located in the south-east of the Nile Delta which was the capital during the XXIII dynasty. Bubastis is his name greek: the original name was Pwr-Pwr-Bast or Bastet. In Egyptian pwr can be translated as "home" or "kingdom" and Bubastis was known as the House of Bast.

In the Late Period Bubastis was the capital of Egypt for a dynasty and was made famous by Herodotus - in the fourth century BC - when he described in his Annals a holiday that took place there and attracted Devotees from across the country.
According to Herodotus, the annual festival of Bastet in late October attended by 700,000 people who were in town on barges traveling, playing and singing and spreading joy flow into the sound of flutes and percussion instruments: "It was served no wine in those days of partying in the rest of the year. "
From an inscription dating back to Ramses IV, we learn that during the feast of the goddess was strictly forbidden to hunt the lion.

were organized in Egypt , other cities that have hosted important and influential temples dedicated to the worship of Bast, as Memphis (Mennefer), Heliopolis (Iunu) and Herakleopolis (Henen-nesut) and traces of the cult of Bastet were found in southern Italy, especially in Pompeii , No city, however, was more sacred Bubastis.
A Bubastis was destroyed by the Persians in 350 BC., the archaeological excavations in the ruins of Tell-Basta (its actual name) have yielded many discoveries, including a graveyard with mummified holy cats.

there a connection between Bast and the lion-headed deity or feline as Tefnut, Sekhmet (lioness) or Mafdet (Cheetah) and a relationship with other goddesses in animal form, as Wadjet, the goddess-serpent and the goddess Hathor cow.

From the II Dynasty (about 2890-2686 BC), Bast was depicted as a cat in the desert, or like a big cat: lioness or panther. Was associated with the domestic cat until about 1000 BC, and it is thought that it was the time when the Egyptians began to domesticate cats.

The Egyptians became so devoted to the goddess Bastet and cats who made laws to prevent the export to outside the kingdom, but the Phoenician merchants were able to smuggle in some Mediterranean countries where it spread widely.
Because cats were considered demi-gods in Egypt who was threatening their lives would be severely punished.

Listening to the historical evidence and observing the many archaeological finds of this deity is easy to realize how
was considered:

In the Late Period Bubastis was the capital of Egypt for a dynasty and was made famous by Herodotus - in the fourth century BC - when he described in his Annals a holiday that took place there and attracted devotees from all over the country.
According to Herodotus, the annual festival of Bastet in late October attended by 700,000 people who reached the city on barges traveling, playing and singing and spreading joy flow into the sound of flutes and percussion instruments, "you consume more wine in those days of partying in the rest of the year."
From an inscription dating back to Ramses IV, we learn that during the feast of the goddess was strictly forbidden to hunt the lion.

were organized in Egypt, several cities that have hosted important and influential temples dedicated to the worship of Bast, as Memphis (Mennefer), Heliopolis (Iunu) and Herakleopolis (Henen-nesut) and traces of the cult of Bastet were found in southern Italy, especially at Pompeii, no city, however, was more sacred Bubastis. A
Bubastis was destroyed by the Persians in 350 BC., The archaeological excavations in the ruins of Tell-Basta (its actual name) have yielded many discoveries, including a graveyard with mummified holy cats.

there a connection between Bast and the lion-headed deity or feline as Tefnut, Sekhmet (lioness) or Mafdet (Cheetah) and a relationship with other goddesses in animal form, as Wadjet, the goddess-serpent and the goddess Hathor cow.

From the II Dynasty (about 2890-2686 BC), Bast was depicted as a cat in the desert, or like a big cat: lioness or panther. Was associated with the domestic cat until about 1000 BC, and it is thought that it was the epoch when the Egyptians began to domesticate cats.

The Egyptians became so devoted to the goddess Bastet and cats who made laws to prevent their export from the kingdom, but the Phoenician merchants were able to smuggle in some Mediterranean countries where it spread widely.
Because cats were considered demi-gods in Egypt who was threatening their lives would be severely punished.

Listening to the historical evidence and observing the many archaeological finds of this deity is easy to realize how
was considered:

PROTECTIVE OF DOMESTIC CATS

Egyptians domesticated cats to protect grain and food supplies rodents. In addition, the cat is one of the natural enemies of snakes, then very popular and feared (although they also considered sacred). Bast
probably originally it was a deified form of the cat (or cat) and anthropomorphism that he sees a woman's body and head of a cat came at a later time. Thanks to its quality cat Bast was patron of the house, grain and harvest, protetrice by poisonous snakes, the goddess of prosperity and wealth. Bastet
always responds to appeals for aid to the health or integrity of cats.
In the Latin world was sometimes called in the plural form "Eponabus" which seems to be an indication of membership the group of "triple ought."

PROTECTIVE WOMEN, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

The cats were treated to the Moon: their feline eyes undergo large variations with changing light, so to remember the stages of expansion and reduction of our satellite. "The Egyptians looked into the eyes of a cat in the various phases of the moon because the full moon shines more as their brightness decreases with the waning moon and the male cat suit the look of his eyes in relation to the sun, in fact, when the sun rises, his pupil is elongated, is round about noon and evening you can not see at all and it seems that the entire eye is homogeneous. (Edward Topsell)
The Egyptians knew the influences of the moon on the world of women and the sensitivity of women and cats in the demonstrations magnetic and electrical properties. The monument that best expresses the mysterious and secretive nature of these creatures is the Sphinx of Giza, with catlike body and head of a woman. How Women
deity, Bast was also the Goddess of Love, therefore, the patron of families, fertility, birth, children, joy.
In his left hand, was often depicted a sacred amulet shaped like a cat's eye, the utchat (the eye of Ra, the Sun god), who had magic powers and pointed to the power to see things visible and invisible. This amulet
was reproduced in the decorations in temples and houses, where protected from theft, disease and accidents, and also in the jewelry for personal protection. In fact, if worn around the neck, to protect travelers and if it was given to the spouses was hope of many children. Most likely the word
utchat generate most of the names used in various languages \u200b\u200bto identify the cat: cat Hattush, gatus, gatous, gato, Katta, Katta, kitten, etc..

LADY OF MUSIC, SONG AND DANCE OF

Like cats are fond of the easy life of pleasure and play, so they were also the Egyptian goddess Bast was a joyful and loving, the patron saint of the activities enjoyable and fun.
In this capacity he was the lady of the arts of music, dance and song, which never failed during his celebrations.
As Goddess of Music and Arts Festivals of its attribute sistrum was sacred.
Because of his party were not allowed the children shall be presumed that his cult contemplate many sexual freedom and the pursuit of pleasure. Another notable
Bast was a preference for perfume.

GODDESS OF TRUTH '

As the mysterious cats seem to know everything about the world Bast was also regarded as the repository of Truth.
A curiosity: it seems that once women lesbian women were known as very sincere and able to support the truth, so Mrs. Bast was seen as lesbian women.


his double, SEKHMETH

An important aspect of the vessel was to be the twin sister of Sekhmet, the goddess represented as a woman with the head of a lioness, and also with the utchat as an attribute ..
But while, in combination, Sekhmet is the goddess of the dark and destructive side and the disruptive forces that act in humans and nature, Bast embodies the creative aspects and life-giving mirror. Together, the twin sisters strike a balance between light and shadow, the creative and destructive, good and evil, in practice the harmony of the cosmos.
Bast and Sekhmet are an interesting example of the duality that permeated the Egyptian culture: Bast was a goddess of Lower Egypt (North, Delta) while Sekhmeth came from Upper Egypt (Nubia). Their sister was a symbol of cosmic harmony as well as the Union of the Two Kingdoms. According to HP Blavatsky
[Bast] It is also called Beset or Bubastis, which is the principle that unites and what separates ".

Bast was an expression of the magic of life, foresight, fertility and prosperity of the cats while they Sekhmet represented the power (in war), the ability and clairvoyance: he was questioned by the fact priests to know the enemy's plans and then help the soldiers in battle.
When the two sisters are facing their forces are in balance, and - unless one of them - there is separation, disharmony. So the very positive aspects, feminine, loving balance the aggressiveness of Sekhmet Bast, and the vitality and power of Sekhmeth nerve damage to one of the most graceful and feminine goddesses of the Egyptian pantheon.


OF MEDITATION BASTET

is a meditation suited to women. Put the image on the altar of the Goddess or a cat, put the two side candles (purple, blue or silver) and scented flowers, white, blue or purple

You'll also need a small spark of color that now there is better, put it in front of the image of Bastet.
should have essences, incense or perfumes, because they like the Goddess: Bast is traditionally seen as a gentle goddess who loves music, dancing and perfume. It is the goddess of love and joy, loves cuddles and caresses, luxuries.
However it is best to remember that just like cats, she has a hard side, enigmatic and even aggressive (represented as a double Sekhmeth).

Close your eyes and breathe deeply for a few minutes relaxing with your usual technique. When you are completely relaxed, open your eyes, look for some 'time the flame of your small candle. Then close your eyes again, empty your mind and look at the dark and empty. Imagine a dark fog that begins to move the darkness around you. Look at the vortices, listen to the silence.


Gradually, the fog dissipates.
Once you cancel, your inner eye reveals a desert landscape of reddish sand.

Nearby, you can see the mighty columns of a temple.
Walking towards the temple and feel the warmth of sand under your feet and the warm sun on your body.

Now look at: how are you dressed? See what your surroundings and take note of all the details. Use your inner eye to observe the environment around you. What can you see?
Make real in your mind the place you're going through.

arrived at the base of the temple and take some 'time to examine it. There are engravings and bas-reliefs on the walls or is bald?

Take a deep breath and sniffs the air. Smell of incense and perfumes come from the temple, intoxicating, filling the nose ... head. You hear a muffled
sweet music, the harmony of flutes, the rhythm of the drums. All this appeals to you.

Revenue from the main entrance, cross a sunny courtyard and you are at a large room from high columns of stone. Inside is almost completely dark, but on the altar are lighted oil bowls emit a flickering light.
Here the air is fresh and the smell of incense is mixed with the scent of fresh flowers.

Advanced and see if there are people - priestesses - or if you are alone.

Go to tap one of the columns feeling the roughness of the stone beneath his fingers. Add detail and realism to the scene.

then across all the room until you reach the entrance of a small shrine. Against the wall is a large black basalt statue of a cat sitting: Sacred Cat Bastet brings gold earrings and a necklace of stones hard. Around

there are incense burners, candles and priestesses who are busy. Wherever there are cats, some sitting on the floor, other niches in the walls. The air is filled with the vibration of their purring.
Take some time and see if you want to talk to the priestess, if you bring a cat or the statue of the Goddess.

After a few minutes, and leave the shrine greeted by another door. You are now in a corridor with walls painted. Even here there is not much light ... but you can see where you are walking in the glow of candles.

The corridor opens into a vast hall, flanked by columns. In front of you, down the hall, on an altar at the top in a staircase there is another golden statue of the Goddess.
is a woman in size, the head of a cat carrying a kitten sistrum decorated with gold. She is wearing a long dress with jacket and a necklace, but her feet are bare.
The room resounds with lively music, played by a group of priestesses with flutes, drums and rattles. Other priests and priestesses dancing sinuously to the music, mixed with cats playing with each other and themselves.

The floor is covered with petals that emit a rich fragrance. You approach the foot of the statue of the goddess and the look. Displaying
that - gradually - the statue is animating. The eyes become alive and - slowly - the hard gold is transformed in a soft coat of golden fur and skin smooth and fresh. Observe the goddess
down the stairs, light and feline, and come to you while watching you with her eyes full of kindness and peace. Bastet can see your soul and you his: you recognize.



Festival November 22 Proserpina

\u0026lt;i> the Eleusinian mysteries

Death is what we see when awake;
dream is what we see sleeping

Hymn to Demeter
Attributed to Homer

Demeter of the beautiful hair, goddess, honored, I begin to sing,
and she was the daughter of the beautiful ankles, which Aidoneo kidnapped;
gave Zeus the thunder from the depths, he sees far away, eluding
golden sword by Demeter, goddess of beautiful made

Feast of Artemis on November 23
undisputed ruler of these images is the Moon, the satellite of the earth, that mass land that affects the tides and not a little humanity, made up to eighty percent water.

The moon, the lady of the night, revered as Artemis, sums up the archetype of the feminine virgin, free, not tied to a male while living in a patriarchal society.
Artemis is around in the blood of all of us waiting for optimal conditions for expression: it is a force, a body that when you find the mode of entry becomes the master of our lives to be able to bring to the attention of all his song.
And if we object to find a way to give us not rest until he has broken the shell that we have built with "education" and mediation environment: then makes us real scribes.

I'll tell you how to Artemis, has exploded into my life and what has driven me to create.
It happened suddenly; I had never written a poem, but the melancholy death of Gustavo Rol, a psychic from the undisputed authority I have "forced" to take pen and paper.
Maybe if I had not been "strongly advised" to be credited to a poet friend I never published a book, but it has happened and the Moon was able to break up my appearance as a writer and so on. bringing out the poet in me.
stress that does not mean you have to write the Divine Comedy to be defined as such.
All this is to recommend strongly to all to let emerge the powerful occult forces of the Moon, which are addressed in rituals, writing for competition.
In my experience ...

Artemis is the occult, the silent, what is unseen,
what eludes us, the magic that lives in childhood dreams ...

Shadow and light of fire spread on the ground to snatch
the weeds, the destruction of the

roses clinging to the walls of lava stone,
secret refuge for the last show of ferocious epics
forgotten.
A gnome looks to steal the moon from your dream
restless
but the gesture is lost and falter in the empty silence of the night
:
of charm and suppose you wake up,
sure to keep the precious loot in the hands
of nano

Artemide is transmutation:
I saw the moon
diaphanous mirror on a weak waves, the wind raises
read. I saw the sun disappear

burning garlands of flowers,
studded with thousands of colors.
I saw the earth open up and the sap flow

solemn slow, bitter, silent.
I searched your eyes, I dreamed your face
:
I heard your sound.
Son sprint gold from lead.

I will not let love blind eye
Moon and bending by the earth ... m'avvolga
Silver, gold becomes!


silver wires to tie your dreams to the fragile leaves

a solid oak.
But you, cruel moon,
of those who steal the breath of life to nourish


warp the story of hidden items,
to die to yourself and be born again

more black crow,
whiter than the lily ,
more red dragon?

A moonbeam
almost reached the branch where

still shaking a leaf yellowing:
her in returning to earth, he prayed silently

of preserving memory

collected silver in the magical night.

Artemis can become fertilized
when reflecting sunlight envelops the earth:

Tell me, did you
saw the angry awakening gaggia
shadow
Scricco and limbs?
has lost its leaves
and demanded silence, but the pale moon

fusing silver
damp sod
fruitful dreams
also branch
blacker.

is the sister who invites us to discover, to search for our identity
:

In the silence of the woods
the slight rustle of leaves
a clear moonbeam
surrounds the bark of the branch.

A hidden path that invites you to climb, that invites you to dream

hopes
most absurd of a sudden encounter with the nymph

obscured by the wings of myth.
and the murmur of leaves suspended in the night

repeated mild promises
eternal vows,
vain hopes,
insecurities. It will be the fate



to veil the eyes where the moonlight illuminates the path
.

Artemis is the goddess we invoke
to ease our pain ...

You have made my way
without silver arrows or give me quiver
barking dogs or blanket to protect.
You put fire in my veins, you
the purple blood on hand, but only the shadow
I've sipped
weapons and heroes in dreams sputtering.

disappointment ...

Have you seen shaking
red moon on the water

illusion of waves in the rhythmic beat of a thought that
back. Rest
only remember a dream
disappointed
without rough rocks
between algae silent.
remains only a dream

fallen warrior without a sword
be put at the service of God.

in despair at the loss of his beloved ...

Tonight my spirit is gone from the body injured and

dissolved and a song of love never said
between algae and corals has been lost.
I saw garlands of moon
rest
sea and make Sirens silver
along the trail.
thousand faces with the body of fish

sing funeral songs on that wave shatters

the wind along the edge of ragged rocks.

in your eyes I chased the charmed

reflection of my broken dreams. Last night I saw the moon

lay wreaths with lights and sirens
give you life.

Artemide picture actually Quaternary:

Magikelune

Crescent Moon (virgin and warrior)
Goddess by white veils soaked silver
you go the way followed by the dogs that bark in the dark
, the meek your side, you asked
dancing with the stars on the body of a woman born to
new path;
you are seeing, hearing and smell
of those who fear abandonment in the eternal silence. If
resonate light consecrating women
protect the bow of the fluctuating emotions
dreamers in reflex silver
over his face mirrored a timeless hero.

full moon (mother, healer)
Radiant in a simple and powerful breath of the divine state
: You caught the light,
kept the flame of a father solemn
So you're mother and help those who suffer,
changing the shape of past karma.

Moonset (wise, wise woman)
Wisdom is your Blood magic is in the heart
where the eagle has placed the seal of the righteous;
where the cat has left her kittens to safety;
where the bear has seen the substance of the honey where the crow's caw
the future vision.

New Moon (creator, destroyer) and destroyed more
've created new paths
to escape the life to be reborn again
blackest vacuum, redder with anger,
whiter than salt.

"Witch" you told me and I did not say anything.
Witch Queen of all his thought "was written by
semi embarrassed silence.
Yes, I am Diana escapes to compromise
gestures unnecessary, useless in combat.
Yes, I am the sorceress with all my colors from red to purple
filled with emotion.
Yes, I am always open the mother's womb
who looks and sees beyond the stupid lie.
Yes, I am the black woman who kills
blind rage, who slays the light
to push the new creature.
Witch? Yes, maybe, but free and queen.

But there is another aspect of Artemis:
she turned
pregnant women to relieve pain and promote births.


One star smiled at the moon

hiding its light from red

flares into the cobalt sky. You're down in the wake

colored

called a soothing lullaby

the glow of a flame consuming:

you gave the garland of love
us just enchanted

shipwrecked and lost in the garden of thoughts.

Quite likely it is she, the moon
to elicit memories of past lives ...

drums in the wind, deep

recall of age rituals
lived without peace.
Voices tired and distant
who know the signs of the ancient mysteries


that greet the sunrise and sunset, the soft sound of that
regret that
is the lament of a land
silent dejected.

There will be no singing or dancing
sounds when the wedding of Cupid and Psyche
have made every woman drunk
of human life and divine dream
but then, only then, will you, maybe I'll be in my
tomb
to turn our gaze into the future and the past
still remember:
the cry of mercy from the gods raised
will promise, debt or want
for us, for us only to return. A final

firebrand: the fire is lit.
But before the fire incinerates
remember that love and passion that
devouring the body has made
fire and my dream and your love.
A breath? Born again, perhaps.


In the Kabbalah the Moon is represented in Yesod, the foundation
, which is reflected Malkuth, the kingdom.

Coral and algae in your hair red
sweet smile of a tea rose
spell of Neptune in the waves,
little mermaid, you will be reborn.
Flesh of my flesh and my blood
witch of witches well received

full of joy to the eye responds with the eye
recalling the dream of every life,
unique gift from mother to daughter,
reach out to clenched fist and the opening
unfolding fate.

Flames and lightning,
autumn sky,
sea drunk
I left the depths
I lost the rock

I wanted to see through his eyes
world without end. A siren sisters

I can only cry with the voice now silent

hearing confused: Do not sing love

not play the notes to anyone who appears

from the human destiny. Where
moon paints the colors blurred

the sun blazes, leaving only debris
. Light appeared

Death:
smiled pensively watching your eyes
listening to your dreams.
He raised his hand, he opened his fingers and let
still smiling to yourself.
Death and the Moon have life to give
games have to be done in the most confusing phrases reflect
brunette, love;
clearer in the face is collected
the story of a life full of belief, of
want to know.
If I wanted to obey the law which moves
sure your steps on the path that climbs
you should leave all the old illusion
and try to love beyond the mere appearance.




November 26 Feast of Sekhmet
One of the attendants and protective goddesses of breastfeeding, the lady of Medicine and the battles, native of the city 'of Memphis, often shown with a woman's body and head of a lioness.
Sekmet means "Powerful", and in his name the same root of the royal scepter Sekhem. Another Egyptian title for Sekhmet is Nesert the flame.

Sekhmet belongs to the triad of Memphis: Ptah / Sekhmet / Nefertum, where Ptah is the creator of good things (the formation and composition), Sekhmet is the destroyer of bad things (the dissociation and breakdown), is a reaffirmation Nefertum , the reconstruction of what is good (reintegration, the rebuilding, the restoration).

Sekhmet is the destruction of that which can not last, which has no stability. In this sense it is Time, that devours everything belongs to him.

According to myth, Ra, the sun god, disappointed with the behavior of mankind, sent Sekhmet, his divine eye, give a punishment to the humans but the Goddess, once started, continued to destroy men and no one could stop it. Then Ra, moved with compassion, he floods the fields of beer mixed with a red substance that gave the appearance of blood, Sekhmet, blood thirsty, drank, slept and ceased to destroy mankind ...

In Egypt, Sekhmet was honored as the goddess of war, associated with the destructive power of the Sun, solar eye burning and judges. Opponent ruthless on the battlefield, Sekhmet embodied the strength and courage of the lioness.
However, it was not only seen as an icon of war and vindictive eye of the god of the Sun, the priests used to practice in his name a kind of sympathetic magic to heal the infection and disease. In this role, Sekhmet was known as "The Lady of Life", the goddess of medicine, with authority to relieve or prevent diseases, and many of its priests were doctors.
To stem the plague were carried out, invoking, rituals on a grand scale throughout the country. During the reign of Amenhotep III, were carved hundreds of large statues of Sekhmet, perhaps at the defeat of a particularly virulent plague.

a goddess Sekhmet seems to have been very complex for the pharaohs was a symbol of their success in battle, their prowess, but he was also worshiped as the mother's delicate protective goddess of breastfeeding (known association Hathor-Sekhmet ). In the Book of the Dead
Sekhmet has an important role during the trial of the probity of the soul in question.

Sekhmet was associated with the solar power that crosses the spine, Djed brings enlightenment.

Nowadays, many women consider Sekhmet as a source of strength, independence and success, when they need to raise or give these attributes in himself. In many ways
Sekhmet became the symbol of modern woman: it is still very important as a goddess of medicine, the bringer of justice and as a guardian or protector, but the emphasis has shifted to its most current.

Devotion to the lioness goddess of anger and self-assertion

burn and smoke and throwing knives from my eyes and roared
(though tiriate my tail),
my aspects are sharp and I scratched depth,
my energy is strong and fierce, and my annoyance
needs to be given.
Although at times delicate, I can be very intense. A
Once awakened are difficult to exclude:
are always appropriate, always necessary.
not try to kill me, I
be heard ... recognized:
are Lioness.

The Lioness jump into our lives to free our primal instincts in a positive way and that being so, to help us deal with anger, ours and others.

Anger, you or someone else makes your life difficult?
Despise your anger because you are taught that it is unseemly? Or
express the anger that is too large, too out of control?
Conversely, you have so much repressed anger and there are so offices that are now no longer able to express it?
Maybe you feel "forced" in the social roles assigned to women?
Someone uses or respects you?
You are in a situation of "cage", real or inside?
Are you tired of the responsibility?
Do you have a partner who is - or make - the lion?
Do you have a bunch of "puppy people" in the cave? The lioness

Nyavirezi tells us that our aggression is part of our structure of women. He asks us not to reject it but to learn how to express it in ways to fit and effective in communicating it so that it can not be ignored, but without it becoming devastating.
learn to convey our inner anger signals in communication and expression, conveys to others the explanation of our malaise, we have made of the posts daily aggressions, the lack of respect or exploitation.
Our life journey will be more peaceful when we will not "step on its tail," using the anger we feel as our ally.
Every day we rebuild our reserves of life energy that we need to nourish and sustain the herd. It 's a great effort and responsibility and, when the gang takes advantage of or we are tired, we have the right to roar and signal that we are not inexhaustible!


And anyway, we should have more often the right to run free and roar of the bush under the stars, expressing the sun, warm, powerful, supple, attentive, responsible and proud lioness that is in us

The rite of the Lioness

sound of tribal drums. Warm night, stars, moon, or, conversely, blazing sun and scorching heat.
Try to be absolutely open air, there must be space: a good lawn, a field. If you can not find a place outdoors, folded up and clear a room large enough to be able to move.
Choose carefully the music, an African rhythm, crescendo and animated, the better when played live. Choose your song carefully. It is good to light a fire or at least a candle.

Invoke Nyavirezi, calling from the south of the Fire.

We start with the position of the cat sleeping, lie on the ground on one side and begins when the music started with stretching, rubbing against a tree, a rock (the corner of the sofa), yawn ... the tail is already checked it ... moving plan, supple. With smooth movements raised there face down, hands and knees on the floor and stretched his front paws, one by one, then rear back. Kneeling on all fours, the rhythm of the drum and bend your back arched, one, two, one two ... as long as the rhythm comes in the skin.

Standing Time: recover your true woman's legs but keep the tail and front legs and the head of a lion.
The drum is pressing, let go, move your hips, scratched, roar. The eyes are feline and magnetic, the body is strong and proud, the mind quickly.

If you're alone it's time to go hunting.
Shape your desires and your needs, See them as prey scattered in the bush. Floor, in silence, approach downwind. The prey is there for you, it's right, you're the queen: you may take what you really need. Take speed, long distance run gathering and stretching their legs, jumped accurately grasp tightly ... enjoy the win!

If there is a companion with you who wants to do the lion (perhaps better in this case to be closed!), Started the dance of love, bite, back, jumped from the side, discarded, and treat yourself to negative ... is the lioness who leads the subtle game.
she decides how it will end ...

can continue the game in many situations: with friends to form a joint flock hunting and dancing in joy with your children-puppies rolling around with them on the Latvian or on the beach wearing a snapshot skin of a lioness when your boss is humiliating you (no need to answer if are associated with the Goddess, just send a feline look of warning), or when there is a loud mouth to "mavaffàn ..." and instead it turned into a real roar of warning, when you get bored doing the shopping and commercial in Megacentre keg for the washing machine at the best price becomes the prey of a ferret.
It is important to "feel" in the skin of the lioness, to appeal to his majesty, to their determination, their own inner power. After
will not be difficult, with or without words, they should be considered Lioness by those who love you.
with respect.

Sources: Gardens Enchanted Devon Scott
www.ilcalderonemagico.it
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