I’ve been thinking about joining the Pagan Speak web ring. I was waiting for the new August topics to be posted, but since they seem to be delayed, I thought I’d try one of the July topics. Also, it ties in nicely with an essay I’m working on for my main site, part of which I will reproduce here. Topic #1 : Hexing vs. Healing (thanks to Syrenichol) What do you think about hexing vs. healing? The saying goes, “a witch can’t hex, can’t heal,” but not every witch agrees to this. Wiccans follow a moral code, “an ye harm…
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Tarot reader’s often post a Code of Ethics on their websites. Generally they are very similar, saying things like “I’m not a doctor or a lawyer, so always seek professional advice. I keep my readings confidential. etc.” But they tend to vary on whither or not the reader will preform readings about relations, a staple of “fortunetelling” type readings. Some readers will do them, no strings attached. Other readers say they will not perform any reading that involves a third party without the third party’s permission. When I do a relationship reading, I am (obviously) doing the reading for the…
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I’ve been thinking about the Rede a lot lately. Although it may cause some snickers amongst people who know me, I’m actually really interested in ethics. The biggest Wiccan ethic (and the only, according to some) is the Wiccan Rede. An it harm none, do as thou will. Or in simple, “If it is not going to hurt anyone, it is okay to do.” A tall order, really. I’m going to branch off a little bit here, but stick with me. I’m not a fan of most reality TV, although I will admit I got a kick out of Joe…
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I try to do a Tarot card reading for myself every morning. Generally I don’t get around to it. I’m either fighting to get quanta up and off to work, or I am getting ready to go out on an errand, or I get caught up in something else entirely. It wasn’t until this afternoon that I sat down to get August’s reading sheet ready. I’m only a week late, that’s not so bad. Most months I focus on one specific deck for my readings, but this month I wanted to compare cards. I got out my new-old deck, the…
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Yesterday was Lammas (also called Lughnasadh). It is the first harvest festival of the year. While all Sabbats are special, it seems to me that this is one of the least celebrated and discussed. But after saying that, did I celebrate it last night? Nope. August 1st snuck up on me completely. quanta is out of town tonight, in fact I hear his train leaving as I write this. So, tonight I will enjoy a nice dinner of seasonal produce, and preform a small ritual. This brings me to the point of this entry – Are you a “bad” Wiccan…
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I have trouble with focus. In university I was perfectly capable of focusing on the task at hand. I could look at everything I had to accomplish, create a to do list, and focus on the tasks at hand. My days had structure, mostly because it was the only way to get everything done. Somewhere along the line I have lost my ability to focus. Perhaps it started in my last year of university. I chose to be a full-time student even though I only needed one more class to graduate. I knew I wasn’t ready to move on, but…
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One of the blogs I like to read is Practical Wicca. What the authors have to say is really well thought out and very smart. The most recent entry, The Anti-Fluff Bunny, has really given me a lot to think about. I’ll admit that my site, The Lotus Pond, was created partly in response to all those darn fluffy pages out there. It’s hard not to read them and then think that you could do a heck of a lot better. In most cases, anything without midi music and a fairy flying after your mouse pointer would be better. *shrug*…
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My first real ritual, many years ago, was to empower some pieces of rose quartz to give to several people who were going through different health problems. I had a few jitters, to say the least. First, at the time my parents were only mildly tolerant about my choice of religion. They were coming around, but pretty slowly. (The summer before we went to Salem as part of our holiday, and my mom loved the huge occult shop there, so that helped.) I was afraid they would interrupt me, unknowingly, or tease me, or something. Of course, they didn’t. 🙂…
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As usually, I’m reading several different books at once. (Many years ago I had a great attention span, but it has all be disappeared now.) One of the books,
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Several months ago I traded away my Witches Tarot. In a way, I was glad to see it go. I had used it for many years, switching to it from my first deck, the Aquarian Tarot, but I had never really loved it. Recently I had really started to miss my Witches Tarot. The deck I had traded it for, the Mythic Tarot, had long ago been traded off for something else (the Tarot of the Cloisters). Neither felt the same. Truthfully, I don’t think I will ever develop the same sort of love/hate relationship with another deck. The correspondences…