Oshun
The African goddesses are ancient, powerful and still live on today in many cultures from Africa and the African diaspora triangle. Goddess Oshun is celebrated in an annual festive pilgrimage in Nigeria, at the river Oshun in the south-western town of Oshogbo in August. For a week, Oshun devotees, men, women and children bring gifts, bathe in her nourishing waters and pay homage to her for a prosperous life. Through the middle passage, Oshun's strength and power lives on in present day as similar ritual celebrations are held in her honour in Brazil, Haiti and other Caribbean islands.
Hathor
Homage to You, the Cow of Gold, The Beautiful, with numerous colours, The Only One in the sky, Hathor is among the most ancient of the Egyptian deities. She is found in the pre-dynastic times, and in many guises and aspects. Hathor is a sky-goddess, a sun-goddess, a moon-goddess, a goddess of the east, a goddess of the west, a goddess of music, goddess of intoxication, of moisture, of flooding, and of fertility. She is a fertility goddess, an agricultural goddess, and goddess of the underworld. So in the beginning every goddess was Hathor The ancient women of Egypt, from highest to lowest, loved Hathor as ...
Flora
Flora, the delightful Goddess of Flowers, was welcomed by the Ancient Romans in April and early May. Her festival was the Floralia, and it symbolised the ancient renewal of the cycle of life. She was honoured as the Bringer of Spring Flowers and to this day we use her name to denote all plant life on earth. When Julius Caesar reconfigured the Roman Calendar he set the date of her celebrations as running from 28 April to 3 May. Games, merriment, theatre and parades marked this time of year, and much drinking and dancing was enjoyed by the common people. And, ...
The Crone at the Crossroads
Ruling over both life and death, the Crone holds within her all aspects of the Triple Goddess. She is the mature and aged Maiden and Mother now possessing the wisdom and experiences of youth, adulthood and old age. She stands at the crossroads, at the bridge between death and rebirth. She makes herself known in the horrifying aspects of our deepest fears, the fears we have yet to face and the mysteries that we have yet to know. She is often portrayed as Kali, holding a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood. As the story goes, this represents a ...
Celtic
Blodeuwedd
Not of mother and father Did my Creator create me But of nine-formed virtues, Of...
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Crone
The Crone at the Crossroads
Ruling over both life and death, the Crone holds within her all aspects of the Triple...
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Methods of Magic
Divination by Wax and WaterA simple way of divining with water is by using drops of wax from a burning candle in a bowl of charged water. Preparation Prepare yourself by suitable meditation, it’s pointless trying to practice magical divination or any other form of magic if you haven’t cleared your mind and opened yourself to focus on your intention. As always, it... [Read more of this review]
Dowsing
Image via Wikipedia Dowsing is a broad term for a method used to find people, artefacts or substances using either maps or pictures, pendulums or dowsing rods. People who use this as a means of divination are Dowsers. Dowsing with rods is most common, and usually done with a Y shaped twig. The Dowser holds the stick by the forked end, and uses... [Read more of this review]
Scrying
Scrying is a magical art with many possibilities. This ancient act of divination for clairvoyance is usually achieved by concentrating on an object with a shiny surface until a vision emerges in the mind. This can be done with mirrors, crystals, flames, stones, or gazing into water, ink and other dark liquids. Start Scrying with Water Make sure your... [Read more of this review]
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