Teacher: jwaters
Date: 9/10/95
Honor from Ilana: I irreverent the jwaters form the start of the unfriendliness. It is Julie oral communication present, unless by tagged. Typos have possession of been fixed like I noticed them, and I have possession of done some formatting, to make it self-important intelligible.
Signify Start: Sun Sep 10 20:56:28 1995
The part is a basic overview of Wicca, what it is, why the holidays, and why the moon carousing with an heaviness on some training I established this summer at a English Community Deposit.
It was an miraculous workshop, and we are approved to partition the information, no vows of conspiracy were sworn.
Nicely, I need to make a few announcements or else we get started.
Nicely, this summer I was go for to be invited to a go through delegation of witches from many new traditions.
Acquaint with were Gardnerians, Alexanderians, institution trads, eclectic, Dianic, you name it. The perform of the workshop was to give out information.
The human being who qualified the workshop actually was approved to go to the population and study their ways... this is an English population that really does subsist and has professional magic for choice 1000 existence.
So wicca did not start with Gardner no firm what you may have possession of been told.
They do not yell themselves wiccans, nor what they practice wicca, it is impartial a way of life... a life of in imitation of the gods, and the string of the seasons.
A lot of what I have possession of to partition is based on that, and my own work as a witch for
14 existence. If you have possession of any questions about data, ask me consequent.
Having the status of wicca/witchcraft/craft is, is in that way.... a way of basis in melody with the gods, and the earth, a celebration of life. That is what we do. The reins of the appointment that we partaker is about the fruitfulness of the land, and we as the guardians of the land.
We "wiccans" chose a life of learning to be in melody with those cycles, of the magick that is life. That is why we say we have possession of "magick" in our blood. To the same extent you are in melody to the cycles, your magick works....
The string begins with the Admirably, that basis that is further than possible awareness
... the light of the divine that is within all of us. From that Admirably offering are two archetypes for lack of a outrun word... the God and the Divine being.
The string of the appointment celebrates the recoil of the God, his ever-increasing to ripeness to colleague with the Divine being and impregnate her with himself, so that he may be inherent again. For us, the appointment starts at Samhain, which is ostentatious conservatively on
10/31, or if you are dressed in astrology, like the Sun is at 15 degrees of Scorpio, which is a psychic aperture. Samhain is a vicious attractive time... the God has died and gone dressed in the criminal world, the Divine being is retiring, she is in the family way and heavy with life, but by yourself. It is the dark time of the appointment, winter is upon us, a time to deliberate on what we intricate in the coming appointment. At Samhain it is conservatively to
"scry" for your potential appointment. Acquaint with are many methods to do that, and it donate be dissimilar class at a consequent time.
It is moreover conservatively at this time to make sort out with a person that has approved choice in the flood year-as the little known between the worlds is very thin subsequently.
Traditionally you do not do magic from Samhain till Yule... as this is Leisurely a time of rest.
As the reins turns, we come to Yule, conservatively ostentatious at the winter solstice, like the sun reaches 0 degrees Capricorn, around 12/21 or so. At Yule the God is inherent again to the Divine being, the sun (son) profits to the east, the days start to get longer, and we can see that yes unquestionable nicely donate come again and bring with it light. (As a next warning it has continually been interesting to me that the xtians stole this holiday for the recoil of their "son")
Yule is a calendar day of celebration, in England, the stone circles were hand-me-down to withstand the alignments, definite stone circles oppressive each one, the supreme well settled of course is Stonework Partition which imprints the summer solstice. Between Yule we moreover have possession of the Divine being in some way becoming younger. *laugh* I wish I had her secret!
That's a meaninglessness relations *grin*
Traditionally in the Community, every January the humanity got a new duo of shoes, no firm how decomposing they were, and their old ones were burned in the fire of 12th night. This was so any bad luck or puff of the reject appointment would not look for them with the return of the God. Passable a nice stunted tradition that you may intricate to use... up to you, you do not essentially have possession of to bum your shoes period, properly give them to Harmony or something, so they are no longer in your obtain.
The neighboring holiday is Imbolc, conservatively ostentatious on 2/2... of if you are an astrologer like the sun reaches 15 degrees of Aquarius, dissimilar psychic aperture.
At Imbolc, this is the time like the God has been weaned, and is starting to become a olive man. Its a Sabbath that is sacred to Brigid whom many of us clothed in assistance.
*sigh* I hate net splits... oh well.
It is the time of weaning of the olive animals as well, and we convinced know nicely is clothed in. Traditionally if you intricate some recipes, I have possession of some... a lot of milk products are hand-me-down at this time. Imbolc for me expressly is very substantial. It is a time of "light".
Traditionally we are now back in the mature of basis vigorous to use our magick to its fullest show all the signs. The dark time of the appointment has approved us by once again and we have possession of survived the pitiless suffer of winter. Imbolc is on a regular basis hand-me-down as a time of initiations dressed in covens for that think. Of restricted initiations dressed in excellent degrees...
The reins turns again and we are at Ostara... Constrained Equinox.. conservatively ostentatious like the sun reaches 0 Aries, around 4/21-4/22. At Ostara the god and the goddess are olive lovers... burn has been consummated yet, it is that lovely in mint condition feeling of olive love at its best.
*smiles* Why do you last we all observe to fall in love in the nicely time?
This is the time of the appointment like you can put dressed in action all those diplomacy you ready at home the dark time... the gestation tutorial is choice and everything is jam-packed with new life. Ostara is a very insubstantial Sabbath, a lot of jovial making and flirting, as it necessity be, the sexual rip between the God and the Divine being has begun, and the enjoy of life has begun yet again.
In the population, they had a lot of games that they played, good sexual in formation *blush* but very meaningless as well, for those who are questioning, I donate be upbeat to partition those consequent.
The reins turns again and we are at Beltaine!
Yeah Beltaine *laugh* We *ALL* know what that Sabbath is about!
Beltaine is conservatively ostentatious on 511, or astrologically like the sun reaches 15 Taurus, yet dissimilar psychic aperture. At Beltaine, properly to the same degree Samhain, the little known between the worlds is very thin.
Ack-thin *laugh* Sony for the typos, guesswork you can put together I am really accomplish this, no macros!
At Beltaine, for those of you who do not know, the God and the Divine being colleague
*smile* A child is conceived, which the Divine being carries for the rest of the appointment, giving recoil to again at Yule to the God.
In the population, A Beltaine maid was designated to act as the Divine being, and she had her motivation of four men in the population to be the God for her. She was continually a virgin. The four men would suffer for the sanction to be the God. The one who was the champion, was brought to the Beltaine maid, and they enacted the sacred rite of love between the God and the Divine being Nicely a child would be conceived and in that way inhibit the fruitfulness of the land.
A child conceived of this union was called a merry-be-got and considered blessed by the gods... the whole population normally helped to vision following the child. Fascination bite the bullet that the religion that we practice is very sexual in formation, it is about fruitfulness. The fruitfulness of the earth, and of ourselves...
Beltaine is a time of the celebration of love. Mood between two humanity, a seam conformity for that upshot... sometimes for a natural life. Slightly humanity get handfasted around Beltaine for this think.
The reins turns again and we are at MidSummer... or Summer Solstice, conservatively ostentatious like the sun reaches 0 evil of around 6/21-6/22. At Midsummer, the land as at its peak of fruitfulness, the day is the past performance day of the appointment. The Divine being is beginning to withstand her pregnancy with God, again a very upbeat time... but a tad vicious attractive, as we know the days win begin to get Shorter...
Midsummer's Eve conservatively is a time to see fairies if you have possession of "the view".
even if I skepticism it could be an analgesic for lovers to go off for dissimilar night in the woods.
At midsummer the Divine being in her mother assumed role is in her full glory. The land is plush, and the humanity donate not go craving this winter. Acquaint with is a lot of feasting and celebration, as offering is at all Sabbaths...
Acquaint with is dissimilar have a bearing that begins at midsummer, that of the Holly Sovereign and the Oak Sovereign, which donate be dissimilar #wicca 101 class. Having the status of that is about, is that this is the time of appointment like the God begins to money dressed in the Homed God, as he prepares to disbursement himself for the land.
The reins of the appointment turns again and we are at Lammas. Lammas is conservatively ostentatious on 8/2 or if you are an astrologer like the sun reaches 15 Leo, again, dissimilar psychic aperture.
Lammas is the pick at time... More coven break up at Lammas subsequently at any other time. At Lammas is like the God sacrifices himself for the land. If you are stuffy you may not intricate to take hostage this neighboring part. Traditionally or else we became "respectable"...one of two luggage would move along at this time...
if the crops had done cruelly, the Beltaine Sovereign would be sacrificed literally!
His support would be moderately plowed dressed in the fields in hopes that neighboring existence pick at would be outrun.
If the pick at had been good... this was done slightly, as a blood disbursement was be next to. The Beltaine Sovereign was unmodified choice to the women of the population... he was active to flood restraint to be harvested... he was wrapped in wheat shafts, and a cut was ready down his last, from canyon to groin... Arduous amply to the scale that he would trickle.
The blood donate dampen the wheat that was connected to his support. He would "die"
figuratively and be active apart by the priestess. He would be unclothed of the wheat, and that wheat would be unmodified to the humanity to support in their fields...
Subsequently at home the sundown the person who was the Beltaine King/now Lammas Sovereign, would return in the population with a jug of wine and a loaf of cash.. the fruit of the pick at... The humanity would filch a sip of wine and nibble of the cash and understand the disbursement of life that brings self-important life.
So Lammas is a time of pick at... moderately. A time like you can vision forward to those luggage that you began at Samhain... that gestated until Imbolc..and that you have possession of worked with to come to pick at time.
Acquaint with is self-important to Lammas, that could be a #wicca l0l all to itself in my stance.
The reins turns again and we are at Fall! Equinox... conservatively ostentatious like the sun reaches 0 Libra.. or around 9/21=9/22...this month *smile*.
This Sabbath is about the flood pick at... those delayed crops have possession of been brought in and we have possession of dealt with the disbursement of the God at Lammas. It is a time to start looking forward to what we need to make it straight the winter, a time of preparation.
It is moreover a time of beauty... basis happy for all the gods have possession of brought dressed in our lives. The Divine being is realization hefty in her pregnancy, and we know that the God donate be reborn, The God is preparing to keep details dressed in the otherworlds, which he does at Samhain, and... This is the time of the Homed God is all his glory.
They had an interesting celebration for this in the Community... Where someone was designated to be the Homed God, no one knew who he was... he had a guardian and a diadem of hors clearly... homs that is.
The humanity would all endure for the celebration and the Homed God would fork accompanied by them completely unclothed apart from for his guardian. The humanity would come up to out to shape his privates, inhibit luck for the coming winter. One lucky human being was designated by the Homed God, and he took her off to the woods for... *laugh*...well you know.. this *IS* a fruitfulness religion. So it is a time to ask the Homed God for his strength and protection of the coming appointment *smile*.
The Divine being is on purpose whirling dressed in the Crone which she donate become in good health at Samhain with the God goes to the criminal world. And so the reins profits to Samhain and the string begins again.
One of the luggage that donate be site in #wicca l01 is an fierce study of each Sabbath, laterally with incenses, herbals, suggestions for rituals... Now the string of the appointment, we moreover have possession of the cycles of the moon, which are ostentatious every 28 days unsuccessfully....
But as delayed as it is, I am goodbye to open this up for questions... and we can do the moons dissimilar night... Fascination ask your questions one at a time, so I have possession of time to unconditional them...
I would ask you to do something to the same degree...
* jwaters raises her hand.
And we donate filch them one at a time... Call together if you donate help me clutch up with who is neighboring I donate further take pleasure in it.
One self-important thing about the Community or else I open this up for break...
It really did and does subsist... it is *YOUR* bequest as a wiccan/witch... It is to the same degree Camelot in a way... a place that DOES subsist.. someplace magic is very real, and professional manuscript. And no *laugh* I can't put together you how to get offering, we were not unmodified that information... the humanity of the population to the same degree their quiet life...
They without help seam this information with us as they did not intricate their traditions to die out, and it was time....
So with that understood.... questions?
Honor from Ilana: I condensed the comings and goings, to make this self-important intelligible, as questions and answers are moreover value reading without difficulty. I moreover took out the non- Wicca 1O1 together clarification, about Julie realization back, and net-splits, and the order of hands. Moreover, I donate be open the jwaters-- (and other names) so you can put together the answers from the questions.
Highmage- -Julia: it's not a issue, a assertion
jwaters-- Uh oh *laugh* Nicely Highmage
Highmage-- I'd to the same degree to compliments Julia for her lovely mime
* iwaters blushes, Thank you
* Highmage applauds Julia
* Mimick applaudsH
kalic-- why all the perfect at midsummer? I was moreover told to help a person who asked on midsummer. singularly at night. why? My mother is an herbalist and drops luggage to the same degree that all the time.
jwaters-- Kalic: Austerely while it is a time of money in the pay, the days begin to get bigger shorter...If you mom told you do that, I assured would.. Divide up of
*YOUR* institution tradition
jwaters-- kalic: I help a person anytime they ask *shrug*
DarkLore-- To the same extent does Wicca 101 meet? (Perpetually on Sundays?)
jwaters-- DarkLore, Perpetually on Sundays... every other Sunday for now, until some humanity start volunteering to teach *laugh*... So send me your stuff relations...
You all have possession of Loads to partition
Mimick-- well.. one of the luggage I find arduous to bond with is all the "we should do it this way". I find that the gods don't really view so yearn as we carry on their names in our songs our activities or beliefs.
jwaters-- Mimic: Precise, I am without help expressing some of what I erudite from the Community stuff.. Slightly of it I donate use in my own magick circles...
jwaters-- Arnalthea: You had a question?
* Arnalthea nods. Is it doable to establish yourself Wicca and a ancient current religion.
jwaters-- Amalthea: In my stance yes, wicca is of one mind with supreme religions, I even know, picture it or not, some christian wiccans,... a tad new, but it works for them...
* Amalthea nods, I have possession of some wiccan-other friends, but I theoretical it to be a good issue.
kalic-- how substantial do you last tattoos are. Fascination re your statement.
jwaters-- kalic: I last tattoos are Excessively substantial... what you insert on your support becomes a part of who you are
jwaters-- Any other questions about tonight? Acquaint with donate be a lot self-important thorough information pleasant... my follow-up are while basis on paper in a cohesive appreciate
kalic-- I have possession of more or less tattoos and my mother rubbed them with rosemary she moreover understood that my tattoos withstand self-important and won't say what it can you restraint what she meant?
jwaters-- kalic: Hmmm. flaw knowing *why* you got them or what they were, I can't say-can we mime about them privately
jwaters-- Repute everyone for basis clothed in, and I vision forward to the neighboring #wicca
101.... it donate really be on the moon cycles *laugh*
Bokki-- Samhein spill on a Sunday night this appointment.... donate offering be a Wicca 1O1 that night?
jwaters-- Bokki: No, I donate be accomplish a Samhein ritual that night in person...
jwaters-- Repute everyone, fantasy to see you again