Mrs. B's givaway

I'm following Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom and Mrs. B has an amazing giveaway!

One person will win *drumroll* the book entitled "Magick: Wicca, Witchcraft and The Book of Shadows."

If you're interested go check it out here : Mrs. B's book review and givaway

Ritual outline

This is a ritual outline that can be used by a solitary or a coven. Excerpted from the book "To Ride a Silver Broomstick" by Silver RavenWolf. A lot of people have issue with her but regardless I've found this format very useful and I hope everyone else does to. At the bottom I've included an Amazon link to the book if anyone wants to check it out.

A.  Ritual Preparation

1.  Define purpose

2.  Write ritual

3.  Gather necessary tools

4.  Prepare area

5.  Prepare body

B.  Open Circle

1.  Find true North

2.  Set up Magickal 'doorway'

3.  Call the Watchtowers / Elemental Quarters

C.  Invocation to the deities

1.  Align self with deity

2.  Invoke deities

D.  Statement of Purpose

E.  Actual Rite

1.  Working

     a.  Complete preliminary manual or visual task

     b.  Raise power / energy

     c.  Focus power / energy

     d.  Ground power / energy

2.  Honoring
    

a.  Complete preliminary manual or visual task

     b.  Dedicate cakes and wine

     c.  Partake in cakes and wine

F.  Meditation

G.  Thanking the deities

H.  Closing the Circle

1.  Mentally and verbally close the circle

2.  Physically close the circle

3.  Clean up

     a.  Disposal
    

b.  Washing of plates and glasses

     c.  Putting away tools and other implements

Altar oil recipe

4 parts Frankincense
3 parts Myrrh
1 part Galangal
1 part Vervain
1 part Lavender

Mix in a small bottle.

Anoint the altar with this oil at regular intervals to purify and
empower it.

This recipe was found Altar Oil 

Covens

So I'm looking for a coven to join or just hang around. I'm not sure I want to be IN a coven or if I want to remain a solitary. Two of the searches that came up that I like the best are http://www.meetup.com/savannahgoddess/ which  I've looked over and joined. The other is http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_detail/dt_gr.html?a=usga&id=33934 which I haven't had a chance to look over yet. My boyfriend and I are probably moving about three hours away in a few months so I wouldn't be able to get attached to any group. And I don't want to start looking where we are moving because I will need time to settle in and find a job etc.

Is anyone reading this in a coven? If so what do you like about it? What do you dislike?

Work

I'm still working on getting this blog up and running. I was hoping to get people to comment and leave ideas. What do you expect from a Wiccan blog? What do you think I should have on here?

A spell for money

This is a money pouch that I have personally used and had success with:

You will need:
A green pouch or bag you've made
A gold cord
Pine
Basil
Rice or beans
green candle
Rosemary
Incense
A spell or prayer written to Fortuna

Add everything to the bag except for the candle and incense
Go to a North Facing wall, light the candle and incense.
Bless the bag by waving it through the smoke and say your spell.
Visualize what you want (not what you need) if you would like you can put slips of paper with what you need in the bag. Then tie the cord around the mouth of the bag three times.
Close blessing with your thanks to deity of choice .
Leave a small offering of flowers

Save the candle for  this use only. If you feel the need to recharge the bag relight the candle and start the blessing over.

By: Amy

Just an update

A great forum for people to check out is www.witchforum.net its really cool and I've found someone who is going to teach me Tarot online =]

My Altar

Here is just a quick update with the pictures of my temp altar on the book shelf

  The bast on the left was found by a friend of mine in an alley and I paid her for it. The middle one is one I was going to sell with some of my other Wiccan items. The one on the right is a present from my aunt with different carvings on it. The rocks are ones my boyfriend and I found on the side of our apartment and the scroll is a petition to Bast. The green satchel is a money bag and I made the little jar that has the candle in it in art class my senior year. The book looking thing that two of the Bast statues are on is actually a gift from the same aunt that gave me the wooden Bast. It is actually a hollow storage spot where I have my two Tarot decks and my runes. I just recently bought the incense boat and 10 stick of Dragon's Blood incense, my favorite!!
   Well, that's it for tonight, sorry it was so short.


   Blessed Be!

Just a little something

   For all you Pagans and Wiccans out there Happy Beltane! I know I'm a tad late but I was wondering around downtown with my love for most of the day. Also I've been thinking since there are so many sites on Tarot cards and mine isn't much different I might change it in to doing tarot reading and maybe taking pictures of it and then giving my interpretation. Also after my camera charges I'm hoping to put up pictures of my temporary altar to Bast. It is on top of a small bookshelf and my iPod dock is on there too. I know some people wouldn't approve of electronics on an altar but apartment living = limited space.

   HAPPY BELTANE!

Picture of an Altar I found on google images

The Magician

The first major trump card in the Tarot

         I. THE MAGICIAN

    What I see: A man in a robe is standing before an altar. The altar has a cup, a wand, a sword, and a wand on it representing the four suits of the Minor Arcana. The magician has his arm raised with a wand in his right hand. An infinity symbol hovers above his head. His other hand is down with an index finger pointing to the ground. Flowers surround him.

   What it means to me: The magician is telling the person that they might have a vision, an answer to the question being asked. He also is saying as above so below, meaning as in heaven it is so on earth.

  Internet Meaning: At #1, the Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things just-so by speaking them aloud ("And God said 'Let there be Light!' and there was Light"). Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the sleight of hand (Mercury *was* the god of thieves!) and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil. The 4 suits laid out before him remind us of the 4 aces, which in the Tarot symbolize the raw, undeveloped, undirected power of each suit. When the Magician appears, he reveals these to you. The reader might well interpret this card as telling the querent that they will be given a vision, an idea, a magical, mental image of whatever it is they most want: the solution to a problem, an ambitious career, a love life, a job.