| GWYTHUR AP GWREIDWL |
[25 May 2008|01:46pm] |
(Welsh) Opposite and rival deity of Gwyn ap Nuad. He is King of the Upper World, and a solar deity who was sentenced to battle eternally for the hand of the Creiddylad, daughter of Llud. The two combatants represent the polarities of dark and light and as such are the personification of the Holly King/Oak King who fight for rulership of the winter and summer halves of the Celtic year.
Also: Gwythyr [gwee-theer];
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| Green Leaves |
[25 May 2008|01:47pm] |
by Marian Rhodes
[Written for a song and chant class from the Wiccan Church of Canada curriculum in 1982.]
The stars are shining, the Moon is clear
In the rustling leaves Nature's voice is clear
The river murmur through Spring and Summer
The song of The Lord and The Lady
Green leaves in the evening breeze
Where the people gather beneath the trees
Priest and Priestess and people joining
To honour The Lord and The Lady
The Earth is singing down here below
While we join in the firelight glow
The chanting rise to the stormy skies
In the praise of The Lord and The Lady
Green leaves in the evening breeze
Where the people gather beneath the trees
Priest and Priestess and people joining
To honour The Lord and The Lady
All powers below and all powers above
Have joined together to bless and love
All Nature blending Their people sending
Their love to the Lord and The Lady
Green leaves in the evening breeze
Where the people gather beneath the trees
Priest and Priestess and people joining
To honour The Lord and The Lady
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| a few bad jokes |
[25 May 2008|01:53pm] |
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*What do ya' call 13 Witches in a hot tub? A Self-Cleaning Coven
*What's Wiccan, flies around, and makes honey? The Blessed Bee!
*What's another name for a solitary Wiccan? Craft single.
*What do you say to an angry witch? Ribbit
*How do you tell a NewAge witch from a NeoPagan Witch? You throw them both in the water. The NeoPagan Witch will float, whereas the NewAge Witch will sink under the weight of all their (overpriced) crystals....
*How many Family traditionalists does it take to change a light bulb? Candle light was good enough for our ancestors, it's good enough for us!
*How many Gardnerian witches does it take to change a light bulb? It's a third degree secret.
*How many Alexandrian witches does it take to change a light bulb? "Lets go see how the Gardnerians do it!"
*How many solitary witches does it take to change a light bulb? (if they actually ask 'how many?', drum your fingers and stare at them as you wait for them to grasp the obvious)
*How many years does it take for a solitary witch to change a light bulb? How long does it take to get one out of the closet?
*-The Mighty God Thor was riding across the skies on his fiery steed Pegasus. He raised his hammer and bellowed, "I'M THOR! I'M THOR!" Pegasus looked up at him and muttered, "You thoulda wore your thaddle, thilly."
*How many Native Americans does it take to change a light bulb? Four---one to do the work and three to sing the Light Bulb Changing Song.
* What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale?
A northern fairytale begins "Once upon a time..."
A southern fairytale begins "'Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh!^..."
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| Fairy Furniture |
[25 May 2008|02:02pm] |
May is a month that fairies love. Show them your appreciation by making them some furniture!
Items needed:
• twigs, vines, dried flowers
• needle and thread
• scrap material
• scissors
• hot glue gun
• pruners to cut the twigs
Directions:
1. Decide what you're going to make. We'll make a chair, to give you an example.
2. Cut the twigs in this manner - one long, bendable piece that will form the back legs and back of the chair, and four equal lengthed twigs which will form the two front legs and the seat.The chair should stand no more than four inches tall (including the back)
3. Bend the long twig,and hot glue one of the smaller pieces in between the two ends where you want the seat to be.This will be the back of the seat.
4. Hot glue on each side of the bent twig facing towards you a smaller twig; these will be the sides of the seat.
5. Glue the front piece of the seat to these side twigs.
6. Glue the two front legs to the seat so that the chair legs are even.
7. If you wish,wrap the vines around the chair back and legs.
8. Cut the scrap material to form a "back" and a "seat" - these are NOT to be as wide as the chair, but will fit inside of the twigs.
9. Using your needle and thread, attach the material to the chair using a whip stitch.
10. Hot glue small dried flowers at the top of the chair.
This technique can be used to make all kinds of fairy furniture, from tables to beds, to sofas - all of which are sure to delight your fairies!You can make little tea cups too from dried flower cups!
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| Crafts |
[25 May 2008|02:14pm] |
ALTAR PENTACLE
Buy a wooden disk at a craft store and paint it black (or use a magic marker); then with a gold-paint marker, draw a pentacle on the disk; add other symbols if you wish.
HANGING PENTAGRAM
Find a bunch of small, fallen, tree branches and form them into a pentacle shape. Then use some brown thread and tie the branches together at different spots.
PENTACLE VESSEL/BOTTLE Buy some black sculpey clay (if you can't find that, acquire fimo, or another soft, modeling clay substance). Roll the clay into a ball about the size of a shot-glass. Make a hole in it with your fingers so that it starts to resemble a tall bowl, pinching inward the open sides so that your ring finger fits in the hole. It should look something like a bottle with no neck (a cork will go into the hole); then, with some more clay, (a tiny amount), roll it into a "snake" like one does with play-dough as a child. Make a small, thin pentagram (five-pointed star) on the bottle and enclose the star within a circle (in other words, make a pentacle). Make it perfectly; if you mess up, peel off the pentagram and try again. Bake it in the oven at 275 degrees F for about 12 minutes. Watch it so that it doesn't burn. Stick a small cork in the opening when it's done. Then, you have a magickal bottle for salt, herbs, potions, or anything magickal.
WHEEL OF THE YEAR CANDLE
This takes a whole year to make. You could actually do this in a year and a day... How symbolic! I recently had the idea and started mine on Mabon (the Autumnal Equinox, [1997]). You have to save some of the wax from the candles you used on each Sabbat and keep them in a special place for the whole year. As each Sabbat passes, add the next piece of wax. Since you used them for the Sabbat rituals, they have more power. Once the wheel of the year has made a complete cycle, melt the wax from the eight Sabbats together. Pour the melted wax into a candle mold, or cut a plastic cup in half; add a wick to the bottom of the cup and pour in the wax. Place it in the freezer to harden quickly. Keep it in your sacred space to bring a wonderful coming year. You could also do this with wax from the 13 Full Moons in a year.
WREATHS
This is the perfect season (Autumn) to find a plain twig wreath and decorate it for Samhain (Halloween); then re-use it for the other coming Sabbats. I chose small ones and a large one. I decorated it with five, black, birthday candles, wheat, and herbs that correspond to Samhain. It gives the room, or house, a nice feeling for the Sabbat.
THE BROOM (BESOM)
Since Samhain recently passed (referring to Samhain, 1997), you can purchase a nice, cheap, round one at a costume shop. I bought one at a craft store today to place outside for Samhain, but the one I use is homemade. You need a long, fallen, tree branch and either raffia packing material, or really thin branches. I poured a purification brew (water with thyme, sage, rosemary and salt) over the branch before I started; then I spread some purification oil or herbs on it. Attach the small branches to one end with glue and craft string. You can decorate it with symbols, runes, string, or leave it plain.
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