Before any of the existing religions appeared, people used to know techniques that allowed them to contact spirits and the Beyond for their personal development and to help their kinsfolk. Now, shamanism is considered to be some kind of progenitor religion.

Each nation used to have similar phenomenon in its culture. It was found in Europeans and civilizations of the East, throughout Asia and Africa, in Australoids, Amerinds and Cholos.

Now it seems to be difficult to trace the history of shamanism. But it obviously was the basis of various practices. It was the root of diverse religions.

More than 7000 years ago, long before Buddhism, Christianity and Taoism emerged, ancient folks lived in the territory of Zhong Yuan Valley in China. Different tribes populated the valley and each tribe had its shaman or group of masters practicing their own shamanist style. Slightly different from one another, yet they had much in common.

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My mother just bought this book for me :
Candle Magick
A Guide For The Novice, by J.E. Auer

Does anyone else have it? I find it quite incitefull, and recommend it.

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A Pagan Festival Including Lady R.:


BELTAINE 2005: A PAGAN ODYSSEY!
Friday, APRIL 29th-Sunday, MAY 1st
Brought to you by the PANTHEAN TEMPLE

http://www.pagancommunitychurch.org/BeltaineFestival/BELTAINE.html

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Magickal Realms has moved :
2486 Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY
10458

(718)892-5350

magickalrealms at aol dot com

New store hours Monday-Saturday 9:30-5:30
Closed Sunday.

you can get candles,oils,glitters,books,incense ,
ALL of it ,at this new local .
Call or email for mail orders .

The Pagan Way classes, psychic nights ,rituals, and events will resume in the Spring.

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Hey Guys:

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find the following Gay/Bi. formulas! Some are certainly Voodoo-based. Most of them probably origionate from Herman Slater (publishing-wised), and many other NYC occult shoppes. These formula's titles were merely listed in Lady Rhea's underground Classic, "Enchanted Candle Spells" (many are found in Slater's "Magickal Formulary & Spellbook I," though not all). So, can anyone gimme' a hand, due to some obvious curiousity? Despite the fact that I blend my own recipes, I find a deep interst in investigating such formula's recipes!

* AC/DC [Listed in Slater's formulary under "Anointing Oil," but is it really the same recipe as listed in Rhea's classic? There's always that .01% of doubt.]
* Cat's Knight Love "A red hot scent for gay men!"
* Hyakintos
* L'Homme-- "The Man"
* Oscar Wilde
* Pan's Delight [I love various Horned-God belnds!]
* Satry Oil [Is this the same formula as listed in Slater's formulary? Rhea describes it thusly, "One of the origional Gay favourites, 'Locker Room'. Actually, this oil can invoke a six-foot image of a stutting Pan."]

Hell, whilst they're not listed, I'm seriously curious about the formula for some of Enchantments' recipes:

* Cernunnos-- "A 'Classic' Horned God oil." [I love those "Classics". Though, again, is this the same formula as one of the two Cernunnos recipes as listed in Slater's classic text?]
* Eros-- "A Gay male attraction oil for that certain guy."
* Gardnerian Flying Oil-- Traditional used by Gardnerians for Astral
Projection." [Is this really a "Traditional" (Gardnerian) recipe of some sort? Hell, if it is "Traditional", why would it be for sale? *shrugs* Just curious.]
* MINOTAUR-- "For GAY MEN. To attract a 'real stud' for serious, spiritual and physical love." [*Evil Grin*!]

Now, I haven't gotten a copy of either of them, but...I wonder if Herman Slater's second "Magickal Formulary" would contain any of these recipes. Or, if Lady Rhea's citadel-version of her Classic, "The Enchanted Candle" lists any of these formulas which she previously had only named? Now, what I always found a little disheartening is that her Classic lacked any formulas at all-- listing them merely by name. My concern with this is that, after I obtained Herman's classic formulary, many (though not all) of the recipes were inluded. So...why not include those formulas, then? It had been long since o.o.p. [Slater's book] by the time I aquired Lady Rhea's classic. So, at the time, it seemed like something of a business-ploy to my oh-so-sceptical mind-set at that time, to get one to purchase the anointing oils listed. But, I'm still as curious about these formulas as ever (for research purposes)!

Hmmm...I wonder if I called Enchantments (can you imagine the long distance toll?) if they'd give me the formula for such recipes as "Minotaur," etc.? Unfortunately, I don't currently have such means at my disposal... *sigh*

Take care,
Wade MacMorrighan

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Mercury Retrograde is one of THE most significant things to pay attention to when you are trying to start big projects ,buy things , make big deals.
And start NEW magickal endeavors .
Old issues can b worked on diring this time ,but approach with care.

I personally do nothing of any great importantce during this time.

Mercury is the planet of travel and communications.
so i make no travel plans during this time either.
If i cannot be avoided due to time constraints ,i will book the flight but not pay for it until after it comes out .
I have found that any bookings(plane/hotel) i do during Merc Retro always get changed and need alot of re vamping .

So do yourselves a favor :

DONT BUY
DONT SIGN
Dont MAKE ANY HUGE SIGNIFICANT POSSIBLY LIFE CHANGING PLANS DURING THIS TIME !
THEY WILL FUCK UP !!
NO DOUBT !!

( And especially dont try to book yourself into the Ozzfest tour during this time ...)
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http://www.astroprofile.com/2005mercuryrx.htm


Void of Course Moon is a small less extreme example of mercury retro grade .
And another thing to watch is when the moon is in your opposite sign .. ~
so look at WHEN the moon goes void -and do not do anything big during this time either ~
It usually only lasts up to 24 hours at the most .
some are only minutes long.

BUT !
whem the moon is in your opposite sign ~ void or not
again >
DO NOTHING IMPORTANT !
Some people prefer to take bulls by the horns during the moon being in their opposite sign ~
They say they have a cleansing of sorts .
Personally ,
I have found i suffer greatly when i do this if the moon is in my opposite sign ~

The other rule is-- if the moon is IN your sun sign >>
do what EVER the hell you want.
You WILL get away with it ..
yah ~

http://www.astroprofile.com/2005moonvoid.htm

Opposite signs:

Aries-Libra
Taurus-Scorpio
Gemini-Saggitarius
Cancer-Capricorn
Leo-Aquarius
Virgo-Pisces

So if you are a Scorpio..your opposite sign is Taurus ...Leo ..Aquarius .. get it ?
ok
So a Saggitarius should NOT do anything important when the moon is in Gemini..and completely do what they want if the moon is in Saggitarius.

Get it ?

~nods~
To know what sign the moon is in and when it goes void of course, you need a ephemeris.

http://www.ephemeris.com/

Punch in the date and time and the position of the moon (and everything else)comes up ~

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~Greetings~

I feel unusually beautiful and confident today, and it got me to thinking; is there some kind of spell or meditation I could use to keep this feeling alive? Or at least experience it when I'm low? Confidence is so rare with me, it's hard to beleive how I feel right now.

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The Swamis in India are predicting another major earth disaster on or around april 8 th of this year .
Can anyone shed any light on this .

"Related to all of this, many here are talking about the difficult omens around April 8th (there is some weird eclipse thing with Pluto conjunct I think--astrology is not my bag). For those of you who don't follow astrology, there seem to be indications that the 2-3 weeks before and after this date could be traumatic for one or more countries, and the world in general. A nuke? A war?? Another natural disaster??? Hard to say, but tension is in the air, and it seems wise to prepare at least inwardly. Unfortunately, Bush is now threatening Syria and Iran."

ADDENDUM:
I did the charts for this.
As the kind of astrology that Indiens do ,is not the same as the kind we do ...
But there are corrolation of course..
So i did an ephermeris for it --
So much is retrograde it is disturbing.
And i did the chart itself for both NYC and Japan
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And it looks to me like an act of war..
The chart is not beneign at all either way
Quite frankly it scares me ..
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~waves pom poms,blows whistles ,rings bells ,throws confetti,releases balloons,lets the pigeons fly ~

*give clove sented bouquets of purple roses*

~cooks some eggplant with anise sauce~


My girl does NOT get enough press as far as I am am concerned .. and she is highly underrated and over looked .

She controls wind, rain, storms, lightening ,and the ancestors/the dead ...

That is air water fire and earth as far as i can see ..

She controls all 4 elements and is a very powerful warrior ~ !

Give the girl some credit !!


So PLEASE pay hommage to Our Lady of Candelaria today ..

Thank You

(It is also Dir en greys birthday today too ...They are 9 years old today.....wow )