Category: Pagan
-
Juno
Juno, the sister and consort of Jupiter, and in the Roman pantheon she help a special position, being called “the queen of heaven,” in this distinction she assumed many of the characteristics of Hera. She was the protectress of women; it was said just as every man has his genius, every woman has her juno,…
-
When Spirituality Goes Awry: Students in Cults
Adolescents are objects of recruitment for religious cults. Identifying new religious movements, cults, and dissenting religious groups, understanding their practices, and discovering reasons for their attractiveness to some students are helpful to the school counselor. Suggestions are offered as to how to identify which cults are destructive, and how professional school counselors can assist students…
-
Magickal Correspondences of Animals
Alligator – Survival, Stealth, Power Ant – Teamwork, Organization, Community, Kinship Antelope – Speed, Grace Armadillo – Protection, Safety Badger – Orderliness, Tenacity Bat – Insight, Intuition Bear – Strength, Introspection, Healing, Self Knowledge Beaver – Building, Shaping, Beginning New Projects Bee – Service, herbalish, Community
-
Astrological House
Below is the classical interpretation of the Astrological House spread, employed by Roman astrologers in the fourth century A.D. Shuffle the cards, and lay out one card, face down, at each of the twelve sections, in numerical order (i.e. starting with one, and working anti-clockwise through to twelve. 1. HOUSE ONE: HOUSE OF LIFE–EASTERN RISING…
-
Animal Symbolism
When using animals in magick and spellcrafting, the actual animal, a picture, a statue, or something symbolic of the animal, ie cat hair…cat whisker, can be utilized. However, animals are also used as spirit guides quite often or as signs which must be payed attention to! They come to us in dreams or perhaps visions.…
-
Bird Divination
Bird divination was one of the most important forms of auspicy (messages coming from the sky) practiced in cultures throughout the world. Omens were gathered either through the singing, crowing or croaking of birds or through the pattern and direction of their flight. The term auspice for a prediction comes from the Latin for an…