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Sights in the sky this week
Monday, February 26, 2007
I was going to talk about satellite viewing this week when something else came up, or is about to come up. An eclipse of the Moon will occur on Saturday, March 3.
On this particular occasion, however, we, here in Southwest Nebraska won't receive the best view of this event. We will only be able to watch less than the last half of the eclipse as the Moon will rise locally with the eclipse already more than half over.
We will be watching as the Moon emerges from the umbra, or darkest part of the earth's shadow, into the penumbra or partial shadow of the Earth.
Watch for the Moon to rise in the east at about 5:39 p.m. Local time with half of the Moon's face in a darkened state. The eclipse will end 32 minutes later with the Moon entering the penumbra, or partial, much lighter shadow of the Earth. You will need to watch with a clear, flat, horizon to the east.
An eclipse occurs when the shadow of one astronomical body blocks the light of the Sun on another astronomical body. There are two types of eclipse. One is a lunar eclipse and the other is a solar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse only occurs when the Moon is full and on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun making it possible for the shadow of the Earth to cover the face of the Moon. It is only because of our location that we will be able to see just half of this eclipse. If we lived in Europe or Africa we would be able to see the eclipse in its entirety.
A solar eclipse is when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun and happens only at New Moon.
In 2007 there are two solar and two lunar eclipses. On March 19 there will be a partial eclipse of the Sun visible from eastern Asia and northern Alaska. On September 11 another partial solar eclipse will be visible from all of South America, Antarctica and the South Atlantic.
The second lunar eclipse of the year will occur on Aug. 28, and we will be in a much better location for viewing. Here in North America we will be able to see almost all of the eclipse, however, we here in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas, will not see all of totality. But, it will be a lot more than the 32 minutes of the March 3rd eclipse. It will be a morning event and the Moon will set before the eclipse is over for us.
SKY WATCH: -- Thursday, March 1, the Moon, Saturn and Regulus will make a nice grouping in the south east in the evening. On March 2nd the Moon will be near Regulus. Venus and Saturn are still great objects for evening observation and Jupiter still holds sway in the morning. Don't forget the eclipse on March 3.
Next time, You ever see a satellite?
Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007, 18:44:15
What Does It Mean To Be Wiccan?
a perspective..............grounded in seasonal celebration
To be Wiccan is to worship the Goddess and her companion the Horned God, and to follow the philosophies, ethics and practices of the Old Religion. Originally rooted in Paganism, Wicca existed long before Christianity and long before the Church was founded.
Wiccans honour the Earth as their spiritual Mother (the Goddess) and the Sky and the wildness of nature as their spiritual Father (the Horned God). In practice, this means that they esteem nature and the planet on which we live. They venture not to harm anyone or anything, because to them, everyone in the world are their brothers and sisters with an equal right to exist. Wicca is a tradition that works to harm none in thought, word, or deed. Therefore, anyone who says they are a witch but works otherwise should not be considered an authentic Wiccan practitioner.
Witchcraft is still the only spiritual tradition that raises the female above the male, in contrast to patriarchal religions such as Christianity and Judaism. They venerate an almighty male deity, with little positive mention of the female at all. Because of its veneration of a Goddess, Wicca follows the moral values associated with feminine spiritual powers – such as love, peace, and joy – rather than the more masculine religious attitudes of domination, strength, and authority. Witches work by peaceful means, seeking to unite rather than to divide, to be of service to our communities, and to be the healers, counsellors, and the guardians of all life on this Earth. This is because they see themselves as the children of the Goddess and the Horned God that they honour. When this is a truth within a witch, they can only ever love and look after what has been so lovingly created for us.
Wicca in History Wiccans have been persecuted throughout the ages, as well as thousands of innocent people. The Salem Witch Trials were arguably the most well-known trials of execution of witches. All out of fear. And why the dreadful fear of witchery? Power. People are afraid of someone having power over their lives. Yet witchcraft is not a religion based on power, nor does it try to seize control over other people.
Witches and accused witches were persecuted for hundreds of years, until, in 1951, the law in England was rewritten because of a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald B. Gardner. While employed as a civil servant, he decided to declare his religious preference – Witchcraft. He demonstrated a ritual to the Parliament and explained the nature of his worship so they would realise that his religion was not about demons, destruction and sacrifice. Wicca was portrayed in its nature: the worship of the Goddess and the God. The Parliament declared Witchcraft a legal religion. In 1953, Gerald B. Gardner petitioned his right to coven, and that right was also declared legal.
The Wiccan Rede is the philosophy that Wiccans follow: ~~~~~~~~ Hear now the words of the Witches, The secrets we hid in the night, When dark was our destiny’s pathway, That now we bring forth into the light. ~~~~~~~~ This world has no right then to know it, And world of beyond will tell naught, The oldest of Gods is invoked there, The Great Work of Magick is wrought. ~~~~~~~~ And Do What You Will be the challenge, So be it in love that harms none, For this is the only commandment. By the magick of old be it done! ~~~~~~~~
Basic Wiccan Terms ATHAME - a ceremonial dagger BOOK OF SHADOWS - a journal of magickal workings COVEN - a group of Wiccans under the guidance of a High Priestess ESBAT - a Wiccan moon festival ; sometimes known as a lesser Sabbat GAIA - Ancient Greek Earth Goddess HORNED GOD - the primary male deity of witchcraft SACRED CIRCLE - a sacred area in which formal ritual working is to be performed
Posted: Friday, June 2, 2006, 10:51:26
Success I/Influences on the True Self and World Views ....Parental Influence
by Gail Marie Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
In learning about personal success, it’s important that we are aware of factors throughout our lives that have effected us and our world views. Recognizing and understanding those factors allows us to do a review and inventory for ourselves, deciding what is acceptable to us and what isn’t. Acknowledging the following as factors that can impact our world view allows us to dismiss world views that are no longer relevant to us.
Beginning in childhood we are bombarded by systems established to teach us to ignore our own power and do as we’re told. As children, our parents pass on to us their understanding of life and religion. This begins at birth, continues through our early development and is further entrenched by the school system. When we graduate from school, businesses decide whether we are employable based on whether or not we are a good risk to make them money. Companies say they want people who can work independently, but that independence stretches only as far as their policies allow.
Parental Influence
Our learning or programming, starts when we’re very young, attempting to ensure that we “go with the flow” rather than use our own feelings and sense of personal responsibility to live our lives. We’re told what to do, how to do it, and in many cases, if we don’t do as we’re told, we’re punished, whether it be by a time out, grounding, and even a spanking.
Parents play an extremely important role in their children’s lives. Teaching them to make their own decisions, and learning from the consequences of their choices, is invaluable in helping them learn to use and trust their own feelings. Having said that, there are possibly dangerous situations in which children need to be removed to keep them safe. A situation like that is a time for speaking with the child, helping them understand the dangers of the situation they were removed from.
As parents, we need to be in touch with our own feelings to ensure we’re not transferring them to our children. Teaching fear to a child, rather than helping them find their own power, is a dangerous precedent. To fear those in authority is the beginning of the “go with the flow” syndrome, and promotes the idea that it’s acceptable for others to have power over us, to control us, and that our true feelings are worthless.
Judging our children is another trap. We need to allow our children to be who they truly are, and not expect them to be who we want them to be. Similarly, we need to stop judging ourselves and allow ourselves to be who we truly are. Judgment of self and others creates and further promotes the whole hierarchal structure that sustains adversity in the world.
Posted: Friday, June 2, 2006, 1:43:47
Success II/School System Influence
by Gail Marie Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
GM: As we grow, and enter the school system, formal societal programming begins. We are introduced to another hierarchal system. We are graded as A, B, C, D or F/R students. Where I live, anything below a B is unacceptable; these students are labeled as requiring increased attention, usually from the parents rather than the school.
If we don’t do well in school, or haven’t embraced school as we’re expected to, are we really failures? Could it be that we didn’t totally accept the schooling system as it was, but recognized the need for change and worked towards being a catalyst for change as best we could? Is it possible we were actually following and listening to our true self, rather than blindly accepting the status quo?
Much of our family time is spent helping children with their homework. Our children have limited time during the school week to be children. The so-called improved curriculum and testing creates stress on our children and on family time. The purpose of the new curriculum is to increase our children’s knowledge so they’ll be better prepared for the business world. However, to be productive, happy adults, children must have the opportunity to be children, to learn from their surroundings and experiences. We all have common sense, and it’s in childhood that we’re able to get in touch with it. The nature of the school system and its teaching methods hinders our children from tapping into their own common sense.
Our school system is focused solely on the business world, funded by a government that seems to be in the back pocket of the business world. Business focuses on the material; the more profits you make, the better you are, the more powerful you are. That attitude makes people feel they are failures if they aren’t materially successful. The hierarchal nature of business and government, has created a society in which few have material wealth and many are the working poor. The working poor can’t afford those material things the wealthy have; the hierarchy would come crashing down if they did. Those who aren’t wealthy are kept in that position by those in power, challenged to meet their most basic needs. When you must put all your energy into meeting your basic of needs, there is little energy left to challenge the hierarchy or find your true self and voice.
The way we’re treated as children and raised has a lasting affect on us. Through laws and societal pressure, our children are forced to endure the programming of not trusting their own feelings, but instead to feel what they’re told to feel and do as they’re told to do. Children aren’t stupid, but our system isn’t open-minded enough to think outside the box to teach children to be themselves. Having said that, in a hierarchal system, there is no desire to encourage children to learn in the way that best suits them, allowing them a position of comfort, making them less controllable. Where I live, statistics show that the dropout rate with this new and supposedly improved education system is increasing.
Children feel like they’re not smart enough, and the frustration and pain of academic failure overwhelms them, making them feel empty and lost—ideal conditions for being controlled.
Posted: Friday, June 2, 2006, 1:41:36
Success III/Religious Influences
by Gail Marie Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
GM: We all have a basic truth within us that we feel drawn to find. In many cases, religion helps fulfill that need. What we believe is our own choice since free will choice is a gift from the True Creator. Religious institutions have worked hard over the years to get people to believe what the church wants them to believe. Hence, we have factions of a religion fighting against other factions over little things. Many religions have sacraments and rites that followers are required to participate in to be fully accepted into the religion. Those who choose not to participate in these sacraments, rites, or rituals may be told that God will judge them and their place in heaven will not be guaranteed. If they do anything contrary to what the religion sees as acceptable behavior, they are sinners, whom only that religion’s God can help. Remember, the True Creator has unconditional love for you, always and forever, and no one has the right to tell you otherwise.
In my research and personal soul searching for my own truth regarding God and life, I’ve always been fascinated that we are told that God loves us, that it’s not right for us to judge others, yet there is an acceptance that judgment is appropriate from God. The acceptance that we deserve the pain we feel, or the treatment we receive because it’s pay back for behavior that God will judge, is merely a fear of taking responsibility for our own behavior or standing up for ourselves. It’s always easier to blame then to take responsibility.
This attitude also effects our children. At an early age, we teach them what is acceptable to God if they want to go to heaven. Fear is placed in them for things that, in many cases, are normal childhood behaviors or thoughts. Fear leads to guilt. We begin to feel that we are terrible, that we make God unhappy. This adds to our feelings of worthlessness. This creates a tendency to not value our own thoughts or feelings, resulting in a feeling or need to allow someone else to decide for us.
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 00:00:00
Success IV/Hierarchical System Influences
by Gail Marie Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
GM: As we grow up and become responsible citizens, we’re controlled by our surroundings. We are also controlled by our emotions. At this time of spiritual awakening and change, issues and emotions surface that may be difficult to recognize. Rather than seeing them as issues, situations, or emotions to be healed, one of three scenarios can occur. First, sometimes people embrace the feeling that they’re not good enough, that all they’re feeling and doing is their own fault and that they deserve whatever they’re feeling. Second, they may place blame on others for their situation and not take the responsibility themselves. The third scenario, is that in which there’s an understanding that all experiences happen for a reason, whether for personal/spiritual growth, or lessons to be learned.
AT’: Everything said above is true, but along with that is something else I have noticed. Many times when upheaval occurs in our lives it is our soul's way of pushing us out of our comfort zone. It is hard to reach for the new and unknown when we are so comfortable in the lives we have. Breaking out of our inertia can be painful, but this strips away the old and outgrown in order to make room for the new things needed for our growth. So do not fear change. Change only hurts if we fight against it.
GM: Taking responsibility is very important in healing and personal/spiritual growth, but it’s more important to understand why we did what we did, to learn from our experiences. The most critical aspect of growth and healing is to forgive ourselves. Be honest with yourself; recognize that whatever situation you’re in, you did the best you could do in that situation with the knowledge and experiences you had at that time. Understanding and forgiving yourself, allowing unconditional love of self, is very empowering and leads to personal success.
(excerpt : Chap. 4 Healing Mind and Spirit; an Introduction to Wild Card Therapy)
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 00:00:00
Grounding Ritual
by Gail Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
Another form of protection that can be used in conjunction with your Personal Shields is Grounding. Grounding allows us to communicate with spirits of higher vibrations, while remaining tied to the earth plane, rather than feeling lightheaded or floating.
A permanent way to Ground is to call upon your Core Self, and picture a root growing from your core down into the ground. See an answering root coming from the planet's core reaching towards the root growing from you. As they grow together, watch them become a single strong root, and feel the Earth's nourishing energies flowing up into you. Now call upon your Core Self and Symbionts to rebalance your energy appropriately. The root growing from you should be a single healthy strand. If it isn't, ask Archangel Michael to deal appropriately with all hindering this. This grounding will remain for as long as you are in flesh, but will fall away once you leave your flesh behind.
It must also be noted that if you are visual and see more than one root coming from your Core Self to reach the planet's core, then a cleansing must be done to remove those beings whose roots are reaching down along with your own. Each person has only one anchoring root, so the presence of others is a clue that cleansing is required.
Excerpt - Chap 1 Healing Mind and Spirit; an Introduction to Wild Card Therapy
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 00:00:00
SAMPLE CLEANSING - RECLAIMING A MEMORY
by Gail Marie Blackman & Aunt T Pathfinder
SAMPLE CLEANSING - RECLAIMING A MEMORY
Breath deep and count yourself down from 15 to 1 then one more
As you do...want you to tell your subconscious that you need to reclaim this. let your subconscious know that you are being harmed by not remembering
As you do this, I want you to tell holy spirit and Archangel Michael to calve away any part of your subconscious that refuses to let you see. When you reach the end of the count down double check your alp mirrors [will explain the mirrors at end of file]...get rid of the alps stirring and ask your core self and symbionts to rebalance you so you coming from a place of strength as you reach for the memory. now...see the memory as a pod...ball like thing floating before your eyes
This pod contains the memory....but it could also be sheltering other things... ask michael to cleanse it
Put on your *emotional glasses* now so the emotions contained in the memory get trapped in the glasses and don't effect you. just picture yourself with a pair of glasses on that capture the emotions of the memories before they can trap you in the past
ok...feel comfy as you look through the glasses at the memory pod?
to dispell any discomfort ...wrap the source and give it to michael. nothing from the past can harm you except by trying to avoid it...remind your subconscious of this fact
you have grown beyond that memory but you need the memory to be whole
k...reach out to the pod...and see yourself cracking it open like an egg. allow the memory to spill out and watch it form in front of you...like seeing it on a tv screen. can you see it?
if nothing came out, it's there...relax and be determined that you want to see it.
ok....think you got the clues you need
ok...try looking again at that memory from the pod
lol. ok...keeping that time period in mind...ask yourself what is it that you need to remember from then
what have you been pushing aside, not wanting to remember? like there's something more than that
if you have an inner from this time. a part of you which flinched away that needs reclaimed now.
want to do that?
k...call nera [neraphasea is a Dominion Angel] to cleanse the inner...and then talk to her...tell her that you need her to be whole and you survived what formed her...tell that inner how much you love and need her and then open your arms to embrace her. let me know when she's in your arms
k...absorb her back into you...and ask your core self and symbionts to help her grow into the you that you are now, then ask your core self and symbionts to rebalance you with her home
can you feel the memory she flinched away from? remember to keep sending your alps through the mirrors :-)
k...remembering that memory...how's your pain?
good :-) now...look towards the memory pod again. what parts of the memory did the inner not see? wrap up your fear and give it to archangel michael :-)
is ok hun...you don't have to say it...just reclaim it :-)
now...can you do the forgivenesses? [explained also at end of file]
good :-) how's your pain now?
k...let's ask nera if there is still an inner waiting to be reclaimed? I get a yes...what about you?
k...ask nera to cleanse it and then reclaim as you did before :-) let me know if you need help doing so
:-) remember to reclaim the memory she contains too :-) got her reclaimed yet?
rebalance and send the alps away?
k...now look at the memory pod again...see the memories the inner didn't know
k....what else aren't you seeing?
ok...ask archangel raphael to do a pure light vacuuming of you...and ask archangel michael to recycle the memory pod and the emotions eye glasses :-)
then ask terre/earth to send you nourishing energies up through your anchor root :-) lol
how you feeling now?
one last thing...point out to your subconscious how much better you feel after having reclaimed the memory lol
that way...next time you have to reclaim one...it might not fight you as hard lol
:-) the past can only hurt us if we flinch away from it. if we see it and embrace it...heal it....we are whole and able to walk into our future with head held high :-)
you did excellent work tonight :-) congrat's
ALP Mirrors: ALPs are (awareness, layers, pseudo self kids), splinters of us which fragment away during stress or growth. This is a natural process, but they are no longer you and if they cling they keep old wounds irritated and cause many problems. I call them the True Creator's grandkids. It is one of the Holy Spirit's jobs to gather them in, and to make his job easier there is the spiritual tool of the mirrors...he gathers them in as they enter the mirrors.
There are 3 mirrors...full length and facing you, so close they nearly touch you but don't. The right hand mirrors are for your alps, center one for alps of others which might be clinging to you, left one for clumps of alps and those from other times. Each mirror has a flashing neon sign at the top to automatically call in the alps once the mirrors are activated. Your Core Self (that part of you from which all the rest of you sprouts) will automatically fill in all emptied areas with core energies, and Archangel Michael will automatically be given permission to cleanse and deal with anything that was between you and your alps. To active these mirrors, just notice how nice they look and then relax, urging your alps to leave you.
Those who are able to see with their eyes closed, might see the alps leaving as a mist or even as human forms entering the mirrors. Even if you can't see, you can do this by KNOWING it is being done. Most people feel lighter, less weighed down as the alps leave. If you feel anything odd or heavy during this process...picture the source of that feeling wrapped in a blanket of unconditional love and ask archangel michael to take it.
Forgivenesses: This is the conscious forgiveness of those who caused you harm, of yourself for not being able to protect yourself, asking for forgiveness if you harmed anyone else, and asking the Holy Spirit to deal appropriately with all karmic residue.
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 18:32:53
Astrological June Significators
from Kelley Hunter
MIND-STRETCHING
Imaginative thinking that stretches the mind is a good thing this month, with Mercury and the Sun opposing Pluto at the Sagittarius 26, the degree that marks the galactic center of our Milky Way—Mercury on June 1, the Sun on June 16-17. Gemini delights in a variety of perspectives, supplying the broad Sagittarian imagination with plenty of puzzle pieces. The Uranus factor suggests some oddly-shaped pieces and moments. Go with the flow and revel in the completely different.
TO JUPITER: CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW SPOT
And now for something completely different again-- Have you heard about Red, Jr., son of the Big Red Spot on Jupiter? Jupiter was the big planet next to the last Full Moon, hanging heavy with meaning. With a moon count that has jumped to over 60 in recent years, Jupiter comes up with another surprise. This new red storm suggests changes in the atmosphere of Jupiter. This seems to be happening throughout the solar system, including on our blue jewel planet Earth.
Jupiter is especially close to Earth now. Look for its rising in early evening. It is just above one of the stars formerly imagined as the claws of the Scorpion. Look for the other claw to the left. These stars are named Zubenelgenubi (brother of Obi-wan Kenobi) and Zubeneschemali. These Scorpion claws held an incense burner that purified the Sun, Moon or any planet that passed through. Like Jupiter recently did. Maybe that's how Red, Jr. was born.
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 00:00:00
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Angelic Aromas Our parent company's web site of aphrodisiacs, aromatherapy love erotic boudoir and heart spirit hand blended organic & wildcrafted personal love rituals Astro Dienst Free Horoscopes & Transits, Daily Forecasts A Course In Consciousness Part 1 consists of notes on the philosophical and scientific underpinnings of this course in consciousness. We establish the context of our discussion within the three major types of metaphysical philosophy, ask the questions that are naturally raised when one begins a study of conscious mind, summarize the scientific data that must be taken into account in any attempt to understand the phenomena of consciousness, and present a simple, understandable description of the philosophical and quantum theoretical basis for the need to include consciousness in our description of the material world. We shall see that, from a sound, scientific point of view, not only is it impossible to understand the material world without considering the consciousness of its observer, but, in fact, it is Consciousness which manifests the world. However, it cannot be the individual consciousness of the observer that does this, but it must be nonlocal, universal Consciousness. |
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