Full Moon and Summer Solstice double-combo on June 20th There will be a full moon this Sunday evening the 19th... and into the 20th... the date of the Summer Solstice.
'Watch for the solstice full moon' Bruce McClure - EarthSky.org - June 14-20, 2016 Tonight – June 19, 2016 – watch for a full-looking moon. This full moon and the June solstice – the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice and Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice – fall on the same date this year: June 20, 2016. The moon turns full at 11:02 UTC and the solstice arrives some 11.5 hours later, at 23:34 UTC. Although the full moon and solstice happen at the same instant all around the world, the clock reading differs by time zone. At U.S. time zones, the moon turns precisely full on June 20 at 7:02 a.m. EDT, 6:02 a.m. CDT, 5:02 a.m. MDT and 4:02 a.m. PDT. In other words, tonight’s moon is closer to full than tomorrow night’s moon. The June solstice, featuring the sun at its northernmost point for the year, comes on June 20 at 6:34 p.m. EDT, 5:34 p.m. CDT, 4:34 p.m. MDT and 3:34 p.m. PDT. Also, watch for the moon shining close to Saturn and the star Antares on June 19. In the Northern Hemisphere, we call the June full moon the Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon or Flower Moon. con't...
The "Blair Witch" Vehme and the Hermetic/ DaVincian "Vitruvian Man" "BLAIR WITCH: A five-pointed compound symbol with a center triangle pointing down.The five lines resemble the microcosmic man with arms and legs outstretched inside a circle (with a pentagram in the background)--a magic symbol or charm among medieval alchemists and wizards." When the term microcosm man came up in the above quote, we wren't sure what that was, but in quick time we found out. Basically its the Leonardo Da Vinci symbol of a man outstreched. In the foundation of Hermeticism, in hidden societies of craftsmen and scholarly men, away from the eyes of the Church and its paranoia, the proto-science of alchemy developed along with its occult philosophy and cryptical symbolism. Graphical and geometric symbolism became very important and the period of the Renaissance emerged. The concept of the microcosmic world of Man as analogous to the macrocosm, the greater universe of spirit and elemental matter became a part of traditional western occult teaching, as it had long been in eastern philosophies, As Above, So Below. The pentagram, the 'Star of the Microcosm', symbolized Man within the microcosm, representing in analogy the Macrocosmic universe. The upright pentagram bears some resemblance to the shape of man with his legs and arms outstretched. In Tycho Brahe's Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum (1582) occurs a pentagram with human body imposed and the Hebrew for YHSVH associated with the elements. An illustration attributed to Brae's contemporary Agrippa (Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim) is of similar proportion and shows the five planets and the moon, at the center point, the genitalia. Other illustrations of the period by Robert Fludd and Leonardo da Vinci show geometric relationships of man to the universe. Later, the pentagram came to be symbolic of the relationship of the head to the four limbs and hence of the pure concentrated essence of anything (or the spirit) to the four traditional elements of matter, earth, water, air and fire - spirit is The Quintessence.
"When you stand, stand straight and firm; when you walk, walk upright and with a purpose. Otherwise you bow on your knees to everyone, and show the world you are a coward as you crawl on your belly. There is no middle ground!"
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time CyndiLauperVEVO Cyndi Lauper's official music video for 'Time After Time'
************ I associate this song from when I was a boy and I had "missed my ride" as nightfall approached, and I decided to take a shortcut home by walking a trail system several miles through a county park. I remember it was a warm, clear, still night as I made my way through the wonderful darkness. I listened to this song during that trek on my very 80s Sony "Walkman." The video of this song tends to disassociate it from its higher calling... 'Time After Time' Cyndi Lauper Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, And think of you Caught up in circles confusion Is nothing new Flashback warm nights Almost left behind Suitcases of memories, Time after Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead You're calling to me, I can't hear What you've said Then you say go slow I fall behind The second hand unwinds If you're lost you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting Time after time If you're lost you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting Time after time After my picture fades and darkness has Turned to gray Watching through windows you're wondering If I'm OK Secrets stolen from deep inside The drum beats out of time
The "Green Man" of the woods
The highest mountain in our Solar System is the Olympus Mons on Mars. It is nearly three times taller than Mt. Everest.
This tiny village has been excommunicated, and cursed with a spell so powerful that only the Pope can lift it. Inka Piegsa-Quischotte - BBC.com/Travel - April 27, 2016 How
does a tiny Spanish village of just 62 souls come to be excommunicated
in its entirety and cursed with a spell so strong that only the Pope can
lift it? con't...
Arcanum Arcanorum The invisible society is a secret and most august fraternity whose members are dedicated to the service of a mysterious arcanum arcanorum. -- Lectures on Ancient Philosophy arcanum arcanorum: the mystery of mysteries; specifically: the one ultimate secret supposed to lie behind all astrology, alchemy, and magic
Tesla knew Gravity was just a bogus theory and that Einstein was a shill Flatline - Globe is dead Tesla knew that Gravity was nonsense,that is why you never learned about him in school. Instead we were taught the theories (assumptions) of Capernicus, Newton and Eistein to embed in your brain that welive on a 'ball'! Tesla had it right, electromagnetic realm.
Crystal Gayle Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 1977
With Samhain coming up, I wanted to mention a few safe natural portals---or antennas---which can connect our world with the world beyond... the Ur. Especially during Samhain, when this curtain becomes slightly open. Mountains are a great spiritual antenna. Not necessarily on top, but just nearby is fine; especially when you can see the blackness against the dark blue or moonlit sky with maybe clouds. It doesn't have to be a particularly large mountain either. Trees are a great living bio-antenna as well. Taller is probably better, and probably just close to the base is fine. Although you may touch the tree to help energetically interact with the environment. Also, water is a good natural oracle for connection to the Ur, like a natural mirror; and at night it becomes something of a black mirror.
The night is definitely better, and whether or not you are alone is probably a matter of personal choice. I think a group is fine, as long as you can be alone for awhile. This "dark" concept has nothing to do with any type of malevolence. However, I would suggest strongly to not use a Ouija Board; which may allow unwanted spirits and entities in. Also. I don't think that mirrors or literal "black mirrors" are necessary, or even entirely safe. Just find a good place outside, then you can't go wrong as far as connection to your spirits of affinity. I have found that the weather does affect things. Rain and/or foggy overcast conditions seem to break the connection... at least for me. A clear dark night is perfect, with the half Moon in sight. Samhain 2014 falls between Friday, October 31st and Saturday, November 1st. The "witching hours" from about midnight to 2:00 AM is probably best.. but that's not really necessary. Nine or ten o'clock should be great if the weather works out. Bring a smooth stone, or even a rock, and try to use it to help connect.
I don't think you need to conduct any special ritual on Samhain, nor do you need to focus on just one spirit. While other times you may be the director, on Samhain, perhaps it's best to allow them to direct things. As the old saying goes: "Our ancestors are us, and we are them." .
A few evenings ago, I had an online chat with a Celtic polytheist. When asked what my spiritual paradigm was, I tried to convey across that I was an adherent of European paganism aka "European witchcraft".. not Wiccan. She seemed to be against the Wiccan concept partly because it was so eclectic, which makes sense. However, when pressed for a rundown of deities, I mentioned Hecate and Cernunnos. Being someone who doesn't believe in mixing paradigms, she quickly responded by finding it odd that "Cernunnos is Celtic and Hecate is Greek." She herself seemed confused as to whether she was a Gaelic polytheist or a Gaulish polytheist. This brought up the issue of the proto-European--aka "Alpine race"--role in the ancient world. To begin with, people just can't seem to grasp the fact that the Europe of the last glacial movement was one which was basically devoid of both Mediterranean and Teutonic peoples... and it was almost half covered in massive ice sheets. Demographically, Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East/western Asia cannot be compared to today.
Hecate seems to clearly be a deity which predates classic Greek mythology... clear back to the proto-European world. I believe a local name--in what is now Greece and Turkey--for a "European goddess"... not a "Greek goddess." The Mother Goddess, or what I call "the Almother." Being that Hecate is perhaps the strongest historical manifestation for this goddess, then her name would seem to be a good one to use. The gods and goddesses of Greek antiquity were different from those of the more distant past. The Almother was a European goddess... which manifested in Greece as Hecate. Just for the record, this was thousands of years before there were any Turkic people in what is now Turkey. Cernunnos was probably a fusion of the proto-European "horned god" and Odin or Tyr of the incoming Teutonic peoples. Therefore "Cernunnos"--which is a Romanized name for the chief god of Gaul--is as much proto-European as he is Gaulish/Celtic. I just don't see the point in renaming the Mother Goddess and Horned God of the proto-Europeans. There probably was not "one name" for these deities, but regional names for them. Stewart Farrar, a pioneer of Wicca, used the name "Karnayna" for Cernunnos. Hecate is also spelled "Hekate." To attempt to make some distinction, perhaps these names could be used since they possibly might be closer to the proto-European names in those locales, as well as being the strongest manifestations of "the Alfather" (Cernunnos) and "the Almother" (Hecate).
When coming up with a name for a larger collective, most often one must use some local name. There's often no way around this. For example, the name "Asatru" is an Icelandic name... used for a larger Odinic collective. There were other local names as well. Therefore "Asatru"--within the expanded meaning of the collective--can be used in reference to the Odinic manifestation of Austria, Ukraine, or Spain. It's no longer just in reference to Iceland. Coming up with entirely new names for every expression of the same thing would add further confusion to an already somewhat confusing endeavor.
Vehmology
"Vehme" stands for the same five elements (earth, air, fire, water, and spirit) as does the pentacle star, and seems to have been the basis for European witchcraft. The proto-European spiritual tradition was based on science! It took into account the metaphysical... "spirit." What I call "Vehmology" is science. Magic and science were the same. The true purpose of the coming "Religion vs. Atheism" conflict in society is to prevent the scientific study of metaphysics. Closed-minded religion, closed-minded Atheism, and closed-minded science all have a vested interest in preventing the mere academic study of metaphysical science, which makes them Hegelian "opposames" rather than true opposites. .
The "Blair Witch" Vehme and the Hermetic/ DaVincian "Vitruvian Man"
