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Fall 2016
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WE TAKE A WALK WITH MARS AND LEARN HE IS MORE THAN JUST A Pagan Living Magazine Fall 2016 GOD OF WAR.
Hecate
Angry Pagans
WE LEARN BASIC BACKGROUND OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GODDESSES IN THE PAGAN FAITH.
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ANGER AND HOW THAT ANGRY ENERGY CAN BE USED FOR GOOD.
THE INDEX
A Year of Anger Everywhere You Look Anger has Set Fire Within the Pagan Community. What Can We Learn From Anger and How That Angry EnergyCan Be Used for Good.
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Body, Mind, Spirit Seasonal Foods to Add toYour Table Along with Seasonal Readings and a Spell or Two to Help You Imporve Your Enviorment
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How The Gods and Goddesses Can Empower Us Amber K Continues to Educate Us on Working with Gods and Goddesses in Our Everyday Interactions.
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It Begins With 10 A Cup of Tea
Learning a New God
Sit Down and Have a Cup of Tea Before We Learn to Put the Seasonal Stress Aside and Embrace Life’s Changes.
We Take A Walk with Mars and Learn He is More Than Just a God Of War.
Understanding Why Taking a Gambling is an Important Part of Your Choices when it Comes to Finances.
Fall Back Onto 14 Your Pagan Path
Learning a 24 New Goddesses
Working with 44 The Ancestors
We Learn Some of the Basic Background of One of the Most Important Goddesses in the Pagan Faith.
Why a Time for Reaping is so Important to Your Growth as a Pagan
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EDITORIAL Here we go with our Fall 2016 issue and the first thing you all are going to notice is a change in style. I know many of you are already thinking, “Why are they going to change the style of the magazine?” Truth be told, this change has been coming for some time. When we added the print edition, I quite simply thought, “I’ve done layout before how hard can a magazine be?” Well one year into the plan and I can tell you there are is a lot more that goes into the print version than I could have ever photos courtesy omniversal.com
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imagined. Just the spelling and grammar alone eats up days and day of time. When you have an E-zine, you can make changes anytime and that is just one little difference in moving to a print version. Nevertheless, here we are Fall 2016, I hope you like the changes we have made, please let us know.
Johnny D. Adams
It Begins With a Cup of Tea
The Blend
REFLECTIVE TEA Before delving into this emotional project, feel free to enjoy the following brew:
4 Parts Peppermint 1 Part Red Clover 1 Part Fennel Seed 1 Part Parsley 1 Part Dandelion Leaf. The ‘parts’ measurement is whatever you use to measure with; use throughout the mixture).
As the Wheel turns (sounds like a Pagan nighttime soap opera or should be) to my favorite time of year…Autumn! I’m not sure what it is about the season, maybe it’s the ability to wear sweaters, the crispness that is in the air, all the beautiful colors that nature shows us, or the fact that I can be outside without “burning up”. Whatever the case may be, I’m usually elated when fall arrives. But I find myself a little melancholy just the same. This has been a big year for myself and my family. In addition to ta-
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A Year Of Anger This Year Has Seen a Whole Lot of Anger. This Anger, if left unchecked, may burn through our community and destroy more than just our connections. As the year comes to a close, I look back on this year and think this was the year of the Angry Pagan. Over this last year, we have seen a lot of anger directed in a lot of different ways, in the views of those who support one presidential candidate or another. The trans-gender question has driven wedges in Homes, Covens and Councils across the country. I have seen Covens and Councils being torn apart over sexual consent questions that arose after gatherings. I won’t even get into the other issues which seem to dominate headlines across this land. All in all, this has been a very angry year. Now, I personally do not have a problem with anger. In fact, I believe anger is helpful. It is good to get the blood pumping as someone stands up and shouts at the top of their lungs about something you would spend a lifetime opposing. But as Pagans, we know as Buddha would say, “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” We should
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Fall Back Onto Your Pagan Path
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In Time, You Will Find There Is A Difference In Knowing The Path and Walking The Path..... Morpheus 14
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The season of autumn is upon us. Personally, it is one of my favorite times of the year. Oh sure, there is a lot to do during this time of year. Getting in that last camping trip or festival. Finishing up gathering the garden which means lots of canning and organi-
HIGHER MAGIC WITH AMBER K
How The Gods and Goddesses Can Empower and Enrich Our Lives 16
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Here we are with thousands of goddesses and gods, from many civilizations around the globe, some of whom originated in the Paleolithic era and some of whom are much more recent. What do we do with them? Many Pagans will say that we do not worship our gods, so much as work with them, partnering with the divine to improve our lives and conditions on this planet. Prayer is not usually part of our practice in the way it is with those who worship a monotheistic God… That is, we do not offer up pure praises to their glory, nor do we send up petitions to the supreme creator and then sit back and hope they are granted. Which is not to say that no Pagan has ever muttered, “Help me out here, Artemis” or “Odin, this is a totally squirrely situation and I could use some ideas!” More than anything else, what we are doing here is invoking the bold action of Artemis or the deep wisdom of Odin that resides within our own minds and personalities. Of course, a hard polytheist might
LEARN A NEW GOD
A WALK WITH
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IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC, WAR AND AGRICULTURE WERE CLOSELY LINKED. SO MARS AS THE GOD OF THE FARMERS IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 20
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It is hard to believe harvest time is upon us. It feels like the older you get, the quicker the seasons turn, especially the warm ones. Harvest time was an important time of year for many ancient cultures including the Greek, Roman, and Celtic societies and as a result, there are many gods and goddesses, major and minor, who are associated with crops, agriculture, and the harvest.
LEARNING A NEW GODDESS
A BRIEF VIEW OF
HECATE
I am well aware that Hecate (or Hekate if you will) is probably one of, if not the most well-known of Goddesses in Pagan circles, so one could ask why would we choose her for our Fall Goddess? Well to put simply, to learn more about her.
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For many modern witchcraft traditions, Hecate is the Dark Goddess and associated with the spirits of the dead, ghosts, the dark of the moon, baneful herbs, curses and black magic. For others, Hecate is the Crone Goddess, ruling over the third stage of a woman’s life, that beyond her childbearing years when she can focus on deepening the skills and information collected throughout her lifetime when knowledge and experience are refined into wisdom. Yet to others, Hecate is associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, dogs, light, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. What is very clear is that Hecate has served many roles. She is an incredibly ancient Goddess with origins stretching back into mists. Yet she is also in post-Christian writings of the Chaldean Oracles (2nd–3rd century CE) where she was regarded
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Ways To Get Back on The Pagan Path Inspired by http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/PaganCommunity/ss/Stop-Doing-These-Things-if-Youre-Pagan. htm#showall
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MONEY
Financially Secure Pagan - Part 3
Part Three of Our Ongoing Series to Help You Become a Financially Secure Pagan As we continue our journey to becoming a financially secure pagan, I would like to first take a step back and look at the areas which we have covered. In our Spring 2016 article, we spoke about the need to get organized. In our Summer 2016 article, we learned the differences between income, expenses, and savings. Now, we move forward into the land of investing. First and foremost, let us look into what investments are. In their simplest form, an investment is a gambling tool you can use to increase your income. It is important to understand two vital parts in that last sentence: 1. A gambling tool, 2. You can. Let’s look at the first one: a gambling tool. All investments, no matter how great someone makes them sound, are still gambling with your money. There is no such thing as a “safe”, or “guaranteed” investment. Investments can and do lose money. So why would you consider something where you could lose your money? Because you can also make money on your investment. It is a way where you can increase your income without working more hours. The second part of that sentence is: you can. “You can” is an important concept. Everyone has the ability to make an investment, no matter what your income level. Every investment has a minimum investment level and although, when you start out it may seem out of reach, with planning, you can achieve that goal. Additionally, with investment plans on the web, the cost of getting into an investment is getting lower all the time. So, with all that said, where do you begin? That is completely up to you. There is a wide range of invest-
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BODY: By the Power of 3 Chili
Body, Mind, Spirit
Yields: Enough for your ghouls & goblins before a night of mischief Prep time: 10 minutes; Cook time: 2-3 hours Ingredients 1 pound of smoked sausage (meat of your choosing) - cut into 1/2 inch slices 1 can each (15-16 oz) Kidney Beans, Northern Beans, and Black Beans- rinsed & drained 1 1/2 cups frozen corn 1 1/2 cups salsa 1 large bell pepper chopped 1 large onion chopped 1 cup water 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon Cajon seasoning Instructions: In a slow cooker, combine all the ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours or until the meat is tender.
October
MIND: Adding to Your Magickal Library
Halloween: Customs, Recipes & Spells by Silver RavenWolf (Llewellyn Publishing) Just where did the autumn gaiety begin? Let Silver RavenWolf guide you through the cobwebby corners of time to uncover the history behind Halloween. Honor the spirit of this hallowed harvest holiday.
Fiction: Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Max Brallier (Gallery Books Publishing) Inside these pages lies unspeakable horror. Blood-splattering, brain-impaling, flesh-devouring horror. You’ve probably read your fair share of zombie stories. But this time, it’s different. No longer can you sit idle as a bunch of fools make all the wrong moves. All hell is about to break loose—and YOU have a say in humanity’s survival.
SPIRIT: Sabbat Altar Cards
Purpose: Dedication Need: Photograph paper or card stock, scrapbooking supplies and a little imagination. Instructions: If you are handy with creative software, you can upload images of past altars that you or friends have created and design your card entirely on the computer. If you don’t want a picture of an altar, then find an image that resonates with you for each of the Sabbats and create notecards for each one. On the back of each notecard, you could have a dedication, a spell, a story or an entire ritual written on them. If you don’t have a computer, it’s okay. Remember those visualization boards you use to do in school? Use what you have, you’re only limited by your own imagination.
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Working With The Ancestors
Time of Reaping By Rev. Chris Allaun Author of the forthcoming book Underworld: Shamanism, Myth, and Magick Autumn is the time of change, transition, and yes decay. If you look at the natural world around us we notice that the leaves are turning from green to brown and the vegetation is dying off. The next few months, not only are we harvesting what we have planted in the spring, but we are reaping those things in our lives that are no longer helping us upon our path. There are many things that are not propelling us forward in our lives. It may be a job is that is a dead end and has no spiritual value or perhaps a relationship that has ended. If we do not rid ourselves of the emotional and spiritual energy from these events, then they will chain us down and not allow us to go forward. It may seem strange to hear, but we can only hold so much energy in our aura. By allowing old energies to remain, new events and circumstances cannot flow to us and enter our picsart.com
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